Zevahim 24: Between the Floor and the Foot

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Zevahim 24: Between the Floor and the Foot

10.08.2025 | ט״ז בתשרי תשפ״ו

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The kohen needs to stand on the floor when he’s doing the Temple service. When is a stone on the floor part of the floor, and when is it on top of the floor, and how is that counted with regard to the kohen’s need to be standing on the floor? What are the implications of a loose stone, as a matter of the Temple’s decorum? Also, a deep dive into the given that the kohanim must do the service with their right hands, and when the Torah says, “finger,” it also means the right hand.

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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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