Shabbat 16: When All of the Vessels in the Palace Were Impure

Talking Talmud - Een podcast door Yardaena Osband & Anne Gordon

The oddity of the decree to make vessels made of metal impure. Breaking vessels to renew their pure status. What makes rain Waters become standing water, and the significance of intent. Plus: A very strange decree rendering the Kutim/Samaritans impure. Also: the impulse to protect the halakhah with stringent decrees.

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