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Eruvin 81 - October 29, 11 Cheshvan Oct 29, 2020

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Today's daf is sponsored by the Cohen, Raye and Maybaum families in honor of the 35th yahrzeit of their father Michael Maybaum, Michael Avraham Zerach z"l. "A very unique and special man who loved Torah learning and inspired his children on this path". And by Navah Levine in memory of my spouse Claudia Yellin (Tzivya bat Leah v' Woolf z"l), on her 3rd yahrzeit a beloved partner and mother, relative, therapist, and friend, who brought love and laughter into a complicated world. And by Nina Black in memory of her father, Sidney Black, Shlomo Nissan ben Yakov Reuven z"l, on his yahrzeit. "He was a good, kind man who would have been so pleased that his daughter is doing Daf Yomi."

Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua disagree in the mishna about what can be used for eruv chatzerot. How does the gemara understand their disagreement? Rabbi Yehoshua does not allow slices on bread in order to decrease bad feelings between neighbors. The gemara asks several other details regarding these laws such as what if only a little piece was removed for challa for instance? What kinds of breads can be used - can one use lentil bread for instance? The gemara quotes a verse from Ezekiel Chapter 4 regarding a bread made from many different types of grains that was looked down upon as something for poor, desolate people - a sign of the impending destruction. If one wants to purchase one's share in the eruv and asks for the person to transfer them rights, if they only put money down, does that work? Are they in effect trying to do a purchase (and did not succeed as money does not create an acquisition) or were they just telling the person to be their messenger (which can be done). Is there a debate between Rabbi Yehuda and the rabbis regarding whether or not in eruv chatzerot the principle applicable that we can transfer ownership to someone without their knowledge if it is good for them? Or do they agree?

Eruvin 80 - October 10, 11 Cheshvan Oct 28, 2020

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A week of Daf Yomi learning has been dedicated by Jeanne Klempner and Goody Weil for the refuah shleimah umehira of Eliahu Yonatan ben Gittel Mira. Yehi Ratzon that all of our learning from all over the world will help give our beloved Eli the strength to recover and return home in good health to his family and friends. Today's daf is dedicated by Judy and Jerel Shapiro in memory of the 7th yahrzeit of their dear brother David Tychman, z"l and by Risa Tzohar in loving memory of her grandmother Rissel bat Deena v'Shmuel Lev z"l on her yahrtzeit. Does one need to give possession of the food to all other others in shituf mevoot? What about eruv techumim or eruv tavshilin? Can a woman join on behalf of her husband without his knowledge? Can a gentile woman rent out her husband's house? What if he is against joining? Can one be forced to pay into the expense of the post or crossbeam for the eruv? Can one use an Ashera tree (one used for idol worship) for the post or crossbeam? What happens if the food diminishes and doesn't have the requisite amount - does one need to add food? Does one need to tell the other members that one is adding on their behalf? On what does it depend? If a new person joins, do they need to be included with their knowledge or can one pass on rights to them without telling them? What is the minimum amount needed for the food?

Eruvin 79 - October 27, 9 Cheshvan Oct 27, 2020

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Today's daf is dedicated by Emma and Richard Rinberg and family in memory of Naftali Meir ben Harav Binyamin Dov and Emily Rickman on his first yahrzeit. Naftali was 15 when he passed away, a beloved son, grandson and brother. May his memory be blessed. And by Jeanne Klempner and Goody Weil for a refuah shleima for Eliyahu Yonatan ben Gitel Mira who is in critical condition and needs a refuah shleima. He is a high-tech executive whose previous experience as a Gemara rebbe shows through in his logic and sharp thinking. His wonderful family and many friends and colleagues all need him to get well.

The gemara raises a contradiction between the mishna in Ohalot and our mishna regarding unspecified dirt or rocks that fill a space. Do we assume, they are there permanently or not? The gemara brings three explanations. If there is a board over the ditch or connecting two porches, what are the conditions needed to this to effectively connect the two sides and allow them to make an eruv? The mishna brings a case of a wall made of hay that is ten handbreadths tall. It is considered a barrier between two courtyards and one can even bring one's animal to eat from the hay, even if the wall may diminish in size which would then require an eruv between the two sides. In what way is one allowed to bring one's animals to eat? How does this work out with a different braita regarding a house between two courtyards with a large mound of hay in the middle? The gemara delves into all the details mentioned in that braita including comparison to eruv techumim, changes that occur over Shabbat and relinquishing of rights. The mishna discusses how exactly one does shituf mevoot. The gemara then brings various statements made by the elders of Pumbedita. What do these random halachot have to do with each other and with shituf mevoot?

Eruvin 78 - October 26, 8 Cheshvan Oct 26, 2020

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The gemara continues its discussion regarding objects that can make the wall more accessible - objects jutting out of the wall - do they need ladders - situated where? If the height of the wall is 19 or more than 20, how many items jutting out of the wall need to be there and at what height and position? If there is a beam in the public domain that is 10 high and 4x4 wide and is considered a private domain for purposes of carrying between it and the public domain, if there is a peg on top of it, does that limits its use and therefore its size and would it become an exempt space? There are different opinions about this. When one puts in a ladder - at what angle and at what height would it diminish the space (what would then be the necessary length of the ladder)? Rav Yosef asks Rabba a number of questions of cases where the ladder does not have a minimum of 4 but something else can help it to be as if it has four - would these work? He raises a number of different situations. If a ladder was made out of a tree (which is forbidden by rabbinic law to use of Shabbat) or an Ashera tree (which was used for idol worship and is forbidden to benefit from), is it considered that the courtyards are accessible to each other theoretically, even if not practically. Various opinions are brought. Does it connect to other similar debates regarding eruv techumim in a tree or in a grave, that is also forbidden to benefit from? If there is a ditch 10 high and 4x4 wide, that separates two courtyards, one cannot make an eruv together. What if it was filled with straw or dirt? Is there a difference between the two? Why? If there is a beam that connects the two sides, then one can make an eruv together or separately.

Eruvin 77 - October 25, 7 Cheshvan Oct 25, 2020

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Today's daf (עז) is dedicated by Shelley and Jerry Gornish in memory of Oz Wilchek z"l, "our עז - our beloved and greatly missed grandson."

How tall a wall is considered a separation between two courtyards that they would not be able to make an eruv together? If the wall is four handbreadths wide, each courtyard can access items at the top of the wall but cannot bring them down to their courtyard as the wall is a private domain in and of itself. What if the wall were less than four wide? Can one bring items from their courtyard to the wall as it is considered an exempt domain? What if the wall is ten high to one courtyard but lower for the other (as the ground of that one is higher)? The gemara brings various cases where one tries to lower the height of the wall, meaning to make it more accessible - either by lowering the wall itself or putting something on the floor to allow easier access. Does this mean that one can now use the wall as it is considered lower than ten? The gemara brings several different cases including ladders and other items.

Eruvin 76 - Shabbat October 24, 6 Cheshvan Oct 23, 2020

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If there are three houses next to each other situated in between two courtyards, how can one make an eruv? What if there were only two houses? If two courtyards have a window in between them, if the window is 4x4 handbreadths and within 10 handbreadths from the ground, we consider this an opening and then can make an eruv together. What if the window was a circle, what would be the circumference of a circle that would encompass a square of 4x4 inside of it? Rav Nachman said that the requirement that it be within ten of the ground would not be relevant in a house. What if there was a wall in between the two courtyards that was ten high and 4 wide? Does this prevent the courtyards from being able to make an eruv? What if the wall was breached? At what size is it significant?

Eruvin 75 - October 23, 5 Cheshvan Oct 23, 2020

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Today's daf is dedicated by Rabbi Rebecca Einstein Schorr in honor of the first yahrtzeit of her grandfather Dov ben Yitzchak Yaakov HaLevi v'Rayzel z"l. "He would be thrilled to know that his death inspired me to take on the commitment to Daf Yomi." And by Sara Berelowitz in memory of her father Zvi ben Moshe z"l on his 12th yahrzeit. He always had a Soncino Gemara with him until the Shteinzaltz came out.

The mishna brings various permutations of two courtyards - an inner and an outer - what if one does an eruv and one does not, or both make their own eruv or they make one together and one person forgets, or there is only one person living in the courtyard. What is the law in each case? The gemara introduces the concept of "one who is allowed/not allowed to walk in their space, do they forbid/permit one who is in a different space" - if the space is space that they normally walk through (the inner as it walks through the outer). In other words - does the fact that the inner can walk through the outer forbid the outer space (if they don't make one eruv together) or not, and if so, under what circumstances? Who holds what (Rabbi Akiva and the rabbis) and are there two opinions or three? Rav Dimi brings and interpretation of the rabbis in the mishna in the name of Rabbi Yannai. But the gemara raises several questions until Ravin brought a different tradition. The gemara brings a bratia to support a statement and in that braita is another debate between Rabbi Akiva and the rabbis is brought up regarding an inner and outer courtyard. Raba bar Chanan and Abaye try to understand what is the root of the debate. The mishna permits a case of individuals - what about a case of 3 people living between the two courtyards?

Eruvin 74 - October 22, 4 Cheshvan Oct 22, 2020

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Today's daf is dedicated by Yehudit Robinson in honor of Sarah Robinson, Mishna and Talmud teacher at Manhattan Day School. And by Navah Levine in honor of Rachel Levy. With appreciation to a most enthusiastic and encouraging chevruta. "Thank you for helping to keep me on this Daf Yomi Derekh. Happy birthday."

In order to permit carrying in an alley by using a side post or a cross beam, what is the minimum requirement of houses/courtyards in the alley? If this minimum is not there, the alley must be treated like a courtyard and either two side posts, one side post four handbreadths wide or a frame (tzurat hapetach) is needed. There are three opinions brought - by Rav, Shmuel and Rabbi Yochanan. The gemara first questions Rabbi Yochanan and also brings a different law of Rabbi Yochanan that matches his opinion here. Then they bring a difficulty for Shmuel - does he change his mind or not? Rav states a law regarding three houses that open to each other and only one opens directly to the alley. On the other side of the alley there is a gentile. One cannot make an eruv through the window of the inner houses. Why not? Would it be the same if they house of the Jew and the gentile opened up to a courtyard instead? Why would one think to distinguish between the cases?

Eruvin 73 - October 21, 3 Cheshvan Oct 21, 2020

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Today's daf is sponsored by Arlene Sevrinsky in memory of her father, Mordechai ben Avraham z"l on his yahrzeit. He taught us to love family, torah, learning and music. May his neshama have an aliyah. And by Hannah and Michael Piotrkowski in memory of Hannah's mother, Tsina Tova bat Leib Yisroel z"l on her 50th yahrzeit. She valued humility above all and is more loved and remembered as the years pass.

What is the determining factor regarding eruv - where one sleeps or where one eats? If a man has a number of wives who each live in their own house, are they considered one unit for eruv or separate units? What about slaves? A student at his rabbi's house if he sleeps and eats there? Can one view a father and children or a rabbi and student as one unit for certain laws of eruvin and as separate units for others (in order to be lenient)? The mishna brings a number of cases regarding courtyards that open to each other and also to a shared alley. If they did only eruv of the courtyards or only shituf mevo'ot (sharing of alleyways), would it cover the other? What if there were both but one person/courtyard didn't join the eruv/shituf? The gemara struggles to understand the mishna as it seems to side on different sides of the Rabbi Meir/Rabbis debate regarding can one suffice with only one of the two. In the end, they conclude the mishna is all rabbi Meir and they explain the cases to match his opinion. Rav has an alternate version of the mishna - that the courtyards do not open to each other. Why does he not agree with the other version?

Eruvin 72 - October 20, 2 Cheshvan Oct 20, 2020

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Today's daf is dedicated for a refuah shleima for Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Harav Yaakov Zvi ben Liba. And by Dr. Robin Zeiger and Professor Jonathan Ben-Ezra in honor of the wedding today of their daughter Nechama. "Nechama- you have no idea how much joy you bring to your father when you send him a page of Gemara you are learning in class and say, 'Abba- I remember learning this sugya with you.'"

There is a debate how to understand the debate between rabbi Meir and the rabbis regarding one who either did joining of the alleyway or eruv of the courtyards - can one carry both between the courtyards and into the alleyway. Do they disagree only in the case where the joining of the alleyway was done with bread or only when it was done with wine? Do we hold like Rabbi Meir who is stringent? The mishna brings a debate between Beit Shamai and Beit Hillel regarding five people who live in a large room that is sectioned off into five unique spaces. Is this viewed as one for purposes of doing an eruv with other people in the courtyard or not (do they all give one portion or 5 separate ones)? The gemara first brings four different explanations regarding the debate. What type of separation is there between the sections? Do they disagree in the case of walls that do not have halachic status as walls (less than 120 handbreadths) or walls that are 10 handbreadths but do not reach the ceiling or walls that reach the ceiling? The gemara then brings two other explanations regarding the debate - is the debate about where the eruv is placed - in their room or in another house in the courtyard? If a family lives in a courtyard each with one's own separate space, do they join the eruv with others in the courtyard as one or as individuals? On what does it depend - where they sleep, where they eat? If one lives in someone else's property, what determines whether or not they need to join the eruv separately. Does it depend on what type of space is the person sleeping in - if it is a place normally used for living or not?

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