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Beitzah 10 - September 10, 4 Tishrei Sep 10, 2021

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Today's daf is sponsored by Lydia Medwin in memory of her grandmother Helen Bloom. "We never met, but as I carry your name, I like to think that you'd be proud of how I carry our tradition and my new-found love of Talmud as well. I always think of you when I pull out your china for the holidays. May your soul be in perfect rest." And "A shout out to all the Daf Yomi learners in Santa Barbara, CA from Hazzan Mark Childs."

The Gemara mentions a few more mishnayot in which Beit Shamai is stricter and Beit Hillel is lenient regarding Simchat Yom Tov and raises the contradiction from the first mishna where Beit Shamai is lenient and Beit Hillel is stricter (covering the blood). The structure of the answer is similar to the structure of the answers given earlier when asked the same question about other mishnayot. Beit Shamai and Beit Hillel disagree about designation of the chicks beforehand - should they be taken in hand when summoned or it is sufficient to just point with one's finger. Is the controversy in the first brood of birds or the second? What is the basis of the controversy? Why does Beit Hillel not think it is sufficient to say, "I will take birds from here tomorrow" and based on laws of retroactive designation, it should work. The Gemara rejects the possibility that Beit Hillel does not hold by retroactive designation. So how can his opinion be explained? If one designated birds and when one returned to take them, he/she found a different situation than was before, what is the law? If they were black and there were white ones or there were three and now only two or vice versa, is one permitted to take them? If there were three and now only two, it is permissible to assume that one flew and the two remained. Does this only correspond to the opinion of Rebbi and not the rabbis that disagree in the case of money from the second tithe that one placed aside and when he/she returned there was less money than he/she remembered leaving? The Gemara explains how the rabbis would still agree with our mishna, despite their opinion regarding the second tithe as the cases aren't comparable.

Beitzah 9 - Tzom Gedalia, September 9, 3 Tishrei Sep 09, 2021

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Study Guide Beitzah 9

Today's daf is sponsored by Elimelech and Reena Lebowitz in honor of Zisi Turner Berkowitz on becoming a Yoetzet Halacha. "May all your decisions be strong and with love."

Is it possible to move a ladder from dovecote to dovecote to take out birds to eat on Yom Tov? Beit Shamai forbids and only allows tilting from window to window. Beit Hillel permits moving it. Rabbi Hanan Bar Ami limits the controversy to the public domain but in his opinion, but in private, all will permit it. Beit Shamai forbids in the public domain because of marit haayin, people will see and think one is moving in order to plaster his roof. And Beit Hillel believes that there is no concern about that because there is a different ladder that is used to climb to the roof. Rav Hanan's opinion contradicts Rav who holds that where sages forbade because of marit haayin, they also forbade in private? The answer is that this issue is a tannitic debate and each holds by a different tanaitic opinion. There is another version in the words of Rabbi Hanan and the difficulty raised by Rav's opinion and a different resolution to the question is brought. The Gemara brings a braita in which there is a different understanding in the dispute between Beit Shamai and Beit Hillel. According to the braita they disagree regarding returning the ladder but to bring it, all agree that it is allowed. The braita also brings up other opinions regarding the type of ladder that is being debated and whether it is only permissible to tilt or even move slowly. It is told of the sons of Rabbi Chiya who permitted something with a ladder because they understood the braita in a certain way but Rabbi Chiya proved them wrong in their understanding and made them undo their ruling. There are two versions to the story regarding what they permitted and why they thought it was allowed and on what basis Rabbi Chiya disagreed with them. If Beit Shamai is strict here, even though it is for the purposes of Simchat Yom Tov, why is he lenient regarding covering the blood (in the first mishna)? And why is Beit Hillel lenient here and strict there? Rabbi Yochanan suggests exchanging their views on the issue of covering the blood. But the Gemara rejects these words and suggests that there are distinctions between the cases. The same question is raised from the next mishna and the same type of answers are given.

Beitzah 8 - Second Day of Rosh Hashana, September 8, 2 Tishrei Sep 06, 2021

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The gemara deals with issues relating to covering the blood and laws of muktze of earth and ashes.

Beitzah 7 - 1st Day of Rosh Hashana, September 7, 1 Tishrei Sep 06, 2021

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Study Guide Beitzah 7

Today's daf is sponsored by Ellen Werlin and Rachel Geballe in honor of the yartzeit of Jim Dinerstein who was a life long learner who taught his daughters to pursue learning and a sense you can always try a new challenge, two ways of many that he inspires them as they learn the daf.

The Gemara brings three more options to explain the sentence: An egg is completed when it exits. A creature who mates during the day will give birth during the day – this statement refers to chickens. What is the halakhic relevance of this sentence? The Gemara discusses the dispute between Beit Shamai and Beit Hillel over the requisite amounts for chametz/seor. Where in the Torah did they derive their opinions? And what exactly is the subject of the controversy? What is their point of contention regarding the covering of the blood on Yom Tov?

Beitzah 6 - September 6, 29 Elul Sep 06, 2021

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How would they bury the dead on Yom Tov – what is the difference between the first day and the second? On the first day, by gentiles and the second by Jews. There is a discussion about burial on the second day of Rosh Hashanah - is it like Yom Tov in the Diaspora or not? Is it only permitted if the person died before Yom Tov or even on Yom Tov? Because of the fear that the chabarim (hostile gentiles) would see them burying and thinking that work was permitted as well, Ravina forbade burying the dead on the second day of Yom Tov. Is it possible to make an eruv tavshilin on Yom Tov in the Diaspora on condition (if today is Yom Tov…)? Is it the same for Rosh Hashanah? There is a dispute between Rav and Shmuel or Rabbi Yochanan regarding the law of a chick born on Yom Tov. According to Rav who forbids, what is the difference between this and a calf born that is allowed to be slaughtered on Yom Tov? There are braitot to strengthen the views of Rav and Shmuel/Rabbi Yochanan. Rav Huna said on behalf of Rav that an egg is completed when it exits. What is meant by that statement? The Gemara brings five possibilities to understand this (part on page 7).

Beitzah 5 - September 5, 28 Elul Sep 05, 2021

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Study Guide Beitzah 5

Today's daf is sponsored anonymously for the yahrzeit of Shaul ben Kish, Shaul Hamelech and Gershon Chaim Alter ben Shaul George Rosenberg, Rhona Plunka's father.

An egg laid on the first day of Rosh Hashanah - is it permitted on the second day? Are two days of Rosh Hashanah one sanctity or two? Rav and Shmuel forbid the egg. To their understanding, because they kept instituted in the time of the Temple that they would not accept witnesses after the mincha offering was brought, two days of Rosh Hashanah became one long holiday – one sanctity. If so, an egg born on the first day would be forbidden on the second. Rabba disagrees and points out that after the ordinance of Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai, after the destruction, that witnesses will be received after mincha, it became a matter of doubt again and an egg born on the first day would be permitted on the second. The Gemara bring three more opinions - of Rav Yosef, Rabbi Ada and Rabbi Shalman, and Rava who all hold that despite the change of Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai, the egg is still forbidden. According to Rav Yosef, something determined by a vote of the Rabbis needs a new vote to repeal it and Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai changed the matter of setting the date but not the issue of the egg. From where does Rav Yosef prove this issue about repealing? Rav Ada and Rav Shalman forbid the egg because of concern the when the Temple will soon be built and we will return to the previous regulation that we do not accept witnesses from mincha, then again two days of Rosh Hashanah will be one sanctity and people will err and think that the egg is still allowed as it was the year before. Rava forbids because Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai only amended his regulation regarding determining the date but still the first regulation remains that they kept two days as was practiced in the time of the Temple. Raba stated that we rule like Rav in three cases regarding an egg and one of them is in the above case, that an egg laid on the first day of Rosh Hashana is forbidden on the second day.

Beitzah 4 - Shabbat September 4, 27 Elul Sep 03, 2021

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Study Guide Beitzah 4

In trying to explain the braita regarding a case of doubt with an egg as relating to a doubt relating to an egg that possibly came from a treifa bird, the Gemara concludes that the braita must have been authored by the tana who appear in the Mishna/Tosefta in Terumot regarding a litra of pressed figs that are teruma that get mixed up with others. There is an opinion there that it is not nullified as it is sometimes sold by quantity. That would explain also the reason by the case of the treifa egg would also not be nullified. An entirely different explanation is brought by Rav Ashi to explain the braita - that it is, in fact, referring to an egg that was laid on Yom Tov and the reason why we are strict is that it is something that will be permitted tomorrow and therefore "one may as well just wait." A braita that holds like Beit Shamai is brought. The Gemara works to understand what case the braita is referring to. When Yom Tov falls adjacent to Shabbat, can we permit an egg born on the first day to be eaten on the second? Rav and Rabbi Yochanan disagree and some cases are brought showing how we rule. Rabbi Yochana rules differently regarding branches that fell from a tree - why does he distinguish between the two cases? What about two days on Yomi Tov in the Diaspora - would an egg be born on one day be permitted on the second? Rav and Rav Asi disagree - what is the root of their debate?

Beitzah 3 - September 3, 26 Elul Sep 03, 2021

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Study Guide Beitzah 3

This month's learning is sponsored by Rabbi Lisa Malik in honor of her daughter, Rivkah Wyner, "who recently made aliyah, and in memory of Rivkah's namesake, Lisa's maternal grandmother, Regina Post z"l, a Holocaust survivor from Lubaczow, Poland who lived in Brooklyn, NY during the post-Shoah stage of her life. Babi Gina's yahrzeit was on the 24 Elul. It is very fitting that Rivkah's first day out of biddud after her flight from the States & her first day of work was on her great-grandmother's 22nd yahrzeit. It is also so special that 24 Elul 5781 coincided with the Daf Yomi Siyum of Masechet Sukkah! In Rabbi Malik's words, "Sukkot is the holiday that most reminds me of my grandmother, a true Eshet Chayil and my spiritual mentor, who used to serve her yummy fricassee, chicken soup, roast chicken, potato kugel, & broccoli kugel by placing the dishes in a bucket that was lowered by a pulley from the 2nd floor to the green faux malachite Sukkah in her backyard on East 8th Street and Avenue J in Midwood/Flatbush. My Babi Gina would be so proud of her great-granddaughter for making aliyah & the daily spiritual practice of Daf Yomi learning to which I have committed myself since January 2020. She would be especially proud that I am studying with a master teacher, the fabulous Rabbanit Michelle Cohen Farber, who also attended the Yeshivah of Flatbush. I look forward to completing the next 3 masechtot while spending time with Rivkah in Jerusalem over the next 3 months!"

Today's daf is sponsored by Dana Melzer in honor of her grandfather, Rev Ely Meltzer. "My grandfather was a devoted lifelong Talmud scholar and teacher." And by Deborah Dickson in honor of Ruby Levant's Bar Mitzvah this Shabbat. "Wishing a huge Mazal Tov to Audrey and Geri who are listening to the daf, and to the Levant family!"

The gemara raises some questions on the third explanation of the mishna – that the issue with an egg laid on Yom Tov is because it is similar to fruits that have fallen off a tree. Rabbi Yitzchak says that the egg is forbidden so that people don't think that one is permitted to drink liquids that drip out of a fruit. The gemara raises questions with this answer as well. After all four explanations are brought, they explain what issue each of them had with the other answers. They conclude that Rabbi Yochanan held by the opinions of Rabbi Yitzchak based on the way he resolved a contradiction between two mishnayot. There are two other possible resolutions to that contradiction. A braita is introduced that says that in a doubtful situation regarding an egg, the egg is forbidden. This is brought as a question against Rav Yosef and Rabbi Yitzchak's explanations of the mishna as the prohibition is rabbinic and as such, in a situation of doubt one should be lenient! The first answer given is that the case is not relating to an egg that is laid but an egg that there is a doubt whether it came from a chicken that was a treifa. A question is raised against this from the continuation of the braita regarding laws of nullification. This is eventually resolved as well.

Beitzah 2 - September 2, 25 Elul Sep 02, 2021

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Study Guide Beitzah 2

Today's daf is sponsored anonymously for the yahrzeit of Elazar ben Shimon, R. Elazar son of R. Shimon bar Yochai and Saadia ben Joseph, Rav Saadia Gaon.

There are three debates quoted in the first mishna between Beit Shamai and Beit Hillel where Beit Shamai is more lenient. The topics are: an egg that was laid on Yom Tov – can it be eaten, what measurement of a leavening agent and chametz is one liable for if one ate it on Pesach, and can one slaughter an animal on Yom Tov if one does not have earth prepared to use for covering it? What type of hen is referred to in the mishna? Is it an egg from a hen that was designated for eating or for laying eggs? And if so, what is the point of contention between Beit Shamai and Beit Hillel? The gemara will bring four answers. Rav Nachman says that this is a hen that is designated for laying eggs and Beit Shamai does not hold by laws of muktza/nolad. The gemara raises two questions against his position. One is resolved, the other is not. Raba said that the debate regarding the law of preparation – does things need to be prepared before Shabbat/Yom Tov and the problematic case is when Yom Tov falls after Shabbat. However, they instituted that even on a regular Yom Tov, not following Shabbat, they would forbid it so that people wouldn't get confused and think it was permitted also when Yom Tov followed Shabbat. Rabbi Yosef gives a third answer - says that this is a decree because of fruits that fall from a tree on Shabbat – if we permit the egg, people will think the fruits are permitted as well. The fourth answer will be on page 3a.

Sukkah 56 - Siyum Masechet Sukkah - September 1, 24 Elul Sep 01, 2021

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For the full Siyum Masechet Sukkah

English Study Guide Sukkah 56

Siyum Masechet Sukkah is dedicated by Miriam Tannenbaum in memory of her dear mother, Ruth Zemsky, רייזל בת יהושע הלוי וחיה קילא ז"ל whose 5th yahrzeit was observed yesterday, 23 Elul. In her life's quest of Avodat Hashem, she embodied the oft-quoted motif in Masechet Sukkah of "דרכיה דרכי נעם" "her ways were ways of pleasantness". Her example continues to inspire her children and grandchildren. Yehi Zichra Baruch.

On the holidays, all 24 groups of kohanim would work in the Temple. From where do we derive that they would divide the showbread equally among all of them and not the voluntary and peace offerings? On Shavuot, they would receive a part of the showbread and a part of the loaves of bread that accompanied the Shavuot sacrifice. The one distributing it would say "This is your matza" as he handed him the showbread, (which was unleavened) and "This is your chametz" as he handed him the bread from the Shavuot sacrifice. Why in that order? Does it connect with the debate between Beit Hillel and Beit Shamai regarding the order of the blessings of Kiddush: wine before the sanctification of the day or the day before the wine? Is it also similar to the debate regarding the order of the shehechiyanu blessing and the sitting the sukkah blessing? What parts of the sacrifice go to the group whose week fell out on the week of the holiday? How was the showbread distributed when the holiday fell out right after or finished right before Shabbat? Why? The showbread was usually distributed between the past week's group and the upcoming week. Was it equal or did the incoming group get more? What is the debate between Rabbi Yehuda and the rabbis? Where did each group stand when they received their portion? Why? At what point in the day did they switch jobs? How were the sacrifices of Shabbat split between them? The family of Bilga was treated differently than the other groups of kohanim – in what way and why? Was it because of the action of Miriam, the daughter of Bilga who left Judaism and disgraced the Temple, or was it because they didn't show up to work in the Temple?

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