Avodah Zarah, Daf Lamed Aleph, Part 5 Introduction Today s section discusses beer produced by non-Jews. Beer was not libated, so it could not be prohibited for the same reason that wine was. The question then becomes why can t Jews drink beer produced by...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Lamed Aleph, Part 4 Today’s sugya discusses wine handled by Samaritans. The Samaritans were considered to be Jews that did not keep rabbinic Judaism. Rather, they kept their own version of the Torah. They do not libate their wine to idolatry,...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Lamed Aleph, Part 3 Introduction The Talmud defines what is considered a seal within a seal. These are pretty self-explanatory, at least once they have been translated. היכי דמי...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Lamed Aleph, Part 2 Introduction Yesterday s section began to discuss the status of Jewish wine in the possession of non-Jews. How can the Jew be certain that the non-Jew did not open the cask and drink some, in which case we would have...
