Harry Potter and the Cursed Parents: b.Sanhedrin 66

I’m still very shaken by the news and find it difficult to engage with crass and violent materials, so today I’ll focus on the first portion of the daf, which
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Blood of a Salamander: b.Sanhedrin 63-65

Today’s limmud is dedicated to the precious memories of Kfir, Ariel, and Shiri Bibas, and Oded Lifshitz. עַל־אֵ֣לֶּה ׀ אֲנִ֣י בוֹכִיָּ֗ה עֵינִ֤י ׀ עֵינִי֙ יֹ֣רְדָה מַּ֔יִם כִּֽי־רָחַ֥ק מִמֶּ֛נִּי מְנַחֵ֖ם מֵשִׁ֣יב נַפְשִׁ֑י הָי֤וּ בָנַי֙
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More Transgressions for the Same Amazing Price: b.Sanhedrin 62

Today’s page continues on the theme of idol worship, still reflecting a continuing curiosity about the motives. The previous page considered the idea of cult suasion. Today’s page opens with
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Cuddling with Idols: b.Sanhedrin 60-61

Today we’re going over two pages (the Shabbat page and today’s). I might make this a habit, as our family Saturdays are packed with the holy religion of children’s sports.
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Film Review: Conclave (2024)

There is a remarkable moment in Edward Berger’s film Conclave in which Cardinal Thomas Lawrence, the Dean of the Conclave of Cardinals assembled to elect a new Pope, sits on
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Fish At Work: b.Sanhedrin 59

If you like nerding out on legal interpretation principles, today’s your day and b.Sanhedrin 59 is your page! In a nice, self-contained argument, the sages debate two important legal principles.
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Other People’s Families: b.Sanhedrin 58

Today’s page continues the peculiar conversation about the legal obligations that the Torah places on people who presumably have nothing to do with the Torah: gentiles, who according to the
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Noah’s Well-Behaved Sons: b.Sanhedrin 57

In the previous page, the sages started discussing whether death sentences for various transgressions apply to non-Jews as well, leading them to reexamine and carefully delineate the scope of the
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