Avodah Zarah, Daf Kaf Vav, Part 6

Avodah Zarah, Daf Kaf Vav, Part 6   Introduction Today s sugya discusses whether non-Jews may circumcise Jews.   תנו רבנן ישראל מל את הגוי...

Avodah Zarah, Daf Kaf Vav, Part 5

Avodah Zarah, Daf Kaf Vav, Part 5   Introduction Today s sugya discusses the meaning of the word that I have rendered apostate. In Hebrew the words is meshumad. The term I have translated as heretic is min. All sources agree that the latter is worse.  ...

Avodah Zarah, Daf Kaf Vav, Part 4

Avodah Zarah, Daf Kaf Vav, Part 4   Introduction Yesterday s sugya introduced the issue of people who are not saved from a pit, but are not pushed in. Our sugya discusses people who may even be thrown into a pit. A warning the rhetoric of this sugya is quite...

Avodah Zarah, Daf Kaf Vav, Part 3

Avodah Zarah, Daf Kaf Vav, Part 3   Introduction The sugya continues discussing the issue of acting as a midwife or nursing a non-Jew.   ורמינהו יהודית...

Avodah Zarah, Daf Kaf Vav, Part 2

Avodah Zarah, Daf Kaf Vav, Part 2   Introduction Today s section discusses the prohibition of nursing each other s children.   בת ישראל לא תניק תנו...