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to them: I observe that they sweat, i.e., they exude liquid from their exterior. And since they sweat, they certainly absorb, and are therefore prohibited. The Talmud asks: What is the reason that they cannot be rendered permitted by purging with hot water? It is because the Torah attested with re
The Talmud reiterates its question: Mareimar ruled that glazed earthenware absorbs leavened bread permanently, but he did not rule likewise with regard to wine. But in what way is leavened bread different from wine used for an idolatrous libation? Why is it that Mareimar taught with regard to them:
The Talmud adds: And if you would say that these cases are different, as leavened bread is prohibited by Torah law whereas wine used for a libation is prohibited by rabbinic law, that is difficult: But there is a principle that all ordinances that the rabbis instituted, they instituted them parallel
The Talmud relates: R' Akiva happened to come to the city of Ginzak, whose residents asked him 3 questions to which he did not know the answer: First, does one fast for hours, or does one not fast for hours? The answer to the question was not available to R' Akiva. Second, are clay jars that belon
R' Akiva came and asked these questions in the study hall. They said to him: The halakha is that one fasts for hours, and if he completed the fast he prays the prayer of a fast. And the halakha is that the jars that belong to non-Jews are permitted after they have not been used for 12 months. Fina