Daf Yomi

Avodah Zara 16 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-07-04 Selling shields to a non-Jew. Selling a fattened ox to a non-Jew. What types of buildings can a Jew assist in building for a non-Jew?

Avodah Zara 14 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-07-02 One is permitted to sell large amounts of frankincense to an idolator. Selling a white rooster to an idolator. Abraham has 400 chapters in his tractate of Avodah Zara.

Avodah Zara 13 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-07-01 Is the prohibition against receiving benefit from idol worship or giving it benefit? "Uprooting" an animal connected to idolatry. Buying from a merchant vs. buying from a homeowner.

Avodah Zara 12 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-30 Business is permitted “outside the city”. Activities forbidden because it appears like one is bowing to idols. The danger of drinking directly from a pipe.

Avodah Zara 11 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-29 Onkelus the convert. Burning a king’s personal articles after his death. The Roman festival celebrating Esau's triumph over Jacob.

Avodah Zara 10 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-28 Proof that we date documents from the Greek era. The relationship between Rebbi and Antoninus. Ketiah bar Shalom got the World to Come in a minute.

Avodah Zara 9 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-27 Calculating years from the destruction of the Temple based on dates in a document, or vice versa. The 2000 years of Torah began when Abraham was 52 years old. Calculating shemittah based on the destruction of the Temple.

Avodah Zara 8 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-26 Adam thought the world was ending, then made a Yom Tov. Celebrating the wedding of the sin of an idol worshipper is like idolatry. Rome’s alliance with the Jews to conquer the Greeks, and eventual subjugation of the Jews.