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Today’s Daf Yomi Question:
The Gemara concludes that we recite the bracha of ‘borei shemen areiv’ on the fragrant balsam oil. How can we use the term ‘borei’ on an item that was produced by man (through extraction), just as we cannot apply the term ‘borei’ (borei pri hazayis)with reference to olive-oil since it is man-made (see Rashi 35b D”H zayis ikri)?
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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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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?
Rebbi Yehuda seems to agree that the limit of a standard pietza is ten amos; which is presumably learned from Halacha lemoshe misinai. If so, how can he allow an opening of thirteen by Pasei Bira’os?
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Today’s Daf Yomi Question:
Rebbi Yehuda seems to agree that the limit of a standard pietza is ten amos; which is presumably learned from Halacha lemoshe misinai. If so, how can he allow an opening of thirteen by Pasei Bira’os?
