Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran

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Eruvin 22 - August 31, 11 Elul Aug 31, 2020

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Today's daf is sponsored by Ellie Gellman and Becky Portnoe, in memory of their father, Jerry Bach, Yosef Menachem ben Yaakov Yehuda and Leah z"l, on his 30th yahrtzeit. A father of daughters, he taught us that we could do anything we dreamed of. And by Tali and David Clements in honor of the birth of their daughter, Brielle Ava, whom they hope will grow up with a love of Torah, inspired by those who worked to empower women to become leaders in Jewish learning.

Every stroke in the Torah can be expounded upon. Who is worthy to do this? The gemara brings several explanations based on a verse in Shir HaShirim. How does God give reward differently to righteous people and evil people? There is a question asked regarding Rabbi Yehuda's limitation of posts for a well to a space of beit sa'atayim. Does that include the space around the well or just the well itself. The gemara does not succeed in finding an answer. If many people pass through the space in between the posts, does that cancel the "walls" and the status of it being a private domain or not? Rabbi Yehuda and the rabbis disagree. In a different place, they seem to have opposite approaches but the gemara resolves that. Is Israel considered in its entirety not a public domain? Why would it (and is it in fact) different from other places? If there is a mound that goes up ten handbreadths over a space of four cubits in the public domain but people pass through there, is it still considered a private domain according to Rabbi Yehuda? Rava says no. The gemara brings several sources to question this but resolve each one. Is the law regarding posts around a well only applicable to a well and not a put with rainwater? Only those for public use and not private use?

Eruvin 21 - August 30, 10 Elul Aug 30, 2020

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Today's daf is sponsored by Mary Lee, whose husband Steven Lee studies with Hadran daily, who is happy to listen to the voices of women, especially studying Talmud, and who would likely drive her crazy -- being locked down together during this pandemic -- if he weren't so immersed in it.

Is the allowance of beams around the well applicable only for those going to the Temple for the holidays? Is it only for their animals or also for people? Is it only in Israel or also Babylonia? Why differentiate between Babylonia and other places? Do the laws of huts, burganim, regarding eruv techumim apply in other places outside of Israel? Why? The gemara brings two drashot of Rav Chisda in the name of Meri son of Mar regarding the vastness of the Torah and that evil people do not give up hope of returning to God. Rava learns something else form the verse brought in the second drasha regarding the importance of the oral Torah. The gemara continues with drashot stressing the importance of the oral Torah as it protects the written Torah. They tell a story of Rabbi Akiva who was in jail and didn't have enough water and yet used it for washing hands as he did not want to go against what the rabbis instituted. Shlomo established the laws of washing hands and eruv and a heavenly voice came down and praised what he had done. The gemara describes other things that Shlomo did that were great, explaining verses in the Tanach that describe his greatness.

Eruvin 20 - Shabbat August 28, 9 Elul Aug 28, 2020

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Abaye asks Rabba more questions regarding the case of a well. Other issues are discussed - are these posts considered a real mechitza? In order for a person to drink from a well (without the posts), one's head and the majority of the body need to be in the private space of the well. Is the same true for an animal? This question appears in two variations. Attempts ar emade to learn this from our mishna but are unsuccessful.

Eruvin 19 - Friday August 28, 8 Elul Aug 27, 2020

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Today's daf is sponsored by Adam Dicker and Caroline Hochstadter in commeration of the yahrzeit of Fred Hochstadter, Ephraim ben Baruch, z"l, an amazing father and Saba, as well as in celebration of the recent marriage of our son Shimshon Dicker to Zoe Abboudi. Saba would have been proud of you, Shim and Zoe, and he would have loved the learning at Hadran. Thank you all for providing a beautiful space and environment to learn the Daf! And by Gabi and Barry Gelman in honor of Amichai Shalom on becoming a bar mitzvah.

We finish the last statements of Rabbi Yirmia ben Elazar and through that get into a discussion about Gehenom - Hell. The gemara discussed the differences between Rabbi Meir and Rabbi Yehuda regarding the space in between posts. Abaye asks Raba several questions about the posts put up around a well.

Eruvin 18 - August 27, 7 Elul Aug 27, 2020

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How far/close can one distance the beams for the well from the well? Is there a difference between a well (from a spring) and a cistern (rain water)? Does it make a difference if it belongs to an individual or if it is communal? What is the approach of Chanania, Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Yehuda ben Bava and is it clear that our mishna doesn't hold like each of them? What is the etymology of the word diomed? The gemara then brings a few other words relating to the root "dio", meaning two. In this conext the gemara brings eight statements of Rabbi Yirmia ben Elazar (one will be in the next daf). 1. Man was created as two images of man and woman and then split. The gemara then brings a debate regarding this issue (was woman created from an appendage/tail of man) and analyzes/questions the different approaches. The gemara is grappling with the differences of the description of the creation of woman from Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 in Genesis. 2. When Adam was excommunicated after he sinned, he gave birth to evil spirits. 3. Don't say all the praise of a person to his/her face. 4. Better to be fed bitter food by the hand of God than to have sweet food given to you by other people (be dependent on others for food). 5. If those in the house learn Torah at night, the house will not be destroyed. 6. Once the Temple was destroyed, the full name of God was no longer used - only the two letters that spell "yah". 7. When Babylonia was destroyed, it affected the neighbors negatively but when the capital of the Israelite kingdom was destroyed it affect the neighboring area positively.

Eruvin 17 - August 26, 6 Elul Aug 26, 2020

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Today's daf is sponsored by Rochelle Cheifetz in memory of her husband Leonard Cheifetz z"l on his yahrzeit.

What are the different opinions regarding "walls" that can be used to surround an encampment of a group of people or individuals? Can they be a few horizontal ropes that work using levud? Is there a difference if it's a group or individuals (one or two people)? Is it dependent on space per person or what their particular needs are (i.e. if they have a lot/little equipment/items). What if the number of people changes over Shabbat, i.e. someone dies - do we follow what was permitted when Shabbat started or do we go by the present status? There is a debate regarding this - is it the same debate as the one regarding a post or beam of an alleyway or walls of a courtyard or house that fall over the course of Shabbat? What dispensations were made for soldiers in a voluntary war? They can take wood from anywhere, do not need to wash their hands before eating bread, do not need to separate tithes from questionable produce, do not need to make an eruv and some say can camp wherever they want and get buried wherever they die. Why is this not considered a met mitzva (one who died with no relative to bury him/her)? The gemara delves into each of this cases. The second chapter begins with a discussion on boards that are put up to allow drawing water from wells in public domains. How many boards? What is the space in between the boards? What side do the boards need to be?

Eruvin 16 - August 25, 5 Elul Aug 25, 2020

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The gemara brings three different tannaitic sources that contradict Rav Papa who holds if the breach is equal to the standing part, it is considered a partition. One of the sources is resolved and then brought as a contradiction for Rav Huna's position. In the end the halacha is determined like Rav Papa, even though one of the sources brought clearly contradicts, because as seen in Eruvin 15, our mishna fits better with Rav Papa. The mishna discusses putting up "flimsy" partitions made up of horizontal ropes or vertical posts using laws of levud to allow it (less than 3 handbreadths in between each). The mishna was discussing a case of a caravan, presumably with a lot of people. There is a debate in the mishna if that case was chosen specifically because only for many people is it allowed or is it permitted in all cases. Rav Hamnuna asks a question regarding a horizontal wall if it is solid more than breached, does that work? Abaye answers it simply from the mishna and comments on the details that show that it only works if the ropes have thickness to them - if they could be thinner, it still could have worked using the principle "standing more than breached" - since it doesn't say that, it must not be the case. The gemara rejects his suggestion of using thinner ropes as they explain it could not work halachically as he suggested. The gemara brings two other suggestions regarding what exactly Rav Hamnuna was asking. The gemara questions Rabbi Yehuda approach in our mishna that the leniencies in the mishna are only for caravans - didn't he say elsewhere that it works for individuals?

Eruvin 15 - August 24, 4 Elul Aug 24, 2020

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Study Guide Eruvin 15

Today's daf is sponsored by Elisha Gordan in honor of his mother, Shifra Vega for her hospitality and chizuk learning the daf alongside him during corona.

A post that was already standing and not placed with the intent to be a post, does that work? Rava and Abaye disagree. The gemara assumes they would also disagree about the same issue regarding a mechitza but later reject this assumption. Sources are brought to support Abaye's position. Can an animal function as a post? Can one write a get, bill of divorce, on an animal? What works as a mechitza? If the wall is more breached than standing, it does not. What if it is equal?

Eruvin 14 - August 23, 3 Elul Aug 23, 2020

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Study Guide Eruvin 14

Today's daf is sponsored by Elisha Gordan in honor of her mother, Shifra Vega for her hospitality and chizuk learning the daf alongside me during corona.

What is the minimum width of a cross beam? The gemara brings a number of different cases of beams that are not long enough or not wide enough on their own, but can combine with another. Under what circumstances would this work? What is the beam is curved outward toward the public domain? What if it is a circle, what circumference would mean that the beam is one handbreadth in diameter? The rabbis determined that it would be at a circumference of 3. This is derived from a verse in the book of Kings describing the utensil in the temple called the yam of Shlomo. It had 150 times the requisite measurement needed for a mikveh. The gemara goes through the calculations that confirm this. What is the height and width of a post? Rabbi Yosi and the rabbis disagree about the width. Who do we hold like? What are the factors that went into determining this?

Eruvin 13 - Shabbat August 22, 2 Elul Aug 21, 2020

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Today's shiur is dedicated by Phil Lorang in honor of his wife Ellen Lorang who learns the daf regularly.

The student who quotes in the name in Rabbi Yishmael to Rabbi Akiva is Rabbi Meir who learned first with Rabbi Yishmael then with Rabbi Meir. Different versions are brought regarding who he learned with first in the context of one of them forbidding him to use kankanton in his ink for writing a sefer Torah. Each version has a different rabbi forbidding and the other permitting. The gemara tries to resolve these contradictory sources. Why would kankanton be forbidden? The issue connects with the section in the Torah regarding a Sotah that gets erased in preparation of the Sotah water. What made Rabbi Meir unique in his learning? Why if he was so great, do we not hold like him when determining halacha. Why do we rule like Beit Hillel over Beit Shamai? When and how was that determined? How can we rule by a heavenly voice? How wide does a beam need to be? What if it is rounded?

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