Category: Seder Nezekin

I. Detailed Talmudic Overview A. The Ben Sorer u’Moreh Must Eat Meat and Drink Wine The Beraita explicitly excludes any other form of eating/drinking from incurring the rebellious son penalty. It cites additional verses that allude to “Sovei = wine” and “Zolel = meat” to highlight the synergy of these substances in forming addictive, gluttonous…

I. Detailed Talmudic Overview A. The Death of R. Eliezer Mishnah Quote (Context) The Mishnah relates (quoted by R. Akiva in the name of R. Yehoshua) a teaching that pertains to gathering gourds, where only one person is liable despite two acting. The Gemara notes that R. Akiva actually learned this from R. Eliezer. Story…

I. Detailed Talmudic Overview A. Nichush Nichush and Omens A Beraita explains “Lo Teonenu v’Lo Tenachashu” (Vayikra 19:26) as a prohibition of using superstitious omens drawn from weasels, birds, or fish. Nichush is superstition, e.g., interpreting random signs (like a black cat crossing one’s path, or one’s bread falling) as a good or bad omen.…

I. Detailed Talmudic Overview A. Halakhic Analysis Ov and Yid’oni (line 1) Ov refers to a witch who conjures spirits and raises the dead, making them speak under his armpit. Yid’oni is one who communicates with the dead using his mouth. Both are liable for stoning if they engage in these activities. Asking them to…

I. Detailed Talmudic Overview A. Halakhic Analysis Abolition of the Yetzer Ha’Ra for Idolatry (line 5) The Talmud describes the events involving Anshei Knesset HaGedolah (the Great Assembly) who recognized that the evil inclination (Yetzer Ha’Ra) for idolatry was causing widespread destruction: the Temple’s ruin, murder of the righteous, and exile of Israel. They prayed…

I. Detailed Talmudic Overview A. Liability for Multiple Avodot in One He’elem R. Ami’s Statement R. Ami teaches that if someone performed several distinct acts of idolatrous service—Zevichah (sacrifice), Haktarah (burning incense), and Nisuch (libation)—all within one He’elem (one period of forgetting or unawareness), he is liable for only one Korban. This implies that these…

I. Detailed Talmudic Overview A. Korban Liability for Multiple Idolatrous Acts in One He’elem R. Zakai’s Statement and R. Yochanan’s Reaction R. Zakai (Version #1) taught that if someone, in one state of unawareness (He’elem), performed multiple acts of idolatry— Zevichah (slaughtering), Haktarah (burning incense), Nisuch (libation), and Hishtachava’ah (bowing)— he would owe only one…

I. Detailed Talmudic Overview A. Halakhic (Legal) Analysis Planning for One Avodah While Performing Another R. Yochanan explains that projection of intent is learned from the laws of Pigul, where if someone performs an Avodah with an intent to complete it improperly later (e.g., outside the allowed time or place), the Korban is Pasul (invalid).…