יום ב Date: 27 Shevat, 5775 (2/16/15) – Kesuvos#14 {Eliezer}
GOLDEN SILENCE [14b bottom] R’ Shimon ben Elazar (interpreting R’ Meir): If an individual is called a Mamzer (an illegitimate child) by …
יום א Date: 26 Shevat, 5775 (2/15/15) – Kesuvos#13 {Tani}
METAPHORICALLY SPEAKING [13a bottom] R’ Assi: When a woman “speaks” with a ‘strange’ man (ie: one other than her husband) it means she …
יום א Date: 26 Shevat, 5775 (2/15/15) – Kesuvos#13 {Eliezer}
MONKEYS SEE [13a top] Mishnah: If an unmarried woman, who is pregnant, identifies the father as a Kohen, we do not trust …
שבת Date: 25 Shevat, 5775 (2/14/15) – Kesuvos#12 {Tani}
TRUTHFULLY SPEAKING [12b middle] Gemarah (quoting the Mishna): If a man marries a woman and finds her to not be a Besula …
שבת Date: 25 Shevat, 5775 (2/14/15) – Kesuvos#12 {Eliezer}
INTIMATE ENCOUNTERS [12a middle] Mishnah: One who eats at his father-in-law’s house (between the time of betrothal and the time of marriage) …
יום ו Date: 24 Shevat, 5775 (2/13/15) – Kesuvos#11 {Tani}
MOMENTOUS MOMENTS [11a middle] Gemarah: Once a female minor convert becomes an adult, she is given her Kesuvah (money required in case …
יום ו Date: 24 Shevat, 5775 (2/13/15) – Kesuvos#11 {Eliezer}
SPECIFIC SPEECH [11a top] The Mishnah talks about “slaves” that were freed, “captured” people that were redeemed, and “converts” that converted. Ritva: …
יום ה Date: 23 Shevat, 5775 (2/12/15) – Kesuvos#10 {Tani}
DATE TIME [10b bottom] R’ Chana of Baghdad: Dates warm the body, satiate, loosen the bowels, provide energy, and although they are …
יום ה Date: 23 Shevat, 5775 (2/12/15) – Kesuvos#10 {Eliezer}
PSYCHIC SCRIPTURES [10b bottom] Gemarah: In the Torah [Genesis 2:14], it speaks about the rivers that come from Eden. The third one, …
יום ד Date: 22 Shevat, 5775 (2/11/15) – Kesuvos#9 {Tani}
WORST ASSUMPTIONS [9b top] R’ Shmuel bar Nachmani quoting R’ Yonasan: Any man that would go out to fight in a war …