Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran

Study Guide Nazir 9 One who vowed to be a nazir not to eat figs, is that person considered a nazir? Are they forbidden from eating figs? Or is it just an absurd statement that means nothing? Beit Hillel and Beit Shamai disagree about this case. There are three different explanations about what Beit Hillel and Beit Shamai actually hold. According to one of the interpretations, Beit Hillel's opinion...

Study Guide Nazir 9 One who vowed to be a nazir not to eat figs, is that person considered a nazir? Are they forbidden from eating figs? Or is it just an absurd statement that means nothing? Beit Hillel and Beit Shamai disagree about this case. There are three different explanations about what Beit Hillel and Beit Shamai actually hold. According to one of the interpretations, Beit Hillel's opinion...

Study Guide Nazir 8 Today's daf is sponsored by Dalia Gamson in memory of Efraim ben Yitzchak Shmuel. The Mishna lists several cases where one accepted to be a nazir for a time period based on an object, like the hair on my head, dush of the earth...). They are considered a nazir forever, but tana kama and Rebbi disagree about whether one meant an infinite number of separate terms of being a nazir...

Study Guide Nazir 7 Today's daf is sponsored by Jane and David Shapiro in honor of their Skokie daf yomi compatriots: Shira & Norman Eliaser, Nina Black, and Rav Marianne Novak. "You keep us engaged, enthusiastic, and inspired by the daf every day." The Mishnayot discuss various languages used to accept a nazirite term and how many days one would be a nazir for each of the different languages used...

Study Guide Nazir 6 Today's daf is sponsored by Blima Slutzky in memory of her mother, Mazal (Tina) bat Rina and David. Today's daf is dedicated in memory of those murdered in the terrorist attack on Friday night in Neve Yaakov and for a refuah shleima to those injured there and from the attack in Ir David. Five Mishnayot from the third chapter of Nazir are brought to raise a question against Bar...

We derive from Avshalom who was a nazir olam that if one's hair gets too long, one can trim it. But at what intervals did Avshalom cut his hair? Three opinions are brought and the GEmara both raises questions and explains these three approaches. If one accepts to be a nazir without specifying how much time, the Mishna rules that the timeframe is thirty days. Rav Matna learns this from gematria of...

Study Guide Nazir 4 Today's daf is sponsored by Goody and Eric Weil to our beloved mother/mother-in-law, Lili Weil z"l on the Shloshim since her passing. Aside from the many acts of chessed and philanthropic organizations she created, Lili was also a pioneer of women's learning. Several years after making Aliya from France in 1970, she wanted to learn Gemara, but organizations like Hadran didn't e...

Study Guide Nazir 3 Today's daf is dedicated to Rebecca Eisen and Joshua Adler on the birth of their first child, a daughter, Maya Sari Adler, born on Thursday, January 12, 2023 in Toronto. "May she grow up connected to Torah, Israel, and her Jewish identity. Mazel tov!"  Today's daf is dedicated for the refuah shleima of Hannah bat Peninah from her children and grandchildren. There are various ph...

Introduction to Masechet Nazir

Masechet Nazir is sponsored by the family of Rabbi Howard Alpert, HaRav Tzvi Lipa ben Hillel, in honor of his first yahrzeit. "Our father helped guide thousands of college students towards lives of Torah in his four decades of work as a Hillel professional. He instilled in his children an appreciation for Torah and its values while encouraging each of us to find meaning in our personal Jewish jour...

Siyum Masechet Nedarim is sponsored by Sharona Shuster in memory of her father Eliyahu Chaim ben Harav Ephraim and mother-in-law Devorah bat Yisroel. "Both of whom have a legacy of Torah and Mitzvot among their children and grandchildren. And to my husband who believed in me and encouraged me to learn with Hadran. Also a mazel tov to Hadran community." Siyum Masechet Nedarim is sponsored by Miriam...

Today's daf is dedicated in memory of HaRabbanit Dr. Naomi Cohen zt"l, the wife of HaRav Shear Yashuv Hakohen zt"l. A woman ahead of her time who taught Gemara to women in Haifa. You are missed as a teacher, and as a special wise woman,  we had the honor to study with.

This week's learning is sponsored by Cindy Dolgin for the yahrzeits of Mira and Avram Dolgin. "Loving in-laws of Cindy and dedicated public servants of The Zionist and Democratic State of Israel." Today's daf is sponsored by Sari Esserman in memory of her father Moshe ben Yosef Hakohen. Today's daf is sponsored by Marcia Baum in loving memory of her mother Helen Baum, Chaya Chana Alter bat Chana v...

The contradiction between Rabbi Meir in the Mishna and Rabbi Meir regarding a city of refuge is resolved by distinguishing between the cases and showing that the debate between Rabbi Yehuda and Rabbi Meir was derived specifically from the words in the verses of the Torah on that topic. If one vows to not let his son-in-law benefit from him, in what way can he give a gift to his daughter so that th...

Today's daf is sponsored by Gordon Marx in honor of Sara Marx's Hebrew birthday. "Happy birthday!" If the Mishna teaches us that one needs to know exactly whose vow he is nullifying from the verse in the Torah saying "her", why when it comes to a mourner, a braita rules that tearing clothing for a relative, if the tearing is done with the wrong person in mind, it is valid, even though it is learne...

Today's daf is sponsored by Sharon Mink in honor of the 40th anniversary of their Aliya. Rav Huna son of Rabbi Yehoshua answered the contradiction in Shmuel's rulings by explaining that Rabbi Yochanan ben Nuri's position is not a case where the woman is forbidding something that is not yet in the world as her vow refers to her hands and what they can create, and her hands are in this world. Howeve...

Study Guide Nedarim 85

Study Guide Nedarim 84 Today's daf is sponsored by Adrienne Robb-Fund in honor of her friend and chavruta, Joanna Rom, on her birthday! Today's daf is sponsored by Idana Goldberg on the first yahrzeit of Meyer Weitz, Meir Ben Yehoshua v'Leah. "An Orthodox feminist, my grandfather was so proud of my gemara knowledge and even in his 101st year always asked what masechet I was learning." Rava challen...

Study Guide Nedarim 83 Today's daf is sponsored by Sari Esserman in memory of her aunt Miriam bat Yosef Hakohen. Today's daf is dedicated by Debbie and Yossi Gevir to their son Eliav and his wife Noia on becoming parents! "Celebrating the Shabbat brit together was very meaningful yehi ratzon that Shachar Yosef will always reach out to Hashem , in the spirit of the pasuk that his parents related to...

Study Guide Nedarim 82 Today's daf is sponsored by Shaindy Kurzmann in loving memory of her mother A"H, Rivkah bat HaRav Simcha Bunim, on her 24th yahrzeit. "With deep appreciation for her encouragement to always keep learning." Rava asks Rav Nachman if, according to the rabbis, a vow to refrain from sexual relations is considered an affliction of the soul or something that affects the relationshi...

Today's daf is sponsored by Judy Schwartz in memory of her mother Shirley Tydor, Sara Raizel bat Mordechai Yitzchak and Freida Sima on what would have been her 94th birthday. "May she be a melitzat yosher for her beloved granddaughters zivug hagun bikarov mamash ." How is the contradiction between what Rabbi Yosi says in our Mishna and what Rabbi Yosi says regarding a spring shared by two cities r...

Today's daf is dedicated in honor of our daughter, Chani, upon finishing three and a half years of army service. We are proud of you daily for the dedication and hard work you have put in toward serving our country. Today's daf is sponsored by Heather Stone in memory of her father, Robert Stone, Yehuda Leib ben Naphtali Halevy marking eleven months since his death. "May his neshama have an aliya,...

Today's daf is sponsored by Linda Freedman in honor of her mother's birthday. "Happiest of birthdays to Mom, Buby Selmy, the great one, Thelma Pultman, for your 96th birthday and a healthy, happy year to come. From your 3 daughters, Linda Freedman, Sheila Strulowitz, and Gwen Lerner, your 9 grandchildren and their spouses, and your 28 great grands, with one in the oven." Another four difficulties...

Today's daf is sponsored by Cheryl & Avi Savitsky and family on the occasion of the 39th yahrzeit of Cheryl's father – Dr. Steven F. Stein – Shimon Feivish ben Yisroel Yitzchak Ha'Cohen, whose simchat ha'chaim was palpable to anyone who met him and is something we strive to emulate that each and every day. Today's daf is sponsored by Suri Stern in memory of her father Harav Reuvain ben Chaim zt"l,...