A concise Daf Yomi Shiur on Chullin Daf 33 with Reb Eli Stefansky.
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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Eli Stefansky’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.
[music] >> Good morning, Rabbis. Hi. >> [screaming] >> Rabbis, I your hands have tumah. Even today, they have a little tumah. That's why we wash our hands before we bread based on these sugiyot over here. Your hands, I'm going to tell you what they are. In tumah, it starts from the worst of the worst. A via voice of tumah, a dead person. The next level, and it always goes down. The next level, and it always goes down. It steps one step down. A rat, a dead rat, is av tumah. A rat that touches a person becomes what? Drops one thing below av tumah, becomes a rishon. Now, if a rishon touches something else, it becomes a sheini. Hands have a halacha of sheini. Only mid Rabbanan. Rabbanan said you're a sheini. Now, how much damage could a sheini do? Sheini can't do that much damage. Sheini can't do that much damage. It can only damage something that's super sensitive. Something strong like a like an apple, like regular food, chulin, it can't do any It can't do anything to it. It can't penetrate chulin. What could it damage? Terumah. Kodashim. Okay. Here's a interesting question. What if a person Yeah, we can show the chart if you want. This is the chart of av avot tumah. This av avot tumah drops, keeps on dropping and then rishon, sheini, shlishi.
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- 0:01[music] >> Good morning, Rabbis. Hi. >> [screaming] >> Rabbis, I your hands have tumah. Even…
- 3:35once the trachea is removed from the body. Once you shecht the trachea, it's considered halachically…
- 7:10shechita? He accomplishes two things. What are the two things he accomplishes? Reb Oisa. You could…
- 10:43accomplishes more than siman two so maybe they don't combine together. They're different type of Now…
- 14:24living animal and then you shecht it. I got you guys you see? I'm telling you…
- 18:28if a person desires to taste the taste of of meat of a of a live…
- 22:02lost a ton of blood. It barely has any blood left. So, again, it'll be very…
- 25:38dam shera. What? If there's no blood in in the Bet Hamikdash, it's kosher? Who has…
- 29:15a plague. The hall and by us we are talking about touching. How do I know…
- 32:50your whole body does not become tamei. It's an interesting kodesh. Only your hands. Imagine. Only…
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