Daf Notes

Please have our brothers and sisters living in Eretz Yisroel in mind when you are learning the Daf. It should also be l’zchus Refuah Shleimah for all the Israeli soldiers who are currently in critical condition. An extensive list of their names appears below. Daf Notes is currently being dedicated to the neshamah of Tzvi…

Daf Notes

Incidental to the laws of the reading of the Megillah and the Torah, this chapter of the Tractate deals with the laws pertaining to the sanctity of the synagogue. This Mishna states that the proceeds from the sale of a sanctified object assumes the level of sanctity previously possessed by the object and may…

Daf Notes

The Mishna had stated: This is the general rule: A mitzvah that must be performed during the night may be performed the entire night. The Gemora asks: What is the Mishna coming to include? The Gemora answers: The rule is adding the mitzvah of eating the korban Pesach and it is not following the opinion…

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Everyone is eligible to read the Megillah (on Purim), except for a deaf person, a deranged person and a minor. Rabbi Yehudah maintains that a minor is eligible to read the Megillah. The Gemora assumes that one who hears the Megillah from a deaf person does not fulfill his obligation at all – even…

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It is written in the Megillah [6:1]: On that night, the sleep of the king was disturbed. Rabbi Tanchum said: This is referring to Hashem (to take action against His enemies). The Rabbis said: This is referring to the angels and Achashverosh (the angels were pestering him to reward Mordechai for saving him). Rava said:…

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Rav Yosef said: The studying of Torah is greater than saving lives. This can be proven from the fact that initially, Mordechai is mentioned (in Scripture) after four Sages, but in the end (after the miracle of Purim), he was mentioned after five Sages (indicating that his significance among the Sages had diminished). …

Daf Notes Megillah

Rabbi Abba said: The parable of Achashverosh and Haman resembles two men, one of whom had a pile of dirt in his field and the other had a ditch. The one who had the ditch said: I wish that the owner of the pile would sell me the dirt so that I can fill up…

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It is written in the Megillah [2:5]: There was a Jewish man in Shushan the capital, whose name was Mordechai, son of Yair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, from the tribe of Binyamin. The Gemora asks: He is called a Jew (Yehudi), which would imply that he is from the tribe of Yehudah…

Megillah Daf 12

It is written in the Megillah [1:3]: The army of Persia and Media, the nobles and all the ministers of the provinces in his service; and it is written [10:2] And the entire history of his power and strength, and the account of Mordechai’s greatness, whom the king had promoted, are recorded in the…

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Rish Lakish Introduced His lecture on Megillas Esther with the in the following Interpretation: It is Written [Mishlei 28:15]: As a roaring lion, and a ravenous bear; so is a wicked ruler over a poor people . A roaring lion is Referring to Nebuchadnezzar the wicked; a ravenous bear is Referring to Achashverosh. Proof to…

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The Mishna states: There is no difference between the Books of Scripture and tefillin and mezuzos, except that the Books of Scripture may be written in any language, and tefillin and mezuzos are written only in Ashurit (the Hebrew script that is used in our Torah scrolls). Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: The Books of Scripture may be written only in Greek (not any…