Brachos 25 – ברכות כה

Posted on January 28, 2012

Today’s Daf Yomi Question:

Our Gemara brings a machlokes between Abaye and Rava regarding tzoah in transit. Abaye supports his lenient view from a Mishna about a Metzora who is walking. In the previous Daf we had a similar dispute regarding a person walking through unclean alleyways, whether he is allowed to speak words of Torah, since he is merely in transit and not stationary. Why doesn’t the Gemara there as well bring our Mishna of Matzora as a supporting proof to the lenient view?

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Brachos 26 – ברכות כו

Posted on January 29, 2012

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Today’s Daf Yomi Question:

The Gemara says that Avraham established Shacharis, Yitzchak established Mincha etc. – but don’t we know that Avraham kept the entire Torah (Yoma 28b) which presumably would include all the tefillos as well?

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Eruvin 10 – עירובין י

Posted on March 18, 2013

It is common practice today to wear Tzitzis with a neck hole in the middle; why doesn’t the empty space on both sides nullify the material which is situated between them?

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Eruvin 10 – עירובין י

Posted on March 18, 2013

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Today’s Daf Yomi Question:

It is common practice today to wear Tzitzis with a neck hole in the middle; why doesn’t the empty space on both sides nullify the material which is situated between them?

Eruvin 41 – עירובין מא

Posted on April 18, 2013

The Gemara relates that Rebbi Akiva ate the egg for no reason other than to demonstrate the halacha for his talmidim (that one does not complete a fast Erev Shabbos). But since that is the halacha, why would he not be required to eat the egg regardless of the talmidim?

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