יום ה Date: 2 Shevat, 5778 (1/18/18) – Avodah Zara Daf 3 ~ Tani Guterman
LIMITED LAUGHTER [3b middle] R’ Acha to R’ Nachman bar Yitzchak: Ever since the day the Holy Temple was destroyed, there is …
LIMITED LAUGHTER [3b middle] R’ Acha to R’ Nachman bar Yitzchak: Ever since the day the Holy Temple was destroyed, there is …
MUDDLED MOTIVATIONS [2b middle] Gemarah: Different empires will come before Hashem during trials and ask for mercy. They will claim that what …
AFFIRMATIVE ACTIONS [2b middle] Gemarah: A person does not receive Malkus (lashes) for violating any prohibition whose transgression does not involve an …
PAIRING PARTNERS [22a bottom] Rabbah bar Bar Chanah quoting R’ Yochanan: It is as difficult to pair a man and a woman …
FAZING FORKS [14b middle] Braisa: R’ Eliezer ben Yaakov: Even a spinning fork, that belongs to the Temple treasury, requires ten people …
FALLING FESTIVALS [13b middle] Gemarah: When the verse says, “The festival of gathering…” it is referring to the Sukkos (since the entire …
MULTIPLYING MONTHS [11b top] Braisa: Rabbis: One of the various reasons that we may add a month onto the year’s calendar is …
PERSONAL PROPERTIES [10a middle] Rava: Although a man is considered related to himself, he is not considered related to his property. Prac-T-cal …
RELATIVE RELATIVES [9b bottom] Rava: A person does not become invalidated (nor punished) based on his own admission [since he is a …
PEBBLE PICKERS [93b bottom] Rabbah bar Chiya of Ketusphaa quoting Rabbah: One who picks pebbles out of the wheat in his fellows …