Questions tagged [maseches-meila]
Tractate containing intricacies of inappropriately benefiting from hekdesh (items/offerings which belong to The Temple)
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How is it known that Ben-Temalion was a small shed (שד)?
A follow-up to my first question, which is really what I was going for on that question:
How is it known that Ben-Temalion was a small shed (שד)?
@Dov sourced Rashi to Rabbeinu Gershom, but that doesn'...
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How did Rashi know Ben-Temalion was a small shed (שד)?
In Meilah 17b there's a story about a shed (שד) named Ben-Temalion who assisted Rashbi. Rashi there writes:
"בן תמליון - שד שקורין נוטיו"ן".
Translation: Ben-Temalion - a type of ...
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Etymology of קטלא (necklace, in משניות מעילה)
The mishna, M'ila 5:1, discusses a woman wearing a קטלא, which the commentary Yachin and the one by Rambam say means a necklace made of or with gold. I wonder what the etymology of this word is, since ...
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Why is there m'ila until the ashes are removed?
The Mishna in chapter 2 of M'ila outlines when the use of a sacrificial offering for one's own purposes, by accident, engenders the requirement to bring a sin-offering. Most kodshe kadashim ("...
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What happened to the rest of masechet Meilah -- it ends at 22a but the daf yomi calendar says it goes to 37?
This daf yomi calendar says that Meilah goes to 37, so I was surprised to discover that my digital copy of the Soncino edition of talmud ends it at 22a. This is also true of the copy at halakhah.com, ...
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How were coins that were destined for the Dead Sea managed?
A mishna on Meila 11a talks about money that a nazarite set aside for his offerings; if he died before completing the term and had set money aside specifically for the sin-offering, those coins are ...
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