Brachos 40 – ברכות מ

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Today’s Daf Yomi Question:

The Gemara explains the verse ‘lo avarti mimitzvosecha’ to mean ‘I did not forget to make a bracha’ while performing the mitzvah of teruma and maaser.  We learned earlier (33a) that it was the Anshei Kneses Hagdolah who established and formulated our brachos, since blessings are a rabbinic obligation and not min hatorah (except for birchas hamazon and birchas hatorah).  If so, how can the passuk here be making reference to a bracha?

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Shabbos 23 – שבת כג

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Today’s Daf Yomi Question:

The Gemara says one who has two doors needs to light twice in order to pre-empt any suspicion of the passerby.  Why can’t we simply assume that they will be ‘melamed zechus’ and give him the benefit of the doubt – that he has his menorah by the other door?

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Eruvin 18 – עירובין יח

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Today’s Daf Yomi Question:

What does the Gemara mean that Hashem had ‘initially intended to create two but ended up creating one’ – given the fact that there is of course no relation here to the way humans think etc.?

Eruvin 31 – עירובין לא

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Today’s Daf Yomi Question:

Rebbi Yehuda’s allowance to place the Eruv on the grave is apparently in a case of Mitzvah, which is not considered a personal benefit.  If so why do the Rabanan not allow it?

Beitzah 35 – ביצה לה

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Insights on Today’s Daf

1) How could Shabbos affect an unfinished item?

2) A distinction made by Tosfos regarding Shabbos and Tevel. 

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Bava Metzia 55 – בבא מציעא נה

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Next day’s Daf Yomi – Bava Metzia 56

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