יום ה Date: 2 Adar I, 5776 (2/11/16) – Gittin Daf 60 {Tani}
RIGHTFUL RALLYING [60b bottom] R’ Simi made a deal with Abaye that if he watered Abaye’s fields, then Abaye would learn Torah …
יום ה Date: 2 Adar I, 5776 (2/11/16) – Gittin Daf 60 {Eliezer}
COMMUNICATED COMPOSITIONS [60b middle] Gemarah: By right, the Oral law was never meant to be written down. However, since much of Torah …
יום ד Date: 1 Adar I, 5776 (2/10/16) – Gittin Daf 59 {Tani}
PEACEFUL PROCESSES [59a bottom] Mishnah: Certain rules were declared by the Sages in order to foster peace [such as: A Kohen is …
יום ד Date: 1 Adar I, 5776 (2/10/16) – Gittin Daf 59 {Eliezer}
AVOIDING ASPERSIONS [59b bottom] Abaye: We do not call another Kohen after a Kohen, or a different Levi after a previous Levi …
יום ג Date: 30 Shevat, 5776 (2/9/16) – Gittin Daf 58 {Tani}
SCHEDULED STEALINGS [58b middle] R’ Yosef: We have a tradition that there is never an instance in which land is stolen without …
יום ג Date: 30 Shevat, 5776 (2/9/16) – Gittin Daf 58 {Eliezer}
ATTRACTIVE ACADEMICS [58a middle] R’ Yehoshua ben Chanina once went to a city and was told of a boy who was Tov …
יום ב Date: 29 Shevat, 5776 (2/8/16) – Gittin Daf 57 {Tani}
TORAH TOILING [57b bottom] R’ Nachman bar Yitzchak: The verse, “Because for Your sake we are killed all the time…” is a …
יום ב Date: 29 Shevat, 5776 (2/8/16) – Gittin Daf 57 {Eliezer}
YEARNING YERUSHALAYIM [57a bottom] R’ Yosef to Abaye: The famous village of Sechanya in Mitzrayim was destroyed even though they had many …
יום א Date: 28 Shevat, 5776 (2/7/16) – Gittin Daf 56 {Tani}
MISPLACED MODESTY [56a top] Bar-Kamtza, after being publicly embarrassed by fellow Jews at a party, had convinced the Romans to send a …
יום א Date: 28 Shevat, 5776 (2/7/16) – Gittin Daf 56 {Eliezer}
MANIACAL MESSENGERS [56a middle] Caesar Niron was sent to go destroy the city of Yerushalayim. Before entering, he ran into a schoolboy …