Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran

What does God have to say about those who sin on Yom Kippur? What about the Satan? Does he get heard on Yom Kippur? On what does it depend? What time was the removal of the ashes performed on different days of the year? Why? What is the definition of the word "gever" in the phrase "kriat hagever"? Is it a person or a rooster? Rav and Rabbi Shila disagree and a story is told of a day when Rav was t...

Study Guide Yoma 19 Today's daf will be in memory of all those who were killed in the stampede in Meron last night and for a refuah shleima for all those injured. Today's daf is also sponsored by Heather Seid. "I am so blessed to have a partner who is also my chevruta. I love you, Sammy. Thank you for encouraging me to do Daf Yomi. I've already gotten so much out of the experience."   The Kohen Ga...

Study Guide Yoma 18 Today's daf is sponsored by Aryeh Cohen in honor of his wife Lillian's Birthday. Wishing her a very happy birthday on her special birthday today. "Lillian was so inspired by the Hadran women's Siyum Hashas last year that she took on Daf Yomi and enjoys discussing the gemara at home. With much love and appreciation to a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother from husband Aryeh,...

Study Guide Yoma 17 Pictures Rav Ada son of Rav Yitzchak brings a different suggestion for how to resolve the contradiction between the mishna in Middot and the mishna in Tamid – the chamber of the sheep must have been able to be perceived as both in the North and in the South, depending on one's perspective. But in which was it actually situated? The gemara concludes that it must on been in the S...

Study Guide Yoma 16 Pictures Today's daf is sponsored by Julie Landau in honor of Caroline Ben Ari, "a wonderful friend and chevruta, whose example inspired me to begin learning daf yomi." The gemara brings a contradiction between a mishna in Tamid and a mishna in Midot and reconciles it by saying that the mishna in Midot follows Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov's tradition. This is proven by bringing ano...

Study Guide Yoma 15 תמונות The gemara brings two different approaches to resolve the contradiction in the mishnayot of Yoma regarding the order of the cleaning of the menorah and the burning of the incense - which was first. The gemara analyzes each of the different approaches and brings proofs/difficulties on each. The gemara then goes back to the mishna in Tamid Chapter 4, Mishna 1, quoted in th...

Study Guide Yoma 14 Today's daf is taught as part of the International Women's Talmud Day. An initiative that we at Hadran are happy to be part of. If you are looking for more classes as part of this day, follow the link. https://www.internationalwomenstalmudday.com/schedule Did Rabbi Yehuda really say that a Kohen Gadol can't work in the Temple as a onen , lest he come to eat the meat? How does t...

Do we hold like Rabbi Meir or Rabbi Yosi in their debate regarding the situation of the Kohen who replaces the Kohen Gadol when the original Kohen Gadol comes back to his job? On what issues does Rabbi Yosi agree with Rabbi Meir? The gemara delves into the back and forth discussion in the mishna between Rabbi Yehuda and the rabbis regarding a replacement wife for the Kohen Gadol in case his wife w...

Study Guide Yoma 12 Pictures Today's daf is sponsored by Peri Rosenfeld on the 11th yahrzeit of Yishaya Zev (Willie) Rosenfeld "who took great pride in the accomplishments and learning of his daughters. His devotion to hilarious storytelling was only surpassed by his love of his family, yiddishkeit and the State of Israel. He is sorely missed." The gemara gave three different explanations regardin...

Study Guide Yoma 11 Pictures Today's daf is sponsored by Shana Lowell for the refuah of Bobby Schochet, Shaina Rochel bat Rivka. Bobby is an artist, loving mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend. She is both loyal and giving, and has always been supportive of women's learning.  And for a refuah shleima for  Noach Avraham ben Batya Shana. What types of places are obligated in mezuza? Rav Kahana and...

Study Guide Yoma 10 Today's daf is sponsored by Ellen Golub in loving memory of her aunt, Lottie Cohen, on her seventh yahrzeit. "Auntie Lottie spoke a beautiful Yiddish and was a woman of extraordinary patience, love, and generosity of spirit. Yehi zichrona li'vracha." And by Yoni Bock to his partner Ron Kaplan on achieving a half-century milestone. "From never having studied a page of Talmud to...

Study Guide Yoma 9 This week's learning is dedicated by Audrey Mondrow in memory of her precious mother Bessie "Nanny" Mauskopf,  Basya Leah bat Meir Yehuda and Tzevia Chaya. "A woman who not only practiced the Torah laws but by her actions and her being, taught us the thread that holds the entire Torah together and that is the manner in which she conducted herself.  The gemara quotes a mishna abo...

Study Guide Yoma 8 Pictures Today's daf is dedicated for a refuah shleima for Basmat bat Yardena and Noach Avraham ben Batya Shana. How do Rabbi Yehuda and Rabbi Shimon extrapolate the different parts of the verse relating to the tzitz each according to their interpretation? Are there other tannaim who debate the issue: is impurity overridden or is it entirely permitted? How many of the days do th...

Study Guide Yoma 7 Rav Nachman and Rav Sheshet disagree regarding whether impurity is pushed aside or entirely permitted in cases involving the public. The gemara brings three tannaitic sources (including Tosefta Menachot Chapter 3) to raise difficulties against Rav Nachman, but answers them. From the answers, it becomes clear that Rav Nachman held that there were a few exceptions to the rule and...

Study Guide Yoma 6 Today's daf is dedicated by Hannah and Michael Piotrkowski for a refuah shleima of Yaakov Haim Ben Saada, a man who is an awesome presence in his family. May he heal from COVID and return to his family in full health.  What are the proof texts for the different opinions regarding how Moshe dressed Aharon and his sons with the avnet , belt: all at once or one after the other? How...

Study Guide Yoma 5 The shiurim this week are dedicated by the Balkany Family for refuah shleima of Noach Avraham ben Batya Shana. And by Yonatan Hober for a refuah shleima and a successful operation for Bosmat bat Yardena. What are the differences between the approaches of Rabbi Yochanan and Rabbi Chanina regarding whether or not all the details of the days of the inauguration were essential or on...

Study Guide Yoma 4 Our learning today will be in honor of the State of Israel celebrating 73 years of independence. And in honor of Dr. Haya Shames who was chosen to light a beacon at the Independence Day ceremony of Neve Daniel, a beacon representing Torah study and more specifically Daf Yomi learning. Haya is a Dr. of Neuro Optometry and mother of six. She has lead many women to their Daf Yomi j...

Study Guide Yoma 3 The daf today is dedicated in memory of the fallen soldiers that were killed protecting the State of Israel and in memory of those that were killed in terrorist attacks and died by Kiddush Hashem. The month of Iyar is sponsored by the Hadran Women of Long Island group in memory of Irwin Weber a"h, Yitzchak Dov ben Avraham Alter and Rachel, beloved father of our member Debbie Web...

Pictures Yoma 2 Study Guide Yoma 2 Masechet Yoma is sponsored by Vicky Harari "in commemoration of my father's yahrtzeit, on Pesach Sheini 14 Iyar 5777, Avraham Baruch Hacohen ben Zeev Eliyahu Eckstein z'l. My father was a survivor of Auschwitz and a feminist before it was fashionable. He raised me to believe that women could achieve anything. He would be proud to know that his daughter is an avid...

Study Guide Shekalim 22 Today's daf is dedicated by Shari Mendes in memory of her father, Martin Greenwald and Rav Ronen Neuwirth ז״ל. Both had a lasting influence and meaningful effect on Shari's learning and completion of the Daf Yomi cycle. What happens when sacrificial meat (kodshei kodashim) become impure either in or out of the Temple - can they be burned inside the Temple? On what does it d...

Study Guide Shekalim 21 Today's Daf is sponsored by Julie Mendelsohn in honor of her father, Yakov Yosef ben Zipora Baila. "With gratitude to Hashem and the doctor (who asked if he could pray with you beforehand) and thanks to my fellow daf learners for their tefilot. You said the doctors don't like to operate on older people but you're not ready to stop being active! Refuah shlema Dad-- we can't...

When Rav arrived in Babylonia, he saw that people were lenient regarding meat whose kosher/non kosher status was unclear and he ruled stringently in a number of cases. Others held that if there were signs indicating it was from Jews' it would be permitted. Cases were also brought where the issue was both regarding finding meat that was ownerless – is it permitted to take? And also can one assume i...

Today's Daf is sponsored by Caroline Ben-Ari "in memory of אבי מורי Ivor Rhodes ישראל בן מאיר ושרה on his 11th yahrzeit." And by Medinah Korn "in honor of her son Uriel's Bar Mitzvah this coming Shabbat. With gratitude for the virtual celebration within our Hadran zoom community." And by Barak Schecter "in honor of Shuli Schwartz Reznicovitch who joined the staff of Hadran this week and for all th...

Today's Daf is dedicated for Yom HaShoah in memory of all those who died in the Holocaust. And by Di Gittel Kuchar "in honor of her father's second yartzeit, Moshe Ben Abraham Neuhauser a Holocaust survivor. Dad often spoke about life before and during the Shoah. At times I suffered from survivor's guilt as a child of survivors, but then I turned it around from Dad's example. One survives to fulfi...

Today's daf is sponsored by Carol Robinson - Karina Gola bat Huddah - and Art Gould "in gratitude to HaShem for the good news from Carol's scans last week. And to Carol's medical team for their excellent care - medical and emotional. And of course in gratitude to all of our friends in the Hadran Zoomer community and to Rabbanit Michelle for their affection, support and love." And by Sara and Danny...