Daf Yomi

Sanhedrin 27 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-01-13 From when are zomemim witnesses disqualified? Who is worse : a person eating non-kosher meat out of desire or out of spite? Relatives who are disqualified.

Sanhedrin 26 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-01-12 Additional disqualifications relating to witnesses. The story of Shevna and his downfall. Disqualification of those who accept charity from gentiles.

Sanhedrin 25 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-01-11 People rabbinically disqualified as being witnesses e.g. gamblers, pigeon racers etc. How do such people reestablish themselves as reformed sinners?

Sanhedrin 24 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-01-10 The Rabbis of Israel vs those of Babylonia. The parameters of a disqualified judge - can the acceptance be retracted, and if so, when?

Sanhedrin 23 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-01-09 Who chooses the three judges on a court? A litigant disqualifying a judge. A litigant disqualifying a witness.

Sanhedrin 22 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-01-08 The story of King David and Avishag. The tragedy of divorce and and special relationship of a first wife. A Kohen may grow his hair long nowadays, but can he drink wine?

Sanhedrin 21 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-01-07 How many wives can a king have? The story of Tamar and Amnon. Why were the reasons for the commandments of the Torah not revealed?

Sanhedrin 20 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-01-06 King David at Avner's funeral. Is the appointment of a king a positive action? The 3 commandments that apply on entering the land of Israel.

Sanhedrin 19 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-01-05 The mourning practice of a Kohen Gadol. Kings (of Israel) cannot be judged. Raising someone or teaching him Torah is considered like fathering him.

Sanhedrin 18 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-01-04 A Kohen Gadol who kills inadvertently is exiled. When a Kohen Gadol testifies. Neither a Kohen Gadol nor a king can participate in adding on an extra month to the year.

Sanhedrin 17 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-01-03 How Moshe chose the 70 elders. Eldad and Meidad's prophecy. Qualifications for members of a sanhedrin of twenty-three.

Sanhedrin 16 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-01-02 An entire tribe which served idols is judged by Sanhedrin. Procedure for an optional war. Limitations of an idolatrous city.

Sanhedrin 15 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-01-01 The meaning of "arachin which are movable items". How do we view hair which is ready to be cut? Are animals such as lions or wolves only killed if they killed someone first?

Sanhedrin 14 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-12-31 Rabbi Yehudah ben Bava sacrifices his life to perpetuate semicha. Semicha can only be given if both parties are together in Israel. How many judges are needed for the eglah arufah procedure?

Sanhedrin 13 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-12-30 Mechanics of adding on an extra month to the year and ensuring it falls in the correct season. Semicha - ordaining people as Rabbis.

Sanhedrin 12 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-12-29 We don't add the month to the year before Rosh Hashanah. Can one add the month to the year as a result of impurity in the nation? The latest time to add the month to the year.

Sanhedrin 11 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-12-28 Taking blame to save someone from embarrassment. Factors for establishing a leap year. A leap year is established in Yehudah, and during the day.

Sanhedrin 10 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-12-27 Lashes - does it require three or twenty three judges? Adding a day to the month. Adding a month to the year - three, five and seven judges.

Sanhedrin 9 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-12-26 Using ineligible witnesses as part of a group. Witnesses who are killed, can sometimes also pay money. Testimony of a participant in the forbidden act: splitting a person's words.

Sanhedrin 8 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-12-25 Merit is transmitted through righteous people. Requiring 23 judges for a monetary case of motzei shem ra. If warning for capital punishment must include the specific death one would receive.

Sanhedrin 7 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-12-24 Different understandings of the verse "releasing water is the beginning of strife". Judges who renders a true judgement to its absolute truth. The judge has to be absolutely clear that his judgement is correct.

Sanhedrin 6 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-12-23 The number of judges required for compromise. Is compromise optional, forbidden or a mitzvah? Performing both justice and peace.

Sanhedrin 5 : Marc Chipkin : 224-12-22 An expert judge can judge cases himself. Receiving permission to judge. Is this restricted to a specific area?

Sanhedrin 4 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-12-21 Is primacy given to the pronounced form of a word in Torah, as opposed to its written form?

Sanhedrin 3 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-12-20 Laws made in order not to discourage lenders. Opinion that one judge would be sufficient to judge. Does a court require an odd number of judges?