יום ה Date: 2 Shevat, 5778 (1/18/18) – Avodah Zara Daf 3 ~ Eliezer Guterman
CRUEL CRITICISM [3a top] Gemarah: When Hashem rebuked the other nations of the world for not following their own commandments they retorted, …
CRUEL CRITICISM [3a top] Gemarah: When Hashem rebuked the other nations of the world for not following their own commandments they retorted, …
ADJUSTING ATTRIBUTES [2b top] R’ Chisda: When a king and the community are supposed to be judged before Hashem, the king should …
DISTANCING DISQUALIFICATIONS [2a top] Mishnah: An example of Eidim Zomemin is when witnesses falsely claim that a particular Kohen is the son …
REDEMPTION-READY [22b bottom] Rabbanan: Kohanim may never drink wine, since they may be called upon to serve as soon as the Bais …
MARTYR MOTIVES [14a top] Gemarah: The wicked Roman government decreed that whoever rabbinically ordains others and those that received ordination would be …
SECRET SYMBOLS [13b middle] Tosephos Harash: Now-a-days, we do not always have all our Holidays falling out in the exact moments of …
STINKY STUDENTS [11a middle] Gemarah: Rebbe once gave a Shiyur (lecture) and someone’s bad breath was really bothering him. He announced that …
PARALLELING PRACTICES [10b bottom] R’ Yosef: The three sets of guards in a king’s palace of 3, 5, and 7, parallel G-d’s …
BELONGING BODIES [9b bottom] Rava: One may not self-incriminate himself through his own testimony. RambaM: It is possible that some masochistic/depressed people …
AVOIDING ASSUMPTIONS [93a middle] Tanna Kamma / Rabbanan: If an ox was grazing and a killed ox was found at its side, …