שבת Date: 9 Adar, 5775 (2/28/15) – Kesuvos#26 {Tani}
PROPER RULES [26b bottom] R’ Shmuel bar Yitzchak quoting Rav: When idolaters are in power, even if a Jewish woman is imprisoned …
שבת Date: 9 Adar, 5775 (2/28/15) – Kesuvos#26 {Eliezer}
HIDDEN HELPERS [26a top] R’ Yehudah quoting Shmuel: There was an incident where a father was carrying his son on his shoulders, …
יום ו Date: 8 Adar, 5775 (2/27/15) – Kesuvos#25 {Tani}
HOMEBOUND CHALLAH [25a bottom] R’ Huna: Even according to those who hold that Terumah (Kohanic gift offerings) nowadays is Biblical in nature, …
יום ו Date: 8 Adar, 5775 (2/27/15) – Kesuvos#25 {Eliezer}
SPREADING BLESSINGS [25a top] Braisa: One who recites the Priestly Kohanic Blessing can be presumed to be a Kohen. [Although the public …
יום ה Date: 7 Adar, 5775 (2/26/15) – Kesuvos#24 {Tani}
LOTS o’ POTS [24b top] Braisa: A person put down his pots and went to drink water from a river and both …
יום ה Date: 7 Adar, 5775 (2/26/15) – Kesuvos#24 {Eliezer}
HIGHER PURPOSES [24a bottom] R’ Yehudah and the Rabbis discuss the status of peoples’ claims on questionable produce “Duhmai,” if we believe …
יום ד Date: 6 Adar, 5775 (2/25/15) – Kesuvos#23 {Tani}
PROPHETIC MOUTHFULS [23a bottom] Shmuel’s father placed guards over captured women (who were brought to Nehardea to be ransomed) so that they …
יום ד Date: 6 Adar, 5775 (2/25/15) – Kesuvos#23 {Eliezer}
REALISTIC REALITIES [23b bottom] Mishna: If an individual testifies about himself that he is a Kohen, we do not accept him as …
יום ג Date: 5 Adar, 5775 (2/24/15) – Kesuvos#22 {Tani}
PLAUSIBLE VERBIAGE [21a bottom] Braisa: The Rabbis: If a woman originally said that she was married, but then reversed her statement and …
יום ג Date: 5 Adar, 5775 (2/24/15) – Kesuvos#22 {Eliezer}
STOLEN FORGIVENESS [21a top] Gemarah: If a judge was a thief, he would still be considered qualified if two others testify that …