Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran

Pictures Study Guide Eruvin 91 Today's daf is dedicated in memory of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, HaRav Yaakov Zvi ben David Aryeh, zt"l who passed away yesterday. His teachings of Torah and human values will be shared and valued for generations. May his memory be blessed and may his family be comforted among the mourners of Zion. Rav Yehuda delves into the opinions of Rabbi Meir, the rabbis and Rab...

Pictures Today's daf is dedicated by Mindy Feldman Hecht in honor of her mother, Rella Feldman's birthday. "Mom, I'm so proud by your commitment to learning daf yomi and thrilled that we are connected in our joint effort! The gemara deals with several debates between Rav and Shmuel regarding carrying on roofs according to Rabbi Meir and the rabbis and also regarding boats or a portico. Can one car...

Pictures Study Guide Eruvin 89 Today's Daf is sponsored by Stacey Goodstein Ashtamker in loving Memory of her much-missed mother Arlene Goodstein, Enya Bat Chana v' Moshe's 5th yahrzeit. "My mother's presence is felt every day with all the wonderful things she taught us, her love of Judaism and Israel, and all the strength she gave us. She would be very proud of her daughter studying Talmud." Can...

Pictures Study Guide Eruvin 88 Today's daf is sponsored by Rabbi Amy Bardack in memory of the 11 lives lost in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting two years ago today. And our learning this week will be in memory of Eli Hoffman z"l who passed away yesterday.  Why did Rabbi Chanania ben Akavia permit those three things in Tiberias? Can one use the suspended walls coming out of the ledge only to draw...

Pictures Today's daf is dedicated by Kay Weinberger for a refuah shlema to her dear sister Helen Taylor, Chana bat Chava, as well as a refuah shlema to her beloved grandson, Yuval Mironi, Yuval ben Elisheva Sarah, who is undergoing major surgery today. And by Caroline Ben-Ari in honor of her 65th birthday. Mazal Tov! The gemara compares Rabbi Yehuda's opinion permitting the wall of the courtyard t...

Pictures Study Guide Eruvin 86 Another week of our learning is dedicated for the refuah shleima of Eliahu Yonatan Ben Gittel Mira by Jeanne Klempner and Goody Weil.  We continue to pray for Eli's recovery and hope all of our learning will be a source of strength and to him and his family. According to Rabbi Yehuda, if the owner has some sort of hold on the property, even if someone else is living...

Pictures Study Guide Eruvin 85 Today's daf is dedicated by Gitta Neufeld in honor of the Hadran English Zoom Shiur. With deepest gratitude for your care and concern. "As I sat in a scary emergency room waiting room, unable to be at my husband's bedside because of COVID regulations, the shiur was my anchor and my rock. Baruch Hashem, we were able to come home - and I managed to complete the daf! הו...

Pictures Study Guide Eruvin 84 Today's daf is dedicated by Debbie Ziering in loving memory of her mother, Evelyn Trotzky, Esther Chava bat Avraham z"l on her 23rd yahrtzeit. "A woman of quiet strength, grace and dignity, taken from us much too early." And for a refuah shleima of David ben Eidel. Rav and Shmuel disagree in a place that is accessible to one location by lowering down and the other by...

Study Guide Eruvin 83 This shiur is dedicated by the Greenstone cousins in honor of the birthday of our cousin, Lana Kerzner, a lawyer and advocate of social justice, a role model to the women and men of our family.  The loaf mentioned in the mishna is relevant for various measurements - for what? Why isn't the measurement for food impurities listed in the mishna as that is also based on the loaf....

Study Guide Eruvin 83 This shiur is dedicated by the Greenstone cousins in honor of the birthday of our cousin, Lana Kerzner, a lawyer and advocate of social justice, a role model to the women and men of our family.  The loaf mentioned in the mishna is relevant for various measurements - for what? Why isn't the measurement for food impurities listed in the mishna as that is also based on the loaf....

Is it really true that every time Rabbi Yehuda says "when is this the case?" in the mishna, he is explaining the rabbi's opinion and not disagreeing? In Sanhedrin when it talks about gamblers and others who are not allowed to testify in court, Rabib Yehuda said "When is it the case? Only when they have no other occupation." And it seems that the rabbis disagree from another source. The gemara prov...

Is it really true that every time Rabbi Yehuda says "when is this the case?" in the mishna, he is explaining the rabbi's opinion and not disagreeing? In Sanhedrin when it talks about gamblers and others who are not allowed to testify in court, Rabib Yehuda said "When is it the case? Only when they have no other occupation." And it seems that the rabbis disagree from another source. The gemara prov...

Today's daf is sponsored by the Cohen, Raye and Maybaum families in honor of the 35th yahrzeit of their father Michael Maybaum, Michael Avraham Zerach z"l. "A very unique and special man who loved Torah learning and inspired his children on this path". And by Navah Levine i n memory of my spouse Claudia Yellin (Tzivya bat Leah v' Woolf z"l), on her 3rd yahrzeit a beloved partner and mother, relati...

Study Guide Eruvin 80 Today's daf is  dedicated by Judy and Jerel Shapiro in memory of the 7th yahrzeit of their dear brother David Tychman, z"l and by Risa Tzohar in loving memory of her grandmother Rissel bat Deena v'Shmuel Lev z"l on her yahrtzeit.

Pictures Today's daf is dedicated by Emma and Richard Rinberg and family in memory of Naftali Meir ben Harav Binyamin Dov and Emily Rickman on his first yahrzeit.  Naftali was 15 when he passed away, a beloved son,  grandson and brother. May his memory be blessed. And by Jeanne Klempner and Goody Weil for a refuah shleima for Eliyahu Yonatan ben Gitel Mira who is in critical condition and needs a...

Pictures The gemara continues its discussion regarding objects that can make the wall more accessible - objects jutting out of the wall - do they need ladders - situated where? If the height of the wall is 19 or more than 20, how many items jutting out of the wall need to be there and at what height and position? If there is a beam in the public domain that is 10 high and 4x4 wide and is considere...

Pictures Study Guide Eruvin 77 Today's daf (עז) is dedicated by Shelley and Jerry Gornish in memory of Oz Wilchek z"l, "our עז - our beloved and greatly missed grandson." How tall a wall is considered a separation between two courtyards that they would not be able to make an eruv together? If the wall is four handbreadths wide, each courtyard can access items at the top of the wall but cannot brin...

Pictures If there are three houses next to each other situated in between two courtyards, how can one make an eruv? What if there were only two houses? If two courtyards have a window in between them, if the window is 4x4 handbreadths and within 10 handbreadths from the ground, we consider this an opening and then can make an eruv together. What if the window was a circle, what would be the circum...

Pictures Study Guide Eruvin 75 Today's daf is dedicated by Rabbi Rebecca Einstein Schorr in honor of the first yahrtzeit of her grandfather Dov ben Yitzchak Yaakov HaLevi v'Rayzel z"l. "He would be thrilled to know that his death inspired me to take on the commitment to Daf Yomi." And by Sara Berelowitz in memory of her father Zvi ben Moshe z"l on his 12th yahrzeit. He always had a Soncino Gemara...

Pictures Study Guide Eruvin 74 Today's daf is dedicated by Yehudit Robinson in honor of Sarah Robinson, Mishna and Talmud teacher at Manhattan Day School. And by Navah Levine in honor of Rachel Levy. With appreciation to a most enthusiastic and encouraging chevruta. "Thank you for helping to keep me on this Daf Yomi Derekh. Happy birthday." In order to permit carrying in an alley by using a side p...

Pictures Study Guide Eruvin 73 Today's daf is sponsored by Arlene Sevrinsky in memory of her father, Mordechai ben Avraham z"l on his yahrzeit. He taught us to love family, torah, learning and music. May his neshama have an aliyah. And by Hannah and Michael Piotrkowski in memory of Hannah's mother, Tsina Tova bat Leib Yisroel z"l on her 50th yahrzeit. She valued humility above all and is more love...

Pictures Study Guide Eruvin 72 Today's daf is dedicated for a refuah shleima for Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Harav Yaakov Zvi ben Liba. And by Dr. Robin Zeiger and Professor Jonathan Ben-Ezra in honor of the wedding today of their daughter Nechama. "Nechama- you have no idea how much joy you bring to your father when you send him a page of Gemara you are learning in class and say, 'Abba- I remember lear...

Study Guide Eruvin 71 This month's shiurim are sponsored by Tamara Katz in honor of the yahrzeits of her grandparents,  Sarah bat Chaya v'Tzvi Hirsh and Meir Leib ben Esther v'Harav Yehoshua Zelig z"l. The gemara brings a third source to question Rav Nachman's opinion that one who inherits property on Shabbat can relinquish rights to the property. The gemara brings two answers. Ulla and Abaye disa...

Study Guide Eruvin 70 This week's shiurim are sponsored by Rabbi Fredda Cohen in honor of her grandchildren, Violet Noa and Remy Meyer, and their great grandmother bubbie Paula Cohen, on the occasion of her 88th birthday. Yom Huledet Sameach. Today's shiur is dedicated by Gary Zeitlin in honor of the 5th yahrzeit of Susan Zeitlin z"l, a "kanai" for her family and for yiddishkeit. And by Oren and R...

The mishna and the braita have different versions of Rabbi Yehuda's opinion regarding Rabban Gamliel's approach to Sadducees and eruvin. One implies the law regarding Jews is true for them that they can relinquish their rights and the other seems to hold that they are treated as gentiles. How is this contradiction reconciled? What makes someone considered a mumar , an apostate for all laws of the...