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Eruvin 61 - October 9, 21 Tishrei Oct 09, 2020

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Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi brings two cases - if one acquired residence outside the city and measured the techum from there and it ended in the middle of a city, one's limit ends there. But if it ended at the end of the city, the entire city is like 4 cubits and one continues counting from the other side of the city. Rav Idi questions Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levy as there is no basis for saying this. Is there really no basis? Rav Yosef explains the law in a city that borders on a ravine. Is this considered a city or not for the purposes of measuring techum? Rav Yosef brings a proof from a ruling of Rebbi regarding people going in between two particular cities, but the gemara explains the reason in a different way and rejects the proof. If there are two cities - one smalla dn one large, if one is in one at the start of Shabbat but has an eruv in the other, does one get 2,000 cubits from the eruv or from the outskirts of the city? Rabbi Akiva and the rabbis disagree. They all agree in the case of an eruv in a cave that one counts 2,000 cubits from the eruv - but in what circumstances? What if one's eruv was outside and the 2,000 cubits ended in the middle of the cave? Shmuel and Rabbi Elazar disagree regarding acquiring residence in a desolate city. Would there be a distinction between one who acquired residence by being there physically or by putting food there? Are there proofs for Shmuel's approach? What are the laws of eruv chatzerot in a courtyard where there are non-Jews?

Eruvin 60 - October 8, 20 Tishrei Oct 08, 2020

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Today's daf is dedicated by Gary Zeitlin in honor or Dr. Earl Zeitlin. Happy birthday and gratitude for his many years as a tirelessly devoted neurologist, father and grandfather. And to Ellen Segal in honor of her 60th birthday with love from your children and grandchildren. Ema, your devotion to Limmud Daf Yomi fills us with pride and inspiration. Your example teaches us that we should always make time in our busy lives for Torah and for learning. May Hashem bless us all with many more years with you, full of health, growth, happiness, and Limmud Torah.

Is a ladder considered like a wall (even though one can get over the wall with a ladder, it is still a wall) or like an opening (since it is now accessible)? Do we rule leniently in each situation? The gemara brings questions against those who say we are lenient in every case. Rav Yosef asked Abaye to make an eruv for the city of Kakonia which was originally 'public' and now a 'private' city. which meant that he needed to leave a part out of the city. Rav Yosef said to make sure to do it in a way that you don't upset people. Because of that, Abaye thought and rethought the best way to do it until he reached the proper conclusion. In order to make an eruv techumim, one must be within 2,000 cubits at the start of Shabbat from the location of the eruv. The mishna brings a number of examples of this. If one makes an eruv in the 70 and 2/3 cubits around the city, it doesn't add anything. If one leaves that space and puts the eruv outside there, whatever one gains in that direction, one loses in the other direction. The gemara raises a contradiction to that line and then resolves it by describing two different scenarios.

Eruvin 59 - October 7, 19 Tishrei Oct 07, 2020

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Today's daf is dedicated by Gitta and David Neufeld as a zechut for our dear friend and mentor, Chaya bat Osna Rachel, a fierce advocate for Jewish education, בתוך שאר חולי ישראל. We are blessed by her friendship and leadership.

One can be lenient with mistakes in measurements regarding techum since alws of techum are rabbinic. Also one can accept testimony of people whose testimony regarding the location of the techum is not usually accepted. The mishna moves into issues of eruv for carrying purposes. They distinguish between a city that was an individual (what exactly does that mean) and became public and a city that was the reverse. In what cases and how can one make an eruv? Does one need to leave a section out of the eruv? Can the city be split? If so, how?

Eruvin 58 - October 6, 18 Tishrei Oct 06, 2020

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How does one measure the 2,000 cubits if the terrain is not flat? When does one span the space and one does one pierce it? What is the difference between them? From where do we derive that 50-cubit ropes are used? Why can't they be shorter or longer? What material are the ropes? For the red heifer and the Sotah, ropes were needed - of what material for each? How do we span a space? What if a canyon curves and spanning is not possible? Or if there is a wall? Why is a wall different than a fence? Rav Yehuda says in the name of Shmuel that piercing is only allowed if a plumb line doesn't drop straight down. If it does drop straight down, one would measure just the floor of the canyon. Is there a limit to the depth by which one can measure by spanning? If so, what is that limit? Rava limits spanning to a hill that has a slope of 10 handbreadths for 4 cubits, but if it is less of a slope, one measures the slope itself as if it were the ground. However, Rav Huna brings a different version of this statement that was said by Rava. How does one pierce? Piercing is only used for techumim and not for measuring in a case of a beheaded heifer, egla arufa, or a refuge city because they are from the Torah. The measuring should be done by an expert. If one measure unevenly - we accept the wider measurement. Similarly, we accept testimony of a slave or maidservant regarding where the border is because the laws are rabbinic, one can be lenient.

Eruvin 57 - October 5, 17 Tishrei Oct 05, 2020

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The gemara brings two more explanations regarding the Levite cities to explain how the empty space around the city comes out to a quarter - how is it measured and a quarter of what? Some questions are raised on some of the explanations. The mishna brings a debate between Rabbi Meir and the rabbis. According to Rabbi Meir, the 2,000 cubits of the techum are measured from 70.67 cubits outside the city. According to the rabbis, this is not the case - it is measured from the city borders but the 70.67 measurement is used to determine if two cities are considered as one for techum. There is a debate between emoraim whether it is a space of 70.67 per city or 70.67 all together. There is a situation where one city can combine two others that are on either side. What is that situation? The mishna begins to describe exactly how they did the measuring for the city.

Eruvin 56 - October 4, 16 Tishrei Oct 04, 2020

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Today's daf is sponsored by by Rachel Alexander Levy in honor of her mother, Sheila Alexander. When Mom created the Jewish Day School 40 years ago, would she have every thought that I would be learning Daf Yomi at age 47! And by Caroline Ofstein in honor of Yakir's bar mitzvah and for a refuah sheleima to Sheindel Chaya Bat Leah בתוך שאר חולי ישראל.

Does a Torah scholar needs to live in a place that has vegetables? Are vegetables good for you or bad for you? One should not live in a place with uphills and downhills as it causes premature old age. When one squares off a round city for the purposes of techumim, how does one do it? Each side needs to correspond to the four directions - North, South, etc. The gemara gives advice about how to determine where the directions are - either based on the constellations or on the direction of the sun at different times of the year. How much extra does one get on the angles? A braita is quoted regarding the 1,000 cubits outside each of the Levite cities that are left wmpty as compared to the whole space around the city of 2,000 cubits - a ratio is brought of 1 to 4 and the gemara brings a number of explanations of how this ratio makes sense.

Eruvin 55 - Shabbat, !st Day of Sukkot, October 3, 15 Tishrei Oct 02, 2020

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The gemara disucsses what is considered part of the city and what is not considered part of the city regarding from where we would measure the techum. Straight lines are drawn from parts that protrude and if the shape of the inhabited part of the city is not square (i.e. round, rainbow-shaped, etc.) from where do we measure the 2,000 cubits?

Eruvin 54 - October 2, 14 Tishrei Oct 02, 2020

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Today's daf is sponsored by Ben Teitelbaum in honor of Melissa Raphaely. And by Deborah Dickson in honor of Audrey Levant in lieu of the siyum and celebration we should be having at the completion of a year-long parasha chevruta. Looking forward to next year! And by Yoni and Clara Dolgin. Wishing my children a Hag Sukkot Sameach. We wish we were able to celebrate together instead of in Bidud.

The gemara discusses the benefits of learning Torah and methods by which one will be able to retain what one has learned.

Eruvin 53 - October 1, 13 Tishrei Oct 01, 2020

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Today's daf is dedicated by Joanna Rom in memory of her mother Rose Rom (Surah Raizel) on her twelfth yahrzeit. She was a lawyer by training, a teacher, and believer in equality and would have been thrilled to know that her daughter was studying Talmud with such a great teacher.

The mishna deala with setting the boundaries of the city when the boundaries are not in a straight line or there are structures within a small distance of the city. The wording used is "meabrin" - we make the boundaries wider. Rav and Shmuel have a debate if the letter in that word is an aleph or an ayin - is it from limbs that jut out of the body or a pregnant woman? The gemara quotes a few other debate of Rav and Shmuel regarding words - how to explain words in the Torah - like Maarat HaMachpela, the name Amrafel and the "new king" that rose in Egypt and didn't remember Joseph. The gemara talks about tactics that can help people remember what they learn. The gemara explain the differences between the Judeans and the Galileans - why the Judaen's Torah kept with them and the Galilean's did not. One answer is because they were careful with their words - spoke clearly and explained things well. The gemara provides examples of people who spoke clearly and those who did not. They also bring examples of people (women and men) who spoke in a particularly "high" language - lashon chochma. They bring stories of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chanania who was outsmarted by a woman, and two children - one male and one female. Bruria also reprimands both Rabbi Yosi the Galilean for speaking too much to a woman (herself) and to a student for whispering when learning and not learning out loud.

Eruvin 52 - September 30, 12 Tishrei Sep 30, 2020

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The gemara brings a case in which Raba bar Rav Chanan acquires residence from afar from his house without going to the location. Abaye questions his actions based on the conclusions reached at the end of the previous section and Raba changes his behavior. If one acquires residence with food, does one get in addition to the 2,000 cubits' also 4 cubits like in the case where one is there physically or not? The mishna brings a case of one who went to put an eruv but got called back by someone. The eruv works anyway for that person but not for the people of the city, according to Rabbi Yehuda. What exactly is the case? Why is there a difference between the person and others? Does the person need to make a declaration or is the intent clear without a declaration? Rabbi Meir doesn't allow this - however the person is only allowed to walk in the space that is common to one's house and the place where one intended to put the eruv. Rabbi Yosi son of Rabbi Yehuda has a different, more lenient approach. Raba and Rav Yosef disagree as to how he differs from Rabbi Yehuda's approach. If one leaves the techum by one or two cubits, is one allowed back in? What if one foot is in and one is out? Are the limits the surveyors put up at 2,000 cubits around the city exact or do they make them less than 2,000 to make sure people don't err? What is the relevance of this for one who hasn't reached the techum before Shabbat? How does one measure from around the city in the event that there aren't walls and all the houses don't line up in an exact straight line?

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