Halacha Yomit

Question: May one place clothing in the dryer on Erev Shabbat when the clothes will continue to dry on Shabbat itself?   Answer:  In the previous Halacha we have discussed that a garment that was placed in the dryer on Erev Shabbat and was still wet at the onset of Shabbat and only becomes completely dry on Shabbat does…

Daf Notes

SINFUL PEOPLE A braisa is cited regarding the judgments of two different types of sinful people. Those that sin with their body will go down to Gehinom and will be punished there for twelve months. After twelve months, their body is destroyed, their souls get burned and a wind scatters their remains under the feet…

THE WORD BEING FLESH

THE WORD BEING FLESH 14 And the Word being flesh 1008a melta nn word 271 besra nn flesh 486 hewa vv be, become, been, being and resting within us, 370 ’agen vv descend, rest 223d ’atra prp (there) (where) at, by, in, within and we, seeing his glory, 595a heza vv see, manifest 1718a subha…

VOW OF SEPARATISM

THE SEPARATIST VOW OF SEPARATISM 6 And the LORD spake Yah Veh worded unto Moses Mosheh, saying, 2 Speak Word unto the children sons of Israel Yisra El, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow — the vow of a Nazarite Separatist, to separate themselves marvel…

PURIFYING THE CAMP

PURIFYING THE CAMP 5 And the LORD spake Yah Veh worded unto Moses Mosheh, saying, 2 Command Misvah the children sons of Israel Yisra El, that they put send out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath the issue fluxeth, and whosoever is defiled by the dead soul: 3 Both From male…

SERVICE OF THE SONS

SERVICE OF THE SONS OF GERSHON 21 And the LORD spake Yah Veh worded unto Moses Mosheh, saying, 22 Take Bear also the sum heads of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families; 23 From Sons of thirty years old and upward until sons of fifty years old shalt…

ERRING QORBANS

CONGREGATIONAL INADVERTENT ERRING QORBANS 13 And if the whole congregation witness of Israel Yisra El sin through ignorance err inadvertently, and the thing word be hid concealed from the eyes of the assembly congregation, and they have done somewhat against any worked unto one of the commandments misvoth of the LORD Yah Veh concerning things…

Daf Yomi

Question: If garments were hung to dry on a clothes line or placed in the dryer before Shabbat, may one take them off the clothes line or out of the dryer on Shabbat in order to wear the garments on Shabbat?   Answer: We have already explained that one may not move a very wet…

FLOUR QORBANS

And when any a soul will offer shall oblate a meat offering qorban unto the LORD Yah Veh, his offering qorban shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put give frankincense thereon: 2 And he shall bring it to Aaron’s Aharon’s sons the priests: and he shall take handle…

Over-Interpretating the Bible

OBSERVANCE On the Impossibility of Over-Interpreting the Bible Why Talmud study is not reading, in the usual sense of the word, but rather deciphering the true meaning of the text via Over-Interpretating the Bible: Our Literary Critic’s Weekly ‘Daf Yomi’ Talmud Study – Tablet Magazine.

JUDGMENT DAYS

JUDGMENT DAYS The Mishna says the world is judged four times a year: Time Judgment Pesach Grain Shavuos Fruits Rosh Hashanah All creatures pass before Hashem, who understands all their thoughts and actions Sukkos Rainfall GRAIN JUDGMENT The Gemora concludes that the grain judged on Pesach is the next year’s grain, since a judgment on…

Pirkei Avot

Pirkei Avot Pirkei Avot (Literally, “Chapters of the Fathers”, and oftentimes called “Avot”) is a tractate of the Mishna composed of ethical maxims of the Mishnaic period. This little tractate contains five chapters and is often called “Ethics of the Fathers”. The text of this edition of the Avot is a paraphrased translation in idiomatic…