About this episode
Today's daf is sponsored by Rivka and Martin Himmel in honor of the birth of a grandson, son to Binyamin and Atara. ׳׳וראה בנים לבניך שלום על ישראל׳׳ Why did Rabbi Elazar hold that a cuti can't marry a cutit ? How far back does a man need to check the lineage of the woman's family he is planning to marry? It depends on whether she is from the family of kohanim or not. Why does one need to check her family but she doesn't need to check the man's family? There are all sorts of people whose family lineage doesn't need checking. Why?