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Daf Notes: Rav did not want to Reveal the "Sod"
Subscribe to the Daily Daf Yomi Summary here.A person sold a field to his friend, and drew one border long and one border (on the opposite side) short. Rav says: In such a case, the buyer only acquires the amount of field that is opposite the short side.R...
Dateline: 2009-10-21 5:16pm PT (238 words)
 
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Daf Notes: Intent of the Seller
Subscribe to the Daily Daf Yomi Summary here.By: Rabbi Yaakov MontroseThe Gemora discusses a case in which a person draws three boundaries of the field that he is selling, but he does not include the fourth boundary. The Gemora presents two versions of Ra...
Dateline: 2009-10-21 5:16pm PT (565 words)
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Daf Notes: Graves and Cemeteries
Subscribe to the Daily Daf Yomi Summary here.The Gemora states that Rabbi Bana’ah used to mark out caves and it relates what happened when he went into the Cave of Machpeilah (where the Patriarchs and Matriarchs were buried).The Rashbam explains that he...
Dateline: 2009-10-20 12:01am PT (1357 words)
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Daf Notes: Mentioning a Father's Name
Subscribe to the Daily Daf Yomi Summary here.The Gemora cites a braisa: Rabbi Yosi said: When my father, Chalafta, went to Rabbi Yochanan ben Nuri to study Torah, or, as others recorded: When Rabbi Yochanan ben Nuri went to study Torah by my father, Chala...
Dateline: 2009-10-15 5:45pm PT (453 words)
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Daf Notes: The Quantification of Shabbos Prohibitions: Practical Applications
Subscribe to the Daily Daf Yomi Summary here.By: Meoros HaDaf HaYomiCooking is a labor (melachah) forbidden on Shabbos, occurring when liquid or solid foods or other substances improved by heating, like pigments, are even parboiled. Utensils containing ho...
Dateline: 2009-10-14 6:00pm PT (659 words)
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Daf Notes: The Law of the Kingdom
Subscribe to the Daily Daf Yomi Summary here.The Poskim deal with when do we say the law of the land is binding. Rav Moshe Feinstien was asked about a bankruptcy case. One of the creditors had taken the money he was owed. This was against the law, for the...
Dateline: 2009-10-13 6:15pm PT (962 words)
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Daf Notes: Doors on the Third Beis Hamikdash
Subscribe to the Daily Daf Yomi Summary here.Rashi (several places in Shas) wonders how the Beis Hamikdash could be built on Shabbos (which Chazal say is a distinct possibility); isn’t that a desecration of Shabbos? Rashi answers that it is only regardi...
Dateline: 2009-10-13 12:00am PT (375 words)
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Daf Notes: Ripening Grapes for the Spies
Subscribe to the Daily Daf Yomi Summary here.When the spies were sent out to Eretz Yisroel, it is written [Bamidbar 13, 20]: It was the season when the first grapes begin to ripen.The commentators ask: What is the purpose of this information? What is the ...
Dateline: 2009-10-12 12:45pm PT (363 words)
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Daf Notes: Women First
Subscribe to the Daily Daf Yomi Summary here.It is written [Shmos 19:3]: Moshe ascended to Hashem, and He to him from the mountain, saying, “So shall you say to the house of Yaakov and tell the sons of Israel.” Rashi cites from Chazal: So shall you sa...
Dateline: 2009-10-08 3:15pm PT (270 words)
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Daf Notes: Compliance with the Rabbis
Mar bar Rav Ashi says: In a case of kiddushin, this is certainly invalid. Being that he acted improperly, Chazal act improperly with him and take away the kiddushin (Chazal have the power to deem any type of kiddushin invalid). [They accomplished this by ...
Dateline: 2009-10-08 1:00pm PT (987 words)
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Daf Notes: Path to Sanctity
The Gemora states: Whoever betroths a woman in Jewish marriage, betroths her subject to the will of the Rabbis.The baalei mussar say: One who wants to sanctify and purify himself in his service to his Creator, should do so subject to the will of the Rabbi...
Dateline: 2009-10-08 1:00pm PT (88 words)
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Daf Notes: Self-imposed O’nes vs. External O’nes
By: Reb Avi LebowitzRav Huna says that if one is forced into selling something and receives money for it, the sale is binding. The Gemora explains the rationale is that everyone who sells items that are dear to them only does so under pressure and financi...
Dateline: 2009-10-08 1:00pm PT (601 words)
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Daf Notes: Claims to Fruit
Subscribe to the Daily Daf Yomi Summary here.The Gemora establishes that a person is believed if he claims that fruit was sold to him. The commentators explain that this is not true in every case. A person is believed to have bought the fruit if he has al...
Dateline: 2009-09-23 1:45pm PT (261 words)
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Daf Notes: Disturbing Traffic
Subscribe to the Daily Daf Yomi Summary here. The Mishna states: If a tree is leaning over the public domain, it must be cut so that a camel and its rider may pass by. HaGaon Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv rules in reference to our Mishna demanding a tree’s...
Dateline: 2009-09-17 5:00pm PT (94 words)
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Daf Notes: Cutting Down Fruit Trees
Subscribe to the Daily Daf Yomi Summary here. Rava bar Rav Chanan refused to cut down his fig trees because Rav Chanina’s son died because he cut down a fig tree. There is a prohibition from the Torah to cut down fruit bearing trees. It is not clear, h...
Dateline: 2009-09-16 3:15pm PT (300 words)
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