Avodah Zarah, Daf Lammed Vav, Part 6 Introduction Earlier on this page we read that they decreed against their daughters on account of another matter, and against this other matter on account of still another matter. What are these other matters that we could...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Lammed Vav, Part 5 Introduction According to the end of yesterday’s sugya, the Torah prohibited intercourse with a Gentile in public and the court of Shammai and Hillel prohibited it even in private. Our sugya begins by criticizing that...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Lamed Vav, Part 4 Introduction The previous sugya presented the prohibition of having relations with Gentiles as being a rabbinic decree. Our sugya asks if it s actually from the Torah. I should emphasize that the rabbis seem to have taken it...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Lamed Vav, Part 3 Introduction Today s section discusses the tradition cited in yesterday s sugya, that the prohibition of eating Gentile bread, oil and wine was one of the 18 things decreed by the disciples of Shammai and Hillel. ...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Lamed Vav, Part 2 Introduction In yesterday s section Rav said that Daniel prohibited Gentile oil. Today s section asks whether it was Daniel or whether this was later. ושמן דניאל...
