
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


In today's pages of Talmud, Avodah Zarah 39 and 40, the sages open the third chapter of the tractate with a discussion on statues and idols. The sages explore which statues are permitted and which are forbidden, whether jewelry is permitted, whether an object that was once used in idol worship can be used for something else, and more. The topic of idol worship is, of course, taken extremely seriously, but the sages' teachings still manage to contain a lot of nuance. What can we learn from their approach? Listen and find out.
By Tablet Magazine4.8
540540 ratings
In today's pages of Talmud, Avodah Zarah 39 and 40, the sages open the third chapter of the tractate with a discussion on statues and idols. The sages explore which statues are permitted and which are forbidden, whether jewelry is permitted, whether an object that was once used in idol worship can be used for something else, and more. The topic of idol worship is, of course, taken extremely seriously, but the sages' teachings still manage to contain a lot of nuance. What can we learn from their approach? Listen and find out.

548 Listeners

1,464 Listeners

329 Listeners

644 Listeners

220 Listeners

158 Listeners

199 Listeners

57 Listeners

442 Listeners

1,208 Listeners

3,190 Listeners

1,076 Listeners

37 Listeners

83 Listeners

305 Listeners

206 Listeners

232 Listeners

38 Listeners

431 Listeners

111 Listeners

15 Listeners

157 Listeners

114 Listeners

356 Listeners

88 Listeners

108 Listeners

17 Listeners

12 Listeners

0 Listeners

11 Listeners

849 Listeners

494 Listeners