Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran

Study Guide Sotah 43 Today's daf is sponsored by Elisheva Rappoport in loving memory of her beloved sister Raizel Zucker on her 3rd  yahrzeit . "May the neshama of Tova Raizel bat Yosef Yitzchok have an Aliya." We learn from the verses regarding the war with the Midyan that the Ark went out to war with the nation. They extrapolate from the verses that Pinchas was descended from Yitro and from Jose...

Today's daf is sponsored by Lenny Levin in loving memory of Carol Robinson. "Carol was a vivacious, caring presence in our lives, whether near or far. Her aura lingers despite her passing. Her example will continue to inspire us to face our continuing life challenges with hope and courage."  There are two more statements about the dangers of flattery and then a statement about four types of people...

Study Guide Sotah 41 Today's daf is sponsored in honor of Noa ben Shoshan and Ariel Katuf's marriage. The kohen gadol reads from the Torah on Yom Kippur. However, he skips from one section to another - how can this be done as one can only skip sections when reading from the Prophets, not from the Torah! Abaye resolves this as one can skip even Torah sections within the same topic as long as one ca...

Today's daf is sponsored by Lori Schuldiner Schor in loving memory of her father, on his 51st yahrzeit, and in celebration of her three grandchildren. "I honor the circle of life and the cycles of life. I celebrate the love of learning that flows organically through the generations of my family." Today's daf is sponsored in loving memory of Anita Dinerstein, by her children and grandchildren, on h...

When a sefer Torah is opened in shul, one is not allowed to speak, even to talk about halakha. Two different verses are suggested as possible derivations for this rule. A kohen must wash his hands before blessing the people - a verse is brought as proof. When Rabbi Elazar ben Shamoa was asked why he was rewarded with longevity, he answered that he was careful about three things - not making the sh...

Study Guide Sotah 38 What are differences between birkhat kohanim that was performed in the Temple and the one that is performed outside the Temple? Seven braitot are brought which each derive laws of the birkhat kohanim from the words "this is how you should bless." Each braita deals with a different issue, raises questions about it and makes derivations from other verses in order to explain the...

Yehuda's name includes the letters of the name of God because he sanctified God's name in public. When was this? A braita is brought to answer the question in which two versions are brought regarding the question of who went into the Red Sea first - the tribe of Benjamin or Nachshon the son of Aminadav from the tribe of Judah? Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov explains how the Levites split up - the elders...

Study Guide Sotah 36 The Gemara lists all the miracles that happened to the Jews on the day they crossed over the Jordan into Israel. When it is recorded in the book of Joshua about the blessings and curses it is written "half" went up to Mount Gerizim "and the half" went up to Mount Eival. Why is it written "and the half." Rav Kahane says this comes to teach that the division of the tribes on the...

The Gemara continues with drashot on the stories of the spies addressing various issues. At what stage did the spies have bad intent? How did Caleb get the people quieted to listen to him? The spies directly doubted the power of God. Why did they think it was a land that destroyed its inhabitants? Were they lying when they said that the spies appeared like grasshoppers in the eyes of the inhabitan...

How high was the water in the Jordan River when the Israelites crossed? What are the three things that Joshua said/commanded to the people when they were standing in the Jordan? The stones they took from the Jordan weighed 40 seah . From this it is derived that a person can carry three times that weight if someone else loads the load onto their shoulder's and hence the weight that the bunch of gra...

Today's daf is sponsored by the Lebi family in honor of Maytal Melamed for finishing her year-long study of Masechet Megillah as part of her bat mitzvah preparation. "We're very proud of you!" Prayer can be said in any language as it needs to be meaningful and understood, as we are asking God for mercy. However, Rav Yehuda said that one cannot pray in Aramaic as the angels don't understand Aramaic...

Today's daf is sponsored by Malka Svei in loving memory of her grandmother, Rachel Leah Bat R' David. "She learned and taught Torah throughout her life. She loved and valued Torah above all else, and raised her children and grandchildren to do the same." Today's daf is sponsored by Lynn Kaye, Joe Nadis & Maya Zanger-Nadis in loving memory of Ted Kurtz on his shloshim. "A WWII veteran and savvy bus...

Rabbi Yehoshua said in the Mishna that when it said "lo" in a verse about Iyov (Job), it was spelled with a vav and explained as having a vav , not with an alef which would have had the opposite meaning. Why was there even reason to think that it was spelled with a vav and read with an alef ? Why did Rabbi Yehoshua believe that Iyov worshipped God out of love and not fear? What is the difference i...

Study Guide Sotah 30 Today's daf is sponsored by Raquel Lifshutz Pilzer and Jen Lifshutz Lankin in loving memory of their brother, Avigdor Chai Abraham, Z"L, on his second yartzeit. "Your incredible strength, bravery and laugh will always be with us. You are always in our hearts and on our minds. We miss you dearly and hope to continue to learn in your merit, and make you proud." 

Study Guide Sotah 29 The Gemara continues and explains the dispute between Rabbi Yishmael and Rabbi Akiva in the drasha on the verses about  with whom can she not have relations and what else is the sotah prohibited to do? There is another source for the rule that a  doubt regarding impurity is treated strictly only if there is a person involved who theoretically could have known if it was impure....

Today's daf is sponsored by Laura Shechter in honor of her daughter, Kayla. " Behatzlacha to all of the contestants competing today in the Chidon HaTanach, most especially to Kayla. The learning we have done together as a family because of your commitment has brought us all so much joy. Kayla, you are our champion always. Mazal tov!" When the Mishna said that the man also dies when the woman drink...

Today's daf is dedicated to the memory of the fallen soldiers that were killed protecting the State of Israel and in memory of those that were killed in terrorist attacks and died by Kiddush Hashem.  Today's daf is sponsored by Jeanne Yael Klempner in loving memory of her father, Michael Cohen, Elimelech HaCohen ben Shlomo v'Malka, who passed away a month ago on the 4th of Nissan. "Dad, thank you...

Today's daf is sponsored by  Goody and Eric Weil in loving memory of the beloved Rav Dov Shabtai ben Yehoshua Leib and Ethel Greenstone after a short illness. 'He inspired so many of the women and men of his family to learn daf yomi. Many are part of the Hadran community that embraces them today and learns in his honor. Yehi Zichro Baruch!" Rabbi Elazar ruled in cases of a man who married a woman...

Study Guide Sotah 25 The week's learning is sponsored by the Greenstone Family in loving memory of their dear husband, father and grandfather, Dov Shabtai Ben Yehoshua Lev. "Saba was a dedicated and committed learner of Torah. The fact that he was consistent in his learning speaks to his devotion to the study of Torah, and it's clear that he instilled that same passion in his children and grandchi...

Study Guide Sotah 24 This is the daf for Shabbat. For Friday's daf please click here . Today's daf is sponsored by David and Mitzi Geffen in loving memory of David's father, Dr. Abraham Geffen, on his 8th   yahrzeit . "The youngest of the 8 children of Rav Tuvia and Sara Hene Geffen of Atlanta, he was devoted to his wife Ethel, parents and siblings, children, extended family and synagogue communit...

Study Guide Sotah 23 Today's daf is sponsored by the Hadran zoom family in loving memory of the beloved father of their dear Hadran learner and friend, Adina Hagege - HaRav Dov Shabtai ben Yehoshua Lev v'Etel z"l. "May his family be comforted among aveilei Zion v'Yerushalayim . Through his kind, wise and constantly thoughtful daughter, it is evident that R' Greenstone was a special person who tran...

Today's daf is sponsored by Dianne Kuchar in loving memory of her father, Moshe ben Avraham and her husband Dennis, Shimon Avraham ben Yisrael Moshe. "I find myself midway between the two yahrtzeits of the most significant men in my life, my dad and my Dennis. Dad would have been so proud of my learning, Dennis WAS very proud. We still can't believe he is gone." The sages frowned upon one who lear...

Study Guide Sotah 21 Which merits help push off the death of the sotah? First, they suggest Torah learning, but that is rejected as women are not commanded to learn Torah. However, if it is mitzvot, we learn from a verse that mitzvot are like a candle, which last temporarily, and learning Torah is like light, which is constant. From here one can imply that mitzvot don't protect. Two explanations a...

Today's daf is dedicated for Yom HaShoah in memory of all those who died in the Holocaust. Today's daf is sponsored by Caroline Ben-Ari in loving memory of her father, Ivor Rhodes, Yisrael ben Meir and Sarah on his 13th yahrzeit. "Dad was hard-working, caring, generous and honest to a fault, with a wicked sense of humor and a lifelong addiction to puns. Today I pledge to make as many terrible puns...

Study Guide Sotah 19 The meal offering of the sotah is waved by the kohen and the sotah. From where is it derived that the woman also needs to wave it? Rabbi Shimon and the rabbis disagree about whether the woman drinks the sotah water before bringing the meal offering or brings the meal offering and then drinks the water. There are two verses that mention that the kohen makes the woman drink the...