Avodah Zarah, Daf Kaf Gimmel, Part 4 Introduction The Talmud now digresses for a bit to discuss why bestiality disqualifies the red heifer (bet you ve been wondering about that for a while now). ע"כ לא...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Kaf Gimmel, Part 3 Introduction Yesterday R. Pedat suggested that the dispute between R. Eliezer and the sages over whether one can buy a red heifer from a non-Jew was based on a dispute whether we are suspicious that the non-Jew engaged in...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Kaf Gimmel, Part 2 Introduction R. Pedat here offers another resolution to the contradiction between the source that forbids women from being alone with non-Jews and the baraita that allowed Jews to buy animals from them and use them for...
Avodah Zarah, Daf Kaf Gimmel, Part 1 Introduction The mishnah prohibited allowing one to let non-Jews be alone with one s animals out of fear of bestiality. In contrast, the baraita allowed one to buy animals from non-Jews for sacrifices, and did not seem...
