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and he sought to render the fruit ownerless in favor of the poor, for whom it would be worth the effort to bring the fruit to Jerusalem. His students said to him: Rabbi! there is no need to do so, as your colleagues have already voted for you and permitted it. The members of the Sanhedrin have alr
The Talmud infers from the baraita: The reason is that they explicitly voted to annul the decree, which indicates that if they had not voted, the ordinance would not have lapsed on its own, despite the fact that its justification was no longer applicable. Similarly, the prohibition of a laid egg is
The Talmud seeks to clarify why Rav Yosef cited two verses as proof. The Talmud asks: What is the reason for: And it says? Why does Rav Yosef find it necessary to quote a second verse? The Talmud explains that this is what he is saying. Now since it is written: “Be ready for the 3rd day, do not com
And if you say an alternative explanation, that the instruction to “return to your tents” was not given to permit the men to return home to their wives, but rather it came as a special command to fulfill the mitzva of conjugal rights, i.e., the obligation of a man to engage in periodic marital sex
Now since it is written: “Neither shall the flocks nor the herds feed before that mount” (Exodus 34:3), this indicates that the prohibition applies only when the Shekhina is revealed on the mountain, and it is permitted immediately afterward. If so, why do I need the verse “When the ram’s horn sound