Avodah Zarah, Daf Lamed Daled, Part 3 Introduction The mishnah ruled that grape pits and grape skins belonging to idolaters are prohibited. Our sugya discusses the issue. החרצנים...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Lamed Daled, Part 2 Introduction In the fascinating story we read here, R. Akiva comes to a place and immediately is bombarded with questions, some halakhic and some aggadic. The story is here because one of these questions is about using wine...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Lamed Daled, Part 1 Introduction This week s daf begins with a discussion of which earthenware vessels may be kashered. דרש מרימר קוניא בין...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Lamed Gimmel, Part 6 Introduction Today s section deals with various types of vessels, asking whether they absorb the taste of the wine put in them. אמר רב עוירא...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Lamed Gimmel, Part 5 Introduction Today s sugya discusses koshering wine vessels used with non-Jewish wine. We should note that while the specific subject here is non-kosher wine, the same rules do apply to kashering vessels in which other...
