Questions tagged [maseches-kilayim]
Tractate dealing with the prohibition of sewing/breeding different species of seeds/animals together,and mixing wool and linen in clothing
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The physical and spiritual halves of man in the Yerushalmi
In the entry "Soul: Jewish Concept" on Encyclopedia.com it states the following apparently based on the Yerushalmi:
"The close connection between soul and body characteristic of the ...
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Maseches Kilayim with pictures
Are there any commentaries or guides to Maseches Kilayim that include pictures of the plants under discussion? Artscroll has footnotes about what each plant could be, but it is too much work to Google ...
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Kila'ei Hakerem - why 16 amos radius?
Mishna Kila'im 5:5:
הַנּוֹטֵעַ יָרָק בַּכֶּרֶם אוֹ מְקַיֵּם, הֲרֵי זֶה מְקַדֵּשׁ אַרְבָּעִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה גְפָנִים. אֵימָתַי, בִּזְמַן שֶׁהָיוּ נְטוּעוֹת עַל אַרְבַּע אַרְבַּע, אוֹ עַל חָמֵשׁ חָמֵשׁ. ...
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Why should a Sefer Torah be obligated in Shaatnez?
Says the Mishnah, Kilayim 9:3:
מִטְפְּחוֹת הַיָּדַיִם, מִטְפְּחוֹת הַסְּפָרִים, מִטְפְּחוֹת הַסַּפָּג, אֵין בָּהֶם מִשּׁוּם כִּלְאָיִם. רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר אוֹסֵר.
Hand towels, covers for Sifrei ...
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Why would it be okay to wear Shaatnez to avoid being robbed?
The Mishnah in Kilayim 9:2 states:
וְלֹא יִלְבַּשׁ כִּלְאַיִם אֲפִלּוּ עַל גַּבֵּי עֲשָׂרָה, אֲפִלּוּ לִגְנֹב אֶת הַמֶּכֶס:
One may not wear Shaatnez, even on top of ten layers [of clothes, ...
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Why is a dog considered a wild animal?
Kilayim 8:6, in listing various animals and whether they are considered wild or domesticated, says:
כלב מין חיה
A dog is a type of wild animal
Why is this? We’re not talking about wild dogs ...
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Why does the Mishnah in Kilayim repeat halachos taught elsewhere?
Kilayim 4:3-4 teaches various halachos about walls, as a wall could divide between fields to allow planting on either side. Among those halachos taught are:
A wall must be 10 tefachim tall.
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Why does R' Yishmael require the fields to alternate in Kilayim 3:6?
Kilayim 3:6 poses the case of a field sown with onions, and one wishes to plant gourds in this field. There are three opinions as to how much one should uproot, and as they pose their opinions in very ...
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Why can't you cut down a wheat stalk before planting the other species?
The Mishnah in Kelayim 2:3 records that if one wishes to plant barley in a field currently seeded with wheat, or vice versa, he must wait until the field is wormy, plow it, and then he may seed it. If ...
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Any pictorial resources for the first chapter in maseches Kla'im?
The seffer by Y. Feliks, Klei Zeraim ViHarkava is quoted extensively in Artscroll's mishnayos. Does this seffer have pictures like the author's other work Hatzomeach ViHachai?
Or are there any other ...
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