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Does Hashem Desire Sacrifices?
After the flood, Noach exits the ark and builds an altar.
Oct 24
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Joshua Waxman
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Deficient Horns (Karnat)
The other day, on Zevachim 37, someone in the chabura noted a difference between the Vilna text in ArtScroll, ArtScroll Hebrew text in the English…
Oct 23
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Joshua Waxman
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Reish Lakish and Chava on "Touching"
I didn’t have time to write a post, so I dictated an idea to an LLM and, with some trial and error, had it generate a post.
Oct 20
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Joshua Waxman
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Rav Ashi Revised
There were two other points I noticed about Zevachim 31, aside from the Eldad HaDani thing.
Oct 17
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Joshua Waxman
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Women May Shecht Ab Initio
I gave the daf yesterday on Simchat Torah, Zevachim 31b. At the start of the new perek, we have this in the Mishnah:
Oct 16
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Joshua Waxman
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Fat Tailed Sheep
Baruch Hashem, the hostages are home!
Oct 13
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Joshua Waxman
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I Reported a Bug to Sefaria!
Sefaria has a very nice feedback mechanism.
Oct 12
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Joshua Waxman
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Three Weirdnesses in Rabbi Simai's Remez
Pre-Yom Kippur, the daf was Zevachim 17a, and a brayta records Rabbi Simai’s remez / hint to the idea that a tevul yom who performs avodah, those rites…
Oct 9
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Joshua Waxman
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Immersing in Fish Eyeballs
In today’s daf, Zevachim 22, we read about the validity of immersing in fish eyeballs.
Oct 6
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Joshua Waxman
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Rav Chisda's Amora (full article)
Here is my article for the Jewish Link for this Shabbat:
Oct 3
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Joshua Waxman
Ravina turns into Rav Yirmeyah
A brief textual transformation that illustrates some of the underlying causes and operations of changed girsaot.
Oct 1
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Joshua Waxman
September 2025
Can Rabbi shlug up Rabbi Oshaya?
Continuing my kvetch about how the Talmudic Narrator in Zevachim presents the ideas, here is something else that bothered me.
Sep 30
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Joshua Waxman
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