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Shevuot 31: Distance Yourself from Falsehood 15:30

39m ago15:30

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After 4 ways to keep yourself away from falsehood on yesterday's daf, we have another 9 ways here (13 in total) - and all of them fall under this category. Also, who is intended in the category of "those who are not fit to testify" when there's already been a list of those who are not fit to testify!?! Perhaps a king. Perhaps the one who plays with…

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Shevuot 30: Men Swearing on a Stack of Bibles 16:21

1h ago16:21

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Chapter 4! On the "oath of testimony" - the witness swears on the Bible that his testimony is correct, as rooted in a verse in Vayikra/Leviticus, as formal court proceedings. A new mishnah: This oath of testimony is only issued to men. An other points of trustworthiness. But how valid is that testimony? Also, note that this "men" is specific - to e…

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Shevuot 29: Flying Camels 18:11

4h ago18:11

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2 mishnayot! 1 - If someone swears that something is factually incorrect is in fact true, or if someone swears about something that is impossible to have seen. But what if he's swearing to something as he understands it? There's concern about the plain meaning of words as people understand them. 2 - Oaths that one takes to confirm that one's statem…

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Shevuot 28: Learning Shevuot in the Beit Midrash 17:46

2d ago17:46

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What about conditional oaths? That means one oath forbids something, but the second may not. Unless he engineered the events of the first one, and neglected the second one. Also, the story of the brothers Eifa and Avimi, and their learning of Shevuot in the beit midrash.

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Shevuot 27: An Uttered Oath or an Oath in Vain 17:42

2d ago17:42

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A new Mishnah! With exceptions to the basic laws of oaths - for example, if one swears not to fulfill a mitzvah. Rabbi Yehudah ben Beterah says that one who makes an oath that you're not allowed to make would still entail a violation, but the Tanna Kama seems to think that it wouldn't count as violating. Likewise, an issue to swear on a mitzvah to …

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Shevuot 26: So Much Forgetting of Things 24:44

4d ago24:44

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More on the tannaitic dispute of the previous daf. Delineating the logic of amplification - ribui u-miyut vs. kelal u-prat u-kelal. They're two different schools of thought, and the rationale holds across the Talmud, for each of them. But they're also very similar. Plus, taking an oath in an unavoidable way. Also, one who took an oath, but he forgo…

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Mapping Out The 'Harry Potter' TV Show's First Season 27:21

4d ago27:21

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With the Harry Potter TV show beginning to film this summer, Andrew conjures an episode-by-episode (Marauder's) map of Harry Potter: Season 1! What will each episode of Season 1 depict from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and what can they do to please longtime fans of the series? HBO has to prove that there's a reason to reboot Harry Potter…

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Shevuot 25: Formulating Oaths 19:21

5d ago19:21

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A new mishnah! Taking a false oath about the past, or an oath about the future, which is not upheld, which turns it into a false oath, about tangible or intangible matters, means a sliding scale offering. Likewise, if it pertains to other people. Plus, the stringencies of oaths (shevuot) vs. vows (nedarim), with regard to each other. Also, if a per…

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Shevuot 24: When Is Eating Not Eating? 20:47

6d ago20:47

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What if one takes an oath not to eat, and then ingests non-food items, does that break the oath? What about eating non-kosher food? The key is the "isur kolel," an inclusive prohibition. For example, not eating on Yom Kippur is more inclusive than not eating non-kosher food. Also, more extensive prohibitions -- prohibited in the kind of food and th…

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Shevuot 23: How Precise an Oath 17:55

8d ago17:55

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When we talk about eating and drinking - is drinking included in an oath about eating, or not? With practical implications for whether offerings would be required after violating the oath (or perhaps not). Also, the case of one who takes an oath not to drink - without specification - and then drinks many things - he still is liable only for one off…

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Shevuot 22: Talking and Eating and Talking about Eating 19:48

8d ago19:48

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A discussion about speech and eating. Which includes defining when one's speech incurs a requirement to bring an offering -- like the blasphemer? A nazir? Plus, "konamot." And oaths about eating that do not specify the details or amounts of prohibition... the Gemara specifies the inferred amounts, when nothing is stated. What about non-food? Does d…

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Shevuot 21: Don't Take God's Name in Vain 18:11

9d ago18:11

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Rabin brought the Torah of Rabbi Yochanan in Israel to Babylonia to establish the difference between a false oath, not keeping one's word, and swearing in vain (with 3 different verses in the Torah that establish the prohibition). Plus, every negative commandment that has an action - gets lashes. But if there's no action, no lashes -- except for th…

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Shevuot 20: Why Women Making Kiddush Matter to Oaths in Vain 16:58

10d ago16:58

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Starting chapter 3 with a Mishnah - and the new topic of uttering oaths. Plus, the question of taking oaths, and getting tripped up by them. Something that is obvious that it's impossible... maybe could have ben done better. Note: Oaths of utterance, oaths that are explicit in the verses, and the "before/after" factor.... If someone takes an oath n…

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Episode 31: Hannah Maruyama – Degree Free 59:45

10d ago59:45

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In this episode, FPEA Chairman Suzanne Nunn speaks with Hannah Maruyama, founder of Degree Free. What an interesting story she has from her own personal experiences growing up and then as a college student where she began to discover the way to so many careers without having to purchase a degree first. The statistics and information they talk throu…

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34: Returning Home to the Body w/Bettina Rothe 1:02:36

10d ago1:02:36

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In this heartfelt conversation, Pascal and embodied leadership coach Bettina Rothe explore the deep wisdom of the body and its role in healing, integration, and connection. Bettina shares her personal journey from disconnection to rediscovering the body as a powerful source of intelligence and transformation. Together, they explore how breath, move…

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Shevuot 19: Two Paths Diverged (in a Wood) 21:31

11d ago21:31

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Finishing chapter 2! If there are 2 paths, one with a known source of impurity and the other ostensibly pure, and you don't know which is which, and he walked both paths, he was definitely impure, but it's not known when he became impure. But what if he forgot where he walked? How does he track when he became impure? Also, what about a person who d…

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Pink Kitten Club (OOTP Chapter 27, The Centaur and the Sneak) 1:22:24

11d ago1:22:24

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Help MuggleCast grow! Become a MuggleCast Member and get great benefits like Bonus MuggleCast! Patreon.com/MuggleCast Grab official merch! MuggleCastMerch.com Pick up overstock merch from years past, including our 19th Anniversary Shirt! MuggleMillennial.Etsy.com On this week's episode, we’re aspiring to become friends with Firenze! His cozy indoor…

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Shevuot 18: Meriting Sons 19:27

13d ago19:27

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The case of a couple who are engaged in sexual intercourse when she realizes she has begun menstruating -- which makes their intimacy a violation of niddah. The question, of course, is what are they to do? With extenuating factors in whether the man is a Torah scholar, for example. Also, some aggadata on the daf: the consequences - on a metaphysica…

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Shevuot 17: Access Paths Out of the Temple 14:14

14d ago14:14

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One who discovers that he is impure after entering the Beit HaMikdash needs to depart as quickly and/or directly as possible. But what if he used the shortest route, but took a long time to walk it (or a long route quickly)? Also, one who enters a home that is impure because of tzara'at, that same person stays pure - if he walks in differently from…

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Shevuot 16: Everlasting Sanctity - Or Not? 18:56

16d ago18:56

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More on adding to the city of Jerusalem or the Temple courtyard - where Rav Nachman says one of the factors listed in the mishnah is necessary (as compared to all of them). With the question of lasting sanctification or resanctification, in the time of Ezra and Nechemiah's return to Zion. Note differences between the First Temple and the Second Tem…

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Shevuot 15: Expanding Jerusalem 20:12

16d ago20:12

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Sourcing the process of adding to the city of Jerusalem and/or the Temple's courtyard -- in verses. With discussion of whether Moshe's sanctification of Temple vessels lasted for the generations or whether they needed new anointing... and what implications are there (if any) from the vessels to the area? Also, the song to accompany the expansion of…

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Episode: 105 - Understanding Hospice Care with Jennifer Carey 53:31

16d ago53:31

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In this compassionate and informative episode of "Twenty Seven Degrees", hosts Dr. Christopher Joncas and Nancy Medeiros welcome Jennifer Carey to discuss a topic that touches many lives—Hospice Care. Jennifer shares her expertise in the field, offering a broad overview of hospice services, who qualifies, and what hospice looks like in the home set…

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Shevuot 14: Hidden Impurity 25:38

17d ago25:38

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The end of chapter 1! Does the goat that is sent to "Azazel" atone for kohanim? Unclear, but they have other means of atonement. Plus, the dispute between Rabbi Yehudah and Rabbi Shimon on atonement. And, with the new chapter, a long mishnah, beginning with the case of a person who touches an impure thing and then enters the holy (or handles the ho…

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Shevuot 13: Does Yom Kippur Atone for Violating Yom Kippur? 19:38

18d ago19:38

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On Yom Kippur atoning for sin, regardless of a person's regret. With a dive into Rabbi Yehudah vs. Rebbe (Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi), as to the extent of the atonement and what happens with unrepented sins. And which view underlies or agrees with the mishnah? Also, the sacrifices atone - but only with repentance, so isn't that going to be the case with …

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Episode 30: RuthAnn Zimmerman – Homesteading with the Zimmermans 54:13

18d ago54:13

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In this episode, FPEA Chairman Suzanne Nunn speaks with RuthAnn Zimmerman of Homesteading with the Zimmermans. RuthAnn has a fantastic story that will encourage you to embrace change while still holding on to the good things we learned from our childhood and our culture. We talk about homesteading, parenting, family, and the family table.…

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Radio Voldy (OOTP Chapter 26, Seen and Unforeseen) 1:18:00

18d ago1:18:00

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Help MuggleCast grow! Become a MuggleCast Member and get great benefits like Bonus MuggleCast! Patreon.com/MuggleCast Grab official merch! MuggleCastMerch.com Pick up overstock merch from years past, including our 19th Anniversary Shirt! MuggleMillennial.Etsy.com On this week's episode, get your copy of The Quibbler (and quickly transfigure it) bef…

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Shevuot 12: Dessert on the Altar 17:39

19d ago17:39

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What can be done with an animal designated for offering that is no longer needed for whatever reason (that does not include a blemish to the animal)? For example, if the owner (the one who sinned) died...so he can't carry out the plan for atonement? Several possible solutions are considered. Also, going back to the atonement of Yom Kippur and all t…

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Shevuot 11: The Red Heifer and Unconditional Sanctity 19:26

19d ago19:26

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More on the animals that were consecrated for a year, yet not used within the year, and now what? The case of grain offerings is brought to determine what happens in the case of "t'vul yom," someone awaiting the end of the day for his dunking in a mikveh to take full effect. Also, physical sanctity of communal offerings can be conditional. As with …

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Shevuot 10: Even More Goats 19:03

21d ago19:03

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Parsing the specific goats - Rosh Chodesh, festivals, Yom Kippur - where each atones for specific things, and is where each thing can't usurp the atonement property of the others, or be used for other things. The particulars of the offering of the goats also make the difference in how and for what they each atone (sin-offerings have different proce…

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Shevuot 9: More Goats 18:34

23d ago18:34

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Continuing on the question of atonement and how one way to atone doesn't necessarily atone for other needs for atonement. In this case, the he-goats of Yom Kippur vs. the goats of Rosh Chodesh. [What's What: Binyan Av] And where do the offerings of the holidays fit in with the Rosh Chodesh offerings and those of Yom Kippur? Plus, the linguistic com…

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Shevuot 8: Atonement or Suspended Punishment on Yom Kippur? 18:00

23d ago18:00

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Does the goat-offering atone for 3 different kinds of impurities? The verse indicates it won't atone for all kinds of impurities, only some of them. But what kind of impurities does it atone for? Perhaps for an idolater - but it's too egregious of a transgression. Perhaps for a woman after childbirth -- but what is her sin for which she brings a si…

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Shevuot 7: Offerings and Atonement 23:05

24d ago23:05

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An investigation into the verses that teach that the sliding scale sacrifice is offered to atone for bringing impurity into the Temple, or the consecrated foods. Also, a long baraita on these violations and the specific sliding-scale offering, including 3 specific kinds of impurity, and the question what the Yom Kippur se'ir (he-goat) atones for.…

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Episode 29: Aubrey and Jen McGowan - Singer/Songwriters 1:04:41

25d ago1:04:41

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In this episode, FPEA Chairman Suzanne Nunn speaks with Aubrey and Jen McGowan. They are an awesome singer-songwriter, storytelling duo who have a pretty amazing story of their own that they share with us today. We talk about love and loss, togetherness and really all the things it takes to build a beautiful family.…

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Shevuot 6: White on White 23:39

25d ago23:39

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On the shades of white of tzara'at, in terms of color and brightness, and how they were to be compared, and perhaps even mixed. With various analogies to help explain the relationships among the various colors and intensities. With a possible dig at the Roman empire, in the last analogy.

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Keep Your Friends Close And Your Beetles Closer (OOTP Chapter 25, The Beetle at Bay) 1:18:41

25d ago1:18:41

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Help MuggleCast grow! Become a MuggleCast Member and get great benefits like Bonus MuggleCast! Patreon.com/MuggleCast Grab official merch! MuggleCastMerch.com Pick up overstock merch from years past, including our 19th Anniversary Shirt! MuggleMillennial.Etsy.com On this week's episode, listen during Chapter-by-Chapter as the MuggleCasters discuss …

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Shevuot 5: Pathways of Interpretation 21:18

26d ago21:18

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Beginning on the previous daf - we have a deep dive into the halakhic approach, when it comes to interpreting the biblical text. Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi uses "ribui u-miyut" -- amplification and limitation (vs. "k'lal u-p'rat" -- generalization and specification). Both approaches infer meaning and practical applications from the wording of the biblica…

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Shevuot 4: Mishnaic Authorship -- and Lashes 17:30

26d ago17:30

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More on whose opinion is represented in the mishnah - Rabbi Yishmael vs. Rabbi Akiva, and why each would be the opinion represented. Plus, the underlying discussion about the lashes that would be applied to the person who has violated the halakhah in question in the mishnah.

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33: Reclaiming The Art of Nesting w/Nigel Pedlingham 1:00:02

26d ago1:00:02

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In this heartfelt episode, Pascal sits down with Nigel Pedlingham to explore the gentle art of “nesting”—a nurturing practice of creating spaces and rhythms that cultivate safety, slowness, and healing. Through their warm conversation, Nigel invites us to see nesting as an embodied way of life, blending rituals, nature connection, and intentional c…

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Shevuot 3: Sacrifices on a Sliding Scale 18:05

28d ago18:05

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The Gemara's introduction to Shevuot seems far afield - in its sidestepping to tzara'at blemishes and Shabbat details. So it explains the connection to lashes in the previous tractate. Plus, the sacrificial offerings that are brought on a sliding scale - dependent on one's economic status. Plus, the period of lapsed awareness of one's status as imp…

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Shevuot 2: Two That Are Four 21:23

29d ago21:23

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A new - and long - mishnah: Those who violate their oaths need to bring a sacrifice for not following through on their commitment (2 such cases). But is that only with regard to the future (with the past, another 2 are added)? Likewise, 2 that are 4 with regard to the oaths of the kohanim. Plus, 2 that are 4 in carrying from on domain to another (t…

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Makkot 24: The Promise of the Foxes 20:12

1M ago20:12

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More on the 613 mitzvot - and ways of encapsulating the most essential mitzvot into many fewer. Plus, the way one prophet follows the next, supplanting the message of the previous one (in concern and petition to God, not competition). Also, two stories of how the sages mourned the prominence and hegemony of Rome having taken over the holy places --…

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Makkot 23: The Heavenly Court Supporting the People (Even King Solomon) 21:18

1M ago21:18

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Details of the whip itself are derived or inferred from verses in the Torah -- specifically to focus on the process of flogging the sinner. Also, the last mishnah of Makkot: with the list of one who gets lashes to the exclusion of karet, thanks to the inherent humiliation in the lashes. Also, 3 practices were decided by the earthly courts and then …

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Makkot 22: Not 40 Lashes, But 39 - And More Difficult Details 19:02

1M ago19:02

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3 mishnayot, but first: more on plowing, in such a way that leads to lashes. Then: details of lashes -- how many, where on the body, in numbers divisible by 3. Also, when transgressors are covered by one set of lashes or get several in a row - with time to heal in between the sets. And lastly, a detailed description of the process of the lashes - i…

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Snape's True Colors (OOTP Chapter 24, Occlumency) 1:10:34

1M ago1:10:34

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Help MuggleCast grow! Become a MuggleCast Member and get great benefits like Bonus MuggleCast! On this week's edition we discuss the best use of 8 hours to tell the story of the first season of the upcoming TV show! Patreon.com/MuggleCast Grab official merch! MuggleCastMerch.com Pick up overstock merch from years past, including our 19th Anniversar…

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Makkot 21: The Tattoo Taboo 12:56

1M ago12:56

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A daf with 2 mishnayot: 1. One who tattoos a tattoo is liable for lashes -- if the person both engraved in the skin and also added the ink. But maybe that's only if the tattooist wrote the Name of God. Or alternatively, the name of idolatry. Likewise, things that look like tattoos seems also to be at least taboo, even if they don't incur lashes. 2.…

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Makkot 20: Real (Jewish) Men Don't Shave (in Mourning) 18:02

1M ago18:02

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Finishing out ma'aser sheni - determining when one would be subject to lashes if the produce is eaten outside of Jerusalem. That measure is derived from the proximity of verses in the Torah that align lashes with the phenomenon of eating outside of Jerusalem. Plus, the tithing of one fig that wasn't tithed - how does that work? Note how designating…

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Makkot 19: Why Ma'aser Sheni Needs the Temple 14:39

1M ago14:39

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More on Bikkurim - first fruits: Rav Sheshet says that not placing the produce in the right place next to the altar will prevent it from counting as first fruits, but not reciting the verses from the Torah won't invalidate the first fruits. Which then leads to discussion of whose view he is citing. With comparisons to "bekhor" - first animals - and…

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Makkot 18: When Offerings Are Invalid for Kohanim to Eat 14:03

1M ago14:03

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A case of a kohen who eats from a korban olah before the throwing of the blood on the altar... but even kohanim aren't allowed to eat from an olah/burnt-offering. In any case, the inappropriate eating of sacrifices leads to reason for 6 sets of lashes (or maybe 5, which is part of the discussion). Also, more on bikkurim, the first fruits - and what…

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Episode 105 - Inside the Hospital Walls: Understanding the Hospitalist Program 44:25

1M ago44:25

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In this insightful episode of Twenty Seven Degrees, hosts Dr. Christopher Joncas and Nancy Medeiros sit down with Dr. Raju Singla to explore the often-overlooked but critical role of hospitalists in today’s healthcare system. Broadcasting from the Bioskills of the Northeast Studio in Fall River, MA, the discussion pulls back the curtain on the hosp…

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Makkot 17: Everyone Should Have a Child Like Rabbi Shimon 12:27

1M ago12:27

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A new mishnah! Bikkurim - first fruits - and other special offerings where one who eats incorrectly and gets lashes. NOTE CLARIFICATION TO THE AUDIO: The issue of lashes upon eating the Bikkurim is specifically in the case that a kohen ate the offerings before the person who brought them recited the verses (two separate people (which wasn't clear, …

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