שבת Date: 15 Shevat, 5777 (2/11/17) – Bava Basra Daf 20 ~ Tani Guterman
ABSENT APERTURES [20a top] Gemarah: Many different items, including (worn out) Torah scrolls (which will not be moved to use for reading …
ABSENT APERTURES [20a top] Gemarah: Many different items, including (worn out) Torah scrolls (which will not be moved to use for reading …
GENERATING GENEALOGY [15a top] R’ Yehudah quoting Rav: Ezra the scribe did not ascend from Babylonia to Israel until he traced his …
SPECIAL SCROLLS [14a middle] R’ Huna wrote seventy Torah scrolls during his lifetime and only once achieved the preferred measurements [of its …
TIGHT TUGGINGS [13a bottom] Beis Hillel agrees with Beis Shammai: If someone is half slave and half free-man (he was jointly owned …
MENTAL MINORS [12b bottom] R’ Yochanan: Since the Temple was destroyed, prophecy was taken from the prophets and given to the fools/deranged …
GETTING-GIVING [11a bottom] Braisa: King Munbaz emptied his treasuries during years of famine (in order to support the poor people). Prac-T-cal Tidbits: …
27 Teves’s Learning is In Memory of: ר׳ דוד אברהם בן חייא קהת ~ R’ Dovid Winiarz ~ On his 2nd Yartzeit. …
DISCREET DWELLINGS [2b bottom] Gemarah: A man must build a wall in such a way that he is not able to look …
PROMOTING PROFESSIONS [119a bottom] Gemarah: Ephraim is described as “the scribe.” R’ Rosner: Some people are known by their professions. Prac-T-cal Tidbits: …
OBLITERATING OBSTACLES [118b top] Mishnah: If someone brings out their fertilizer, clay, or bricks to harden in the public domain, they may …