Oholot

And that got us onto the statement of Rabbi Shemuel that was all about stillborn child, which got us into this, right? That was also the same logic about it being batel b'rov.

And from there, we got into this Mishnah in Ohalot about ein afalim petichat ha'kever ad shegilu rosh k'pika.

And then we had to explain all the different opinions about the rosh k'pika and when it's considered that the impurity left the body.

And that was basically because we were talking about stillborns.

[gentle music] We're on Ohalot, perek tet, Mishnah bet.

Second Mishnah in the ninth chapter, Masechet Ohalot.

We're continuing to talk about the keveret.

Remember we learned that keveret is this, is this, um, this, um, beehive, baskety thing.

We are on Ohalot, Perek, Chet, Mishnah, Dalet.

Fourth Mishnah in the 8th chapter of Masechet Ohalot.

So now we learn, So if you put them over Tumah, they're Chotzei.

They block Tumah from what's above them.

[gentle music] We're on a Ohalot Perek Zayim Mishnah Vav.

Sixth Mishnah, last Mishnah of the seventh chapter of Masahe Ohalot.

A short Mishnah you can see, but a very, very important one, and a very, very, um, modern issue, the issue of abortion.

So the Mishnah, we were talking till now about children that were stillborn.

N- once the child is born, then the child is a full, is fully alive once he, once he emerges, and therefore, even now, if the woman's, mother's life is in danger, then it's a t- t- you know, tug of wars, "ein dochin nefesh mipnei nefesh" and you're not allowed to abort the fetus in this case.

Obviously, very relevant, very complicated issue.

This Mishnah in Ohalot is one of the primary Rabbinic sources for the idea of, of the, of, of Judaism allowing abortion, exactly what it says, "mechatchin et havelad" allowing abortion in the cases where the life of the mother is in danger, and that's one of the reasons why many Rabbinic authorities are against, are against, um, uh, legal, against, uh, uh, making abortion illegal, even though Judaism is very much against, very, very much against abortion in general.

Voluntary abortion, Judaism is completely against.

[gentle music] All right, we're on Ohalot, perek zayin, Mishnah aleph.

First Mishnah in the seventh chapter of Masechet Ohalot.

We're gonna learn about a new concept called kever satum.

Kever satum is an enclosed kever.

[gentle music] We're on Ohalot perk vav, Mishnah vav.

Sixth Mishnah in the sixth chapter of Masechet Ohalot.

Mishnah says, "Bayit shemesham- hameshamesh et hakotel." Literally, that means if the house serves the wall.

But what that means, the Bartinura says the following.

Rabbi Shimon, what's the statement of Rabbi Shimon? None.

We have a Mishnah in Ohalot about Tumat Meit.

HaShilyam B'Bait, if there is a placenta, a human placenta, That's too much ohel.

Not because that's a vlad.

We're in Ohalot, Perkei, Mishnah Dalet.

Fourth Mishnah, the fifth chapter of Masechet Ohalot.

We're continually in the last Mishnah, where we said that if you had a kad, if you had on top of this, in this case, this kdera that was made of klicheres, and it was blocking the home, the tummah was coming over here, we said, what happens is that the ochlin umashkin, the food and the drink, are tahor, But everything else is Tameh.

Why? Because it's the Kederah of an Am Ha'aretz.

We are on Ohalot, Perikim L'mishnah Dalet.

So in the last Mishnah, we talked about a chibur.

The Mishnah is talking about hair and teeth and nails and said, when it's connected to the body, then it's all Tamei.