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Eruvin 41 - Shabbat, 1st day of Rosh Hashana, 1 Tishrei, September 19 Sep 17, 2020

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Today's daf is dedicated anonymously in honor of our fearless leader and teacher Rabbanit Michelle Farber for her constant encouragement of our learning especially in the middle of Eruvin from all the women you inspire to learn daf yomi. Thank you!!

If Tisha B'av falls on erev Shabbat, does one finish fasting or does one eat before Shabbat starts so as not to enter Shabbat fasting? Two opinions are brought - one by Rabban Gamliel and one by Rabbi Yosi. Several tannaitic sources are brought to better understand the debate and see which position we hold by. If one leaves the techum on Shabbat, one can only walk within 4 cubits of where one is presently standing. Does it make a difference if the person left on their own or was removed by someone or something else? If one needs to go to the bathroom, does respect for one's body override laws of techum Shabbat? The gemara explains that there are three things that make people do things against their will and against that of God. What are they?

Eruvin 40 - Friday September 18, 29 Elul Sep 17, 2020

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A different version of the story of Rav Sheshet and Rav Nachman in the Exilarch's house is told by Rav Ashi - the issue regards an animal brought from outside the techum and not two days of Yom Tov. The gemara discusses halachic issues regarding melacha done by a non-Jew for a Jew on Shabbat or chag. Can the Jew benefit? If so, when? Does it depend if it were done specifically for you or for a different Jew? What if it was done for non-Jews? Does one need to mention Rosh Chodesh in the Rosh Hashana davening? Does one say the shehechiyanu blessing on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur?

Eruvin 39 - September 17, 28 Elul Sep 17, 2020

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Today's daf is dedicated by Gabrielle and Daniel Altman in honor of their wonderful nephew Eliyahu Stark on his upcoming wedding to Ariella Weiss.

What is the difference in the case of Shabbat and Yom Tov that fall out one after the other between one who puts out bread/food for an eruv and one who stands at the spot where one wants to designate as one's eruv? How do we understand the nature of the two days of Rosh Hashana - are they considered the same as two days of other holiday in the Exile, meaning one only day is sanctified and we don't know which one. Or is it treated as one sanctity. Ramifications of this debate are for making two eruvs - one for each day in a different direction or tithing produce with a stipulation: If today is not Rosh Hashana, then I will separate today..., and for an egg that hatched on the first day, can one eat it on the second day? Does one add in their prayers a stipulation that maybe today is the first day of the month or maybe it is tomorrow? Rabbi Yosi who forbids stipulations, would he differentiate between Rosh Hashana and two days of Yom Tov on other holidays in the Exile? An incident happened in the house of the Exilarch and Rav Sheshet disagreed with Rav Nachman and was later proven wrong but doesn't want word to get out to Rav Nachman of his mistake.

Eruvin 38 - September 16, 27 Elul Sep 16, 2020

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Today's daf is sponsored in honor of Ann Goldhirsch on her birthday. Happy birthday to our #1 Daf Yomi learner! Love, Barry, Aaron and Ezra. And by Yael in honor of her sister Shifra on her birthday.

What happens regarding an eruv techum when Shabbat and Yom Tov fall out right next to each other? Can one make a separate eruv in two different directions - each for a different day - as we can say they are each a separate day of sanctity? Or can we only make an eruv in the same place for both days as we treat them as one sanctity - or at least we should be stringent just in case it is considered one sanctity? The rabbis and Rabbi Eliezer disagree on this issue. The gemara brings some sources that bring a back and forth discussion between the two. How does the issue of preparing on Yom Tov for Shabbat come into play here? The gemara quotes the Tosefta in which there are three approaches to the question. However, based on a statement of Rav, the gemara changes the version that was quoted in the Tosefta.

Eruvin 37 - September 15, Elul 26 Sep 15, 2020

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Today's daf is sponsored by Ellen Golub & Steven Sass in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their oldest grandson, Levi Moshe Weinograd, on Shabbat Nitzavim-Vayelech. Levi, Bobbe and Zayda love you so much! We offer two words of wisdom: D'kula bo. Ellen & Steve are also celebrating the brit milah of their newest grandchild, Leo Golub-Sass, named for Ellen's beloved father, Leo Golub, Aryeh Leib Ben Eliyahu z"l. May Leo grow to love the Jewish people as his great-grandfather did and may he become a Talmid chacham. And by Michelle Winer for a refuah shelaimah for her daughter, Bella Rachel bat Malka Enya. You keep handling each challenge as they come and manage to smile every day. As I learn each day's daf, I do so with the hope that my and so many other women's learning will help bring about a refuah shelaimah for you. And also our learning should be a refuah shleima for Netanel Ilan ben Shayna Tzipora.

Should we accept Ayo's braita which had Rabbi Yehuda saying breira, retroactive determination, doesn't work or our mishna saying it works? The gemara grapples with the Tosefta where Rabbi Yehuda holds we cannot use breira in order to support Ayo's reading. Ulla holds otherwise and reads the Tosefta differently. Rabbi Yosi and Rabbi Shimon also appear in the Tosefta regarding tithing wine forbidding it, seemingly because they don't allow breira. However, several other sources are brought which seem to contradict. The gemara reconciles the difficulties from the other sources in various ways. Would those who do not allow breira say that it would apply not only for Torah laws but also for Rabbinic laws?

Eruvin 36 - September 14, 25 Elul Sep 14, 2020

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Today's daf is dedicated by Rachael Bentley. "I am so very grateful to be able to participate in this cycle of Daf Yomi and want to thank you all. Who would have thought at the outset that we would be living in such strange times? My Montreal group arranged to meet as we finished Tractate Berakhot but of course...even as we finished Tractate Shabbat, we have still not met in person but also by the miracle of Zoom. My prayer is to meet in Israel after completing, by the grace of God. Many thanks and my wishes for good health and safety for all." And in honor of Jonathan Cohen, my brother, on his birthday today, who has been keeping up with the daf.

The gemara raises a contradiction from Rabbi Meir in our mishna who is stringent regarding an eruv that was good to begin with but later is not (one must assume it was not valid already during twilight) with Rabbi Meir in a different source regarding impurity where he is lenient. Two explanations are brought. Likewise, a contradiction is brought regarding Rabbi Yossi who is lenient in our mishna but stringent elsewhere. Three possible explanations are brought. When does one rely on its original chazaka and when do we not? If one makes a stipulation regarding an eruv - whether or not that will be one's eruv, does that work? On what does it depend? Rabbi Yehuda allows one to decide on Shabbat which one will be the eruv. How can this be if: 1. Ayo has a version of the braita that says he doesn't allow this, and 2. We know from other sources that Rabbi Yehuda doesn't allow breira, retroactive determination?

Eruvin 35 - September 13, 24 Elul Sep 13, 2020

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The gemara brings three different explanations of the case in the mishna where the rabbis and Rabbi Eliezer debate the case of one who loses the key to the closet in which the eruv is placed. Is it only on Yom Tov and in a case where it is built with bricks places on each other without being cemented together? Or is it made of wood and it is a debate whether or not it is considered a utensil or a tent and if a utensil, the rabbis hold there is no issue of building or taking apart in utensils? Or is it a muktze issue because the lock is attached with a rope that can be cut by a knife – can one bring a knife to cut it? What is the law if the food rolls out of the 2,000 cubits from the city limits or a pile of rocks falls on top of it and it becomes inaccessible or it burns or it is truma that becomes impure? It depends on whether it happened before or after twilight. What if one doesn't know when it happened? Why are each of these cases mentioned? Rabbi Meir is stringent – how does this work in with other statements of Rabbi that seem similar and yet he isn't stringent?

Eruvin 34 - Shabbat September 12, Elul 23 Sep 11, 2020

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Today's daf is dedicated by Miriam Tannenbaum in memory of her mother, Ruth Zemsky, Raizel bat Yehushua HaLevi and Chaya Keila z"l on her yahrzeit. Her greatest nachat was her children and grandchildren and their involvement in the learning and teaching of Torah. יהי זכרה ברוך

Two questions are brought on Rabbi Yirmia's explanation of the basket attached to the tree. What exactly is the case in the mishna regarding the eruv in a pit? Can one put an eruv at the top of a pole or a reed? Under what circumstances? If one put an eruv in a locked closet, does one need to have access to the key? What if the key is lost?

Eruvin 33 - September 11, 22 Elul Sep 11, 2020

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Today's daf is dedicated by Rabbi Julie Danan in memory of a beloved friend, Rabbi Dr. Sarah Tauber, a brilliant teacher and scholar who will be sorely missed by a wide circle of family, friends, and communities.

The gemara continues to understand the cases brought in the mishna regarding accessibility to one's eruv. The more the gemara delves into it, the more the gemara limits the case of the mishna. Where is the debate between Rebbi and the rabbis regarding whether or not rabbinic prohibitions are in effect during the twilight period. In the braita quoted, there is a halacha regarding a basket attached to a tree and Rebbi allows one to put an eruv there. The gemara questions the reality of the case (dimensions?) and Ravina and Rabbi Yirmia each provide expplanations for teh case. According to Ravina the issue relates to stability of the eruv. According to Rabbi Yirmia, the issue is about accessibility and even though the basket in not in the same "place" as the person, since theoretically it can be tilte dand can be, that is sufficient.

Eruvin 32 - September 10, 21 Elul Sep 10, 2020

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Today's daf is dedicated by Art Gould to the health, healing and well-being of his beloved bride of 47 years, Carol Robinson - Karina Gola bat Huddah. "Carol has been my best friend and partner, mother to our daughters, bubbe to our grand-daughter and the emotional center of our extended family. She has an almost magical ability to always know the right thing to do and the right thing to say. I love her more than words can possibly express."

Can one assume that if one appoints a messenger, the messenger will get the job done? Do we rely on this only with rabbinic issues or also with Torah obligations? Rav Sheshet and Rav Nachman disagree about this and Rav Sheshet brings three proofs for his position from tannaitic sources (although according to one version, one is brought as a proof for Rav Nachman). The gemara then brings an explanation for each source according to Rav Nachman. Within these sources, a debate between Rebbi and Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel is brought regarding tithed produce as to whether or not it is assumed that one will transgress a minor transgression in order to ensure that someone else does not transgress a more serious prohibition - relating to the issue of not putting a stumbling block in front of others. In order to make an eruv techumim, one needs to be able to be able to be in the same location as one's eruv, at least at twilight when Shabbat comes in. The mishna brings various cases regarding this issue and the rabbis try to figure out the exact case of the mishna.

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