Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran

Study Guide Sukkah 8 Pictures Today's daf is sponsored by Zeev Felsen in memory of his grandmother Shirley Felsen, Sarah bat Ze'ev HaKohen, on her yahrtzeit. She valued education and loved the Land of Israel. Never had the opportunity to learn Talmud, but enjoyed learning about Rambam at elder hostels. She would enjoy these shiurim if she could figure out what a podcast is. Rabbi Yochanan said tha...

Study Guide Sukkah 7 Pictures Today's daf is dedicated anonymously in memory of H'Ari Hakadosh. The third wall of the sukkah (according to the rabbis) only needs to be one handbreadth. Where should that third wall be positioned? Do the same definitions apply to Shabbat? Abaye shows that several positions held by different rabbis are all part of the same concept - each of them hold that a sukkah ne...

Study Guide Sukkah 6 Pictures Today's daf is sponsored by Deborah Aschheim (Weiss) NYC "with much thanks to Hashem for the very speedy refuah shlema of Robert Weiss (Aaron ben Chana) from very recent partial knee replacement. Thank you to the entire staff of HSS for restoring Robert's life. And also with gratitude for the refuah slema of Yaacov Shimon ben Yisraela." And by Malka Abraham in honor o...

Pictures Today's daf is sponsored by the Shuster family of Edison in memory of Sharonna's mother Sandra Shimoff and Ozer's grandmother Malka Shuster. A sukkah that is not ten handbreadths tall is invalid. Where do we learn this from? The first source is from the Ark which was ten handbreadths tall together with the kaporet . God spoke to Moshe from above that space according to the verse - from th...

Study Guide Sukkah 4 Pictures Today's daf is sponsored by Deborah Aschheim (Weiss) NYC in honor of the recent graduation of Racheli Weiss Bergfeld from Bar Ilan University. "Mazal Tov, Racheli. Dad and I are very proud of you!" And by Goldie Gilad on the yahrzeit of her mother's family, ע"ה, who were killed in the holocaust: Yaacov and Sarah Cukerman and their sons: Fishel, Aharon, Leib, and Faige...

Study Guide Sukkah 3 Today's daf is sponsored by Elizabeth Kirshner "in loving memory of my father, Rabbi Gabriel M. Kirshner (HaRav Gavriel Meir ben HaRav Shraga Feivel), on his 25th yahrtzeit. I continue to grow, his absence feels even more prominent and painful at times, I imagine and grieve all the learning we could have explored together; I deeply hope that every word of Torah I learn on my D...

Study Guide Sukkah 2 The learning of Masechet Sukka is sponsored by Jonathan Katz in memory of his mother Margaret Katz (Ruth bat Avraham). Today's daf is sponsored by Marcia Baum in memory of the 18th Yartzeit that will be on Shabbat of her father Sam Baum, Chaim Simcha ben Aharon HaLevi and Liba. "My dad was a larger than life individual , full of joy and love for Judaism ,family and friends. He...

Study Guide Yoma 88 The Siyum of Masechet Yoma is dedicated by Esti Ben-David and Rachel Keren – neés Urbach "In memory of our parents who opened the gates of Torah for us and guided us through them. In memory of our late Father, Ephraim Elimelech Urbach z"l, whose 30th Yahrzeit we have just commemorated. During his lifetime, our father never stopped learning and teaching generations of students....

Study Guide Yoma 87 Today's daf is sponsored in honor of Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter and the South Philadelphia Shtiebel on their siyum of Mesechet Yoma! "We are so inspired by your learning and leadership. Sending so much love your way!! Love, Chayim and Rena Fruchter, Temim Fruchter, Yoshie Fruchter and Leah Koenig, Ora Fruchter and Bradford Jordan, Hannah Heller, Elliot Heller, Amy Supraner and Davi...

Does repentance atone even for negative commandments or does one need to atone and also wait for Yom Kippur? What are the differences in the levels of atonement addressed by Rabbi Yishmael? What is considered a desecration of the name of God that only death atones for? What are the different virtues of repentance? Should one reveal his sins in public or keep silent about them? On what does it depe...

Today's daf is sponsored by Jonathan Katz in memory of his mother Margaret Katz (Ruth bat Avraham), "who was always sensitive to mitzvot bein adam la'chavero and extended that to a sensitivity and care for all living creatures. And by Caroline Ben Ari on the shloshim of Judy Prager, Yehudit bat Rabbi Yehuda and Daya, the mother of a dear friend Anne. "Anne has been there for me through thick and t...

Study Guide Yoma 84 This week's learning is sponsored by Elana and Danny Storch. "Thank You to our dear friends Miriam and Eric Feldstein for their generous hospitality throughout the years. With love and deep appreciation." And for a refuah shleima to Deborah Shulamit bat Yocheved Chana. This week's learning is also sponsored by Howard Jacoby Ruben in honor of Debby Jacoby for a wonderful first d...

This is the daf for Shabbat. For Friday's daf, click here. Today's daf is sponsored by Vicki Herzog in honor of her father, Izzy Herzog. "May today's learning go to the Ilui of his Neshama. I miss my father each and every day." How does one determine on what basis to let a sick person eat on Yom Kippur? Rabbi Yannai discusses scenarios where the sick person may feel differently than the doctor - i...

Study Guide Yoma 82 From what age do children need to fast? What are the laws regarding chinuch on this issue? From what age do they fast part of the day? The mishna refers to "one or two years before" regarding fasting for part of the day. Why does it say "one or two"? Rav Chisda says that we distinguish between weaker and stringer children. The gemara (according to Rashi) assumes that the mishna...

Study Guide Yoma 81 Today's daf is sponsored with love by Arlee and Kenny to Tamara Katz, "wishing you a very happy birthday. Thank you for providing us with the inspiration to learn the daf, which we can't wait to pass on to our daughter Millie." Food and drink cannot combine for a requisite amount to obligate one. Is this only one person's opinion? Why is there no warning on Yom Kippur, i.e. "do...

Study Guide Yoma 80 Today's shiur is dedicated for a refuah shleima of Devora Shulamit bat Yocheved Chana. Usually the requisite amount for eating is an olive bulk but the size for the impurity of food is an exception - the size of an egg. This is derived from a change in language in the verse. This idea is reinforced from Yom Kippur where also a change in language reflects and change in requisite...

Study Guide Yoma 79 The measurement for which one is liable for karet for eating on Yom Kippur is mentioned in the mishna as a date with its pit. Rav Pappa asks if it is referring to a date + its pit or not? Rav Ashi asks a similar question regarding the amount for which a bone passed on impurity – the size of barley – with its husk or not? Dry or moist? Why didn't each of them ask the other quest...

Today's daf is sponsored by Natasha Shabbat in honor of the second yahrtzeit of her father. "My teacher, David ben Shalom haKohen v'Sarah was a brilliant doctor and a lifelong learner and teacher. He would have been very proud of me for taking on the commitment to Daf Yomi and very interested to hear all about it. I still want to call him every day to tell him what I've learned in today's Daf." In...

Study Guide Yoma 77 Today's daf is sponsored by Elisheva Gray in loving memory of her dear husband Ron, z''l, on his tenth yahrzeit. "Grateful for the 25 years we had together. We never took one moment of it for granted and created so many wonderful memories together. Ron was truly a mensch, a gentleman, a wonderful cook and a sage in his own right. I miss him every day, and I know he would be stu...

Study Guide Yoma 76 Today's daf is sponsored by Danny and Sara Berelowitz "in honor of the bar-mitzva of our grandson Ariel Berelowitz on Shabbat Parashat Balak." After the gemara brings another way of understanding the verse, "Strong bread was eaten by a man", the gemara continues with three more discussions dealing with manna . The first - why did the manna go down daily? The second deals with t...

Study Guide Yoma 75 Today's daf is sponsored by Becki Goldstein "following a family Shabbat Chukat of inspiring divrai torah and uplifting zmirot, celebrating my son Oryahel's 40th birthday, a siyum massechet by his 11 year old son and the graduation from yeshivat of 2 grandsons. זוכה לראות בנים ובני בנים עוסקים בתורה. Thank you to Rabbanit Michelle who enriches our daf yomi by making it relevant...

Study Guide Yoma 74 Today's daf is sponsored by Art Gould in thanks to HaShem for 48 years of marriage to my beloved bride and partner for life Carol Robinson. 50 years ago this August at a Hillel Summer Institute in Starlight, Pennsylvania on Erev Shabbat before davening I said to this really cute girl "sit with me and I'll get you a prayer book". (She said Yes!) We've been inseparable ever since...

Study Guide Yoma 73 Rav Dimi says that the Kohen who is anointed to strengthen the soldiers when going out to war wears the garments of the Kohen Gadol when he works in the Temple. Ravin says that he wears them when consulting with God through the Urim v'Tumim. Two questions are raised against Rav Dimi. Through these questions, an answer is given that the Kohen who is anointed for war cannot wear...

Study Guide Yoma 72 Today's daf is sponsored by Dahlia Levy in honor of her 50th birthday, and in honor of the wedding anniversary of her dear friends and role models, Rabbanit Michelle and Rabbi Seth Farber. Mazel tov to Eric Leiderman and Sarah Pila on their wedding yesterday. And a refuah shleima to Netanel Ilan ben Shayna Tzippora.  How do we know how many threads were used in the rest of the...

Study Guide Yoma 71 Today's daf is sponsored by Jill Shames upon the Shloshim of her father, Ze'ev Velvel ben Reuven v'Chana, Bill Baker in gratitude for the love of learning he instilled in his children, his grandchildren and his great-grandchildren.  And by Rivkie Berger Samson in memory of her father, Shea Berger, Yehoshua Heschel ben Ephraim Yisroel HaLevi, on his first yartzeit. "My father's...