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Daf Notes Chagigah Daf 16

Daf Notes is currently being dedicated to the neshamah of Tzvi Gershon Ben Yoel (Harvey Felsen) o”h The Gemora had stated that Rabbi Akiva entered Pardes; he ascended in peace and he left in peace. Upon him, it is written: Draw me, we will run after you. And Rabbi Akiva as well, the ministering…

The Customary Order of Rosh Hashanah

The Customary Order of Rosh Hashanah It is customary to eat certain symbolic foods during the two nights of Rosh Hashanah which signify good fortune for the entire upcoming year. It is therefore customary to eat black-eyed peas, pumpkin, leek, spinach, dates, pomegranates, apples dipped in honey, and meat of a sheep’s head on the…

Parsha Summary – Parshas Haazinu

Parshas Haazinu Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person “goes up” to make a bracha [blessing] on the Torah Reading. 1st Aliya: Moshe begins by describing the presence of Hashem in nature as being as evident as…

Rosh Hashanah 5775

Rosh Hashanah 5775. As the shofar is sounded during our prayers on the two days of Rosh Hashanah we will be reciting the following time-hallowed supplications. From our Machzor. היום הרת עולם Today is the birthday of the world; on this day He calls all the created beings of the worlds to stand in judgment….

Haftorah – Shabbos Shuva

Shabbos Shuva Hoshea 14:2-10; Yoel 2:11-27; Micha 7:18-20 This week’s haftorah quite appropriately focuses on teshuvah – repentance. In the previous verses, the prophet Hoshea strongly rebukes the Jewish people for straying after practices of idolatry. He predicts terrible tragedies for the Jewish nation because of their atrocious behavior towards Hashem. Hoshea concludes his harsh…

Daf Yomi audio shiurim

The following Daf Yomi audio shiurim were just uploaded to realcleardaf.com: Sunday, September 28, 2014: Chagigah 20 image of daf Shabbos, September 27, 2014: Chagigah 19 image of daf Friday, September 26, 2014: Chagigah 18 image of daf Thursday, September 25, 2014: Chagigah 17 image of daf

Daf Insight

The Gemara (Chagigah 4b) states: R. Eleazar, when he came to the [following] verse, wept: And Samuel said to Saul: Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? Now if Samuel, the righteous, was afraid of the Judgment, how much more so should we be! How do we know this about Samuel? — For…

Maharal – Chapter 3: Mishna 6: Part 1

Chapter 3: Mishna 6: Part 1 Rabbi Nechunia ben HaKannah says: Anyone who subjects himself to (imposes upon himself)the burden of Torah has the burden of the government (bureaucracy) and the burden of livelihood removed from him. And anyone who releases himself from the burden of Torah has the burdens of government and of livelihood…

Shulchan Aruch – Chapter 30

The Sabbath Boundary A person who is in an uninhabited region when the Sabbath begins may walk anywhere within a radius of 2004 cubits from his initial position, but is not allowed to go outside that region (397:1-2;401:1;405:3). If he is in a private domain that has an area of at most 5000 square cubits…

Chagigah Daf 15

Daf Notes is currently being dedicated to the neshamah of Tzvi Gershon Ben Yoel (Harvey Felsen) o”h May the studying of the Daf Notes be a zechus for his neshamah and may his soul find peace in Gan Eden and be bound up in the Bond of life. The Gemora cites a braisa: Four…

Sfas Emes – Parshas Haazinu

Parshas Haazinu By Nosson Chayim Leff Ha’azinu, 5634 [paragraph 3] It helps to begin with some background information. In parshas Emor, the Torah presents many halachos which pertain to the Yomim Tovim. As we would expect, that material includes a section on Sukkos. That section, in turn, includes the halachos of the “arba minim” —…

Torah Scholar or Apparition?

Pirkei Avos Chapter 5, Mishna 9 By Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld “Seven things apply to an uncultured person (Heb., ‘golem’), and seven to a wise person. A wise person does not speak before one who is greater than he in wisdom or years; he does not interrupt his fellow; he does not rush to respond; he…