Daf Yomi

Avodah Zara 58 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-08-15 A non-Jew who puts his hand in the wine to prove it is wine- what is the status of that wine? A non-Jew who was mistakenly asked to pour wine for Sages. A non-Jew who dilutes wine.

Avodah Zara 56 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-08-13 When juice pressed from grapes is considered “wine” for "yayin nesech". Wine is considered finished and subject to maaser from when [the pits and peels] float to the surface, some time after descending into the pit. Nisuch is not done with a non-Jew's feet.

Avodah Zara 55 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-08-12 Howcome G-d allows idolatry in the world? Why idols may appear to “heal” people. Harvesting and treading grapes with a non-Jew or Jew who processes wine in tumah.

Avodah Zara 54 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-08-11 When an animal that one is forced to worship is prohibited. The three cardinal sins. A physical act of idolatry on someone else’s property can prohibit it.

Avodah Zara 53 : Marc Chipkin : 2925-08-10 Does selling an idol nullify it? A Jew stood up a brick to bow down to it, and an idol worshipper came and bowed to it. Idols which were abandoned.

Avodah Zara 52 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-08-09 Dispute if an idol becomes forbidden when it is made or worshipped. Utensils which were used for service in Chonyo’s Temple, may they be used in the Temple? Nullification of avodah zarah owned jointly by a Jew and idolator.

Avodah Zara 51 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-08-08 Breaking a stick in service of an idol. Slaughtering a blemished animal for avodah zarah. Finding coins, a garment, or utensils on top of Markilus they are permitted to benefit therefrom, because they were not placed there to decorate the idol.

Avodah Zara 50 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-08-07 Stones found in the area of Markilus. Markilus stones which were removed to pave streets. Applying fertilizer to a tree during shemittah vs during Chol HaMoed.

Avodah Zara 49 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-08-06 Permitted and forbidden causes combining to produce a result. Avoiding benefit from avodah zarah by throwing away its value. The shavings of an asheirah tree.

Avodah Zara 48 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-08-05 Three types of asheirah trees. The shade of an asheirah tree. Planting vegetables under an asheirah tree during the winter, when its shade harms the plants.

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.

Avodah Zara 37 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-07-25 "This is your get after 12 months" and then the husband dies before then. Certain locusts are kosher. The liquids of the slaughterhouse are pure. Transmission of impurity via a corpse.

Avodah Zara 36 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-07-24 Forbidding non-Jewish oil, and how this was later revoked. The development of the decree against "their daughters".

Avodah Zara 35 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-07-23 Various reasons why non-Jewish cheese is forbidden. Milk which an idolator milked without a Jew seeing him. The decree of non-Jewish bread.

Avodah Zara 34 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-07-22 The difference between "yayin nesech" and chametz on Pesach regarding glazed vessels. Items which are permitted after twelve months. Majority of calves in Beit Unyaki are slaughtered for idol worship.

Avodah Zara 33 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-07-21 Cleaning jugs of idolators through filling with water for three days. Non-absorbent utensils which can be kashered with rinsing. Earthenware cups used for drinking.