Daf for Shabbos – Moed Katan 26

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…

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  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 Digest

Megilla 29, 30, 31 for Shabbos, Sun, Mon Aug 9, 10, 11‏   Megilla 29   Megilla 30   Megilla 31Daf 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…

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.  

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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…

Daf Notes

  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…

Daf Notes

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…

Daf Notes

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…

Megillah Daf 5

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. You can see the most recent Daf…

Daf Yomi Digest

Megilla 7   Megilla 8   Megilla 9 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 Yomi Digest is published by the Chicago Center…

Daf Digest

Megilla 2   Megilla 3   Megilla 4    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.