Topics covered:Chapter 6, Mishna 1, 2What if a nazir eats a little piece of one grape and then a little of another? Can prohibited and prohibited can combine to form the minimum measure that triggers liability? With regard to the …

Topics covered:Chapter 6, Mishna 1Bread soaked in wine adds weight and volume to small amount of wine, and can thus trigger liability for eating the minimum prohibited amount of wine. Does “permitted food combines with prohibited food” apply to rest …

Topics covered:Chapter 6, Mishna 1Does permitted substance combine with non permitted substance to form the minimum prohibited amount that triggers liability for violating a Torah prohibition? nazir #nazirite #wine #vow #exegesis #hermeneutics Opening song: Rainforest sounds

Topics covered:Chapter 6, Mishna 1A Nazir can’t eat fruit of the grapevine. Why does the Torah add “ from pits to grapeskin”? From this we learn law: detail – generalization – detail. The specific wording was included to teach us …

Topics covered:Chapter 5, Mishna 5, Chapter 6, Mishna 1A koy is a kosher animal with characteristics of both a domesticated and an undomesticated animal. Relevant to ambiguous vows of nazirus. Let’s get down to basics re the law of nazirus. …

Topics covered: Chapter 5, Mishna 4 Why does page 33b of the Talmud contain no Talmud? Who were the Tosafists and how did they save the Talmud in medieval France? If a group of 6 people made various vows of …

Topics covered:Chapter 5, Mishna 1A consecration made in error may not be binding, depending on what the person meant. Prohibited to substitute an animal for a consecrated animal, and mistaken consecration in this regard is treated stringently. Defining an “erroneous …

Topics covered:Chapter 4, Mishna 5, 6Can a father vow nazirus for his son? When the future Rabbi Chanina was a boy, his father made a vow of nazirus for him. He was brought before Rabban Gamliel for examination, and he …