יום ד Date: 5 Cheshvan, 5774 (10/29/14) – Yevamos#25 {Eliezer}
QUALIFYING LABELS [25b top] Rivta: A self-incriminating testimony does not disqualify the actual witness himself, rather a relative is not even considered …
יום ג Date: 4 Cheshvan, 5774 (10/28/14) – Yevamos#24 {Tani}
RUMOR HAS IT [24b middle] Mishna: If an idolatress woman is suspected of having a relationship with a Jewish man and then …
יום ג Date: 4 Cheshvan, 5774 (10/28/14) – Yevamos#24 {Eliezer}
BLIND ROCKS [24a middle] Rava: There is a general principle of: We never remove the simplistic literal translation of a Biblical verse …
יום ב Date: 3 Cheshvan, 5774 (10/27/14) – Yevamos#23 {Tani}
CONVERTING BODY & SOUL [23a middle] Gemarah: A man from the general Jewish population can marry a slave woman or idolatress (if …
יום ב Date: 3 Cheshvan, 5774 (10/27/14) – Yevamos#23 {Eliezer}
INDESTRUCTIBLE BUILDINGS [23a middle] Gemarah: Slaves do not carry their own ownership and therefore do not have any Halachik (Jewish law) children …
יום א Date: 2 Cheshvan, 5774 (10/26/14) – Yevamos#22 {Tani}
DESPITE THE CHILD [22b middle] Rav Pappa: A person does Teshuvah (repentance) when the individual corrects the wrong which that person did …
יום א Date: 2 Cheshvan, 5774 (10/26/14) – Yevamos#22 {Eliezer}
TECHNICAL PERMISSIBILITY [22a middle] Rava: When a man converts to Judaism (he is like a newborn in the Jewish nation, and thus), …
שבת Date: 1 Cheshvan, 5774 (10/25/14) – Yevamos#21 {Tani}
WATCH THOSE MEASURES! [21a middle] Gemarah: False measures (cheating in business transactions) are worse than Arayos (forbidden relationships) transgressions. For Arayos transgressions, …
שבת Date: 1 Cheshvan, 5774 (10/25/14) – Yevamos#21 {Eliezer}
GUARDS and BLOCKADES [21a middle] R’ Ashi: Rabbinic laws are like Guarding an orchard. It is much easier to guard it from …
יום ו Date: 30 Tishrei, 5774 (10/24/14) – Yevamos#20 {Tani}
FORBIDDING PERMISSIVES [20a bottom] Rava: Rabbinic restrictions are called “Prohibitions of Sanctity.” People should sanctify themselves by refraining from that which is …