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Bekhorot 29: Dishonest Is as Dishonest Does

October 17, 2026 | ו׳ בחשון תשפ״ז

Another day of mishnayot: 1 – One who takes wages to be a judge or give testimony or a kohen who does so to facilitate a red heifer — all of those efforts would be void. Note that the kohen who facilitates the red heifer becomes impure and cannot partake of terumah, which is his own monetary loss. 2 – If one is suspect with regard to bekhorot, for example, a kohen who is accused of making a blemish on the first-borns, then one may not purchase regular meat from him either, including the kind for which the first-born law was irrelevant (like venison). 3 – One who is suspected of not being careful with the laws of the shemitah year — you can’t buy any plant-based items from him, but you can buy non-plant based items. 4 – One who is not trustworthy with regard to terumot and ma’aserot may be untrustworthy when it comes to water and salt, no less.

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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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