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Nedarim 59 - December 23, 29 Kislev Dec 23, 2022

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Today's daf is sponsored by Valerie Farber in commemoration of her father's 9th yahrzeit, Dr. Lawrence Kaufman. "A man of Tora v'avoda. He was a renowned scientist and loved attending Rav Soleveitchik's shiurim in Boston. Yehi Zichro Baruch. Rami bar Hama raises a question from our Mishna against those who hold that the growths nullify the original part that was planted. However, our Mishna is explained as a unique case as a neder can be undone, and therefore it is considered an item that will be permitted and rules of nullification do not apply. However, truma also can be undone and it is subject to laws of nullification. After two unsuccessful attempts to reexplain a Mishna in Trumot to be a case where the truma can't be undone, in the end, the Gemara distinguishes between truma and vows as vows should be undone and that is not true by truma. Raba quotes Rabbi Yochanan also stating that the growths nullify the original. Rav Chisda questioned this but Raba proves Rabbi Yochanan's opinion from a Mishna. However, Rav Chisda explained the Mishna differently in a way that would prove his point. But Raba was still able to support his claim by distinguishing between the cases.

Nedarim 58 - December 22, 28 Kislev Dec 22, 2022

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A question was asked regarding nullification of sanctity of the sabbatical year when an onion picked in the seventh year was replanted in the eighth year. After a few sources were brought to answer the question in Nedarim 57, the Gemara continues to quote other sources in an attempt to answer the question. Most of the sources and rejected, however in the end, a source is brought from which one can learn that the sabbatical year onion is nullified if replanted in the eighth year. However, how can this be reconciled with the opinions of Rabbi Yochanan and Rabbi Yonatan who brought sources proving the opposite in Nedarim 57? A distinction is made between shmita on the one hand and maaser, orla and mixed breeds.

Nedarim 57 - December 21, 27 Kislev Dec 21, 2022

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What language of a vow will mean that not only the item is forbidden but if one trades it in, the other item will be forbidden and if one plants it, what grows from there will also be forbidden? What language will not be applied to the traded item or the growth? To what type of seeds is this referring? If a man forbade items his wife made until a certain period of time, if the time was associated with the use of the item, it will be permitted after that time. But if the time frame was about the creation of the item, then if it was created in that time frame, it will be forbidden forever. What happens when one made a vow upon condition – you will be forbidden to benefit from me for x amount of time if you do something for y period of time. The Mishna brings a case where x is shorter than y and one where y is shorter than x and explains the differences between the law in each case. A question was asked regarding the nullification of the sanctity of the sabbatical year when an onion picked in the seventh year was replanted in the eighth year. Is the sanctity that is in the small piece of onion that was planted nullified in the growth from the eighth year which does not have sanctity? Various opinions are brought regarding similar situations relating to laws of teruma, orla and mixed breeds. But some show nullification works and others show it does not work.

Nedarim 56 - December 20, 26 Kislev Dec 20, 2022

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Today's learning is dedicated by the Hadran Zoom group in honor of Miriam Kerzner. "Nearly every late night from Toronto, Canada, she joins us for the daily Daf Yomi. Miriam has inspired us, showing through example how a commitment to lifelong learning and Jewish values can be expressed at any age. We've missed your quiet presence and look forward to your rejoining us very soon! With love from the Hadran Zoom Family."

Today's daf is sponsored by Naomi Oxman in memory of Bubaleh on her 4th yahrzeit. "You'd love this masechet, it's about the importance of keeping your words. One of your core values. Miss you mucho!"

Today's daf is dedicated for the refuah of Gidon ben Sima.

If one vows from the house, does that include the attic? What about the reverse? A comparison is made to laws of leprosy in the house. Can one distinguish between the cases? Why? Another comparison is made to laws of sales. Can these actually be compared? If one vows from using a bed, is a dargash permitted? What about the reverse? What is a dargash? Ulla suggests it is a good luck bed. However several difficulties are raised against this explanation. Some of the difficulties are resolved. Rav Tachlifa suggests a different explanation - that it is a leather bed. What is the difference then between a bed and a dargash? The difference lies in the way the leather is tied onto the wooden base. If one vows against entering into the city, does that include the techum (2,000 cubits outside the city) of the city or the ibur (70 and 2/3 cubits outside the city) of the city? If one vows against entering into the house, is the doorway outside the line of the door considered part of the house? We derive from verses in Yehoshua and the Torah that the ibur is considered part of the city but the techum is not. The Mishna's ruling on the doorway is questioned by laws of leprosy of the house. However, the comparison is not relevant as laws of leprosy are unique based on derivation from the verses, which would have no bearing on definitions of what is considered outside the house for laws of vows.

Nedarim 55 - December 19, 25 Kislev Dec 19, 2022

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This week's learning is sponsored by Rella Feldman in loving memory of Dr. Charles Feldman on his 11th yahrzeit, 2nd day of Chanuka. "Beloved husband, father & saba, devoted doctor & community leader. Learning sustained him during his illness & he'd be proud of his family members devoted to daily learning." Today's daf is sponsored by Carol Robinson and Arthur Gould in loving memory of Carol's father Louis Robinson, Yehuda Leib ben Moshe z"l. "Today – the first day of Hanukkah – we mark his 23rd yahrzeit. Louis was a devoted family man and active participant in his synagogue. We love him and miss him very much." Today's daf is sponsored by Tina Lamm in memory of her aunt's 29th yahrzeit, Roberta Cahen. Bracha bat Gershon HaCohen and Bina. "She was witty and independent, and I feel honored that she is my daughter's namesake." What is included in the term "dagan" "tevuah" "allalta"? Which one is more specific? Which is more general? What if one vows using the term "the produce of the year" or "all things that grew this year"? What is not included in the vow if one vows not to wear clothing? Rabbi Yehuda disagrees with tana kama and holds that when it comes to vows, it all depends on the particular situation. The Gemara compares the laws of carrying on Shabbat to the laws of vows. One can go out on Shabbat with clothing but not with items not considered clothing. The definition of what is considered clothing for those laws is different than what is included in one's vow.

Nedarim 54 - December 18, 24 Kislev Dec 18, 2022

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This week's learning is sponsored by Jeremy Zucker in honor of his wife Wendy Proskin. "So proud of you during this season of Thanksgiving!" This week's learning is sponsored by Ora Canter for a refuah shleima of Meir ben Mala. "Always so supportive of my learning – May HaShem give him the strength to endure and fully recover." Today's daf is sponsored by Elisheva Gray in honor of Hadran. "Todah rabah, Rabbanit Michelle, and the Hadran team, for illuminating the pages of Talmud through your dedicated and inspiring teaching. You bring so much light to our learning and to our lives. Chag Urim Sameach to everyone at Hadran and to all of my fellow learners."

One who vowes from vegetables, can they eat gourd? There is a debate between Rabbi Akiva and the rabbis about this. All agree that if one was sent as a messenger to buy vegetables and they didn't have vegetables, but only gourd, they would ask the one who sent them saying, "They have no vegetables but they do have gourd. Would you like me to buy that instead?" The debate is: does that show that it is not a type of vegetable since they would need to ask (the rabbi's position), or does it show that it is a type of vegetable because if it was not, they wouldn't have been able to be suggested as a substitution (Rabbi Akiva's position)? A Mishna in Meila is quoted, regarding a case of a messenger who was sent to serve meat but served liver instead. If the liver was sanctified and the messenger didn't know, the meila transgression (misuse of consecrated property) would be on the messenger as the messenger did not do as he was supposed to. Can this be explained also according to Rabbi Akiva who would hold based on our Mishna that liver and meat are considered the same since if one was sent for meat, one would ask if they could get liver instead? Abaye explains how one could even read the Mishna to correspond to Rabbi Akiva's position as even Rabbi Akiva would expect the messenger to have at least checked first with the one who sent him and in this case, he did not. Therefore, the responsibility (and therefore the transgression) is on the messenger. A braita is brought to show that the position of the one who disagrees with Rabbi Akiva in our Mishna is Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel. The tanna who disagrees with him in the braita holds that if one vowed not to eat meat, one could not eat chicken as well, but could eat fish. The Gemara challenges this distinction. In order to answer the challenge, two possible suggestions are made for an ukimta to the Mishna, establishing it in a particular case where one would not be able to eat fish.

Nedarim 53 - Shabbat December 17, 23 Kislev Dec 16, 2022

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If one vows not to eat dates, does that include date honey? Do "late grapes" include vinegar made from those kinds of grapes? There are three opinions in the Mishna regarding these cases. The language one uses for a vow matches the customary use of the word in the place where one lives. The Mishna and braitot provide several examples of this. One of the examples related to the word 'vegetables' and whether or not it included garden vegetables or vegetables grown in the wild. This depends on which year in the shmita cycle the vow was made. It also depends on whether one lived in a place where they brought in regular vegetables from abroad in the shmita year. Why did some places not bring in vegetables from abroad? The Mishna brings more cases of the wording of vows – a general term would include a more specific type, but a specific term would not include the general one. What is the difference between saying 'wheat' in the singular or in the plural form?

Nedarim 52 - December 16, 22 Kislev Dec 16, 2022

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This month's learning is sponsored by the Hadran women of LI for a refuah shleima of Meir ben Mala and Tinok ben Yarden.

Today's daf is sponsored by Ira and Natanya Slomowitz for the 2nd yahrzeit of Ira's mother, Ahuva bat Rivka and Asher Tzvi.

What are the laws regarding derivatives from items forbidden by a vow? If one vows on something in general, the derivatives are usually not forbidden unless one says "this particular piece of food" in which case, derivatives of that piece of food will be forbidden if the taste of is noticeable. The Ra"N has a very important interpretation of how laws of nullification work as he questions why if a vow is something that will ultimately be permitted, how can laws of nullification work? Rami bar Hama questions whether the language that would forbid derivatives is specifically "this piece of" or "that I won't taste"? The Gemara attempts to answer the question by bringing four different sources, but in the end, they do not find an answer.

Nedarim 51 - December 15, 21 Kislev Dec 15, 2022

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Today's daf is sponsored by Margo Kossoff Shizgal in honor of the aliya of her parents, Sinclair and Helen Kossof.

After Rebbi invites bar Kapara to his son's wedding, he warns him not to make him laugh. Bar Kapara is not able to keep from not being funny and causes Rebbi to laugh. Then, at a party the following day for Rebbi's son's wedding, bar Kapara humiliates Rebbi with questions regarding the definition of words from the verses relating to forbidden relations. It is so infuriating how he humiliates Rebbi, that the daughter of Rebbi and her husband, Ben Elasa storm out. Ben Elasa, was a wealthy man who was known for having a unique haircut as the high priests did. The following Mishnas discuss the language of vows related to food preparation - which wording is considered more specific and limited to specific things and which is more general? When there is a difference between the interpretation of a word in the Bible and in the days of the Mishna/Gemara, we follow the usage of the word in the time of the Mishna/Gemara because vows followed the language used at the time.

Nedarim 50 - Secember 14, 20 Kislev Dec 14, 2022

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Today's daf is sponsored by Helen Danczak in loving memory of her father on his 31st Yahrzeit. "When I think of him, I remember his gentle nature, his love of family, and his support of Jewish causes." Today's daf is sponsored by Ilana Friedman in memory of her grandmother's yahrzeit, Chaya Chana bat HaRav Avraham Yaacov. "She was a true eishet chayil and baalat chessed. I still miss her 38 years later." Today's daf is sponsored by Esther Kremer in memory of her father, Manny Gross, Yehuda Menachem ben Avraham to mark the end of his shloshim. A story is told of Rabbi Yehuda showing his poverty but also his pride in not wanting to take from anyone else and his satisfaction with what he had. Rabbi Akiva was also living in poverty with his wife as his father-in-law, Kalba Savua disowned his daughter (vowed that she not benefit from him) Rachel when she married the unlearned shepherd, Akiva. They also lived in poverty but were satisfied with what they had. Rabbi Akiva went away at her encouragement to learn for twelve years. Upon returning, he overheard her talking to an evil person who was advising her to divorce her husband, and she said that she would be happy if he went to learn for another twelve years. Rabbi Akiva heard this and went right back to learn for twelve more years. Upon his return with a huge entourage of people and 24,000 students, when they tried to push his wife away (as they didn't realize she was his wife), he said that she gets all the credit for his and his student's knowledge. Kalba Savua asked Rabbi Akiva to annul his vow, which he did. Rabbi Akiva then became rich and another five incidents, listed in the Gemara, also gave him more wealth. Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chanania was very ugly and the emperor's daughter mocked him, saying that how can Torah be placed in such an ugly vessel. He answered that Torah is best kept in an ugly vessel, just as wine is best not stored in fancy gold and silver utensils. Another woman who was unhappy with a ruling of Rav Yehuda against her in court, mocked his rabbi, Shmuel about his appearance. Rav Yehuda excommunicated her and she subsequently died. What is an egg tortima, mentioned in the Mishna? How is it prepared and what unique healing capabilities does it have? Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi (Rebbi) made a wedding party for his son and didn't invite bar Kapara. After being reprimanded, he invited bar Kapara. The Gemara proceeds to tell other stories between Rebbi and bar Kapara to better understand the nature of their relationship.

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