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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.

Eruvin 31 - September 9, 20 Elul Sep 09, 2020

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Today's daf is sponsored by Judy Shapiro for the 7th yahrzeit of her mother Deera Tychman z"l.

The gemara brings another law of Rabbi Yehuda regarding a priest setting up an eruv in a cemetery – this time by putting pure truma on a grave. How is this even possible – the gemara raises several potential problems and resolves them. The gemara raises three possible ways to understand the root of the debate between Rabbi Yehuda and the rabbis on this issue. How does the concept of "mitzvot were not given for benefit" factor in? Can one use demai produce or other produce that was the maaser rishon that the levite did or did not separate truma from or maaser sheni or hekdesh that was or was not redeemed. What is the unique aspect of each of these and why were they mentioned in the mishna? Can one give one's food to a minor, deaf-mute or cognitively limited person? What about someone who doesn't believe in eruv? How do the laws differ from eruv chatzerot? One can send the eruv with one of those people to give to someone else to put down. How can we be sure it will get there?

Eruvin 30 - September 8, 19 Elul Sep 08, 2020

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This week's learning is sponsored by Terri Krivosha in honor of Judge Norman Krivosha. My father, Judge Norman Krivosha, has encouraged my sister and me, since we were young girls growing up in the sixties, that girls could do anything to which we set our minds. Who would have ever thought that could mean reading the entire talmud from beginning to end? He has been and still is my mentor, father, friend and advisor and I love him very much.

Today's daf is sponsored by Mindy and Eric Hecht and family in honor of their niece Talya Agus who is drafting today. We are so proud of you and wish you much success over the next two years of your service to Medinat Yisrael.

Do we determine the amount of food one needs to use for the eruv based on the average person or based on the specific person making the eruv. Is it objective or subjective? If one vows not to eat a certain food, can one use it for the eruv? Does it depend on the wording used for the vow - whether or not it included not benefiting from the bread? Beit Shamai and Beit Hillel disagree about whether or not an Israelite can use an eruv with truma or a nazir with wine. What does Sumchus hold that an Israelite cannot use truma for an eruv but a nazir can use wine? Why can a priest put his eruv in a beit hapras where there may be bones from a dead body? What it the root of the debate in the mishna regarding a priest putting an eruv in a cemetery?

Eruvin 29 - September 7, 18 Elul Sep 07, 2020

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Today's daf is dedicated by Judi Felber in memory of her father, Hershel-Tzvi Shlomo Haim ben Pesach v'Dina Sara z"l on his third yahrzeit. And by Leah Ackner in honor of her son Zev Yehuda Loring becoming a Bar Mitzvah. "Today I learn the daf in your honor and in honor of our past year of learning together to prepare for..." And by Candace Plotsker-Herman in honor of her mother Elaine Riff, Ilana Leah bat Esther and Meir on her 95th birthday! "She is a creative, lifelong learner who has inspired me to pursue and embrace serious, challenging Torah learning. I look forward to attending live, rather than zoom, shiurim with her soon."

With what food items can one make/not make an eruv? Can one use raw beets? Apples? Onions? What is the requite amount needed for an eruv? The amount is for eating at two meals but that amount is determined differently if it is food that accompanies other main foods, like a dip for bread, or if it is eaten on its own. Since the gemara discusses food, statements are made regarding nutritional value of foods including what is healthy for various ailments and what contains toxins and could cause death? The gemara also relates to other laws regarding food like impurity of foods, what liquids can disqualify a mikveh, what is the minimum amount to give to each poor person for maaser ani.

Eruvin 28 - September 6, 17 Elul Sep 06, 2020

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Today's shiur is sponsored by Shari Mendes in honor of women's learning and the marriage, this evening, of her daughter, Naomi to Menachem Lindner! Mazel tov. And by Amy Cohn on the yahrzeit of her father Rav Dov Chaim ben Zeev z"l who taught all his five daughters Talmud and the love of Torah.

Do fish fall into the category of those who get their nourishment from the ground or not and how does that affect whether or not we can use fish for an eruv? Instead of saying the debate between the unnamed tannaim is between fish, it is suggested that the debate is regarding birds as birds get sustenance from the ground but were created from mud, not the ground. If the type of method of drasha klal u'prat u'clal (a generalization, specifics and then a generalization) an outgrowth the klal u'prat method or the prat u'clal method? What is the relevance of that question? Rav lists certain types of plants and rules whether or not they can be used for an eruv. The gemara questions some of those items based on tannaitic sources or statements that Rav himself made. Questions about these items comes up regarding are they considered food for eruv, can one purchase them with maaser sheni money, can they become impure as food items, is one obligated to tithe them and would one say the blessing "blessed are the fruits of the earth" or the more general blessing "everything was created by the word of God"? What quantity of food is needed?

Eruvin 27 - Shabbat September 5, 16 Elul Sep 04, 2020

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Rabbi Yochanan taught that any time there is a general rule in a mishna, one can assume that there are exceptions to that rule. Even in a case where exceptions are listed, there may be more exceptions. The gemara learns that this statement was made in reference to the mishna in Kiddushin 29 about women being exempt from time bound mitzvot and obligated in non time bound commandments. The gemara then lists a number of exceptions to that rule. The gemara then brings a mishna relating to zav and our mishna which both list exceptions and yet there are more exceptions. There was a statement made either about eruv or about maaser sheni that when our mishna said water and salt, it only meant on their own but salt water can be used. A question is raised regarding salt water for maaser sheni and the response is that it must have oil mixed in. It is coming to teach that if one uses the maaser money to buy salt water mixed with oil, even though salt water is insignificant, since it is mixed with oil, one can use the money to purchase it all even though some of it would not be worthy on its own. The gemara questions this as that law is learned directly from a drasha on the verse relating to maaser sheni. The gemara delves into that drasha and tries to understand what each part of the verse is coming to teach. Rabbi Yochanan understands why each word is there other than "cattle." What is the basis for the debate regarding buying fish from maaser sheni money?

Eruvin 26 - September 4, 15 Elul Sep 04, 2020

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Today's daf is sponsored by Gary Zeitlin in memory of Dr. Alexander Glassman z"l, a dedicated family man and anesthesiologist, who recently passed away at the age of 107. And in memory of Lea Ziering, Leah bat Mazal z"l on her yahrzeit.

The Exilarch has a dining pavillion (like an enclosure, karpaf) in an orchard and wanted to be able to carry there so they erected a fence made of reeds/posts. Rava disagreed and thought there was no need to he took it down. On Shabbat, the rabbis, including those who had helped him, started to question Rava and indeed proved him wrong. The gemara delves into the three cases brought in the mishna where Rabbi Ilai brought the law of Rabbi Eliezer - regarding the size of an enclosure, the situation where one person didn't join the eruv chatzerot before Shabbat and gives up his/her property to the others (can others carry into his house) and where one can eat a particular vegetable/plant called akrablin, on Pesach as the bitter herb. The gemara particularly delves into the root of the debate regarding the eruv chatzerot. The approaches are based on assumptions about human behavior. What if the person indicates they are doing something different from what one would expect one would do - do we go by what they say or do we assume that human behavior is so obviously one way that the person must not have meant what they said? What types of foods can one use/not use for eruv, maaser sheni and one who vows not to eat? Can one make an eruv with food that one cannot eat for specific reasons even though other can like an Israelite with truma or a nazir with wine? Do they need to have access to the location of the eruv? Can a priest make an eruv in a cemetery or a beit hapras?

Eruvin 25 - September 3, 14 Elul Sep 03, 2020

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Sponsored in honor of Deborah Dickson's 40th birthday by Audrey Levant. Deborah: You enrich the lives of people around you by approaching life with passion. You are motivated, and decisive, and committed to your endeavors and I am so happy we are learning daf yomi together. Happy Birthday!

What methods can be used to fix an enclosure larger than beit saatayim (5,000 square cubits) that was not enclosed for living purposes in order to allow one to carry within the space? If done in a particular manner, one can either put up a new wall (debate regarding how far it needs to be from the new wall or if it can even be put up on top of the existing wall) or make the space smaller than or equal to beit saatayim. Is the issue regarding how a wall can or cannot be built the same as building a wall in property in order to acquire property that a convert without inheritors left after dying (that is considered ownerless property)? There is a case of a woman who tried to acquire ownerless property of a convert after his death but since it was done incorrectly and someone else acquired it in the correct manner after her, she was not granted the land. In exasperation, she started screaming but there was nothing to do to help her as she hadn't done it in the proper manner. What is the law regarding an enclosure that was a beit saatayim with a wall separating it from a courtyard, in the case where the wall was breached? Can one carry in the enclosure or in the courtyard?

Eruvin 24 - September 2, 13 Elul Sep 02, 2020

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Today's daf is sponsored by the Loebenberg family in honor of the yahrzeit of our father and grandfather, Ralph Loebenberg, Raphael ben Mordechai, z"l, who was able to be mesayem Masechet Eruvin two cycles ago, and also in honor of one of his granddaughters, Danya Gewurz, who is continuing on with her daf yomi learning with this third masechet as part of this cycle. Saba would be so proud.

What is the status of an enclosure that was enclosed for living purposes but one planted in it - does that change its status? On what does it depend? Rav Huna son of Rabbi Yehoshua limits the case but there are 3 versions of what exactly he said - what he was limiting and what were the limits he set. If one enclosed the space not for living purposes and then decides to live there, what does one need to do to make the space permitted for carrying? One needs to breach the wall more than ten cubits and rebuild. What if one breached a small amount at a time and fixed it up so that at every given point, there was not a breach of more than ten - does that work? If a space was walled in for purposes of living and then became filled with water - does that cancel its status "for living purposes" - on what does it depend? How did they fix the rechava, large open space in Pum Nahara that was open on one side to an alley that opened to the public domain and the other side was a path between vineyards that led to the river? What did that allow them to do?

Eruvin 23 - September 1, 12 Elul Sep 01, 2020

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Today's daf is sponsored by Medinah Korn in memory of her dear mother, Rosalie Katchen, Shoshana Raizl bat Avraham Yehoshua ve-Baila Toiba, z"l, on her 20th Yahrzeit. She loved to learn Torah and connect with people and would have loved the incredible work Hadran is doing in promoting both of those values. And in honor of all the teachers and students who are starting school in these uniquely complicated circumstances.

We hold like Rabbi Yehuda ben Bava and only permit posts around a well if it is a well with fresh running water and communal. The mishna beings many different opinions regarding under what circumstances one could carry in an enclosure that is beit saatayim - is it only if it is used for living purposes and if so, what constitutes living purposes? Does it need to be square shaped or can it be rectangular and if a rectangle, only if its length is not more than double its width. If a square, the measurement if 70 and 2/3. From where is this measurement and the square shape derived? If an enclusure is surrounded with walls and then part of it is planted, what are the laws regarding carrying in this space? Rav Huna son of Rabbi Yehoshua limits this law - how and according to who?

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