Avodah Zarah, Daf Lammed Het, Part 4

Avodah Zarah, Lammed Het, Part 4   Introduction This section deals with a few other foods to which the prohibition of food cooked by Gentiles does not apply. ת"ר הקפריסין...

Avodah Zarah, Daf Lammed Het, Part 3

Avodah Zarah, Daf Lammed Het, Part 3   Introduction Today s sugya continues to discuss when a non-Jew is considered to have cooked the food such that it would become prohibited.   איבעיא להו...

Avodah Zarah, Daf Lammed Het, Part 2

Avodah Zarah, Daf Lammed Het, Part 2   Introduction Today s sugya begins by going back to a statement made by R. Yohanan in yesterday s sugya.   גופא אמר רבה בר בר...

Avodah Zarah, Daf Lammed Het, Part 1

Avodah Zarah, Daf Lammed Het, Part 1   Introduction Today s section deals with several amoraic statements that limit what types of foods cooked by non-Jews are prohibited to Jews.   אמר רב שמואל...

Avodah Zarah, Daf Lammed Zayin, Part 6

Avodah Zarah, Daf Lammed Zayin, Part 6   Introduction The mishnah prohibited Jews from eating food cooked by non-Jews. As I have said before, this seems to have been part of a program to prevent assimilation. Cooked food is civilized and therefore sharing it is...