יום א Date: 14 Shevat, 5776 (1/24/16) – Gittin Daf 42 {Eliezer}
TIMELESS TOWERS [42a bottom] Gemarah: If a master calls his servant a “slave” while attempting to free him, it still works to …
שבת Date: 13 Shevat, 5776 (1/23/16) – Gittin Daf 41 {Eliezer}
DARTING DESTINY [41b top] Tosephos: The Gemarah used the verse of “G-d formed it (the world) to be inhabited,” rather than just …
יום ו Date: 12 Shevat, 5776 (1/22/16) – Gittin Daf 40 {Eliezer}
TROUBLESOME TEFILLIN [40a top] Tosephos: Slaves generally do not wear Tefillin (not that they are not allowed to). Just like women are …
יום ה Date: 11 Shevat, 5776 (1/21/16) – Gittin Daf 39 {Eliezer}
REFRESHING RELATIONSHIPS [39a bottom] R’ Ava discusses a case involving a childless Ger (convert) whose possessions become ownerless after his passing (since …
יום ד Date: 10 Shevat, 5776 (1/20/16) – Gittin Daf 38 {Eliezer}
RIGHTING RELATIONSHIPS [38a middle] Gemarah: A man who has “rights” to his slave is an actual master, but if a master does …
יום ג Date: 9 Shevat, 5776 (1/19/16) – Gittin Daf 37 {Eliezer}
REPETITIVE REAGENTS [37b top] Gemarah: During the Shemittah time, a lender has to say to a borrow, “Do not worry about the …
יום ב Date: 8 Shevat, 5776 (1/18/16) – Gittin Daf 36 {Eliezer}
BRAZEN BRANDING [36a middle] Rabbis used to sign documents using various unique symbols/logos to identify who they were: Rav drew a fish, …
יום א Date: 7 Shevat, 5776 (1/17/16) – Gittin Daf 35 {Eliezer}
INSIDE OUT [35a middle] Gemarah: We restrain a widow from taking an oath (in regards to collecting payments) because since she is …
שבת Date: 6 Shevat, 5776 (1/16/16) – Gittin Daf 34 {Eliezer}
GOOD GRACES [34a top] Gidal bar Ri’iylay sent a Get to his wife with an agent, but his wife was too busy …
יום ו Date: 5 Shevat, 5776 (1/15/16) – Gittin Daf 33 {Eliezer}
SOUR SWEETS [33a bottom] Gemarah: Rabbis have the power to uproot/undo a [Biblical] marriage. RambaN: It is really more of a “threat” …