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Chullin 35 - The Rabbis and the Riffraff
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- Take One Daf Yomi
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- Jun 4, 2026
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- 417
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Summary
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.