Study Avodah Zarah folio 14A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
Talmud: The Talmud analyzes the terms in the Mishnah: What is the meaning of itzterubalin? This is the plant known as torenita. And the Talmud raises a contradiction from a baraita: The rabbis added to the list of plants whose use is prohibited during the Sabbatical Year: Alekesin and itzterubalin
The Talmud explains: But didn’t we learn in a baraita that this is the principle: Anything that has a root and grows is subject to the halakhot of the Sabbatical Year, and anything that does not have a root is not subject to the halakhot of the Sabbatical Year? If so, torenita, which has no roots, i
The Mishnah includes benot shuaḥ among the items one may not sell to a non-Jew. Rabba bar bar Ḥana says that R' Yoḥanan says: These are white figs. The Mishnah states: And petotarot. Rabba bar bar Ḥana says that R' Yoḥanan says: This is not another type of fruit; rather, the Mishnah here taught t
The Mishnah taught that selling frankincense to non-Jews is prohibited. R' Yitzḥak says that R' Shimon ben Lakish says: The Mishnah is referring specifically to pure frankincense, which is used as incense for objects of idol worship. A Sage taught: And with regard to all of these items whose sale
The Talmud raises a difficulty: But let us be concerned lest the buyer go and sell these items to another non-Jew, and they sacrifice them. Abaye said in response: This scenario is certainly possible, but we are commanded only not to “place a stumbling block before the blind” (Leviticus 19:14), i.e.