Megillah, Daf Kaf Hey, Part 3

Megillah, Daf Kaf Heh, Part 3   Introduction Today s section consists of a mishnah, the last in the chapter. It teaches that some portions of the Torah are not translated at all because of the nature of their content.   משנה....

Megillah, Daf Kaf Hey, Part 2

Megillah, Daf Kaf Heh, Part 2   Introduction Today’s section opens with another statement by R. Hanina, and then continues to deal with issues related to the mishnah.   אמר רבי חנינא:...

Megillah, Daf Kaf Hey, Part 1

Megillah, Daf Kaf Heh, Part 1   Introduction The last daf of this chapter continues to deal with particular manifestations of heretical leanings. The Mishnah then moves on to the issue of translating the Bible using euphemisms and other non-literal translations....

Megillah, Daf Kaf Daled, Part 6

Megillah, Daf Kaf Daled, Part 6   Introduction Today’s section opens with a mishnah that describes behavior during tefillot that may be considered heretical, or at least to show that the person acting in such a way identifies with a heretical group.  ...

Megillah, Daf Kaf Daled, Part 5

Megillah, Daf Kaf Daled, Part 5   Introduction Today’s mishnah teaches that priests who have something distracting on their hands, either a deformation or a discoloring should not lift up their hands because this makes the people look at them and not think...