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Aug 4, 2026, 2:41 PM

Reincarnation, Repetition, and the Weight We Carry And More Chulin 100-102

Chulin 101 — “The Sign You Don’t Notice: Shabbos, Tzitzis, and the Mekoshes” Our Gemara on Amud Beis explains why Shabbos supersedes Yom Kippur in certain halachic situations: “Shabbos is established and permanent, i.e., it always occurs on the seventh day...

Jul 26, 2026, 6:46 AM

Blessings on the Curses and Other Tisha B’Av Thoughts Chulin 93-95

Chulin 93 — “The Torah of Your Mother: Discipline, Guidance, and Self-Care” In our Gemara on Amud Beis Rabbi Yochanan instructs Rav Shaman Bar Abba that though a particular food is permitted he should still refrain from eating it, quoting...

Jul 25, 2026, 9:05 AM

Three Mitzvos: What the Gentiles Kept and Our Role And More Chulin 91-92

Chulin 91 — “Friend or Foe: The Angel Who Could Have Been a Sage” Our Gemara on Amud Aleph discusses the circumstances under which Yaakov first encountered the angel, therefore explaining why the Gid Hanashe is prohibited on the right...

Jul 16, 2026, 2:13 PM

Rabbi Shimon’s Logic and the Sanhedrin That Might Be And More Chulin 81-82

Chulin 80 — “Rabbi Shimon’s Logic and the Sanhedrin That Might Be” Our Gemara on this daf discussed the concept that a ritual slaughter which is unable to accomplish its purpose is considered a null act and has no implications....

Jul 9, 2026, 3:07 PM

Too Clever by Half: The Ben Pakuah and the Spirit of the Law Chulin 72-74

Chulin 72 — “Labor of Love” Our Gemara on Amud Aleph discusses Torah and rabbinic rulings regarding the circumstances that a midwife would be rendered impure should she come in contact with a dead fetus while it is still within...

Jun 26, 2026, 7:09 PM

Disgusting Is a Matter of Perspective and More Chulin 55-57

Chulin 65 — “Wing and a Prayer: Rav Pappah’s Harmonizing Legacy” Our Gemara on Amud Aleph has a ruling by Rav Pappah that integrates the opinion of two sages regarding the wings of the kosher grasshoppers: “Any grasshopper that has four...

Jun 19, 2026, 7:25 PM

The Power of Lenient: Playing It Safe Isn’t Always Pious and More Chulin 58-60

Chulin 58 — “The Power of Lenient: Why Playing It Safe Isn’t Always Pious” Our Gemara on Amud Aleph references a famous Talmudic legal dictum: “Koach D’Heteirah Adif,” the power of leniency is considered legally and morally superior. That is,...

Jun 16, 2026, 5:56 AM

Feeding the Beast—or Taming It? And More Chulin 51-53

51. Sheepish Aggression Our Gemara on Amud Aleph discusses an interesting case of animal anatomy and human psychology. By way of introduction, one of the forms of injury that can render an animal tereifa is risuk eyvarim, an internal shattering of...

Jun 5, 2026, 8:10 PM

Eyes in Your Head: The Light of Truth Self Honesty and More Chulin 44-46

Chulin 44 Eyes in Your Head: The Light of Truth and the Wisdom of Self Honesty Our Gemara on Amud Aleph quotes a verse in Koheles (2:14): “The wise have their eyes in their head whereas the fools walk in darkness.”...

May 29, 2026, 6:40 PM

You Are What You Eat: Kashrus, Humanity, and Rambams Blunt Truth Chulin 37-39

Chulin 37 You Are What You Eat: Kashrus, Humanity, and the Rambam’s Blunt Truth Our Gemara on Amud Beis relates the prophet Yechezkel’s reaction to a draconian directive he received from God to eat bread baked over human dung (Yechezkel 4:14.)...

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