Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran

There is halachic validity to various acts of children depending on their level of maturity. There are various stages mapped out in the Gemara for different acts. A minor however cannot appoint a messenger. If a man or woman appoints a messenger to deliver (man) or accept (woman) the get and specifies a location, if the messenger does it in a different location, is it valid? Does it depend if it w...

Today's daf is sponsored by Marcia Baum in loving memory of Sam Baum, Chaim Simcha haLevi ben Aharon haLevi v'Liba on his 20th yahrzeit. "My dad was a larger-than-life individual who was steadfast in his love for family, Israel and yahadut . Stories of his escapades resound even twenty years after his petirah . He is sorely missed by those of us who knew and loved him!" Can a messenger sent by the...

Study Guide Gittin 63 A woman can only appoint a messenger to accept the get and a husband can only appoint a messenger to deliver the get .  If the messenger is accepting the get , then the get is effective immediately.  If the messenger is delivering the get then the get is effective once it reaches the woman. The relevance: whether or not the husband can change his mind. What happens when the h...

Study Guide Gittin 61 Today's daf is sponsored by Suri Stern in honor of her mother's birthday on July 20th. "She was a pioneer in the Five Towns community and baruch Hashem still enjoys those around her."  How can we understand the debate between Rabbi Yosi and the rabbis in the Mishna regarding stealing that is forbidden on account of theft by rabbinic law or because of darkhei shalom ? One loan...

What is the order for who receives aliyot to the Torah after the first two (kohen and levi)? Is one allowed to read from a parchment that includes only one book of the Torah?  Is one permitted to write sections of the Torah for children to learn? Can the Oral Torah be written down? Other laws are discussed that were instituted because of darkhei shalom , which relate to where to put the food for t...

This week's learning is sponsored by Rena & Mark Goldstein in honor of their daughter, Jenny, who has been teaching Yeshiva students for 18 years, on the occasion of this important birthday. The sale of a deaf-mute who signals and the sale of a child (who is mature enough to understand) is considered a good sale. The laws of the order of aliyot during Torah reading were instituted in order that pe...

This week's learning is sponsored by Judy Schwartz in honor of her birthday. "Dedicated to the memory of my beloved mother, Sarah Raizel bat Freida Sima and Mordechai Yitzhak Kraus (Shirley K. Tydor), as in our family we give our mothers a present on our birthday! They did the hard work!"  More stories of the destruction, including the story of the children of Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha, the high p...

Onkelos the convert was the nephew of Titus. He went and raised Titus, Bilam and others from the dead and asked them questions about the Jews and the punishments they each received for their actions. The Mount of the King was destroyed because of a rooster and a hen. How and why were the people of Kfar Sichniya in Egypt destroyed? Beitar was destroyed (during the Bar Kochva rebellion) on account o...

Stories of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza that caused the destruction of Jerusalem, Rabban Yochanan Ban Zakai and Vespasian who grants him three requests including sparing Yavne and its wise men, and Titus and the destruction of the Temple.

Rabbi Yochanan ben Gudgada testified about several laws, one pertaining to a takana, and the Gemara discusses each of the laws. 

Study Guide Gittin 54 The discussion continues regarding the different opinions in different cases when one does something wrong unwittingly - is one held accountable? A kohen who ruins a sacrifice by pigul is held liable if it was intentional. 

Study Guide Gittin 53 Are damages that can't be seen considered damages?

Different laws are discussed regarding trustees of orphans. Can they sell the property, slaves, etc. of the orphans? Does it depend on whether they are selling it because they need to feed the orphans or they want to save up for them?

When one pays damages from land, is the type of land determined by the land of the one who was damaged or the one who has to pay damages. This is argued by Rabbi Yishmael and Rabbi Akiva. The Mishna is explained in two different manners - according to each opinion.

Today's daf is sponsored by Judy Schwartz in honor of her daughter Rina's birthday tomorrow! "Mazal tov our to our beloved Rina! You bring tremendous joy to our lives just by your being, and we are tremendously proud of you for all you do. Thank you for starting us on our Daf Yomi journey together!"  Today's daf is sponsored by Mitzi and David Geffen in loving memory of David's infant brother Azri...

This month's learning is sponsored by C. S E. K for the refuah shleima of Sharona Rachel bat Miriam Chana.  Today's daf is sponsored by Hadran women on LI for a   refuah shleima for Gittel Rivkah bat Golda Mariam. One should not redeem a person who sells themselves a few times to a non-Jew to discourage them from doing it. The Gemara relates stories of Jews who sold themselves to non-Jews (canniba...

Today's daf is dedicated by Hadran Women of Long Island for a refuah shleima for their fearless leader and inspiring daf sister, Gitta Neufeld, Gittel Rivka bat Golda Mariam. "We need you back here in good health quickly!!" The rabbis instituted a takana that if a man divorces his wife due to suspicions about her promiscuous behavior or because of a vow she made, he is unable to remarry her. There...

Today's daf is sponsored by the Hadran Women of Long Island in loving memory of Professor Gene Moshe Schramm, Yochanan Moshe ben Meir v'Rivka. "Beloved father of our friend and co-learner Deena Rabinovitch. May our learning be a zechut for him. תהא נשמתו צרורה בצרור החיים" If one lives in Israel and sells a slave to someone outside of Israel, the slave goes free. Why does the buyer get penalized?...