Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran

Study Guide Nedarim 5

Study Guide Nedarim 5

Study Guide Nedarim 4 What is a case where one can be held liable for delaying a nazirite vow? Two answers were suggesting in Nedarim 3b and three more suggestions are now brought. The last answer suggests that the prohibition of delaying relates to delaying the nazirite sacrifices. If this is so, why would that need to be derived from the juxtaposition (heikesh) of neder to nazir, when it could b...

Study Guide Nedarim 2 Masechet Nedarim is sponsored by Aviva and Benny Adler in honor of our mother Lorraine Kahane and in loving memory of our parents Joseph Kahane z"l, Miriam and Ari Adler z"l.    Today's daf is sponsored by the Agus family in honor of Aviva Adler completing the Siyum HaShas. Today's daf is sponsored by Rabia and Oliver Mitchell in honor of their daughter Ellin Mitchell Cooper...

Click here for the Siyum Ceremony text   Siyum Masechet Ketubot is sponsored by Rhona Fink in honor of Rabbanit Michelle, the Hadran staff and all of the Hadran Daf Yomi learners. May we continue to go from strength to strength. Siyum Ketubot is sponsored for the refuah shleima of Keren Devorah bat Esther. A number of stories are told, relating to the large size of fruits in Israel, the large quan...

Introduction to the Masechet

Introduction to the Masechet

When Rabbi Zeira was planning to make aliya, he avoided seeing Rav Yehuda as he knew that Rav Yehuda was against moving to Israel, until God redeems us. First Rav Yehuda explained it from a verse saying that we will be sent to Babylonia and will not return until God redeems us, but Rabbi Zeira pointed out that the verse refers to the vessels of the Temple. Rav Yehuda then explained it from the ver...

Today's daf is sponsored by Michael Radwin in honor of Ariella Radwin's 45th birthday. "Your dedication to Torah learning is the inspiration for me to begin studying daf yomi. Mazel Tov!" 

Today's daf is dedicated with love by the Hadran Daf Yomi group of Hashmonaim to our wonderful friend and havruta Phyllis Hecht and her entire family on the occasion of the Bar Mitzvah of her son Caleb, celebrated this past Shabbat Breishit. May this special simcha bring joy and light as we pray for the good health of Phyllis (Gitel Pesha bat Masha Rahel) Today's daf is sponsored in honor of the m...

Study Guide Ketubot 108 The Mishna said that if someone else provides food for the woman while the husband is away, Chanan held that he cannot force the husband to reimburse him upon his return. A different Mishna regarding one who forbade another from benefitting from him/her and then did a number of actions on the person's behalf. This Mishna seems to follow Chanan's position in our Mishna. Howe...

Study Guide Ketubot 107 Rav and Shmuel disagree about whether the court can get involved and decide to award food payments to a wife from her husband's assets if he is abroad and she claims that he left her no money. Shmuel holds that they cannot, however, if they hear that he is dead, then they can award her money for food. Two explanations for Shmuel's position are brought. What is the practical...

Study Guide Ketubot 106 The last week of Masechet Ketubot learning is sponsored in honor of Aviva Adler's Siyum HaShas by the members of her Navi chavura - Naomi, Tova, Vivi, Chani, Shoshana, Mindy and their spouses. "Aviva, we wish you many more years of learning in good health surrounded by all those who love you and continue to be inspired by you." Today's daf is sponsored in honor of the marri...

Today's daf is sponsored by Gail Licht and family in loving memory of her father's yahrzeit, HaRav Avraham Shaul Halevi ben Yaakov. Admon and Chanan were two judges ( dayanei gezeirot ) who ruled on various matters in which the rabbis or others disagreed with them. The last chapter of Ketubot deals with two rulings of Chanan and seven of Admon. If a husband goes abroad and his wife demands sustena...

Today's daf is sponsored by Jessica Shklar in honor of her sister, Hadran stalwart Ruth Leah Kahan. "In appreciation for hosting my boys and their miscellaneous friends who have been visiting Israel over the last few months. Thank you for giving them a home." As Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi was about to die, the rabbis decreed a fast, prayed for his recovery, and declared that anyone who says Rebbi died wi...

A case was brought regarding a man who rented a millstone and in exchange for payment, he ground the wheat for the owner. When the owner became rich and no longer needed the services of the grinder, he wanted to get paid money for the rental of the millstone. Can he force him to pay the money? Can we learn the answer to this question from the case in our Mishna with the two husbands who are forced...

Today's daf is sponsored by Gitta Neufeld in loving memory of her mother-in-law, Alice Neufeld, Aidel bat Natan veSara. "She was the Naomi to my (I hope) Ruth. We were blessed to have Oma live with us when she could no longer live alone - at a feisty 90 - and continue to be blessed as we watch our children and grandchildren follow in her ways of Torah, Yirat Shamayim and Hatzneya Lechet.  Yehi Zic...

Rav and Shmuel differ on the case referred to in the Mishna regarding a minor who refuses. Is it referring to a minor who actually refused ( mi'un ) or is it referring to a minor who could potentially refuse? Shmuel said it is one who actually refused, which is consistent with a statement he made elsewhere which lists halachic differences between a minor who refused and a minor who was divorced. W...

If the widow sells items of the orphans for a loss, the sale is invalid, but if the judges do it, they have a margin of error of up to a sixth. Rashbag holds even higher than that we do not invalidate the sale of the judges, as the courts have more power than individuals - in the words of the Mishna, "If not, what is the power of the courts?" What is the law regarding a messenger who sells an orph...

Study Guide Ketubot 99 Today's daf is sponsored by Elana Kermaier in loving memory of her father Moshe Fox, Moshe Yehuda ben Harav Binyamin and Chaya Tzipora, on his 5th yahrzeit, which was yesterday. "I sorely miss his humor and warmth and the special relationship he had with his grandchildren." The Gemara asks various questions regarding the laws of messengers who don't do exactly what they are...

A case is brought to show that we don't hold like Rabbi Shimon regarding his opinion that a woman who collects part of her ketuba cannot collect food payments anymore. If a woman sells her late husband's property to collect from it her ketuba money and she does not make the sale in front of a court, does she need to swear to the orphans (there is a debate about what exactly she would need to swear...

When a woman sells her late husband's property for food payments, how much land can she sell at a time, and in what type of installments does she receive the money? Two opinions are brought and support from braitot are brought for each position. If she sold the land for food payments and then when she wanted to receive her ketuba payment, there was no land left in the estate, could she collect the...

A question is asked regarding the language in the Mishna. Is it saying that "all widows get supported by the orphans" (as was the custom in the Galilee) or "a widow who gets supported by the orphans…" (as was the custom in Judea as the orphan could insist she stop taking food payments and they could just pay her the ketuba money and end the relationship). The Gemara tries to prove this from a stat...

Study Guide Ketubot 95 Today's daf is sponsored by Deborah Spinner in loving memory of her mother and mother-in-law. The Mishna discusses a situation where a man is married to two wives and sells his property. If the first wife tells the buyer that she waives her rights to the property for collecting her ketuba, the second wife can collect it from the buyer, then the first wife can collect it from...