14 Adar II, 5774 (3/16/14) – Sukkah#41 {Tani}
Gemarah [41b middle]: On the 1st day of Sukkos, the lulav must be “yours,” in order to fulfill your mitzvah (obligation). It …
14 Adar II, 5774 (3/16/14) – Sukkah#41 {Eliezer}
R’ Yochanan (Mishna 41a): The reason we shake a lulav for 7 days is because Hashem wants us to “seek out” Tzion …
13 Adar II, 5774 (3/15/14) – Sukkah#40 {Tani}
R’ Yosi bar Chaninah [40b middle]: One must be very careful with the “dust” of shemittah (not to work land to produce …
13 Adar II, 5774 (3/15/14) – Sukkah#40 {Eliezer}
Klay Ya’kor: – Our Gemarah talks about not eating the fruit of our trees for the first three years (Urla). Why three? Because …
12 Adar II, 5774 (3/14/14) – Sukkah#39 {Tani}
Gemarah 39A bottom: We should only buy three meals or less at a time from an ignoramus (Am haaretz). We try to …
12 Adar II, 5774 (3/14/14) – Sukkah#39 {Eliezer}
Rava: Do not interpret between the words “Yehay Shemai Raba” and the word Mevorach when answering in Kaddish. Tosephos: Read it either …
11 Adar II, 5774 (3/13/14) – Sukkah#38 {Tani}
Gemarah brings down the Mishna that describes when a person should do the mitzvah of lulav. Technically, one may do the mitzvah …
11 Adar II, 5774 (3/13/14) – Sukkah#38 {Eliezer}
R’ Yochanan: We shake the lulav in four directions to remind that Hashem is in and owns all (North, South, East, and …
10 Adar II, 5774 (3/12/14) – Sukkah#37 {Tani}
Rabbah: Haddasim used for the mitzvah are assur (prohibited) to smell, while the esrog used for a mitzvah is mutar (allowed) to …
10 Adar II, 5774 (3/12/14) – Sukkah#37 {Eliezer}
R’ Yehudah: Lulav laws are less stringent than Sukkah laws, because Sukkah laws applies at night as well as during the day. …