Kiddushin, Daf Ayin, Part 3

Kiddushin, Daf Ayin, Part 3   Introduction This story illustrates the saying at the end of yesterday s section He who declares [others] to be disqualified, disqualifies them with his own flaw.   ההוא גברא...

Kiddushin, Daf Ayin, Part 2

Kiddushin, Daf Ayin, Part 2   Introduction This section begins with a midrash on the same verse we ended with yesterday.   אמר רבה בר בר חנה כל...

Kiddushin, Daf Ayin, Part 1

Kiddushin, Daf Ayin, Part 1   Introduction The Talmud continues to explain the mishnah.   גירי וחרורי מנלן אמר רב חסדא...

Kiddushin, Daf Samekh Tet, Part 6

Kiddushin, Daf Samekh Tet, Part 6   Introduction Yesterday s section discussed disqualified priests who could eat terumah but whose lineage was still not that of full priests. Today s section discusses the problem that would ensue from such an arrangement. It...

Kiddushin, Daf Samekh Tet, Part 5

Kiddushin, Daf Samekh Tet, Part 5   Introduction To recall, Abaye reads the mishnah as saying they went up to Eretz Yisrael, which, according to the Talmudic reading, means that Ezra did not first sort them into proper lineages. Rava reads the mishnah as saying,...