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Avodah Zarah 70: Unsupervised Non-Jews

08.27.2025 | ג׳ באלול תשפ״ה

If a Jew leaves wine with a non-Jew, unsupervised, can (or when can) the Jew drink that wine? The 12 case-stories on this daf address this question, several of which are discussed here. Also, when an army came to Nehardea and opened barrels of wine – is that wine permitted for the Jews to use? A comparable question arose in the land of Israel, but it’s also qualitatively different, when the army is primarily Jewish. Plus, the case of a Jewish woman who gives the key to her wine shop to a non-Jewish woman, as an indicator of trust between them.

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Anne Gordon is the deputy editor of Ops & Blogs at The Times of Israel. She is a veteran educator, having taught in high school and post-high school institutions in Israel and America for several decades. Yardaena Osband is a pediatrician and teaches in her community and online. They both hail from Boston, proud alumna of Maimonides School, where they first learned Gemara. Talking Talmud is their conversation (via podcast) on the daf yomi. They say: “Learning the daf? We have something for you to think about. Not learning the daf? We have something for you to think about! (Along with a taste of the daf…) Join the conversation with us!”

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