יום ג Date: 16 Shevat, 5776 (1/26/16) – Gittin Daf 44 {Tani}
FORCEFUL FLEEING [44b bottom] Mishnah: One may not force any member of his household to leave Israel with him. Prac-T-cal Tidbits: We …
יום ב Date: 15 Shevat, 5776 (1/25/16) – Gittin Daf 43 {Tani}
WOBBLING WORDS [43a bottom] Rabbah bar R’ Huna: The verse in Yeshaya, “And this (Torah) stumbling block is under your hand,” teaches …
יום א Date: 14 Shevat, 5776 (1/24/16) – Gittin Daf 42 {Tani}
THWACKING TEETH [42b middle] Braisa: If a master knocked out his slave’s tooth and then blinded his eye, the slave goes out …
שבת Date: 13 Shevat, 5776 (1/23/16) – Gittin Daf 41 {Tani}
NAMING NETWORKS [41a middle] Ami, “the pleasingly handsome,” quoting R’ Yochanan: A creditor cannot collect from a debtor’s other property if the …
יום ו Date: 12 Shevat, 5776 (1/22/16) – Gittin Daf 40 {Tani}
FREEDOM PHYLACTERIES [40a top] R’ Yehoshua ben Levi: If a one puts on Tefillin (phylacteries) in the presence of his master, the …
יום ה Date: 11 Shevat, 5776 (1/21/16) – Gittin Daf 39 {Tani}
PERSONAL PLEAS [39b bottom] Gemarah: There once was a certain slave-woman whose master was deathly ill. She came crying before him and …
יום ד Date: 10 Shevat, 5776 (1/20/16) – Gittin Daf 38 {Tani}
WASTING WEALTH [38b top] Rabbah: Three things (sins) cause householders to lose their wealth: freeing slaves (inappropriately), inspecting fields (involving in financial …
יום ג Date: 9 Shevat, 5776 (1/19/16) – Gittin Daf 37 {Tani}
PERSONAL PATRONS [37a top] Rami bar Chama quoting a Braisa: Orphans do not need a Prozbul (a mechanism by which debts are …
יום ב Date: 8 Shevat, 5776 (1/18/16) – Gittin Daf 36 {Tani}
SUFFERING SLIGHTS [36b bottom] Rabbis taught in a Braisa: Regarding those who suffer insult but do not insult back in response, who …
יום א Date: 7 Shevat, 5776 (1/17/16) – Gittin Daf 35 {Tani}
PARTIAL PROFANITIES [35a bottom] Rabbah bar R’ Huna was once cursed by a widow, that his “chair should be overturned.” Although his …