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Avodah Zara 20b.10
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Avodah Zara 20b.10

Translation by Ketzirah, adapted from Sefaria

Ketzirah haMa’agelet
Mar 14, 2023
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Avodah Zara 20b.10
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In preparation for Soul Trait Studio Adar 5783, I explored Talmud Avodah Zarah 20b.10. I was unsatisfied with the translations, so I decided to undertake my own. I left out the final line from the STS practice, which I include here. I felt it distracted from the point of the practice — and needed to do a full unpacking of the term “chasidut” to understand it.

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