יום ה Date: 15 Tishrei, 5774 (10/9/14) – Yevamos#5 {Eliezer}
FRINGE REMINDERS [5b top] The Gemarah tries to derive laws [namely that a positive commandment overrides other more stringent prohibitions] from Tzitzis …
יום ד Date: 14 Tishrei, 5774 (10/8/14) – Yevamos#4 {Tani}
WEARING IT OUT [4b top] Gemarah: The Pasuk (verse), “you shall not wear Sha’atnez (combined wool and linen),” teaches that only things …
יום ד Date: 14 Tishrei, 5774 (10/8/14) – Yevamos#4 {Eliezer}
PEOPLE PIECES [4a bottom] R’ Yaakov Kamenetsky: The Book of Devarim is all about communal obligations and commandments, yet the Mitzvah of …
יום ג Date: 13 Tishrei, 5774 (10/7/14) – Yevamos#3 {Tani}
PURE INTENTIONS [3a bottom] Abba Shaul:The Mishnah speaks about Chalitzah before Yebum to teach that the mitzvah of Chalitzah takes precedence. If …
יום ג Date: 13 Tishrei, 5774 (10/7/14) – Yevamos#3 {Eliezer}
NULLIFYING ALLOWANCES [3b top] Braisa: The positive Mitzvah of Yebum (marrying a deceased brother’s childless wife) does not apply when the resultant …
יום ב Date: 12 Tishrei, 5774 (10/6/14) – Yevamos#2 {Tani}
DEARLY DEFINED [2b bottom] Gemarah: There are many cases of forbidden relationships that affects Yebum (a brother carrying on his deceased brother’s …
יום ב Date: 12 Tishrei, 5774 (10/6/14) – Yevamos#2 {Eliezer}
SPIRITUAL PHYSICALITY [2b top] Gemarah: If a man who died was married to a woman that was found to have been unable …
יום א Date: 11 Tishrei, 5774 (10/5/14) – Chagigah#27 {Tani}
TABLES AS ALTARS [27a top] Yechezkel Hanavi was shown a vision of the future third Temple’s Shulchan (Table), the verse uses the …
יום א Date: 11 Tishrei, 5774 (10/5/14) – Chagigah#27 {Eliezer}
EMPTY FILLINGS [27a bottom] Reish Lakish: Even “empty” sinners of Israel are still filled with Mitzvos; like pomegranates are filled with seeds. …
שבת Date: 10 Tishrei, 5774 (10/4/14) – Chagigah#26 {Tani}
THE SCARY GENTILE [26a middle] Gemarah: If a gentile came with Jewish tax collectors to search houses, the collectors are trusted [to …