Daf Yomi

Avodah Zara 47 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-08-04 If one bows to a palm tree, can its branch be used for the mitzvah of lulav? Rebuilding a fallen wall shared by an idolatrous building. Three types of idolatrous houses regarding their nullification.

Avodah Zara 46 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-08-03 Stones which became detached on their own from a mountain and worshipped. If someone bows to a mountain (which remains permitted in benefit), can its stones be used for the Altar? If one bows to standing wheat, can it be used for flour offerings since it was physically changed?

Avodah Zara 45 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-08-02 Mountains which are worshipped remain permitted, but what is on them is prohibited. A tree which one planted without intending to worship it, and eventually worshipped it. The sequence of destroying idols when entering into the land of Israel.

Avodah Zara 44 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-08-01 Grinding an idol and scattering it to the wind, or throwing it into the sea. King David's crown. Rabban Gamliel bathing in the bathhouse with an idol nearby.

Avodah Zara 43 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-07-31 Nullifying a lost idol. Rabban Gamliel’s images of the moon. The prohibition to own an image.

Avodah Zara 42 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-07-30 A non-Jew can nullify an idol whereas a Jew cannot. Why leaves of an asheirah tree which fall off and fertilize vegetables are not considered an idol which “broke” on its own. Utensils with a figure of the sun, moon, or a dragon.

Avodah Zara 41 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-07-29 Which statues are forbidden? An idol which broke on its own. Broken statues are permitted because they may not have been worshipped, and even if they were, they may have been nullified when they broke.

Avodah Zara 40 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-07-28 Identifying a kosher fish. The status of brine. The innards of fish and their roe.

Avodah Zara 39 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-07-27 Cutting a "sharp" item with a non-kosher knife. Purchasing from the wife or slave of a trusted individual. Milk is kosher if the Jew has the ability to observe the milking.

Avodah Zara 38 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-07-26 Any food which is eaten raw or is not for too be served on a royal table is not subject to "bishul akum". No concern of "bishul akum" with unintended cooking. No "bishul akum" where a Jew participates in the cooking.