יום ו Date: 7 Cheshvan, 5774 (10/31/14) – Yevamos#27 {Tani}
RE-LOOKING [27a bottom] R’ Nachman bar Yitzchak: After the times of R’ Yochanan ben Nuri, the Rabbis revisited a certain issue and …
יום ו Date: 7 Cheshvan, 5774 (10/31/14) – Yevamos#27 {Eliezer}
A LIVING TORAH [27b top] Rav: Two brothers (A & B) marry 2 sisters (1 & 2 respectively). When the first two …
יום ה Date: 6 Cheshvan, 5774 (10/30/14) – Yevamos#26 {Tani}
GET GOING! [26a middle] Gemarah: The Mishna is not in accordance with Rebbi’s view. Rebbi maintains that with just two occurrences, a …
יום ה Date: 6 Cheshvan, 5774 (10/30/14) – Yevamos#26 {Eliezer}
CONSPIRACY THEORIES [26b top] Gemarah: We are suspect for a death a remaining brother (so as not to perform Yebum), but we …
יום ד Date: 5 Cheshvan, 5774 (10/29/14) – Yevamos#25 {Tani}
I’M RELATED TO ME? [25b top] Rava: A man is considered related to himself and therefore would disqualify his own self-incriminating testimony …
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 …