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Menachos 35 Background and Structure

Feb 15, 2026

8:38

The Gemara allows us to observe as the Tefillin as we know them take form, one הלכה למשה מסיני at a time.

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Menachos 34b -Overview to sugya of Tefillin; Structure of 34b

Feb 14, 2026

7:06

Menachos 34b -Overview to sugya of Tefillin; Structure of 34b

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Menachos 33b-34a - Doorposts: Definitions

Feb 14, 2026

8:15

Menachos 33b-34a - Doorposts: Definitions

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Menachos 31-34 -Overview to sugya of Mezuzah

Feb 12, 2026

7:17

Menachos 31-34 -Overview to sugya of Mezuzah

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Menachos 32 Structure and Progression

Feb 12, 2026

4:23

Menachos 32 structure and progression

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Menachos 29-30 - General Structure

Feb 10, 2026

6:25

How the Gemara ends up creating an entire sugya of Hilchos Sefer Torah while supposedly discussing Mezuzah

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Menachos 28 - Context for Menorah discussion

Feb 8, 2026

7:30

Menachos 28 - Context for Menorah discussion

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Menachos 27b - From Parah Adumah to Biah Reikanis and Back

Feb 7, 2026

15:08

Menachos 27b - From Parah Adumah to Biah Reikanis and Back

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Menachos 19a-b - Overall Structure

Jan 30, 2026

8:25

Menachos 19a-b - Overall Structure

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Menachos 13b - Pondering Why Likut Levonah does not have the status of Kemitzah

Jan 24, 2026

3:23

Menachos 13b - Pondering Why Likut Levonah does not have the status of Kemitzah

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Menachos 13b - The mystifying Placement of the sugya of Likut Levonah

Jan 24, 2026

6:21

Setting the groundwork for the analysis of the status of Likut Levonah

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Menachos 13a-b - Reish Lakish's revolutionary reading of Rabi Yosi

Jan 24, 2026

5:08

Menachos 13a-b - Reish Lakish's revolutionary reading of Rabi Yosi

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Overview of 2nd Perek of Menachos

Jan 23, 2026

13:05

Applying the Basic Guidelines of Pigul to Compound Korbanos

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Zevachim 68a - Intersection of 3 concepts known to us exclusively thru the Oral Torah

Nov 21, 2025

8:44

An entire edificd of halachah emerges from the application of various principles derived through Torah Shebe'Al Peh.

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Zevachim 67a-68a - The evolving understanding of Rabi Yehoshua's chiddush

Nov 20, 2025

5:18

Three stages in the deveopment of our understanding of Rav Ada bar Ahava's explanation of Rabi Yehoshua's shittah.

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Zevachim 66b-67a Mishnah - Rabi Yehoshua's surprising chiddush

Nov 20, 2025

3:15

The Mishnah and Tosefta deal extensively with Rabi Yehoshua's surprising shittah but never offer an explanation or rationale.

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Zevachim 65b - An Island of Chattas Ha'Of in the middle of a stream of Olas Ha'Of

Nov 19, 2025

3:11

We end up with a sugya of Chattas haof sandwiched between the two sugyos of olas ha'of.

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Zevachim 65a the Unfolding of Olas Ha'Of

Nov 18, 2025

4:42

The Gemara presents the Toras Kohanim on the entire passuk for a comprehensive picture of the critical parts of avodas olas ha'of

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Zevachim 64b - Structure of the Mishnayos and focusing on melikah of chattas ha'of

Nov 17, 2025

5:37

Making sense out of the flow and zooming on melikah of chattas ha'of

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Zevachim 63b - The Missing Toras Kohanim

Nov 16, 2025

4:13

The source of the basic halachah concerning where the chatas ha'of's blood is sprinkled does not appear in the Toras Kohanim and is instead brought in the name of early Amoraim.

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Zevachim 63a - The Chafetz Chaim's redemption of R' Yochanan's teaching

Nov 16, 2025

4:14

R' Yochanan's chiddush about an acceptable place for shechting kodashim kalim is, seemingly inexplicably, ommited from its proper place in Eizehu Mekoman.

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Zevachim 61b An incidental revelation about eating Kodshei Kodashim without a standing Ohel MOed

Nov 14, 2025

6:18

The sugya of אף על פי שנסע אהל מועד הוא is fragmented into three sugyos, one of them ours.

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Zevachim 61b-63a - A Maseches Middos Oasis in the middle of Zevachim

Nov 14, 2025

5:27

A nine part tour through the history and features of the Mizbeiach

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Zevachim 60a-b -From Eretz Yisrael to Bavel and Back - the sugya of eating KKL in the absence of the mizbeiach

Nov 13, 2025

6:32

Unraveling the components of this two part sugya

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Zevachim 60-63 Sequence of Two General Sugyos

Nov 13, 2025

5:15

Mapping out the general contours of the two sugyos leading up to the next Mishnah and how they relate back to our previous sugyos

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Zevachim 59b - Accidentally stumbling upon the dimensions of the Mishkan's Mizbeiach

Nov 12, 2025

7:29

Two self-contained Tannaic disputes about the measurements of the Mizbeiach in the Mishkan are brought here (and only here) in purely supportive roles for a different discussion.

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Zevachim 59a pt. 2 - R' Yehudah's chiddush with Rava's caveat, in exile

Nov 12, 2025

5:50

An important, self-contained sugya appears only here, summoned in tangential service of a different topic.

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Zevachim 59a pt. 1 - The conceptually unrelated issue of slaughtering Korbanos in the absence of the Mizbeiach

Nov 12, 2025

5:04

A conceptually unrelated halachah, sparking an entire spectrum of attendant sugyos, appears in our perek because it is derived from the passuk that serves as the source of the halachah in our Mishnah.

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Zevachim 37a - A second missing sugya of profound significance

Oct 21, 2025

6:23

The source for the very fundamental requirement of shefichas shirayim with korbanos other than chattas turns up tangentially in our unrelated sugya and will never be revisited.

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Zevachim 37a - A missing sugya of profound significance - Pesach and Ma'aser

Oct 20, 2025

7:58

The existential question of whether or not Pesach and Ma'aser are even korbanos is buried in a conceptually unrelated sugya in the "wrong" Perek.

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Zevachim (36b-) 37a - פרשת ראה - ודם זבחיך ישפך על מזבח ה' אלקיך

Oct 20, 2025

5:29

A seemingly innocuous passuk in Re'eh turns out to harbor deep halachic secrets.

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Zevachim 36b - Unpacking the first Mishnah of the 4th Perek

Oct 20, 2025

3:34

Taking note of the revolution set out by our Mishnah about the minimum number of matanos necessary to be mechaper.

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Zevachim 36b - The Placement of the last Mishnah of the fourth Perek (46b)

Oct 20, 2025

2:16

Understanding how the last Mishnah in the perek relates to the structure and direction of the rest of the chapter.

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Zevachim Ch. 4 - Structure of the Perek, especially the placement of the first Mishnah

Oct 20, 2025

5:53

Understanding why the discussion of the minimum required matanos hadam finds its way into the middle of our treatment of hilchos Piggul.

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Zevachim 36b - The Chafetz Chaim Strikes Again

Oct 20, 2025

4:07

Another stunning example of the Chafetz Chaim's insistence on reuniting fragmented sugyos into a single edifice.

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Zevachim 26a (Extra-curricular) - Rashi's chiddush about the source of פסול יוצא

Oct 10, 2025

9:14

In "innocently" providing us with background information for the basic concept of יוצא, Rashi lets slip a major chiddush, as noted by the Brisker Rav.

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Zevachim 36b - A displaced, fundamental sugya of eating kodashim while tamei.

Oct 19, 2025

6:38

Fundamental aspects of eating Kodashim while Tamei find themselves on our daf for purely technical reasons.

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Zevachim 36b - A displaced Piggul sugya

Oct 19, 2025

2:57

An application of piggul finds itself in the post-piggul part of the perek for purely technical reasons.

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Zevachim 36a - A fundamental precept of Achilas Korbanos, exiled from its place

Oct 19, 2025

6:02

The source of the time period within which chattas, asham and other korbanos must be eaten, is cited here, out of context, and nowhere else in Shas.

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Zevachim 36a - R' Yehudah's novel pesul of מחשבת הינוח

Oct 19, 2025

3:14

The last Mishnah of the perek shifts to thoughts other than אכילה והקטרה חוץ לזמנו וחוץ למקומו

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Zevachim 35b - A ninth-perek sugya found only in the third perek

Oct 19, 2025

4:44

A sugya which is entirely about אם עלו לא ירד finds itself embedded in the middle of the third perek.

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Zevachim 35a-b - The Missing Explanation of Rabi Eliezer's shita

Oct 19, 2025

5:21

The sugya of Rabi Yochanan explaining Rabi Eliezer's reasoning appears only in Menachos, not in Zevachim.

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Zevachim 34b (-35a) - Analysis of Tosefta Pesachim

Oct 18, 2025

2:01

The Gemara takes a detour to examine the Tosefta from which רב שייא had brought proof to Rav Ashi.

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Zevachim 34b - רב שייא's solitary and dramatic contribution to the Talmud

Oct 18, 2025

4:56

In what may be his only appearance in Shas, רב שייא swoops in with a stunning proof from Tosefta Pesachim.

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Zevachim 34b - Fundamental Shirayim Issues

Oct 18, 2025

3:53

We abrupty find ourselves thrust into a sugya examining issues of שפיכת שיריים.

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Zevachim 34b - Conceptual framework of פסול מהו שיעשה שיריים

Oct 18, 2025

4:08

Conceptual framework of פסול מהו שיעשה שיריים.

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Zevachim 34b - Placement of פסול מהו שיעשה שיריים

Oct 18, 2025

3:25

Understanding why this fundamental discussion between Reish Lakish and Rabi Yochanan is attached to our Mishnah.

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Zevachim 34a - Offering Chayos or non-kosher animals on the Mizbeiach

Oct 18, 2025

3:23

A fundamental issue buried in foreign territory.

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Zevachim 34a - Machlokes Abayei and Rava stranded in Zevachim

Oct 18, 2025

4:43

A dispute between Abayei and Rava concerning the issur of eating kodesh which is tamei ends up in Zevachim despite belonging in Makkos.

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Zevachim 33b - Bechol Kodesh Lo Siga

Oct 17, 2025

3:23

Navigating the potentially confusing landscape of the Gemara's presentation

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