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Gittin 52 - July 7, 18 Tamuz Jul 07, 2023

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Different laws are discussed regarding trustees of orphans. Can they sell the property, slaves, etc. of the orphans? Does it depend on whether they are selling it because they need to feed the orphans or they want to save up for them?

Gittin 51 - July 6, 17 Tamuz Jul 06, 2023

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Gittin 50 - July 5, 16 Tamuz Jul 05, 2023

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Gittin 49 - July 4, 15 Tamuz Jul 04, 2023

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When one pays damages from land, is the type of land determined by the land of the one who was damaged or the one who has to pay damages. This is argued by Rabbi Yishmael and Rabbi Akiva. The Mishna is explained in two different manners - according to each opinion.

Gittin 48 - July 3, 14 Tamuz Jul 03, 2023

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Today's daf is sponsored by Judy Schwartz in honor of her daughter Rina's birthday tomorrow! "Mazal tov our to our beloved Rina! You bring tremendous joy to our lives just by your being, and we are tremendously proud of you for all you do. Thank you for starting us on our Daf Yomi journey together!"

Today's daf is sponsored by Mitzi and David Geffen in loving memory of David's infant brother Azriel ben Avraham, on his 70th yahrzeit.

Today's daf is sponsored by Rhona Fink in honor of her fellow San Diego Daf learner Glenda Jaffe on her retirement from Hillel San Diego. "She has enriched the lives of Jewish students and supported their journeys for the past 15 years. Thank you for your dedication to our community."

When the jubilee year is practiced, the land goes back it its original owner in the jubilee year. Therefore, purchasing land is equivalent to purchasing land for its produce. Therefore, Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish have the same disagreement about bikurim - does the buyer recite the text when bringing the bikurim or not? Two sources are brought to support Rabbi Yochanan but are rejected in two different ways. They also suggest that the debate between Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish is a tannaitic debate. But that suggestion is rejected. Two sources (one verse and one braita) are brought to support Reish Lakish's position. Different types of payments are to be collected from different qualities of land. One who has to pay damages, pays from the best land (idit), a borrower pays from the average quality land (beinonit), and a woman collects her ketuba from the poorest quality land (ziburit), but according to Rabbi Meir, she collects from average land. Orphans who owe money from their father's estate always pay from lower-quality land. Certain obligations cannot be collected from liened property. All these laws were instituted on account of tikkun olam. How can the Mishna be saying that one collects damages from high-quality land because of tikkun olam? Isn't that a verse in the Torah? The Gemara explains that the Mishna must be in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yishmael and not Rabbi Akiva.

Gittin 47 - July 2, 13 Tamuz Jul 02, 2023

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This month's learning is sponsored by C. S E. K for the refuah shleima of Sharona Rachel bat Miriam Chana.

Today's daf is sponsored by Hadran women on LI for a refuah shleima for Gittel Rivkah bat Golda Mariam.

One should not redeem a person who sells themselves a few times to a non-Jew to discourage them from doing it. The Gemara relates stories of Jews who sold themselves to non-Jews (cannibals or to be a gladiator), including one about Reish Lakish who managed to escape by outsmarting them. One who sells one's field to a non-Jew is responsible to buy back the bikurim (first fruits) from the non-Jew and bring them to the Temple - in order to prevent people from selling their land to non-Jews. If one sells a field to a non-Jew, and then a Jew buys fruits from that field, is one obligated to tithe the fruits? There is an argument between Rabba and Rabbi Elazar and the Gemara attempts to bring support for each opinion. If one sells one's land for its produce but retains ownership of the land itself, the purchaser brings the bikurim, but there is a debate between Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish regarding whether they read the text that is generally read by the one who brings them. They each raise difficulties against each other from tannaitic sources.

Gittin 46 - Shabbat July 1, 12 Tamuz Jun 30, 2023

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Today's daf is dedicated by Hadran Women of Long Island for a refuah shleima for their fearless leader and inspiring daf sister, Gitta Neufeld, Gittel Rivka bat Golda Mariam. "We need you back here in good health quickly!!"

The rabbis instituted a takana that if a man divorces his wife due to suspicions about her promiscuous behavior or because of a vow she made, he is unable to remarry her. There are two different reasons given for the takana. The tannaim also disagree as to which types of vows are referred to here. There is a tannaitic debate about a man who divorces his wife because she is an aylonit (a woman who can't have children because she never fully develops), can he remarry her? The opinions of the tannaim here seem to contradict their opinions in the previous Mishna and the amoraim try to resolve these contradictions. The Mishna rules that we do not redeem one who sells himself or his son to gentiles. But we do redeem the sons after the death of their father. Rav Asi limits the first part of the Mishna and a story is brought to support his ruling.

Gittin 45 - June 30, 11 Tamuz Jun 30, 2023

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Today's daf is sponsored by the Hadran Women of Long Island in loving memory of Professor Gene Moshe Schramm, Yochanan Moshe ben Meir v'Rivka. "Beloved father of our friend and co-learner Deena Rabinovitch. May our learning be a zechut for him. תהא נשמתו צרורה בצרור החיים"

If one lives in Israel and sells a slave to someone outside of Israel, the slave goes free. Why does the buyer get penalized? If a slave runs away from his master who was living abroad to live in Israel, we force the master to free the slave in order to allow the slave to keep the mitzvot that are dependent on living in Israel. Rabbi Achai b'Rabbi Yoshaya derives in from the verse in Devarim 23:16 "lo tasgir eved el adonav." The Gemara brings three other interpretations of this verse. Redeeming captives, sifrei Torah, mezuzot, and tefillin for more than they are worth are forbidden because of tikkun olam. What are the reasons given for this takana? The daughters of Rav Nachman were considered to be very righteous as they would stir a pot on the fire with their bare hands and not get burned. Rav Illish was taken into captivity with them and when he received a premonition from birds that he should escape, he thought to take them with him, but first wanted to check that they were really righteous. After eavesdropping on their conversation in the bathroom, he realized they were not righteous at all and therefore did not bring them with him to escape and accused them of engaging in witchcraft. Can one read from a Torah written by a gentile or found in the possession of a gentile? The Rabbis instituted a takana that if a man divorces his wife due to suspicions about her promiscuous behavior or because of a vow she made, he is unable to remarry her. Does this depend on what type of vow she took?

Gittin 44 - June 29, 10 Tamuz Jun 29, 2023

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Today's daf is sponsored by Emma Rinberg in loving memory of her father, Dr. Eric Glick, Yitzhak Nisan Ben Etta Faiga v'Yaacov on his 33rd yahrzeit.

Today's daf is sponsored by Elisa Hartstein in honor of her daughter Dalia who finishes 5 years of dedicated army service in the IAF today. "Also in grateful appreciation of all our chayalim and chayalot, past and present who make our lives here in Israel possible every single day."

One who sells his slave to a non-Jew or sells him to a Jewish owner outside of Israel is penalized because the slave will no longer be able to fulfill all the mitzvot. The slave is immediately freed. The Gemara discusses various situations and tries to determine if the owner should be penalized in those situations as well (e.g. if the non-Jew forced him to sell him the slave, etc. If the slave gave himself over to a non-Jewish army, and the owner has no way to redeem him, can he accept a monetary payment for the slave or is it not allowed since it may encourage others to actually sell the slave? Would the law be the same as for one whose house in Israel was taken over by non-Jews? In a case where the owner is obligated to redeem the slave, he is required to pay even up to ten or possibly one hundred times the value. Is it ten or is it one hundred? How does that amount differ from the amount required to redeem a large animal that one sold to a gentile? Why is there a difference? Does the penalty to redeem the slave apply to a son whose father sold the slave and subsequently died? If one sold a slave to someone who owns property in Israel and outside of Israel, the seller is penalized only if it was made clear in the contract that the slave was going to be brought to work outside of Israel. What if a woman from Israel married a man who was from Babylonia and was planning to go back there and she had slaves in her dowry, is it considered that she sold them to him? If a slave willingly went with his owner abroad and then the owner sold him there, does the slave go free? It depends on whether the owner planned to stay abroad or was planning to go back to Israel.

Gittin 43 - June 28, 9 Tamuz Jun 28, 2023

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Can a master sell the potential k'nas (fine) payment that the master would receive in the event that an ox gored his/her slave and killed him? They bring a source to answer the question, but it is inconclusive. There is a debate regarding a half-slave/half-free man who betroths a woman or a man who betroths a woman who is half maidservant/half-free - is the kiddushin valid? Is it the same as one who betroths half a woman or is there reason to distinguish between the cases? If she was betrothed before she was entirely freed and then freed, does the emancipation cancel the kiddushin or complete it? There was a case where they forced an owner to release his half-maidservant/half-free woman. Was it because they held like Rabbi Yochanan ben Broka that also women are commanded to procreate or was it to protect her as men were taking advantage of her since she was unable to be married? The rabbis penalized those who sold their slaves to a Gentile or Jewish owner outside of Israel. Do they need to also give them an emancipation document? If one used a slave as collateral for a loan to a gentile, at what stage is the slave considered freed?

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