Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran

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Eruvin 99 - November 16, 29 Cheshvan Nov 16, 2020

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I would like to dedicate this week's learning in memory of my grandmother Sonja Waschitz, Sara bat Yitzchak and Yenta Rachel z'l who passed away on Shabbat. Thank you, to the amazing Hadran Zoom and some local Hadran communities who got together to make a donation to Hadran in her name, and also specifically to Gitta Neufeld and Mark and Debbie Ziering who sponsored dapim in her name. My grandmother was a special woman who was incredibly resilient and rebuilt her life a number of times, beginning with her first move at age 14 leaving her parents behind in Vienna in 1939 and heading to America on her own, never to see her parents again.

And today's daf is dedicated by Rebecca Schwarzmer for a refuah shelayma for her aunt, Debbie Ginsburg, Devorah bat Rachel v'Netanel haKohen.

The mishna and gemara discuss various examples of being in one domain and moving something in a different domain. Is this permitted or not? On what does it depend?

Eruvin 98 - Sunday November 15, 28 Cheshvan Nov 14, 2020

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This week's learning is dedicated in honor of our Ema, Savta, and Savta Rabba, Rookie Billet, aka "Daf"-ta, on her milestone birthday, one day for each decade. Your commitment to growth and Torah learning inspires us every day. We look forward to celebrating your daf yomi siyum midway between ״seivah" and "gevurah," b'ezrat Hashem! With love from all the Billets, Exlers, Jacobsons, and Tegers.

In what case does the mishna allow one to bring in a scroll that is still in one's hand while one is sitting on the threshold but rolled out into the public domain? Is it a threshold that is a private domain or is it a carmelit? What is a basis of the debate regarding the case on the roof? The gemara explains the mishna differently than its simple reading. Can one carry out to a ledge outside one's window?

Eruvin 97 - Shabbat November 14, 27 Cheshvan Nov 13, 2020

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The gemara brings a different explanation for the new tefillin and why they can't be brought into the city on Shabbat. If one buys a number of sets of tefillin from an unreputable scribe, how many need to be checked before one can establish that this is a reliable scribe? What is the danger described in the mishna - danger from gentiles who don't allow Jews to don tefillin or from robbers? The mishna mentions one can pass from person to person - what about carry less than four cubits? What is the difference between those options? What is the case in the mishna regarding the child being carried? For what purpose do they need to carry the baby? Why does it say even one hundred people? Why does Rabbi Yehuda allow the barrel to be carried outside the techum? The mishna describes someone reading a scroll and part of the scroll rolls into the public domain - under what circumstances can one roll it back in?

Eruvin 96 - November 13, 26 Cheshvan Nov 13, 2020

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A week of learning is dedicated by Lisa Malik in memory of her father, David Malik, David ben Aharon Tzvi v' Shaindel z"l on his first yahrzeit.

The gemara brings two more possibilities to understand the debate between Tana Kama and Rabban Gamliel regarding how many pairs of tefillin can one wear at a time in order to bring them from the field into the city of Shabbat? According to the gemara's conclusion, at least Tana Kama holds that one wears tefillin on Shabbat and therefore the gemara tries to find who is the tana who holds that way? The gemara brings four suggestions. One of them is from a source regarding Michal daughter to Cushi (King Saul) who wore tefillin and the rabbis didn't protest. They assume it's because he held that one is obligated even on Shabbat and therefore it is not time bound, in which case women would be obligated. Despite the fact that the gemara rejects this, claiming that the rabbis didn't protest because women are allowed to opt in to commandments they are not commanded to do, in the end the gemara brings a proof from a different source that Rabbi Meir and Rabbi Yehuda in fact hold this position. An interesting question is raised regarding women opting in - is it forbidden to do a commandment one is not obligated to? Is it bal tosif (one cannot add to what the Torah commanded)? If one finds techlelet-dyed wool strips or thread, can one assume they were dyed for tzitzit. It depends in what form as one can assume that one wouldn't burden themselves to do thing sin a complicated manner just for clothing and therefore it must have been for tzitzit. Rava questions this from our mishna regarding one confusing an amulet and tefillin - would one bother to make an amulet like tefillin - it is compliccated to make it in that way!

Eruvin 95 - November 12, 25 Cheshvan Nov 12, 2020

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Do Rava and Abaye disagree about whether or not we can use imaginary walls created by a ceiling, pi tikra yored v'sotem (when there are no actual walls on any side), as Rav and Shmuel disagree? Does Rabbi Yosi in the mishna who disagrees with Rabbi Yehuda (that the beginning of Shabbat is the determining factor) permit in these cases or forbid? Do we hold like Rabbi Yehuda or Rabbi Yosi? Shmuel holds like Rabbi Yehuda, however the gemara questions that based on a different source. The mishna discusses cases of a bridge or a second floor built over the public domain - can one carry beneath it? On what basis would it be permitted? Can one fix (make an eruv) an alley that is open on two sides? On what basis could one permit? The tenth chapter begins with a discussion of tefillin found in a field. One is obligated to "save" them. How can one carry them on Shabbat - only if they wear them? Tana Kama and Rabban Gamliel disagree about whether one wears one pair or two at a time . What is the root of their debate? Does it connect with other basic debates such as, is one supposed to wear tefillin on Shabbat, do mitzvot need intent in order to fulfill them, is it forbidden due to bal tosif, adding to mitzvot, to wear two pairs at a time?

Eruvin 94 - November 11, 24 Cheshvan Nov 11, 2020

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Today's daf is dedicated by Tzippy Wolkenfeld for a refuah shleima for Yakira Leeba bat Sara Gita, "our sweet brave girl."

If a courtyard wall is breached on Shabbat, do we say that since it was permitted at the onset of Shabbat to carry in each individual courtyard, the status remains the rest of Shabbat or not? If a courtyard is breached into the public domain, what is the status of that courtyard? Rabbi Eliezer says it is now considered a public domain and the rabbis call it a carmelit. The gemara struggles to understand how Rabbi Eliezer could view this space that belongs to the courtyard residents as a public domain and therefore narrows the debate to the space where the wall once stood that is not the subject of debate between the public and the courtyard residents. Or that the debate is really about the sides of the public domain that are sometimes used by the public and therefore also would extend to this case regarding the space near the border of the courtyard and the public domain. How does this work in with the wording of the mishna. The mishna states that if two walls of a courtyard or a house collapse on Shabbat, what is the status for that Shabbat. Two opinions are brought, however they both agree that regarding the next Shabbat, this is a breach. What size breach and why is it specifically two walls and not one? Due to this question, Rav and Shmuel each narrow the case of the mishna to a very specific type of breach in the corner. What do Rav and Shmuel disagree about regarding a ceiling dropping down and creating imaginary walls? In what size structure do they disagree?

Eruvin 93 - November 10, 23 Cheshvan Nov 10, 2020

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Abaye disagrees with those who said that the larger courtyard absorbs the inhabitants of the smaller courtyard as how can there be a barrier that connects rather than separates and therefore forbids (like planting near a vineyard? Various rabbis try to show Abaye that walls can connect/forbid in various situations but each time Abaye responds that the case isn't comparable. Rav Yehuda brings a case of encampments in large spaces shared like the courtyards discussed (walls seen from one side but not the other) - they are viewed as one whole unit if the outer ones can see walls when going into the inner one for the same logic as stated before that the larger courtyard absorbs the inhabitants of the smaller. Rav Chisda and Rav Mesharshia disagree about whether an embankment of 5 handbreadths can join with a wall of 5 and be considered a proper wall for laws of courtyards. A bratia is brought against Rav Chisda and three answers are brought. If the situation changes on Shabbat and a wall between courtyards is breached, does this prevent the inhabitants from carrying as they are now viewed as one whole, or can they rely on the fact that when Shabbat started, they were permitted and therefore also now. Can we learn the answer from our mishna?

Eruvin 92 - November 9, 22 Cheshvan Nov 09, 2020

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Today's daf is dedicated with gratitude to Hashem by Tina and Shalom Lamm to celebrate a new grandchild, Kedem Nachum Isaac, born to their children, Peninah and Eitan Kaplansky. The gemara questions Rabbi Yochanan's opinion regarding Rabbi Shimon based on a mishna. If there are two courtyards with a churva in between and one made an eruv and one didn't, can each of them carry to the churva or neither of them or both of them? The mishna discusses the case of a large roof opening up into a smaller one and the same for a courtyard. Why is it necessary to bring both cases? Some rabbis explained that the larger courtyard absorbs the residents of the smaller one but the smaller one does not absorb the larger one. They bring 5 different areas of halacha and explain the ramifications like giving a divorce document to a woman by placing it in the other courtyard or praying with nine people of the minyan in one space and one in the other, and other cases. Abaye disagrees with them on the basis that how can having a mechitza make the two areas seem closer? The rabbis try to disprove his logical argument.

Eruvin 91 - November 8, 21 Cheshvan Nov 08, 2020

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Today's daf is dedicated in memory of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, HaRav Yaakov Zvi ben David Aryeh, zt"l who passed away yesterday. His teachings of Torah and human values will be shared and valued for generations. May his memory be blessed and may his family be comforted among the mourners of Zion.

Rav Yehuda delves into the opinions of Rabbi Meir, the rabbis and Rabbi Shimon and explains what there would hold about carrying from the various areas to each other - like roof to courtyard to enclosure. The gemara brings a proof to support Rav's view of the rabbis that one can only carry four cubits on the roof if it is adjacent to another. Rav disagrees with Shmuel and Rabbi Yochanan regarding whether Rabbi Shimon allows carrying between areas even in a case where the courtyard residents made a eruv or only in a case where no eruv was made? The gemara brings questions against each of the opinions.

Eruvin 90 - Shabbat November 7, 20 Cheshvan Nov 06, 2020

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Today's daf is dedicated by Mindy Feldman Hecht in honor of her mother, Rella Feldman's birthday. "Mom, I'm so proud by your commitment to learning daf yomi and thrilled that we are connected in our joint effort! The gemara deals with several debates between Rav and Shmuel regarding carrying on roofs according to Rabbi Meir and the rabbis and also regarding boats or a portico. Can one carry only four cubits - is it viewed as a carmelit - or can one carry in the whole space - is it viewed as a private domain? On what does it depend? When can we use the principles that we view the walls as if they go up gut asik mechitzta) or we can view a ceiling as if it drops down (pi tikra yored v'sotem)

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