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Shabbat 21 Mar 27, 2020

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Today's shiur is dedicated by Tova Taragin in memory of her father,Rabbi Jerome Fishman, HaRav Yirmia ben Yaakov Yosef, z"l who taught his granddaughter, Esther Korman, gemara at a young age and would be thrilled that his daughter is now learning gemara, and by Sandra Rubin in honor of her aunt Alba Rubin's 81st birthday. Mazel tov!

What is the issue with the materials that can't be used for making wicks and the oils that can't be used for lighting Shabbat candles. The gemara continues to identify the meaning of the words in the mishna. Can one light with one of those oils if it were mixed with a small amount of oil that does light well? The oils that can't be used on Shabbat also can't be used in the Temple for lighting the menora. Can they be used for Chanuka? Does it matter if it is Shabbat or a weekday? Three different opinions are brought. What is the reasoning behind each opinion? The mitzva of lighting candles on Chanuka is from sunset until the last people leave the marketplace. What is the meaning of this statement and does it contradict one of the opinions mentioned just before? How many candles should one light? There are three options brought - regular mitzva, for those who want to beautify the mitzva (mehadrin) and for those who want to do even more (mehadrin min hamehadrin). Beit Shamai and Beit Hillel disagree regarding the last one. Two different explanations are brought for the reasoning behind this debate. Where does one put the Chanuka candles? What does one do if it is dangerous to put them outside? Why do we celebrate eight days of Chanuka? The mishna in Bava Kama says that if one's camel is carrying flax and it lights on fire from Chanuka candles that a storekeeper put outside and it burns down something else, the owner of the camel is responsible as he should have expected there would be candles there. Can one learn from here laws regarding the height of where Chanuka candles should be placed?

Shabbat 21 Mar 27, 2020

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Shabbat 20 Mar 26, 2020

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Today's shiur is sponsored by Susie Handelman (Shayna Sara bat Miriam) in honor of all the brave and wonderful medical personnel taking care of coronavirus patients in Israel and around the world. May the learning be in their merit, give them divine asistance and protection. May HaKadosh Baruch Hu strengthen their hands in healing and help the scientists find a cure - and by Onnie Schiffmiller for a refuah shleima of Tzvi ben Frieda.

How much does an item need to be cooked in order to be able leave it on the fire before Shabbat? Like maachal ben drosai - what is that and where else does it appear in halacha? The gemara explain what part of the bread needs to be browned before Shabbat. Why is there a special dispensation for roasting the Pesach sacrifice and for the bonfire in the Beit Hamoked in the temple? How much does a regular bonfire need to be lit before Shabbat? The second chapter begins with a discussion of what cannot be used as wicks or oil for Shabbat candles since people need to use the light for seeing, it needs to be a good light. The gemara explains what each of the items in the mishna are.

Shabbat 19 Mar 25, 2020

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Today's daf is sponsored by Margie Zwiebel in memory of her father Yitzchak ben Yechiel Eliezer z"l and for a refuach shleima to Yaakov Yehuda ben Chana and Esther Roisa bat Sara Mindel by Debbie and Ben Zion Niderberg and for Elimelech ben Malka by his daughter, Jeanne Klempner and for Amalia Sigal bat Faigel Rut and Chaim by Rabbi Shosh Dworsky - wishing Amalie a full and speedy recovery and refuat hanefesh to her loving family.

Does one have to sell one's chametz with enough time for the non Jew to eat it before Pesach? Can one send letters to be delivered for a non Jew if he might deliver them on Shabbat? Does it make a different if a price was agreed upon in advance? Why? Can one travel in a boat within a few days before Shabbat? Can one besiege a city? One can learn how to not get taken advantage of by store owners from the rabbis - see how through a story told of Abaye. Why do Beit Shamai allow placing the beam in the olive and wine press before Shabbat, even though they don't allow anything else? Rav and Shmuel disagreed regarding whether certain items are muktze or not, based on an earlier debate between Rabbi Shimon and Rabbi Yehuda. There are also two different opinions regarding what one can do in case of a fire to save one's items from burning - can one only carry out items in one basket or can one carry out items in multiple baskets.

Shabbat 18 Mar 24, 2020

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Today's shiur is dedicated by Leah Brick in memory of her father-in-law, Murray Brick, Mordechai ben Chaim Yosef Gershon z"l and by Jonathan, Kenny and Danny Sadinoff in memory of their father, Frank Sadinoff, Efraim Mordechai ben Menachem Mendel z"l and for a refuah sheleima to Pesach Yehoshua ben Tova Chaya.

The gemara asks according to which approach regarding kneading does the mishna hold - by which one can be obligated for kneading by putting something in water that will thicken without actually kneading with one's hands or a utensil? The gemara bring various braitot with cases similar to our mishna - where an act is done before Shabbat that will continue through Shabbat - and tries to figure out if the source is authored by Beit Shamai or Beit Hillel. It is complicated as there seem to be many exceptions to the rule. Once the gemara explains the reasons for the exceptions, they bring relevant halachot that can be derived from the reasons given for the exceptions.

Shabbat 17 Mar 23, 2020

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Today's shiur is dedicated for a refuah shleima for Eliezer Yehuda ben Chaya and Rivka Chaya bat Leah and by Elizabeth Kirshner in honor of the Hadran community and in honor of her inspiring and strong mother, Debbie Kirshner-Devries and for a refuah shleima for Avigayil bat Dina. A special mazel tov to David Schwartz who is celebrating his bar mitzva this morning (virtually) and this coming Shabbat.

The gemara discusses more of the 18 ordinances. 1. Moveable items bring impurity if they are thickness of an ox goad. What exactly is this? There is a difference of opinion. 2. One who harvest grapes - the liquid that seeps out of them renders the grapes susceptible to impurities. Several explanations are brought to explain why they instituted this. 3. If teruma is replanted, what grows is also teruma. 4. If one was carrying a wallet and Shabbat started, one should give it to a non Jew rather than carry it in increments less than 4 cubits. 5. The bread, oil wine and daughters of non Jews are forbidden. If one adds the previous list - 10 relating to impurities mentioned in daf 13 and one who leaves water under a pipe/gutter and the Kutim are considered nidda from birth and one can't take lice off clothing or read by candlelight, the count becomes 19, not 18. How is this reconciled? (Others get to 19 from a different count. 10 from daf 13, 4 mentioned above, bread, oil, wine and daughers of non Jews are counted as 4, gentiles are all considered zavim, numbers 1-4 mentinoed above and water under the gutter). The mishna brings a debate between Beit Shamai and Beit Hillel regarding shvitat keilim. Can one start a melacha before Shabbat if the melacha will continue after Shabbat starts even if it is done on its own, without human intervention?

Shabbat 16 Mar 22, 2020

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Today's daf is sponsored in memory of the soldier, Yaakov Proyev ben Rachel Victoria z"l by Yael Asher and by Valerie Adler in memory of her baby Simona Michaela chasya Bluma bat Zahava z"l.

The rabbis determined that glass utensils would be susceptible to impurities because of their similarity to earthenware vessels since they are made from sand. However, if that is the case, why are all the laws not the same? Is it because they are also similar to metal utensils that if broken, they can be melted down and welded back together? If so, why are certain laws of metal utensils not true for glass utensils? A story is brought regarding Shlomtzion the queen at her son's wedding when all the utensils became inpure due to impurity of a dead body and she broke them all and had them fixed but the rabbis forbade their use lest people come to forget laws of purification of vessels. Another of the 18 ordinances was that water collected in a utensils left by a gutter, even if unintentionally left there is considered water that is collected in a utensil that can disqualify a mikveh that doesn't yet have 40 seah of water. Rabbi Yossi doesn't think this is one of the ordinances and instead adds that even from birth, Kutim (Shomronim) are considered to be in nidda.

Shabbat 15 Mar 21, 2020

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What are the three cases in which Hillel and Shamai disagreed? Are there no other cases? Who exactly instituted the decree regarding the impurity of other countries? There are varying sources that attribute it to different time periods. How can all these sources be reconciled? Why did they institute that glass vessels can become impure.

Shabbat 14 Mar 20, 2020

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Which tannaitic opinion is reflected in the mishna in Zavim quoted by the gemara which listed that one who eats food that is a rishon/first degree or a sheni/second degree would disqualify teruma, but the teruma itself would not be able to pass on impurities (it would make the teruma a shlishi/third degree). Why does one who eats these impurites disqualify teruma? The gemara proceeds to go through the list of the other ordinances related to impurities and explain why the rabbis instituted each ordinance. The gemara then questions the fact that the students of Shamai and Hillel decreed that if one's hands touch food, it disqualifies teruma - wasn't this instituted by Shamai and Hillel themselves? After answering this question, the gemara then suggests that King Solomon decreed this - how can that be explained?

Shabbat 13 Mar 19, 2020

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Today's daf is sponsored by Karolyn Benger in memory of her father Bernhard Benger, Dov ben Tzvi z"l and by Rena Septee Goldstein and Mark Goldstein in memory of Moe Septee, Moshe Ben Elazar Shmuel z"l and by Irine Schweitzer in memory of her grandmother Hasya bat Rachel and by Sharona and Binyamin Aranoff in memory of their grandmother, Mollie Chideckell, Esther Malka bat Zeev Wolf z"l who inspired them with her dedication to Limud Torah.

The gemara deals with the case of the chazan - what is permitted and what is forbidden for him to do? Why? The zav can't eat with a zava at the same table lest they come to sin. What can we learn from the fact that they didn't say a pure person can't eat with an impure person? Can a nidda sleep with her husband in the same bed each fully clothed? The gemara brings several sources to try to answer this question. Is being fully clothed enough of a distinction to remind them? What is required for one to assume that people will remember or remind each other - whether it relates to eating milk and meat together or a couple having sexual relations together when the wife is a nidda? A woman whose husband died young tries to figure out why. Eliyahu asks her details and discovers that during her seven clean days they were more leninent regarding certain things and that must be why he was punished. The mishna talks about the day the rabbis sat in the attic of Chananiya ben Chizkiya and there were more people from Beith Shamai than Beit Hillel and they determined halachot like Beit Shamai and instituted 18 ordinances. The gemara tells us a few things about Chananya that he wrote Megilat Taanit and also resolved the contradictions in Yechezkel and saved the book from being "taken out." The gemara starts to list some of the 18 ordinances, all relating to purity and impurity and items that can disqualify teruma.

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