Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran

The Gemara brings several cases that came before the courts regarding property ownership claims. In the first case, Rava ruled that the possessor's claim is believed since if the possessor was lying, he could have made a better claim ( ma li l'shaker ). But Abaye said this wasn't accepted as witnesses testified against the claim and a ma li l'shaker isn't accepted in this situation. After that, th...

Today's daf is sponsored by Rina Bar David in loving memory of Daniel Natan ben Yocheved and Binyamin. A debate between Rav Nachman and Rava is brought to contradict their ruling in the previous case. However, distinctions are made between the two cases and they conclude that there are no inconsistencies in their positions. Rava rules that if the original owner did not protest within three years o...

Today's daf is sponsored by Masha and Yisroel Rotman in loving memory of Masha's father, Solomon Maltz, Shlomo Emanuel ben Yaakov Yitzchok, on his 20th yahrzeit. "It was very important to Ta that his daughters receive a good Jewish education, and he respected Torah learning immensely. He would have been proud that I am learning the Daf Yomi." Rava gives a third interpretation of why one can claim...

Today's daf is sponsored by Mark Goldstein in honor of Rena Septee Goldstein's birthday! "Happy birthday to my wonderful wife and daf partner!" After three years of uncontested use of land or property, a possessor's claim of purchase or gift is sufficient to prove ownership without documentation ( chazaka ). For non-irrigated fields, partial use in the first and last years suffices. A tannaitic de...

Ulla ruled that one does not bring bikurim from a fruit tree growing within sixteen cubits of a neighboring field as it is "stealing" nutrients from the neighbor's soil. From where does Ulla derive the number sixteen? Four sources are brought to contradict Ulla's amount of sixteen cubits, but all the sources are explained also according to Ulla. If sixteen cubits is the proper amount, why does the...

Today's daf is sponsored by Judy Schwartz in honor of her daughter Rina. "Rina got me started on my journey of Daf Yomi with Hadran. You are a magnificent person who does incredible  chessed for Am Yisrael and serves as an example to all of us. With love and admiration for who you are." People in the Bar Marion household were pounding flax, and the flax waste flew in the wind to the neighbor and c...

As part of a discussion about the Mishna which described in which direction of the city may/may not one set up a tannery due to the bad smell and the direction that the winds travel, the Gemara discusses the strengths of each of the winds (winds from each of the four directions). A braita attempts to explain why we only see the sun during the day and also why summer days and winter days have diffe...

Today's daf is sponsored by Mindy Sollisch. "Thank you to Hadran for generously welcoming all to learn Talmud from a brilliant Talmudic scholar who has made daf yomi a highlight of each of my days." Today's daf is sponsored by Daniel and Sara Berelowitz in honor of the marriage of their daughter, Estie Sterman to Jason Ast (nephew of Tina Lamm fellow dafferette). "A big Mazal Tov. Wishing Estie an...

Today's daf is sponsored by Gabrielle Altman in loving memory of Yechezkel Yitzhak Ben Shlomo Zev, Honorable Herbert Altman z"l on his Shloshim. "Beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, brilliant jurist, and wonderful Jew. He will be forever cherished, missed, and loved. Yehi Zichro Baruch ." Today's daf is sponsored by Becki Goldstein in honor of the marriage of her cousin Avi...

Today's daf is sponsored for the refuah shleima of Asher ben Riva.  Under what circumstances can outsiders come into a town and sell their wares? Special dispensations are made for those who learn. On account of that, the rabbis questioned Rav Dimi when he came to town to sell to determine whether or not he was a Torah scholar, and when he didn't know the answer, they assumed he wasn't all the dri...

Why can courtyard residents prevent each other from turning their house into a store (first part of the Mishna) but not from loud noises of children, hammers, and a millstone (second part of the Mishna)? Abaye suggests that the second part of the Mishna refers to a different situation - residents of a different courtyard complaining about noise from a neighboring courtyard, but not their own. Rava...

Today's daf is sponsored by Vitti Rosenzweig Kones in loving memory of Sara Rosenzweig bat Vitti and David Greenbaum. Today's daf is sponsored by the Hadran Zoom family in honor of so many great, joyful events in our Hadran family. "Mazal Tov to our friend and fellow learner, Ruth Leah Kahan, on the marriage of her son, Ariel Kahan to Miriam Holmes. May their house be a source of peace and love fo...

Today's daf is sponsored by Shira Dishon in loving memory of her son, Eitan Dishon, who was killed in Gaza on the 20th of November. "Today would have been his 22nd birthday. Among his belongings, they found his Gemara, with which he studied daf yomi, stained with his blood. I understood that this was his legacy and began to study daf yomi for the first time. I recently completed Bava Metzia, my fi...

Study Guide Bava Batra 18 Rava and Abaye debate whether one can dig a pit right near the border of another if, on the other side of the border, there is no pit right now - or does one need to be concerned that one may want to dig a pit there in the future. Abaye says he is allowed to and Rava disagrees. Eight questions from our Mishna and the upcoming mishnayot in the chapter are brought to questi...

Study Guide Bava Batra 17 Today's daf is sponsored by Batsheva & Daniel Pava in loving memory of her father, Reb Shlomo ben Yehuda Aryeh Vegh z'l on his first yahrzeit. "My father was a child survivor of Auschwitz. My father became a talmid of Reb Michel Ber Weismandel. My Dad was my hero. I miss him every single day!" There are various ways to explain the blessing that Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaako...

This week's learning is sponsored by Debbie Pershan in loving memory of her mother Shirley Kaufman on her yahrzeit. Today's daf is sponsored by Hadran Women of LI in honor of the aliyah of our amazing and talented leader and co-learner Gita Neufeld and the birth of a granddaughter - we wish you lots of  mazal on this newest addition and know that you will lead her in the ways of daf yomi as she gr...

Today's daf is sponsored by Julie Mendelsohn and Adina Hagege in loving memory of their dear friend Yosef Yifrach z"l who passed away suddenly last week. "Yossi was a wonderful man who loved his family and toiled in Torah as well as in the law. Just a few weeks ago he spoke at the Beit Knesset about his love for daf yomi, encouraging everyone young and old to take up the daf. He was thrilled that...

Study Guide Bava Batra 14 Today's daf is sponsored in honor of the marriage of Josh and Shira today by Lisa and Nancy Kolodny, daily daf learners and mother and grandmother of Josh. "May Shira and Josh's life together be filled with nachat and abundant love."  Today's daf is sponsored by Natanya Slomowitz in loving memory of her mother, Haviva Lilka Bat Necha and Avraham. Can one write a scroll wi...

Today's daf is sponsored by Harriet Hartman in loving memory of her grandson, Ephraim Yachman, z'l who sacrificed his life in Gaza, December 2024.  Today's daf is sponsored by David Kahan in honor of Professor Paul Gompers and Dr. Jody Dushay. "Thank you for your magnificent hospitality." If two people share a hall or other item that cannot be divided, can one insist that the other either buy the...

This week's learning is sponsored by Bob & Paula Cohen in loving memory of Paula's father, Arthur Zwerin, Chaim Avraham ben Alter Gershon haKohen, whose yahrzeit is on Monday. This week's learning is sponsored by Judy Schwartz in loving memory of her beloved parents, Shirley (Sarah Raizel) Kraus Tydor z"l and R. Chaskel Tydor z"l. "I miss them tremendously on my birthday week. They raised me with...

Two more stories are told regarding food distribution to poor people - one about Binyamin the Tzadik and one about Munbaz the king. What are the minimum sizes of courtyards, fields, and gardens for one resident to insist that the other person who shares the property split it into two separate parts? What about dividing a bathhouse, hall, tallit, and other similar items? Only a sefer Torah can neve...

Today's daf is sponsored by Sylvia Klein in loving memory of her brother, Bobby Klein. "Bobby had Down Syndrome. His presence in our lives taught us all about love. We learned compassion and acceptance. My his sweet memory be a blessing." Rabbi Akiva and Turnusrufus engage in a debate about why if God loves the poor then why does God not support them, and if God makes them poor is it a good thing...

Today's daf is sponsored by Miriam & Meir Tannenbaum in honor of the engagement of their son, Avrumy to Rochel Schloss. "With gratitude to Hashem, may they be zoche to build a bayit ne'eman b'yisrael . שירבו שמחות בישראל!" The community can create stipulations for its inhabitants and impose fines on people who do not keep to them. However, a story is brought to teach that if there is a prominent T...

When Rav Nachman bar Rav Chisda collected taxes from Torah scholars, Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak reprimanded him for not fulfilling verses from the Torah, Neviim and K'tuvim, and explained which verses indicate that Torah scholars are exempt from taxes. Rav Papa ruled that orphans should contribute to digging wells for water and Rav Yehuda ruled similarly, that prohans should contribute to taxes to p...

Today's daf is sponsored by Binyamin Cohen and Ranana Dine in honor of their first wedding anniversary. "We got together by learning Daf, and our chevruta eventually led to our chuppah. We are happy to be able to mark our anniversary by sharing our love of Talmud with others through the Hadran community."  Rav Chama brings four rulings - three relating to whether people have the right to make othe...