Bekhorot 24 - Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan - October 12, 1 Cheshvan
Release Date: 10/12/2026
Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
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Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
The braita states that an owner retains financial benefit (tovat hana'a) for priestly gifts, permitting an Israelite to accept payment from a fellow Israelite to direct teruma to a specific kohen who is a relative, whereas a kohen may not pay another kohen for it. The Gemara asks why the braita specifies teruma rather than other priestly gifts (matnot kehuna). It answers that teruma possesses intrinsic sanctity (kedushat haguf) and cannot be redeemed, so people will not mistakenly treat it as unconsecrated (chullin); whereas monetary-sanctity gifts (kedushat damim) might lead people to err,...
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A braita presents opinions regarding an animal purchased from a non-Jew whose birthing history is unknown. Rabbi Yishmael establishes age-based presumptions (that a goat in its first year, a sheep in its second, and a cow or donkey in its third is assumed to have not yet produced a firstborn prior to the sale), while Rabbi Yosi bar Rabbi Yehuda requires four years for a donkey. Rabbi Yehoshua quotes his rabbis and counters that a bodily discharge (tinuf), which could indicate a prior miscarriage, would also exempt an animal from bekhora, while he himself adds that a goat that had a bodily...
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