Rebbi Akiva insisted to use the water for Netilas Yadayim rather than for drinking. How is one allowed to endanger his life for a Mitzva Derabanan?
The Gemara tells us elsewhere that Dovid Hamelech was punished for referring to the Torah as ‘Zemiros’; whereas in our Gemara we find Torah referred to as ‘Shira’ (Vayehi shiro)– what is the difference between these two terms?