Talking Talmud
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Horayot 14: Teiku - There's Always More to Learn
15 mins; September 15, 2025
Horayot 13: Hierarchies
26 mins; September 14, 2025
Horayot 12: Good Omens
18 mins; September 13, 2025
Horayot 11: Cherry-picking Torah and the Anointing Oil
21 mins; September 11, 2025
Horayot 10: Ashrei - Fortunate Are Those with Good Intent
22 mins; September 11, 2025
Horayot 9: A King's Wealth
18 mins; September 10, 2025
Horayot 8: Aspirational Halakhah
14 mins; September 09, 2025
Horayot 7: When the Anointed Kohen Errs
17 mins; September 08, 2025
Horayot 6: There's No Death for a Congregation and No Swapping Out a Sin-offering
22 mins; September 07, 2025
Horayot 5: A Tribal Error
13 mins; September 06, 2025
Horayot 4: Only a Child Could Make Such an Error (with all due respect to children!)
17 mins; September 05, 2025
Horayot 3: When a Majority Means Jews in the Land of Israel
13 mins; September 05, 2025
Horayot 2: Fit to Deliver a Halakhic Ruling
23 mins; September 02, 2025
Avodah Zarah 76: Closing the Relationship between Jew and Non-Jew
13 mins; September 02, 2025
Avodah Zarah 75: After Non-Jewish Handling: A Process
17 mins; September 02, 2025
Avodah Zarah 74: Jews and Non-Jews at the Wine Press
11 mins; August 31, 2025
Avodah Zarah 73: Amoraim Agree and Disagree
16 mins; August 30, 2025
Avodah Zarah 72: Halakhah Is Not Science: Funnels
18 mins; August 29, 2025
Avodah Zarah 71: Soldiers and Merchants
13 mins; August 29, 2025
Avodah Zarah 70: Unsupervised Non-Jews
13 mins; August 27, 2025
Avodah Zarah 69: Wine Stoppers and Supervision
20 mins; August 26, 2025
Avodah Zarah 68: The Ick Factor
18 mins; August 25, 2025
Avodah Zarah 67: Enhancing or Destroying the Taste of Food
15 mins; August 23, 2025
Avodah Zarah 66: Separating Mixtures
15 mins; August 23, 2025
Avodah Zarah 65: Jews and Non-Jews: How Far Can Their Friendships Go?
20 mins; August 23, 2025
Avodah Zarah 64: Not All Non-Jews Are Idolaters
11 mins; August 20, 2025
Avodah Zarah 63: Commerce Concerns
15 mins; August 20, 2025
Avodah Zarah 62: Non-Jews, Non-Idolaters: "Stam Yeinam"
16 mins; August 19, 2025
Avodah Zarah 61: Jews and Non-Jews Sharing Wine?!
13 mins; August 18, 2025
Avodah Zarah 60: Falling into the Vat
13 mins; August 17, 2025
Avodah Zarah 59: When Is a Convert Not (Yet) a Convert?
12 mins; August 16, 2025
Avodah Zarah 58: The Time the Non-Jew Shoved His Arm into a Wine Vat
17 mins; August 15, 2025
Avodah Zarah 57: When Intent Doesn't Matter
18 mins; August 14, 2025
Avodah Zarah 56: You Can't Make a Libation with Your Feet
11 mins; August 13, 2025
Avodah Zarah 55: Suffering Personified
14 mins; August 12, 2025
Avodah Zarah 54: God Doesn't Interfere
12 mins; August 11, 2025
Avodah Zarah 53: When an Object of Idolatry Can Be Used After All
16 mins; August 10, 2025
Avodah Zarah 52: "Onias Worship": Not Idolatry, But Not Acceptable Either
19 mins; August 08, 2025
Avodah Zarah 51: Not the Way It Was Done in the Temple
21 mins; August 08, 2025
Avodah Zarah 50: Not a Carpenter, Nor the Son of a Carpenter
17 mins; August 07, 2025
Avodah Zarah 49: No Financial Redemption for Idolatry
22 mins; August 06, 2025
Avodah Zarah 48: The Asherah
13 mins; August 05, 2025
Avodah Zarah 47: A Lulav, a Rock, and the Privacy of the Bathroom
18 mins; August 04, 2025
Avodah Zarah 46: Attached to the Ground
19 mins; August 01, 2025
Avodah Zarah 45: Mountains, Hills, and the Leafy Trees of Idolatry
13 mins; August 01, 2025
Avodah Zarah 44: The Bathhouse of Aphrodite
18 mins; August 01, 2025
Avodah Zarah 43: Here There Be Dragons
24 mins; July 31, 2025
Avodah Zarah 42: The Destructive Power of the Dead Sea
13 mins; July 30, 2025
Avodah Zarah 41: Idols, Graven Images, and Worshipped Sculpture
14 mins; July 29, 2025
Avodah Zarah 40: Permitted Foods, from Fish to Apple Wine
18 mins; July 28, 2025
Avodah Zarah 39: Gone Fishing
22 mins; July 27, 2025
Avodah Zarah 37: The Not-So-Permissive Court
18 mins; July 26, 2025
Avodah Zarah 38: A King's Table
16 mins; July 25, 2025
Avodah Zarah 36: "Bishul Akum" and Jews Separating from Non-Jews
31 mins; July 24, 2025
Avodah Zarah 35: Rolling Out Decrees
17 mins; July 23, 2025
Avodah Zarah 34: When Rabbi Akiva Didn't Know Everything
13 mins; July 22, 2025
Avodah Zarah 33: Correctives (or not) for Idolatrous Encounters in Daily Life
17 mins; July 21, 2025
Avodah Zarah 31: If a Tree Bears Fruit in a Forest...
17 mins; July 20, 2025
Avodah Zarah 32: How to Make the Very Best Wine
13 mins; July 19, 2025
Avodah Zarah 30: Wine, Beer, Snakes, and Intermarriage
16 mins; July 18, 2025
Avodah Zarah 29: At the Barbershop
17 mins; July 17, 2025
Avodah Zarah 28: Shabbat Healing: Eyes and Ears and Mouth...
13 mins; July 16, 2025
Avodah Zarah 27: To Trust a Heretic
22 mins; July 15, 2025
Avodah Zarah 26: Breaking Halakhah on Purpose - But Why?
16 mins; July 13, 2025
Avodah Zarah 25: When the Sun Stood Still
21 mins; July 13, 2025
Avodah Zarah 24: The Honorable Dama ben Netinah
15 mins; July 12, 2025
Avodah Zarah 23: What We Can Assume
16 mins; July 11, 2025
Avodah Zarah 22: How Common Was Idolaters' Immorality Really?
17 mins; July 10, 2025
Avodah Zarah 21: Protecting the Homes and Fields of the Land of Israel
13 mins; July 08, 2025
Avodah Zarah 20: No Mercy, No Favors
15 mins; July 08, 2025
Avodah Zarah 19: Learn the Torah That Delights You
19 mins; July 06, 2025
Avodah Zarah 18: Rabbi Haninah, Rabbi Meir, and Beruriah
24 mins; July 05, 2025
Avodah Zarah 17: Heresy and Faith under Rome
20 mins; July 04, 2025
Avodah Zarah 16: A Lion Is Not a Work-Horse
13 mins; July 03, 2025
Avodah Zarah 15: What Wil the Buyer Do?
18 mins; July 02, 2025
Avodah Zarah 14: White Roosters
10 mins; July 01, 2025
Avodah Zarah 13: Tax Reductions for Wreaths of Roses
18 mins; July 01, 2025
Avodah Zarah 12: Traveling and Leniencies
15 mins; June 30, 2025
Avodah Zarah 11: How Rome Falls to Onkelos
13 mins; June 29, 2025
Avodah Zarah 10: Circumcision under the Romans
16 mins; June 29, 2025
Avodah Zarah 9: The Timeline of the Universe
15 mins; June 27, 2025
Avodah Zarah 8: Saving Torah's Penalties
18 mins; June 26, 2025
Avodah Zarah 7: Was the Mishnah Written Out of Order?
18 mins; June 25, 2025
Avodah Zarah 6: Pre-Holiday Business
14 mins; June 24, 2025
Avodah Zarah 5: Repentance Leaves Sin in the Dust
22 mins; June 23, 2025
Avodah Zarah 4: When God Is Indignant
14 mins; June 23, 2025
Avodah Zarah 3: God's Special Jewish People and Their God
20 mins; June 20, 2025
Avodah Zarah 2: Preventing Non-Jewish Celebration
17 mins; June 20, 2025
Shevuot 49: Guardian Oaths
25 mins; June 20, 2025
Shevuot 48: Collecting Debts (and Their Disputes)
16 mins; June 18, 2025
Shevuot 47: No Oaths? Divide the Funds
12 mins; June 16, 2025
Shevuot 46: Workers' Rights
12 mins; June 16, 2025
Shevuot 45: Rabbinic Oath-taking
23 mins; June 15, 2025
Shevuot 44: The Role of Collateral
14 mins; June 15, 2025
Shevuot 43: Snippets from the Mishnah - including Lending on Collateral
13 mins; June 13, 2025
Shevuot 42: Promissory Notes and Imposing an Oath
19 mins; June 13, 2025
Shevuot 41: Suit and Countersuit
17 mins; June 12, 2025
Shevuot 40: You're Right, But Only in Part
15 mins; June 11, 2025
Shevuot 39: Sinners, Punishment and Righteous Oaths
18 mins; June 10, 2025
Shevuot 38: Partial Claims
23 mins; June 09, 2025