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The Untangled DafZevachim 61b An incidental revelation about eating Kodshei Kodashim without a standing Ohel MOedThe sugya of אף על פי שנסע אהל מועד הוא is fragmented into three sugyos, one of them ours.
2025-11-1406 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 61b-63a - A Maseches Middos Oasis in the middle of ZevachimA nine part tour through the history and features of the Mizbeiach
2025-11-1405 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 60a-b -From Eretz Yisrael to Bavel and Back - the sugya of eating KKL in the absence of the mizbeiachUnraveling the components of this two part sugya
2025-11-1306 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 60-63 Sequence of Two General SugyosMapping out the general contours of the two sugyos leading up to the next Mishnah and how they relate back to our previous sugyos
2025-11-1305 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 59b - Accidentally stumbling upon the dimensions of the Mishkan's MizbeiachTwo self-contained Tannaic disputes about the measurements of the Mizbeiach in the Mishkan are brought here (and only here) in purely supportive roles for a different discussion.
2025-11-1207 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 59a pt. 2 - R' Yehudah's chiddush with Rava's caveat, in exileAn important, self-contained sugya appears only here, summoned in tangential service of a different topic.
2025-11-1205 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 59a pt. 1 - The conceptually unrelated issue of slaughtering Korbanos in the absence of the MizbeiachA conceptually unrelated halachah, sparking an entire spectrum of attendant sugyos, appears in our perek because it is derived from the passuk that serves as the source of the halachah in our Mishnah.
2025-11-1205 minThe Untangled DafZevachim 59a pt. 1 - The conceptually unrelated issue of slaughtering Korbanos in the absence of the MizbeiachA conceptually unrelated halachah, sparking an entire spectrum of attendant sugyos, appears in our perek because it is derived from the passuk that serves as the source of the halachah in our Mishnah.
2025-11-1205 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 37a - A second missing sugya of profound significanceThe source for the very fundamental requirement of shefichas shirayim with korbanos other than chattas turns up tangentially in our unrelated sugya and will never be revisited.
2025-10-2106 minThe Untangled DafZevachim 37a - A second missing sugya of profound significanceThe source for the very fundamental requirement of shefichas shirayim with korbanos other than chattas turns up tangentially in our unrelated sugya and will never be revisited.
2025-10-2106 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 37a - A missing sugya of profound significance - Pesach and Ma'aserThe existential question of whether or not Pesach and Ma'aser are even korbanos is buried in a conceptually unrelated sugya in the "wrong" Perek.
2025-10-2007 minThe Untangled DafZevachim 37a - A missing sugya of profound significance - Pesach and Ma'aserThe existential question of whether or not Pesach and Ma'aser are even korbanos is buried in a conceptually unrelated sugya in the "wrong" Perek.
2025-10-2007 min
The Untangled DafZevachim (36b-) 37a - פרשת ראה - ודם זבחיך ישפך על מזבח ה' אלקיךA seemingly innocuous passuk in Re'eh turns out to harbor deep halachic secrets.
2025-10-2005 minThe Untangled DafZevachim (36b-) 37a - פרשת ראה - ודם זבחיך ישפך על מזבח ה' אלקיךA seemingly innocuous passuk in Re'eh turns out to harbor deep halachic secrets.
2025-10-2005 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 36b - Unpacking the first Mishnah of the 4th PerekTaking note of the revolution set out by our Mishnah about the minimum number of matanos necessary to be mechaper.
2025-10-2003 minThe Untangled DafZevachim 36b - Unpacking the first Mishnah of the 4th PerekTaking note of the revolution set out by our Mishnah about the minimum number of matanos necessary to be mechaper.
2025-10-2003 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 36b - The Placement of the last Mishnah of the fourth Perek (46b)Understanding how the last Mishnah in the perek relates to the structure and direction of the rest of the chapter.
2025-10-2002 minThe Untangled DafZevachim 36b - The Placement of the last Mishnah of the fourth Perek (46b)Understanding how the last Mishnah in the perek relates to the structure and direction of the rest of the chapter.
2025-10-2002 min
The Untangled DafZevachim Ch. 4 - Structure of the Perek, especially the placement of the first MishnahUnderstanding why the discussion of the minimum required matanos hadam finds its way into the middle of our treatment of hilchos Piggul.
2025-10-2005 minThe Untangled DafZevachim Ch. 4 - Structure of the Perek, especially the placement of the first MishnahUnderstanding why the discussion of the minimum required matanos hadam finds its way into the middle of our treatment of hilchos Piggul.
2025-10-2005 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 36b - The Chafetz Chaim Strikes AgainAnother stunning example of the Chafetz Chaim's insistence on reuniting fragmented sugyos into a single edifice.
2025-10-2004 minThe Untangled DafZevachim 36b - The Chafetz Chaim Strikes AgainAnother stunning example of the Chafetz Chaim's insistence on reuniting fragmented sugyos into a single edifice.
2025-10-2004 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 36b - A displaced, fundamental sugya of eating kodashim while tamei.Fundamental aspects of eating Kodashim while Tamei find themselves on our daf for purely technical reasons.
2025-10-1906 minThe Untangled DafZevachim 36b - A displaced, fundamental sugya of eating kodashim while tamei.Fundamental aspects of eating Kodashim while Tamei find themselves on our daf for purely technical reasons.
2025-10-1906 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 36b - A displaced Piggul sugyaAn application of piggul finds itself in the post-piggul part of the perek for purely technical reasons.
2025-10-1902 minThe Untangled DafZevachim 36b - A displaced Piggul sugyaAn application of piggul finds itself in the post-piggul part of the perek for purely technical reasons.
2025-10-1902 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 36a - A fundamental precept of Achilas Korbanos, exiled from its placeThe source of the time period within which chattas, asham and other korbanos must be eaten, is cited here, out of context, and nowhere else in Shas.
2025-10-1906 minThe Untangled DafZevachim 36a - A fundamental precept of Achilas Korbanos, exiled from its placeThe source of the time period within which chattas, asham and other korbanos must be eaten, is cited here, out of context, and nowhere else in Shas.
2025-10-1906 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 36a - R' Yehudah's novel pesul of מחשבת הינוחThe last Mishnah of the perek shifts to thoughts other than אכילה והקטרה חוץ לזמנו וחוץ למקומו
2025-10-1903 minThe Untangled DafZevachim 36a - R' Yehudah's novel pesul of מחשבת הינוחThe last Mishnah of the perek shifts to thoughts other than אכילה והקטרה חוץ לזמנו וחוץ למקומו
2025-10-1903 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 35b - A ninth-perek sugya found only in the third perekA sugya which is entirely about אם עלו לא ירד finds itself embedded in the middle of the third perek.
2025-10-1904 minThe Untangled DafZevachim 35b - A ninth-perek sugya found only in the third perekA sugya which is entirely about אם עלו לא ירד finds itself embedded in the middle of the third perek.
2025-10-1904 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 35a-b - The Missing Explanation of Rabi Eliezer's shitaThe sugya of Rabi Yochanan explaining Rabi Eliezer's reasoning appears only in Menachos, not in Zevachim.
2025-10-1905 minThe Untangled DafZevachim 35a-b - The Missing Explanation of Rabi Eliezer's shitaThe sugya of Rabi Yochanan explaining Rabi Eliezer's reasoning appears only in Menachos, not in Zevachim.
2025-10-1905 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 34b (-35a) - Analysis of Tosefta PesachimThe Gemara takes a detour to examine the Tosefta from which רב שייא had brought proof to Rav Ashi.
2025-10-1802 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 34b - רב שייא's solitary and dramatic contribution to the TalmudIn what may be his only appearance in Shas, רב שייא swoops in with a stunning proof from Tosefta Pesachim.
2025-10-1804 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 34b - Fundamental Shirayim IssuesWe abrupty find ourselves thrust into a sugya examining issues of שפיכת שיריים.
2025-10-1803 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 34b - Conceptual framework of פסול מהו שיעשה שירייםConceptual framework of פסול מהו שיעשה שיריים.
2025-10-1804 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 34b - Placement of פסול מהו שיעשה שירייםUnderstanding why this fundamental discussion between Reish Lakish and Rabi Yochanan is attached to our Mishnah.
2025-10-1803 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 34a - Offering Chayos or non-kosher animals on the MizbeiachA fundamental issue buried in foreign territory.
2025-10-1803 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 34a - Machlokes Abayei and Rava stranded in ZevachimA dispute between Abayei and Rava concerning the issur of eating kodesh which is tamei ends up in Zevachim despite belonging in Makkos.
2025-10-1804 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 33b - Bechol Kodesh Lo SigaNavigating the potentially confusing landscape of the Gemara's presentation
2025-10-1703 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 33b - Entering the World of a Tamei Eating or Touching Kodashim or TerumahThe need to notice the Gemara's abrupt shift of focus, as well as to construct a coherent picture from the pieces presented by the Gemara.
2025-10-1707 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 33a (Extra-curricular) - Hakol BichsavA fundamental principle related to the architecture and construction of the Beis HaMikdash makes an appearance in our sugya.
2025-10-1603 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 33a pt. 3 - Fundamental semichah issues stumbled upon inadvertantlyThe Gemara's off-topic question on the Tosefta yields fundamental insights about general semichah issues.
2025-10-1605 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 33a pt. 2 - A sharp detour from Biah BemiktzasThe Gemara temporarily steps away from our main (though itself tangential) sugya of biah bemiktzas to examine a Tosefta that had been brought as evidence.
2025-10-1603 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 33a pt. 1 - Four step structure of the broader sugyaAppreciating each step of the unfolding process in its own context.
2025-10-1607 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 32b - Entering the world of biah bemiktzasHaving stumbled upon the concept of ביאה במקצת, the Gemara decides to make this the locus classicus of that topic.
2025-10-1506 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 32a - Comparing the MIshnah to its Root Source in the Toras KohanimThe Gemara compares the derivative Mishnah with the Toras Kohanim which serves as its source.
2025-10-1503 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 32a -(34a) - Overview of the Gemara's sprawling survey of various sugyosThe first "mission cycle" drifts further and further away from our Mishnah and our topics of discussion, and deals with a wide-ranging list of issues.
2025-10-1505 min
The Untangled DafZevachim (31b-) 32a - The Puzzling Structure of the third perek's opening MishnahWhat appears to be the sequel to the opening Mishnah of the 2nd perek somehow finds its way into the middle of the discussion of מחשבה הפוסלת
2025-10-1504 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 28a - The Chafetz Chaim's intervention in an exegetical sugyaThe Chafetz Chaim restructures yet another sugya in his Likutei Halachos, this time just to allow the exegetical process to unfold in sequence.
2025-10-1305 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 28a - A seeming side issue is dealt with before plunging into the Torah source of PiggulAnother example of the Gemara's methodical treatment of issues as they arise, not necessarily in order of their centrality.
2025-10-1302 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 27b - An Accidental Discovery of Great ImportThe Gemara unexpectedly stumbles upon a fundamental distinction between the respective natures of the inner and outer Mizbeiachs.
2025-10-1203 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 26b pt. 3 - Bringing it back to our SugyaUnderstanding our sugya based on the background from the 3rd Perek
2025-10-1005 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 26b pt. 2, Introducing the issues being imported from the 3rd PerekBackground from the 3rd perek which is necessary for understanding our Sugya
2025-10-1006 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 26b pt. 1, A Borrowed SugyaAppreciating that an entire, out-of-place sugya will unfold within our real sugya
2025-10-1004 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 26a - A Sugya in ExileAn integral sugya from Eizehu Mekoman gets displaced, only to be repatriated by the Chafetz Chaim
2025-10-1006 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 26a (Extra-curricular) - Rashi's chiddush about the source of פסול יוצאIn "innocently" providing us with background information for the basic concept of יוצא, Rashi lets slip a major chiddush, as noted by the Brisker Rav.
2025-10-1009 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 24a-b - Using Prefab Sugyos to allow the basis of the Mishnah to emerge organicallyNavigating the sugya of עבודה בשמאל.
2025-10-0807 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 24a - A Nonchalant but Explosive RevelationThe Gemara unassumingly, in passing, mentions a paradigm-shifting historical fact with wide ranging ramifications.
2025-10-0809 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 24a - A Day in the Life of the TalmudUsing a metaphor to envision the Gemara's multiple tracks of operations
2025-10-0811 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 23b - Buried Treasure - A major revelation about Ritzui Tzitz is hidden in a tangent within a tangentUnderstanding the mechanics of ritzui tzitz and how an important aspect of it is revealed in our incidental suya
2025-10-0810 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 23a- An oasis of Pesachim in the Midst of ZevachimAn incidental foray into the world of Korban Pesach yields a new discovery not found anywhere in Pesachim
2025-10-0807 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 22b - The 3-Story Structure of Ziknei DaromZiknei Darom is the tip of an iceberg that needs to be mined and analyzed in order to understand their innovation.
2025-10-0605 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 22a - The Chafetz Chaim's reversal of the sequenceUnderstanding why the Chafetz Chaim saw the need to switch the order of the statements of Reish Lakish
2025-10-0605 min
The Untangled DafIntro to Chagigah (10 min.) - Shalosh Mitzvos Nitztavu Yisrael BaRegelThe differing pedagogical approaches of the Mishnah, Tosefta, and Rambam in laying the groundwork for the halachos of special regel korbanos. Also especially relevant to Chagigah 6b.
2025-10-0509 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 19b (Bottom) - Reconstructive InterpretationThe Gemara uses creative thinking to reconstruct the reasoning of Rebbi and R' Elazar b. R. Shimon; Rashi uses creative thinking to reconstruct the reasoning of the Gemara.
2025-10-0407 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 18b - Continuing the dicussion of the Tosefta, and n example of Derech GilgulThe Gemara uses an additional Braisa to interact with the original Tosefta in Menachos, then digresses on a somewhat tangential issue
2025-10-0303 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 18b-19a - Far from RandomA careful reading shows that the Gemara moves methodically and in sequence through the section of Tosefta under analysis.
2025-10-0305 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 18a - Migration of the ToseftaA classic example of how the Mesadrei HaShas used the materials at their disposal to re-engineer the contours of halachic discussion.
2025-10-0203 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 15b, Structure and Innovation of the first segment of the MishnahThe structure and progression of the segment printed on 15b.
2025-09-2904 min
The Untangled DafZevachim Ch. 2, Intro to First Half of the PerekThe first three Mishnayos (15b, 25a, 26a) are actually one structured Mishnah
2025-09-2904 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 12a, pt. 2 - The unexpected impact of the ability to turn a Korban Pesach into a ShelamimThe halachah of a KP shechted at the wrong time with the wrong intent, which seems like something of a curiosity, turns out to have major practical ramifications for the kashrus of normative Korban Pesach.
2025-09-2607 min
The Untangled DafZevachim (11b-) 12a, pt. 1 - Contextualizing the machlokes bet. Ben Beseira & Rabi YehoshuaThe tug of war between the Mishnah and the Tosefta about where to present the question of Korban Pesach shechted the morning of 14th Nisan shelo lishmo.
2025-09-2604 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 11b - Extracurricular Segment - The concept of Mara DiTalmudaFactors taken into consideration by the Rishonim on how to pasken in a machlokes Tannaim.
2025-09-2604 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 11a - Utilizing Tosefta Pesachim to explain Yosi ben Choni's shittahA cryptic opinion of Yosi ben Choni is made sense of through a parallel discussion in Tosefta Pesachim.
2025-09-2507 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 10a-11a - A Cryptic passuk linking Asham to ChattasThe seemingly superfluous "כחטאת כאשם" becomes the basis of a major machlokes between R. Eliezer and the Chachamim
2025-09-2508 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 8a-10b - Eight min. overviewA bird's-eye Overview of the order of business for these next three blatt
2025-09-2208 minThe Untangled DafZevachim 8a-10b - Eight min. overviewA bird's-eye Overview of the order of business for these next three blatt
2025-09-2208 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 6a, Digression to Olah's kapparah for Asei, pt. 2The Chafetz Chaim's rearrangement of the Sugya
2025-09-2107 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 6a, Digression to Olah's Kapparah for Asei, Pt. 1Pondering the sharp digression from shelo lishma to general kapparah issues
2025-09-2104 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 6a pt. 3 - The fundamental role of Kapparah in a korbanA seemingly innocent question about one detail of halachah opens a window into the fundamental nature of korbanos
2025-09-2107 minThe Untangled DafZevachim 6a pt. 3 - The fundamental role of Kapparah in a korbanA seemingly innocent question about one detail of halachah opens a window into the fundamental nature of korbanos
2025-09-2107 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 6a pt 2 - The Structure of an איבעיא להו and resolutionThe joint effort of named and unnamed Sages leads to clarification of the Torah's intent
2025-09-2102 minThe Untangled DafZevachim 6a pt 2 - The Structure of an איבעיא להו and resolutionThe joint effort of named and unnamed Sages leads to clarification of the Torah's intent
2025-09-2102 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 6a - The next step: Kapparah of korban shelo lishmaShelo Lishmah unfolds further to reveal additional folds and wrinkles that need to be ironed out.
2025-09-2005 minThe Untangled DafZevachim 6a - The next step: Kapparah of korban shelo lishmaShelo Lishmah unfolds further to reveal additional folds and wrinkles that need to be ironed out.
2025-09-2005 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 5a - Reish Lakish's dramatic discoveryAn exchange between Reish Lakish and Rabi Elazar in Eretz Yisrael becomes the cornerstone of three fundamental conversations between the Amoraim of Bavel a generation later
2025-09-1907 minThe Untangled DafZevachim 5a - Reish Lakish's dramatic discoveryAn exchange between Reish Lakish and Rabi Elazar in Eretz Yisrael becomes the cornerstone of three fundamental conversations between the Amoraim of Bavel a generation later
2025-09-1907 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 3a - The Woven Talmud & First Encounter With SifraConsidering placement of Amoraic teachings, and Introducing the Sifra/Toras Kohanim
2025-09-1708 minThe Untangled DafZevachim 3a - The Woven Talmud & First Encounter With SifraConsidering placement of Amoraic teachings, and Introducing the Sifra/Toras Kohanim
2025-09-1708 min
The Untangled DafZevachim 2b - Shabbos With Rava in Bei CharmachGetting Ahead of Ourselves, and a glimpse into the Halachic mind of Rava
2025-09-1704 minThe Untangled DafZevachim 2b - Shabbos With Rava in Bei CharmachGetting Ahead of Ourselves, and a glimpse into the Halachic mind of Rava
2025-09-1704 min
2025-09-1707 min2025-09-1707 minThe Untangled DafIntro to Zevachim 1 - The Mission4-minute segment Introducing the basic mission of Tractate Zevachim
2025-09-1703 minThe Untangled DafIntro to Zevachim 1 - The Mission4-minute segment Introducing the basic mission of Tractate Zevachim
2025-09-1703 min
The Untangled DafGeneral Introduction, Vision and MethodologyA 7-minute description of our vision for rejuvenated Gemara (Talmud) study
2025-09-1707 minThe Untangled DafGeneral Introduction, Vision and MethodologyA 7-minute description of our vision for rejuvenated Gemara (Talmud) study
2025-09-1707 min