Daf Yomi

The following Daf Yomi audio shiurim were just uploaded to realcleardaf.com: Sunday, August 17, 2014: Moed Katan 6 image of daf

The braisa concluded with the words of Rabbi Yehudah: We assume that a beis haperas field includes an intact grave, unless an elderly man or a Torah student informs us that it has been plowed since not everyone is an expert regarding this issue. Abaye said: It can be learned from here that if…

Daf Notes

Reservoirs The Mishna said that one may clear out stones from reservoirs, and the Gemora infers from this that one may not dig a new one. Rabbi Yaakov quotes Rabbi Yochanan saying that even digging is permitted if the community needs the water. The Gemora challenges this from a braisa which says…

Daf Yomi

he following Daf Yomi audio shiurim were just uploaded to realcleardaf.com: Shabbos, August 16, 2014: Moed Katan 5 image of daf Friday, August 15, 2014: Moed Katan 4 image of daf Thursday, August 14, 2014: Moed Katan 3 image of daf

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 injured Israeli soldiers.An extensive list of their names appears below. The Gemora cites a braisa: Rabbi Shimon ben Elozar said that Ezra established that the curses…

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 Yomi audio shiurim

The following Daf Yomi audio shiurim were just uploaded to realcleardaf.com: Sunday, August 10, 2014: Megillah 30 image of daf Shabbos, August 9, 2014: Megillah 29 image of daf Friday, August 8, 2014: Megillah 28 image of daf Thursday, August 7, 2014: Megillah 27 image of daf

Daf Yomi Digest

Megilla 26 Megilla 27 Megilla 28 Daf Yomi Digest is compiled by members of the Ruben Shas Kollel, edited by Rabbi Ben-Zion Rand. Halachah Highlights is not intended to be relied upon for halacha l’maase. It is intended for interest and information. For actual psak consult your local rav.

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…

Daf Notes

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…