Monthly Archives: April 2021

In page 9b, we learn the famous reasons for the destruction of the Second Temple. The Talmud famously tells us that the Temple was destroyed for senseless hatred- sinas chinum. The Talmud tells that the people were scrupulous in the … Continue reading →

“Man was made in God’s image long before the covenant of Abraham and the Israelites. To be a Jew is the Jewish way of being human. It is not a justification for others to be less human” Rabbi-Lord Jonathan Sacks

This tractate winds up with the most interesting conundrum. What happens if the paroches (the curtain in holy Temple which separates the holy of holies from the hall with the menorah, lechem hapanim and gold altar) becomes impure due to … Continue reading →