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Daf Notes: Story on the Daf
The Gemora states that the terms Mishkan and Mikdash are interchangeable. One must wonder if the terms are interchangeable, why Scripture would not just employ one term, either always using the term Mishkan or always using the term Mikdash. An answer to t...
Dateline: 2010-07-14 8:31am -07:00T (771 words)
 
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Daf Notes: Sent Goat and Yom Kippur
The Gemora discusses who is the author of the Mishna, which says that the sent goat atones for all sins, apparently even without repentance. The Gemora concludes that Rebbi is the author, as Rebbi says that Yom Kippur atones for all sins, except for three...
Dateline: 2010-07-08 3:31pm -07:00T (1081 words)
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Daf Notes: Shame of Tzara'as
Shame and EmbarrassmentThe examination of the nega’im detailed in our sugya requires much study. When a Kohen goes to see a suspect tsara’as, he is accompanied by many young kohanim who come to learn. It is obvious that the person afflicted does not e...
Dateline: 2010-07-04 4:01pm -07:00T (200 words)
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Daf Notes: Shades of Leprosy and "the Bald One"
Varying Degrees of WhiteThe Gemora discusses Rabbi Akiva’s and the Sages’ positions on the four categories of whiteness of tzara’as. Rabbi Akiva lists them in order of whiteness, while the Sages list them as two categories, each with its own subcate...
Dateline: 2010-07-04 4:01pm -07:00T (390 words)
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Daf Notes: Gezeirah shavah and Rhymes
Gezeirah ShavahRava praises Rebbe for his connection of olah v’yored with the prohibition on an impure person eating kodesh, by a gezeirah shavah – a common phrase, since behemah temai’ah – non kosher animal is used in both sections. Tosfos Harosh...
Dateline: 2010-07-04 4:01pm -07:00T (309 words)
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