Classic Arguments of the Talmud: Hillel and Shammai
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Classic Arguments of the Talmud: Hillel and Shammai (Lesson 1)
Opens a series on Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai with the recurring 'potential versus actual' framework, illustrated through the Chanukah candle-lighting dispute and the laws of Rosh Hashanah L'ilanot.
Classic Arguments of the Talmud: Hillel and Shammai (Lesson 2)
Continues the Beit Hillel/Beit Shammai series through the laws of when a fish becomes tamei, when honey is considered a liquid, and the dispute over blessing a newly lit fire.
Classic Arguments of the Talmud: Hillel and Shammai (Lesson 3)
Applies the potential-versus-actual framework to the laws of shikcha (a forgotten bundle) and maaser sheni, including the exchange debate over produce not yet brought to Jerusalem.
Classic Arguments of the Talmud: Hillel and Shammai (Lesson 4)
Covers the Shabbat dispute over actions begun before Shabbat that continue into it, the kesubah dispute over a husband's death before the sotah test, and the laws of a thief who alters a stolen item.
Classic Arguments of the Talmud: Hillel and Shammai (Lesson 5)
Explores the Beit Hillel/Beit Shammai dispute through terumah on mixed grapes and wine, a get written with a kohen's restriction in mind, and the laws of a korban following a miscarriage.
Classic Arguments of the Talmud: Hillel and Shammai (Lesson 6)
Covers the dispute over the latest time for Krias Shema at night, the order of Hallel before the Pesach meal, and the liability of a paid versus unpaid watchman.
Classic Arguments of the Talmud: Hillel and Shammai (Lesson 7)
Closes the series with the laws of tumah and the Parah Adumah, the categories of chukim, eidos and mishpatim, and a final 'zero and one' analogy summarizing the entire potential-versus-actual framework.