Questions tagged [tractate-ahilot]
Tractate concerning ritual impurity transferred by corpses via covering
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How can a solid pile of planks be considered an ohel?
Ohalot 15:1 says that a pile of garments, where the uppermost garment is at least a tefach off the ground, counts as an ohel. This is presumably because the uppermost garment is considered the 'roof' ...
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What counts as an "Eiver min Hachai" to be forbidden?
The texts (Mas. Chullin, Mishna Ohalot etc) discuss an eiver min hachai and eiver is translated as "limb" but I am looking for some parameters for what counts as a limb.
The example of EM"haCh that I ...
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Can a natural hollow become an Ohel for Tum'ah through human use?
In Mas. Sukkah 20b, R' Yehudah states his opinion that for something to be an ohel enough to shelter Tumah (and create a situation where that Tumah is transmitted within) the shelter has to be man ...
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Why record retracted opinions in the mishnah?
The mishna Keilim 9:2 records a disagreement between Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai, and then records that Beit Hillel retracted their opinion and agreed with Beit Shammai.
חבית שהיא מלאה משקין טהורין,...
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Why measure the side of the square by quartering its circumference
The Mishna in Ohaloth 12:6 informs us that you need a Tefach of width to bring Tumah from one location to another:
קוֹרָה שֶׁהִיא נְתוּנָה מִכֹּתֶל לְכֹתֶל וְטֻמְאָה תַחְתֶּיהָ, אִם יֶשׁ בָּהּ ...
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11 pairs of ribs - practice or tradition?
THis is a follow-up question to 248-organs.
The Mishnah in Ohalot (1:8) states that there are 248 organs and lists all of them:
"מָאתַיִם וְאַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁמֹנָה אֵבָרִים בָּאָדָם, שְׁלשִׁים ...
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How is the male skeleton different from female?
This question is a follow-up to "Different-counts-of-the-248-organs-".
As we see from the Mishnah in Ohalot 1,8, only the bones are counted as organs, namely a bone that has sinew and some ...
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How does this list add up to 248 bones?
The Mishnah in Oholos 1:8 gives a list of 248 bones in the human body:
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6 in each toe2
10 in the ankle3
2 in the shin3
5 in the knee3
1 in the thigh3
3 in the hip3
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Is there a list of the 365 sinews?
The 248 positive commandments are compared to the 248 bones (Zohar 1:170b). Chazal provide a list of these 248 bones (Oholos 1:8).
The 365 negative commandments are compared to the 365 sinews (Zohar ...
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How does a c'zayit of a body practically get inside the hive when it fills the house (Ohalot 9:9)?
Ohalot 9:9 is part of a perek dealing with a caveret (כורת, a beehive-shape thing) with a piece of a dead body (which is tamei) in various positions, and whether the surrounding house is tamei or ...
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