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. 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…

Daf Notes

It should also be l’zchus Refuah Shleimah for all the injured Israeli soldiers. 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…

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The Mishna had stated: Rabbi Yehudah said: One can trap them (the rodents) from a field of trees in a usual manner (during Shemittah and Chol Hamoed), but in an unusual manner from a grain field. (The potential loss in a grain field is relatively minor.) It was taught in a braisa: What…

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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…

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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 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…

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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…

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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:…