Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran

Study Guide Chagigah 3 Today's daf is sponsored by Tracy Akner for a refuah shleima for Shifra Hadassah bat Chana and Shimon ben Tziporah.  The Gemara establishes that one who can hear but not speak and one who can speak but not hear is exempt from the mitzva of "seeing" – coming to the Temple and bringing holiday burnt offerings but obligated in the chagigah sacrifices. This exemption is derived...

Study Guide Chagigah 2 Masechet Chagigah is sponsored in honor of Debra Rappaport Rosen by her family on the occasion of her finishing Shas at the end of this Masechet. "We are in awe at her incredible achievement of finishing all of Shas! Her seven-plus years of dedication and focus set a remarkable example and serve as a bold inspiration to our family and to Jewish women around the world. Our de...

Siyum Masechet Moed Katan is sponsored by Miriam Tannenbaum l'iluy nishmat Jack Zemsky, her father, Yaakov Yitzhak ben Moshe Nachum HaLevi and Miriam Esther z"l, whose 18th yahrzeit was yesterday, the 8th of Adar. "Our father's life, like Moed Katan encompassed both the twinning of and the dialectic between simcha & aveilut. In dealing with life's challenges, he both confronted them and chose to l...

Today's daf is sponsored anonymously to those who maintain the Hadran website. "During Megillah we got way behind. We started to double and triple up on dapim and are managing to celebrate Siyum Moed Katan with everyone! I wish to encourage others to not be discouraged if they get in a similar situation." Today's daf is sponsored by Heather Stone for the refuah shlemah of Robert Stone, Yehuda Leib...

Pictures Today's daf is sponsored by Lisa Wolkenfeld for the continued refuah shleima of Yakira Leeba bat Sara Gita. Today's daf is sponsored by Stacey Goodstein Ashtamker in loving memory of her father in law Eliyahu Ashtamker on the shloshim and her father Jack Goodstein. "My father-in-law brought his young family including my husband on aliyah from India in 1970. He was a well-known Chazan in t...

Study Guide Moed Katan 26 Today's daf is sponsored by Erica Kolatch in loving memory of her mother's 6th yahrzeit, the Honorable Constance Glube, Chaya Rachel bat Shmuel z"l. "In later years she downplayed her brilliant career, but always lived by Tzedek Tzedek Tirdoff." Today's daf is sponsored by Gitta and David Neufeld for the refuah shleima of Rachel bat Golda Mariam. For what relationships/si...

Study Guide Moed Katan 25 The Mishna establishes that only family members tear kriya , remove their shirt off their shoulder and partake in the meal immediately following the burial called the seudat havraa . Some explain this Mishna is referring to one who died on chol hamoed. The Gemara raises a number of questions from cases where others tear kriya and as well as keep other mourning practices,...

Pictures Shmuel held there are no laws of mourning on Shabbat. The rabbis said that Shmuel held that a mourner who engages in sexual relations is liable for death at the hands of God. Rav Papa questions this as it merely says one can't do it, but never says anything about the death penalty. He corrects them by saying that one who cuts one's hair and doesn't rend one's garments is liable to the dea...

Study Guide Moed Katan 23 Today's daf is dedicated by Debbie Gevir and her husband Yossi, in memory of Shimon ben Feiga Rayzel and Chaim Aryeh who passed away just as last Shabbat ended. "My uncle Shimmy was brilliant and talented with a strong love for Judaism, classical music, boating...and a great zest for life. He chose a different path than his orthodox family, becoming a prominent Reform Rab...

Study Guide Moed Katan 22 Pictures Today's daf is sponsored by Carol Robinson and Art Gould in gratitude to Hashem and Carol's medical team, and to the caring group of their Hadran Zoom friends. "After three months of scans, medical procedures and two surgeries, Carol has been declared - B"H - cancer free!".  Today's daf is sponsored by Tzippy and Mark Wolkenfeld to celebrate the birth and Brit Mi...

Study Guide Moed Katan 21 This month's shiurim are dedicated by Ruth Rotenberg in loving memory of her daughter Tanielle Miller, a"h, on her 17th yahrzeit and David Ze'ev Rotenberg on his recent passing. "Today we celebrate and commemorate Tanielle's short and powerful life. She loved learning, Israel, and doing chessed. We are grateful to family and friends who have shared how they bring Tanielle...

Study Guide Moed Katan 20 Today's learning is dedicated to Rabbanit Michelle Farber by the thousands of students around the world in honor of your birthday… בת חמישים לעצה. In Masechet Shabbat, you taught us that מֵילָתָא אַלָּבֵישַׁיְיהוּ יַקִּירָא. Fine wool is precious to she who wears it. That is, a student loves the teachings of her teacher. Rabbanit Michelle, we are honored and lucky to lear...

Pictures Today's daf is sponsored by Carol Robinson and Arthur Gould in loving memory of Carol's mother, Irma Robinson, Hudda Bat Moshe, z"l. "Today is her 7th yahrzeit. Irma moved from New Haven to Chicago to marry Lou and build a rich life there including lifelong friends, work she loved at a nearby high school library and active participation in her synagogue. She lived with Alzheimer's for sev...

This week's learning is sponsored by Jay Levine in honor of Rabbi Nicki Greninger, on the occasion of her son Oren's Bar Mitzvah. "Thank you for deepening my learning, sharing my enthusiasm for Daf Yomi, and bringing me back into Talmud study." Today's daf is sponsored by Arnold Shuster in loving memory of his mother Devorah Shuster. "Both her children attended Maimonides School and she was a firm...

Pictures Today's daf is sponsored by Carol Robinson and Art Gould in loving memory of Art's father Joseph, Yosef ben Shlomo Shabtai v'Rachel z"l. "Today is his 23nd yahrtzeit. Joe was an ordinary man of extraordinary dignity, decency and dedication. After WWII he worked for the INS welcoming immigrants to membership in America. I miss him and wish we had had more time together." The Gemara discuss...

One gets excommunicated if one refuses a subpoena to the court. Rava explains various details of a subpoena to court. Who sends it? What details need to be there? Some of these laws are derived from the story of Korach. From where do we derive that someone can be excommunicated for not showing up to court and that we publicize their sins? That and other related issues are derived from verses in th...

Pictures Today's daf is sponsored by Terri Krivosha and Rabbi Hayim Herring in honor of the birth of their granddaughter Orly Nessa, named after Terri's father Nahum Meir. "May she bring light to the world as her Saba Raba did." Today's daf is sponsored by Catriella Freedman in loving memory of her father, Zvi Stein, on his 3rd Yahrzeit on Shabbat. "You taught us (in Yiddish) that you can't dance...

Today's daf is sponsored by Sondria Atkin in loving memory of her grandmother, Rochel bat Harry on her 39th yahrzeit.  Who is permitted to shave or launder during chol hamoed? Why it is forbidden to shave on chol hamoed? Rabbi Zeira asked: If due to circumstances beyond his's control, he was not able to shave before the holiday, would he be permitted to shave on chol hamoed – should we say it wasn...

Study Guide Moed Katan 13 Pictu res Today's daf is sponsored by Ruth Rotenberg in loving memory of her daughter Tanielle Miller, on her 17th yahrzeit. "Today we celebrate and commemorate Tanielle's short and powerful life. She loved learning, Israel, and doing chessed." Today's daf is sponsored by Harriet Hartman in loving memory of her parents' yahrzeits this week, Fruma bat Ester (Florence) and...

Pictures Today's daf is sponsored by Judith Weil in loving memory of Rabbi Simcha Krauss who passed away this past Thursday. "A gadol hador who believed history will judge us on the issue of Agunot and so devoted his life and extraordinary knowledge and abilities to ameliorate their plight. Yehi zichro baruch." Today's daf is sponsored anonymously to show love and support for women undergoing IVF....

Study Guide Moed Katan 11 Pictures This week's learning is sponsored by Michael Gordon in honor of his wife Avigail and daughter Tzipora's shared Hebrew birthday. "I am continually inspired by both of you." This week's daf is sponsored by Tina Senders Lamm in loving memory of her mother, Peppy Senders, Pesha Rivka bat Gershon Ha'Cohen u'Bina, whose 18th yahrzeit will be on Shabbat. "She was wise,...

Pictures In what ways is one allowed to sew on chol hamoed? What is the difference between how a regular person can sew and an expert? What is the test for determining if one is an expert? What actions regarding putting a bed together are permitted according to the different opinions? There are two opinions in the Mishna and the Gemara brings two different ways of understanding the two different o...

Study Guide Moed Katan 9 Pictures Today's daf is sponsored by Adina Polak in loving memory of Shlomit Bat Bessi. Today's daf is sponsored by Leah Goldford in loving memory of her mother-in-law, Joyce Goldford, Zissel Pessel Bat Eliyahu Mordechai Ha-levi on her 11th yahrzeit. "Her motto was: "if you don't have anything good to say, say nothing." This wasn't a mere expression but the way she lived h...

Study Guide Moed Katan 8 Pictures Today's daf is sponsored by Shira Eliaser in honor of Ellen Jaffe Cogan's birthday. "Happy birthday to a lifelong Torah learner, a devoted Jewish woman, and a very special Bubbie. With love from her children and grandchildren too." Today's daf is sponsored by Judy & David Gilberg in loving memory of Judy's sister, Hanna Cohn, Chana Sara Bat Meir Tuvyan v'Eshkah, o...