Chullin 35 - The Rabbis and the Riffraff
From Take One Daf Yomi by Tablet Magazine
June 4, 2026 · 7 min · Season 41 · Episode 35
About this episode
The episode discusses the ritual status of garments of an am ha’aretz and explores the relationship between experts and ordinary people.
On today’s page, Chullin 35, the rabbis discuss the ritual status of the garments of an am ha’aretz—an ordinary person who is not meticulous about the laws of ritual purity. What begins as a technical legal discussion quickly opens onto a deeper question about the relationship between experts and everyone else. The daf preserves a surprisingly sharp tension between learned scholars and ordinary people, one that remains deeply familiar today. Can a society thrive without the constant push and pull between expertise and common sense? Listen and find out.
Topics covered
- ritual purity
- expertise
- ordinary people
- legal discussion
- society
- scholars
Keywords
- Chullin 35
- ritual status
- am ha’aretz
- laws of ritual purity
- experts
- common sense
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Tablet Magazine
Books & works: Chullin 35
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