Hey there and welcome back to Take One, the podcast that brings you just one unfinished page

of Tom at each day.

Why unfinished?

Well, lots of reasons.

First, because we never really finish reading the Talmud.

When we're done here, reading the entire thing in just about a year and change now,

we're going to flip right back to that first page of track date, brachot,

right back to where we began and start

learning the Talmud all over again. Unfinished also because we're coming back at you after taking a

day off for Memorial Day. And we have a lot of unfinished business, a lot of catching up to do,

but also unfinished because, well, have a listen to this

nugget from today's pages, Hulin, 24, 25, and 26. The sages taught in explanation of the mission,

unfinished, gourmet, wooden vessels that are receptacles and are fit for use, but work remains

to complete their crafting are susceptible to

becoming impure. Flat wooden utensils are not susceptible to impurity. Unfinished metal vessels are

not susceptible to impurity. Flat metal utensils are susceptible to becoming impure. It is found that

that which is ritually pure in wooden vessels is

ritually impure in metal vessels. That which is ritually pure in metal vessels is

ritually impure in wooden vessels. And these are the unfinished wooden vessels. Any vessel

that one plans in the future to smooth, to set gems or ornaments in it, to plane it, to adorn it with

grooves and protuberances, to rub it and smooth it with the skin of a tuna. Or if it is lacking a

base or a rim or a handle, the vessel is susceptible to becoming impure. If the vessel is lacking the

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