Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran

Today's daf is sponsored in honor of our dear friend Debbie Gvir from her Hadran zoom family with prayers for a speedy recovery. We are in awe of her courageous and inspirational commitment to the daf through trials and tribulations. Today's daf is sponsored by Jill Shames in honor of her 40th wedding anniversary and 25 years since making Aliyah! "As it is with learning, so it is with life: the th...

Today's daf is sponsored in honor of our dear friend Debbie Gvir from her Hadran zoom family with prayers for a speedy recovery. We are in awe of her courageous and inspirational commitment to the daf through trials and tribulations. Today's daf is sponsored by Jill Shames in honor of her 40th wedding anniversary and 25 years since making Aliyah! "As it is with learning, so it is with life: the th...

This week of learning is sponsored anonymously for the refuah shleima of Tova Motel bat Chanah Etel. The repentance of the Jewish people when Achashverosh took off his ring to sign the edict to kill the Jews was greater than all the repentance generated by the 48 male and 7 female prophets. All those prophets didn't add or detract from anything written in the Torah, except for instituting the read...

This is the daf for Shabbat. For Friday's daf, click here. Today's daf is sponsored by Keren Sherrington on her birthday in loving memory of her grandfather Avraham and grandmothers Miriam and Chana. "I miss them and am honored that my daughters are named after them and keep their memories alive." Today's daf is also sponsored by Susan Cashdan in loving memory of her father Yitzchak ben Moshe Chon...

Today's daf is sponsored by Shaindy Kurzmann in honor of the yahrzeit of her mother, Rivkah bat HaRav Simchah Bunim, this Shabbat, 21 Tevet. "My youngest sister, who lives in Neve Daniel, and I, who live in Monsey, have just found out this week – after two years! – that both of us have been learning Daf Yomi since the beginning of this cycle, and we can picture our mother asking us to share what w...

Today's daf is sponsored by Shaindy Kurzmann in honor of the yahrzeit of her mother, Rivkah bat HaRav Simchah Bunim, this Shabbat, 21 Tevet. "My youngest sister, who lives in Neve Daniel, and I, who live in Monsey, have just found out this week – after two years! – that both of us have been learning Daf Yomi since the beginning of this cycle, and we can picture our mother asking us to share what w...

Study Guide Megillah 11 Today's daf is sponsored by Terri Krivosha for a speedy and full recovery of her husband, Hayim ben Fage Rivah, Hayim Herring, from Covid.  Different rabbis would start their drashot on the Megillah from various verses from the Prophets and the Writings and connected them to the story of Purim. After mentioning various "beginnings" of these drashot, the Gemara moves to the...

Study Guide Megillah 10 Today's daf is sponsored by Cheryl and Avi Savitsky in loving memory of Cheryl's father Dr. Steven F. Stein, Shimon Feibush ben Yisrael Yitzchak HaKohen on his 38th yahrzeit.  Today's daf is also sponsored by Ann Goldhirsch for a refuah shleimah for Sarah Nechah bat Leah. What are the differences and similarities between Shilo and Jerusalem? One of the differences is that o...

Study Guide Megillah 9 Today's daf is sponsored by Suri Stern in loving memory of her father Ruby Davis, Harav Reuvain ben Harav Chaim. "He was the first gabbai in the White Shul in Far Rockaway and completed Shas many times over and transmitted his ahvavat habriyot to his family."  Can holy books be written in any language? According to the Mishna they can be, however tefillin and mezuzot can onl...

Study Guide Megillah 8 Today's daf is sponsored by Yehudit Cohen in loving memory of Yitzchak Eitan ben Yehudit Shulamit.  The only difference between the one who vows not to benefit from another and one who vows not to benefit from one's food is walking within the other's territory and borrowing vessels that are not used for food preparation. Is walking through someone else's property considered...

Today's daf is sponsored by Norman Eliaser in honor of his wife, Shira Eliaser, on her birthday! "Happy birthday to Shira  - my wife, favorite chevruta, and favorite teacher!" Today's daf is sponsored by Becki Goldstein in loving memory of her father Yoel Ben Meir Fromm. "He was a lone Holocaust survivor who although arriving in Canada with no family or emotional support at the age of 19, still be...

Is the city Reket mentioned in Joshua 19:35 referring to Tiberias or is Chamat? Perhaps Rakat is Tzipori? What about Kineret? Rabbi Yochanan and Rava disagree about the identification of these cities. Zeira said that Kitron is Tzipori. However, since Kitron is in Zevulun's land and Zevulun complained that they were not given good land, how could this be? Or is it just that the grass is always gree...

Study Guide Megillah 5 Today's daf is sponsored by Naomi and Adam Ferziger in honor of the engagement of their daughter Avital (a former student of Michelle's) to Sefi Becker. Mazal tov!  Is it necessary to have ten people when reading the Megillah? Does it matter if it is read on time or not? What counts as a big city for determining the date for reading the Megillah? In the cases where the date...

Study Guide Megillah 4 Today's daf is sponsored by Catriella Freedman in loving memory of her mother 5th Yahrzeit, Gerda Stein, Freida bat Fruma. "She died in Eretz Yisrael, the place she firmly believed was her spiritual home. I think of you every day and always hear your encouragement to pursue the intellectual and thoughtful life".  The daf is also sponsored by Julie Mendelsohn in honor of her...

Study Guide Megilla 3 Today's daf is sponsored by Joel Silberstein in loving memory of Mazal Tov bat Shalom. Several statements made in the name of either Rabbi Yirmia or Rabbi Chia bar Abba are brought. One related to the letters in the Hebrew alphabet that have a different form when they appear at the end of a word. Was that established by the Prophets? Or earlier? Another explained who first tr...

Study Guide Megillah 2 This month's learning is sponsored by Jordana and Kalman Schoor on behalf of their daughter Daria Esther who is completing Masechet Megilla in honor of her Bat Mitzva this month. "Daria attended the Hadran siyum and there is no doubt that her attendance inspired her to learn each chapter with a different family member and begin her journey into the world of Gemara learning."...

Siyum Masechet Taanit is sponsored by Rella Feldman and family "In honor of all the Daf Yomi learners internationally and the dedicated teachers who make it possible. Thank you Rabbanit Michelle Farber for your daily inspiration and to Ilana Kurshan for your shiur today."  Siyum Masechet Taanit is sponsored by Sara Averick and Jose Rosenfeld in loving memory of Leah & Nathan Averick and Rochel & W...

This week's learning is sponsored as a zechut for a refuah shleima for Chava Naami bat Daba Chana, Evie Haar, b'toch she'ar cholei Yisrael, by the Hadran Women of Long Island. May our learning be a source of strength and merit for the entire family. Today's daf is sponsored by Moshe & Aviva Schwartz in honor of their cousins, Amalia Gerber "Mazal tov for completing your first siyum of Mishnayot Ne...

Study Guide Taanit 29 How do we know that the five events mentioned in the Mishna as having occurred on the 9th of Av, were actually on that date? The Romans decreed to kill Rabban Gamliel but a Roman officer saved him in exchange for a promise by Rabban Gamliel that he would be promised a place in the World to Come. A story is told of young children of kohanim that committed suicide during the de...

Study Guide Taanit 28 Today's daf is sponsored by Sharon Raanan in loving memory of Menachem Yitzchak Ben Shaul and Susan Bat Rachel. Today's daf is also sponsored by Karen Kosowsky in loving memory of her mother, Elaine Ackerman, Esther Masha bat Aharon "She always loved learning and would have loved to be a part of the Hadran community."   In which prayers of the maamadot would they read the Tor...

Study Guide Taanit 27 Today's daf is sponsored by Judi Felber on the third yartzeit of Yovel MorYosef and Yossi Cohen, who were killed in a terror attack at Givat Assaf and for the continued refuah sheleima of her son, Netanel Ilan ben Shayna Tzpora, who was critically injured in the attack.  Today's daf is sponsored by Patti Evans in loving memory of her mother, Gloria Weisman's, first yahrzeit....

Study Guide Taanit 26 Today's daf is sponsored by Geri Goldstein Guedalia in loving memory of her mother, Helen Saipe, Tzippa Hinda bat Avraham v'Devora Draza on her shloshim. Today's daf is also sponsored by David and Jael Eichin on behalf of their daughter's first birthday. "Mazal Tov to our wonderful daughter Maayan Rachel. One year ago today you joined us in this world on the eve of the ninth...

Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa was so poor that his wife would pretend that they had food. A story is brought to highlight this. One day she pushes Rabbi Chanina to pray to end their poverty but when their prayers are answered, they realize there is a price to pay and they request from God to take it back. A few stories tell of other miracles that Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa was known for, some of them involvi...

Today's daf is sponsored by Earl Norman in honor of his wife Tamara Norman. "To my wife who is the embodiment of eishet chayyil ." Today's daf is also sponsored by Gabrielle and Daniel Altman in honor of the 85th birthday of their father and grandfather, Hon. Herbert Altman.  Stories are told of Rabbi Yosi from Yokrat. Rabbi Yosi son of Rabbi Avin was his student but leaves him to learn with Rav A...