Rav Miller: “This so geshmak, we could sit here in the air conditioned room studying for the next two hundred years!” Today’s learning is sponsored  In honor of Rabbi Yoshi Wolhendler Shlita  Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here  https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU=  Rav Yosef: Rabbi Yosi bar Yehuda holds that the primary component of Shira is the musical instruments, so they’re considered Avodah which overrides...

Today’s learning is sponsored Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here  https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU=  Summary   Beraisa: Rabbi Yosi bar Yehuda: The flute overrides Shabbos. Chachomim: It does not override even a yom tov.   Rav Yosef: The dispute is with regard to the shir that accompanied the daily korban [at the time that they would pour wine all year and water on Sukkos].  Rabbi Yosi bar Yehuda holds that the primary...

Today’s learning is sponsored   Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here  https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU=  Summary   Mishna:  The Chalil [a fife; a musical instrument] is played for five or six days of Yom Tov (up til here is the original mishna which was very brief. Here the mishna adds an explanation). This is the Chalil of Beis Hashoeiva, which overrides neither Shabbos nor Yom Tov*.  Gemara:   We Learned: Rav...

Rav Miller: “This so geshmak, we could sit here in the air conditioned room studying for the next two hundred years!”   Today’s learning is sponsored  In honor of Rabbi Yoshi Wolhendler Shlita  Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here   https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU= Rav Yosef: Rabbi Yosi bar Yehuda holds that the primary component of Shira is the musical instruments, so they’re considered Avodah which overrides...

Today’s learning is sponsored  In honor of Ami and Suri Morgenstern   MAZEL TOV!!  Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here  https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU=  According to Chachomim, the holes in the mizbeach were hewed out from the time of Creation. According to Rabbi Elazar bar Tzadok they just led to beneath the mizbeach and were taken out to be burned every seventy years.   Summary   Question: In accordance with...

Today’s learning is sponsored Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here  https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU=  Summary  We learned in the mishna (38.5): The basins were perforated like two thin nostrils. One hole was thicker, and one was thinner, so that the wine and water would drain at the same time.  Question: It seems that the mishna is in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda and not the Chachomim, as we learned in the...

Today’s learning is sponsored Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU=  Summary   We learned in the mishna (38.5): The kohen would ascend the kevesh and turn to his left.   Beraisa: The procedure was always to come up on the right side and continually turn to the right before finally coming down on the left side with three exceptions: Nisuch Hamayim, Nisuch Hayayin and Olas Ha’of when there...

Today’s learning is sponsored Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here  https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU=  Summary   Mishna Continued:  The same procedure was followed on Shabbos, only, they would fill a golden keg that was not consecrated, and place it in the Lishka. They would draw water from there on Shabbos. If the water spilled, or if it was exposed overnight, (In Ereyz Yisroel and Bavel there was a concern that a...

Today’s learning is sponsored  In Memory of Reb Yekusiel Yehuda ben Tzvi A”H Whose short life influenced thousands  Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here  https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU=  Summary   Mishna:  The mitzvah of Nisuch Hamayim was as follows: They would fill a gold pitcher with 3 lug of water from the Shiloach. When they arrived at Shaar Hamayim they would blast tekiah, teruah, tekiah (a sign of...

38.4 - Sukkah Daf 48 A (Middle) Today’s learning is sponsored  In Memory of Reb Yitzchok Shalom ben Reb Shaul Rosenblum A”H  Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here  https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU=  Summary   Mishna:   When one is done eating in the sukkah on the seventh day, he shouldn’t dismantle his sukkah. From mincha time on, he should bring his things down (the sukkah was always on the roof) in honor of the Yom...

Today’s learning is sponsored Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here  https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU=  Summary   Question: What is the bottom line in the discussion of shehechyanu on Shemini Atzeres. Is it recited or not?  Rav Nachman: It is recited.  Rav Sheshes: It is not recited.  The Halacha: It is recited.  A beraisa supporting Rav Nachman:   Shemini Atzeres is its own Yom Tov with regard to the halachos...

Today’s learning is sponsored Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here  https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU= Rabbi Yochanan: The shehechyanu blessing is recited on Shemini Atzeres. A proof was attempted from the beraisa “Rabbi Yehuda: Shemini Atzeres requires Korban, Shir, Bracha and Linah”. It would seem that “Bracha” means Shehechyanu. The gemara rejects this and says instead that it is referring to Birkas Hamazon and...

Today’s learning is sponsored Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here  https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU=  Rabbi Yochanan: The shehechyanu blessing is recited on Shemini Atzeres.   Summary   A Proof: “The Parim Eilim and Kvasim all constitute sets, if one of them is missing the entire category of Korban cannot be brought.  Rabbi Yehuda: The Parim do not constitute a set since their number is not constant and diminishes each...

Today’s learning is sponsored  In Memory of Reb Yekusiel Yehuda ben Tzvi A”H Whose short life influenced thousands  Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here  https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU=  Summary   Rabbi Yochanan: The shehechyanu blessing is recited on the last day of Sukkos [Shemini Atzeres, because it’s considered a new Yom Tov] but not on the last day of Pesach.  Rabbi Levi bar Chama some say Rabbi Chama bar...

Today’s learning is sponsored Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here  https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU=  Rabbi Yochanan: An esrog is muktzeh all day on Hoshana Rabbah, but may be handled on Shemini Atzeres. The sukkah is forbidden even on Shemini Atzeres.  Reish Lakish: The esrog is permissible even on Hoshana Rabbah.  Reish Lakish holds the esrog is only set aside for the duration of the mitzvah, afterwards it is...

Today’s learning is sponsored   Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here   Large stems of Aravah were brought from a place called Motza, in the valley below Yerushalayim. Summary We begin now the sugya of muktzah machmas mitzvah: If something is set aside for a mitzvah, it may not be handled for any other purpose. Rabbi Yochanan: An esrog is muktzeh all day on Hoshana Rabbah (although it’s technically a weekday, there is still a “muktzeh”),...

Today’s learning is sponsored Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here  https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU=  Summary   Beraisa: One who builds a sukkah for his use recites a shehechyanu [this bracha is actually for the whole Yom Tov. It may be made already at the time of building the sukkah]. When he enters it on Yom Tov, he recites leisheiv basukkah.  If the sukkah is already built, he may recite the bracha if he renews...

Today’s learning is sponsored Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here  https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU=  Rebbi: A bracha is recited each time one dons tefillin.   Chachomim: One only recites the bracha in the morning.   Summary   Abayye: The halacha follows Rebbi.  Rava: The halacha follows the Chachomim.  Rav Mari brei d’bas Shmuel: I saw that Rava didn’t follow the Chachomim in practice; when he left the bathroom...

Today’s learning is sponsored for a refuah sheleimah of Yeshia Zelek ben Bella  Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU= Ayvo [the father of Rav]: I was standing in front of Rabbi Elazar bar Tzadok and someone brought him an aravah, he shook it but didn’t make a bracha.  Summary   Rav Yehuda quoting Shmuel: A bracha is recited on the mitzvah of lulav all seven days. On the mitzvah of sukkah,...

Today’s learning is sponsored Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here  https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU= Rabbi Ami: The Aravah used on Hoshana Rabbah [or every day in the Beis Hamikdash] requires a certain measure. It must be taken on its own, not with the lulav. One cannot fulfill his obligation with the Aravah that’s bound in the lulav.  Summary   Chizkiyah quoting Rabbi Yirmiyah from Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai: I have seen...

Today’s learning is sponsored Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here  https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU=  Summary   Rabbi Yirmiyah from Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and the same was said by Rabbi Yochanan from Rabbi Shimon Hamechuzi from Rabbi Yochanan Hamachusi: Whoever makes an addition to Yom Tov (Isru Chag - based on the verse in 36.1) with food and drink [to show that he regrets the departure of Yom Tov] it is considered by the...