Beyond the Daf - Hadran

Gefet- Gemara, Perushim, and Tosafot, an in-depth Iyun gemara shiur. Is a woman who is married to a kohen allowed to enter a cemetery while pregnant? Must she be concerned that the fetus might contract tum’ah while inside her? Our sugya introduces us to the concept of “tum’ah belu’ah,” or “encapsulated tum’ah.” Join us as we get to know this concept and the interpretive, conceptual and halakhic qu...

Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain Chullin 71a describes a phenomenon in which ritual impurity “breaks through” an enclosed space. What does this mean? It impurity consider a real force in nature, akin to electricity? Or is ritual impurity a legal convention created by our intentions for objects? Or maybe both??? Chullin 71 Dr. Elana Stein Ha...

Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain Can modern science change practical halachah? The case of blood spots in eggs offers a remarkable example. This shiur examines the Talmudic sources, classic commentaries, and contemporary rulings to understand why today's psak differs from what many assume. Chullin 64 Dr. Elana Stein Hain – dinanddaf@had...

Gefet- Gemara, Perushim, and Tosafot, an in-depth Iyun gemara shiur. Masechet Chullin takes us today to a set of aggadot that bring us back to the creation of the world and helps us examine the relationship between God and God’s creations, our aspiration for perfection, and reality as it is. What happens when we make independent decisions? Can God err? Join us as we explore the theological implica...

Gefet- Gemara, Perushim, and Tosafot, an in-depth Iyun gemara shiur. Our sugya takes a brief pause from the laws of treifot and turns to the special blessing bestowed upon the Kohen for blessing the people of Israel each day. We will seek to understand the nature of this blessing and explore how it affects a halakhic ruling in a challenging case: when a Kohen stands in the synagogue and declares t...

Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain There is a debate about whether the result of an interaction between a prohibited and a permitted item should itself be prohibited or not. We generally rule that it should be permitted, but there are many qualifications! What is the logic behind this permissibility, and how is it limited? Chullin 58 Dr. Elan...

Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain The Gemara on Chullin 50a raises the rule of thumb that the halacha follows the more lenient view in cases of mourning. What is the logic behind this halakhic orientation? Is it always followed Chullin 50 Dr. Elana Stein Hain – dinanddaf@hadran.org.ilFor more Din and Daf: https://hadran.org.il/channel/din-da...

Gefet- Gemara, Perushim, and Tosafot, an in-depth Iyun gemara shiur. At the beginning of the chapter Eilu Tereifot, a surprising dispute appears: Can a tereifah live, or can a tereifah not live? The Mishnah presents a general rule that a tereifah cannot live, yet the Gemara immediately raises the possibility that this is actually a matter of disagreement. How can there even be a dispute like this?...

Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain The Gemara discusses whether one can render someone else’s property forbidden, e.g., by slaughtering their cow for the sake of idolatry. What is the logic behind this question? What does ownership have to do with it? Does this logic apply in other arenas of halakha besides for avodah zara? Chullin 40 Dr. Ela...

Gefet- Gemara, Perushim, and Tosafot, an in-depth Iyun gemara shiur. Our sugya raises the possibility — a possibility that seems implausible to several Amoraim — that it might be easier to be a Jew than to be a Gentile. Might there be some behaviors permitted to a Jew that would be forbidden if she were a Gentile? Through the Tosafot on our sugya, we’ll explore this question and the theological is...

Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain The Gemara in Chullin 33a discusses the rabbinic resolution that hands require washing before eating terumah. The reason behind this exposes rabbinic awareness that people are just people. We are forgetful and may not always notice what we are doing. This a cornerstone of rabbinic thought. Chullin 33 Dr. Ela...

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Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain In a number of places, Chullin discusses an opinion that the requirement to slaughter a bird is from the scribes (divrei soferim) rather than from the Torah. What does this mean? What is this concept of divrei Soferim? What does it teach us about the role of people in understanding Torah law? Chullin 28 Dr....

Gefet- Gemara, Perushim, and Tosafot, an in-depth Iyun gemara shiur. Our sugya takes us, via Tosafot, into a discussion of the nature of the prohibition of chametz on Pesach – what does it mean to “benefit” from something? And, more concretely – to whose dogs can (or can’t) I feed my chametz? Gefet Ep 218 Chullin 23 Gefet with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz is in collaboration with Y...

Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain The Gemara discusses a debate over the concept of “the majority is like the whole.” Where does this principle come from, and what is it about? Chullin 19 Dr. Elana Stein Hain – dinanddaf@hadran.org.il For more Din and Daf: https://hadran.org.il/channel/din-daf/

Gefet- Gemara, Perushim, and Tosafot, an in-depth Iyun gemara shiur. What changes when we enter Israel? Do we become closer to holiness or further from it? At first glance, this seems to be the core dispute between Rabbi Yishmael and Rabbi Akiva. But as we’ll see, Rabbi Yishmael’s position is actually very difficult to understand. Why would something forbidden in the desert suddenly become permitt...

Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain The Gemara discusses the principle of ברירה - whether an uncertain future that will unfold can be used to define an action that is being done in the present. What is the logic behind this suggestion? What does it tell us about the relationship between present and future? Chullin 14 Dr. Elana Stein Hain – din...

Gefet- Gemara, Perushim, and Tosafot, an in-depth Iyun gemara shiur. Today’s sugya tells a story in which one of the main characters is referred to as “hahu sabba” (“a certain elder”). Tosafot, in a departure from their traditional focus on the analytical and the halakhic, ask: who is this mysterious elder? And does every reference to “hahu sabba” – there are dozens throughout Shas – refer to the...

Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain Chullin 2-7 Dr. Elana Stein Hain – dinanddaf@hadran.org.il For more Din and Daf: https://hadran.org.il/channel/din-daf/

Join us in reflection and learning as we mark the Siyum of Masechet Menachot✡ Dedicated to the success and safety of our soldiers, in memory of those who have fallen, and for a refuah shleima to all those injured.

Join us in reflection and learning as we mark the Siyum of Masechet Menachot - Rolling in the Dough - The Basic Messaging of Menachot, with Dr. Elana Stein Hain ✡ Dedicated to the success and safety of our soldiers, in memory of those who have fallen, and for a refuah shleima to all those injured.

Gefet- Gemara, Perushim, and Tosafot, an in-depth Iyun gemara shiur. The final page of Menachot declares: Yes! What are today’s korbanot? Torah, tefillah, and the study of Kodashim. Within this special conclusion of Menachot lies a unique insight from the Tosfot about the Retzei (Avodah) bracha in the Amidah. What is the special kavanah in tefillah that Tosfot derives from our daf? After our discu...

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Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain On Menachot 101b, R. Shimon ben Yehuda discusses prohibitions related to consuming mixtures of milk and meat in terms of “kedusha/holiness.” In this shiur we will examine how certain prohibitions, especially those regarding not deriving benefit - known as איסורי הנאה, shed light on the concept of kedusha. Me...

Gefet- Gemara, Perushim, and Tosafot, an in-depth Iyun gemara shiur. As part of the discussion about the showbread table, there’s a striking teaching that compares the altar and the atonement it brings to something much closer to home: our own dining table. At first, that sounds surprising. The Temple is all about standing before God… while the dinner table seems centered on something far more phy...