Tractate Hullin in the Talmud

THIS WEEK'S DAF YOMI COLUMN BY ADAM KIRSCH IN TABLET: Slaughterhouse Shrive. In this week’s ‘Daf Yomi,’ Talmudic rabbis debate who is free to butcher animals piously according to Jewish ritual. Plus: the one transgression that is unforgivable under the Torah. This week Daf Yomi begins tracate Hullin, which deals with the non-sacral slaughtering of animals for food. Also this week, the Samaritans make an appearance.

Earlier Daf Yomi columns are noted here and links.

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