Questions tagged [eduyot]
For questions relating to the Mishnayot in tractate Eduyot
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What's the significance of putting a firstborn animal's hair in the window?
Bechorot 3:4 (≈Eduyot 5:6) discusses the case in which the hair of a wounded firstborn animal fell off, then a person put the hair in the window, and then slaughtered the firstborn (or in another ...
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Why were masechtot of mishna without gemara included (or not) in Talmud Bavli and daf yomi?
I would like to better understand why certain tractates of mishna which don't have gemara were selected or not for inclusion in Talmud Bavli and/or daf yomi?
Here is what I understand
most tractates ...
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Why isn't Keilim 20:6 reckoned amongst the stringencies of Beit Hillel and the leniencies of Beit Shammai?
In Keilim 20:6, we see a disagreement between Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai (and Rabbi Akiva) as to when a floor mat (that is susceptible to midras impurity) loses its susceptibility to midras while ...
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Why is Eduyot in Nezikin?
Why is Masechet Eduyot in Seder Nezikin?
As a collection of miscellaneous laws, I realize that it would be difficult to fit into the themes of any of the six sedarim, but I’m wondering if there is a ...
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Why were the Egyptians judged for twelve lunar months, rather than solar ones?
Eduyos 2:10 lists several judgements which lasted for exactly twelve months:
חֲמִשָּׁה דְבָרִים שֶׁל שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ. מִשְׁפַּט דּוֹר הַמַּבּוּל, שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ. מִשְׁפַּט אִיּוֹב, ...
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How can Bet Shamai argue on Shamai?
How do we explain that Bet Shammai is documented as arguing on their teacher Shammai?
I didn't notice any of the classic Meforshim discussing this peculiarity.
There are at least 4 documented cases ...
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How were the Rabbis allowed to trick Karkamit?
According to Akavya ben Mehallel, Eduyot 5:6 states that a freed maidservant was made to drink fake sotah water (this is how most commentators interpret the phrase). I assume, though I have not seen ...
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Why is Eduyos in the Daf Yomi cycle?
There are several masechtos included in the printed versions of Talmud Bavli that, in fact, don't have any Bavli on them: Yerushalmi Shekalim, Mishnayos Eduyos, Mishnayos Kinnim, Mishnayos Tamid (for ...
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