Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran

Study Guide Shabbat 77 Today's daf is sponsored by Danielle Barta in honor of her mother - "she inspired me to start learning Daf Yomi with Hadran and insipires me to always be the best me!  What is the ratio of water to wine used to make wine? How does this effect the requisite amount required for carrying out wine? What is the requisite amount of congealed wne that one would be responsible for c...

If one takes out an object from one domain to another, one is obligated only if it is an item that is important. How is significance of an item determined? Is it subjective? Does it depend on what use you are intending for it? Does past behavior play a role? The mishna lists food for animals - what amount of each food item would obligated you? Each food is intended for different animals who each e...

Study Guide Shabbat 75 The gemara continues discussing the 39 melachot . Rav Zutra says three halakhot - one connected to sewing and two forbidden learning or associating with a Persian amgosh /priest (two different interpretations what that is) and a Jew who knows how to understand weather and constellations and doesn't use that knowledge. If one catches snails and opens them up to remove the gla...

Study Guide Shabbat 74 Today's daf is dedicated in memory of Harriet Sommer, Hindel bat Zissel z"l,  by Eric Sommer and by Francine Shraga in honor of her daughter Sarah on earning her PhD. Congratulations! We are all so proud! Love, Mom, Dad, Rose and Dov. Why are certain actions perfomred in the Tabernacle ( mishkan ) on the list of 39 melachot and others are not? Laws of selection (separating g...

oday's shiur is dedicated to celebrating International Women's Talmud Day that took place yesterday and to all those learning and teaching by Adam Dicker and Carolyn Hochstadter and family. The gemara continues to bring more cases where Rava and Abaye argue about whether or not one would be exempt because of mitasek . The mishna finally gets to the list of the 39 melachot. The gemara explains why...

Study Guide Shabbat 72 Today's shiur is dedicated for a refuah shleima to Leah Naomi bat Rachel by Deborah Dickson. We are pleased to be part of International Women's Talmud Day that is taking place today with Talmud learning events throughout the day.  What is the law regarding the guilt offering for one who has relations with a designated maidservant numerous times - does one bring a separate gu...

Study Guide Shabbat 71 Today's shiur is dedicated in memory of Yosef ben Tzvi HaCohen z"l by Aviva and Benny Adler.  Can one combine an act where one forgot it was Shabbat and another where one forgot melachot were forbidden, and bring one sacrifice for both? There are varying opinions. If one cannot combine them and one needs to bring separate sacrifices, does that mean one cannot combine a half...

Study Guide Shabbat 70 Today's shiur is dedicated for a refuah shleima for Netanel Ilan ben Shayna Tzipora and by Judy Shapiro in honor of all her children.  Why is there a difference between if one forgot it was Shabbat one brings one sacrifice and if one forgot melachot one brings a sacrifice for each? From where do we derive that one brings a separate sacrficie for each melacha that one perform...

Study Guide Shabbat 69 Today's shiur is dedicated for a refuah shleima for Netanel Ilan ben Shayna Tzipora. What are the different approaches to one who sins unwittingly - what about the prohibition was forgotten? Munbaz holds that one knew it was forbidden and knew the punishment for doing it on purpose but didn't know that one is obligated to bring a sacrifice for performing it unwittingly. The...

Study Guide Shabbat 68 Today's daf is sponsored by Natalie Taylor in memory of Rabbanit Rachel Taylor z"l whose 90th birthday would have been on Lag Baomer and for all her descendants to continue learning Torah. It is also sponsored by Ruti Amal for a refuah shleima for Rachel Permouth who is ungergoing a serious surgery today. How many sin offerings is one obligated in the case where one forgot t...

Today's shiur is dedicated for a refuah shleima for Ilana Leah bat Esther and David Binyamin ben Duba Feiga by Candace Plotsker-Herman. The gemara continues to list incantations for various diseases or to protect from evil spirits. The mishna deals with carrying out objects that are used as segulot for protection. Rabbi Meir allows them and the rabbis forbid using them even on a weekday, as they a...

Today's shiur is dedicated for a refuah shleima for Netanel Ilan ben Shayna Tzipora who is undergoing surgery today. Can one go out on Shabbat with a prosthetic leg. The mishna discusses a number of different types of things that one who doesn't have a leg might be using and can they go out with it on Shabbat, are they susceptible to impurity of midras (an item one sits/leans on), are they consdie...

Today's daf and this week's learning is sponsored in memory of Betty Minsk, Batsheva Rut bat Shalom and Faige z"l, by her daughter, Elisa Hartstein. Today's shiur is sponsored in memory of Rhonda Mlodinoff by Becca Nagorsky. And in honor of Mother's Day, in honor of Debbie Pine - Happy Mother's Day from your children. We are so proud of your dedication to Torah and Am Yisrael. Love, Sarah, Daniell...

Study Guide Shabbat 64 The gemara discusses different items that are susceptible to impurity even if they don't have a minimum size. With what items are women allowed to go out on Shabbat? Certain items that are forbidden to go out with in public are permitted in a courtyard and others are forbidden - although there is a debate regarding this. Why do women go out with jewelry even when it is clear...

Study Guide Shabbat 63 Today's shiur is sponsored in memory of Edwin Gilberg, Issur Ben Menachem Mendel v'Shenka Sarah z"l by Judy and David Gilberg and Yosef Flesh ben Miriam and Yitzchak z"l by Nava Flesh. Men are not allowed to go out on Shabbat wearing certain items and if they do, it is forbidden by Torah law. Which items? Are weapons considered like jewelry and are permitted or not? Ifin the...

Study Guide Shabbat 62 The mishna mentions items that are forbidden by Torah law for a woman to carry in the public domain. Ulla explans that laws of what can and cannot be carried are opposite for men and women. The gemara brings two different explanations for his opinions. If a woman can't wear a signet ring, why is it forbidden by Torah law if she is wearing it and not carrying it in a normal m...

Study Guide Shabbat 61 If one has an injured foot, one can go out on Shabbat with one shoe on. On which foot - the injured one or the other one? Are shoes meant to prevent pain or for pleasure? Which shoe should one put on first - right or left? Why can't one walk out in tefillin - is the mishna within the opinion that people can or cannot wear tefillin on Shabbat? The gemara brings different poss...

Study Guide Shabbat 60 The gemara brings three resolutions to the contradiction between our mishna and the mishna in kelim  regarding a signet ring - is it considered jewelry. What items did the rabbis forbid a man to go out with wearing in public. Why did they forbid a hobnailed sandal? It seems to have been to remember a particular incident relating to fear of the Romans, likely during the Bar K...

Study Guide Shabbat 59 Why is a bell once the clapper is removed still susceptible to impurities - what can it be used for? Several answers are brought. Rabbi Yochanan says it can be used as a cup for a young child. But doesn't Rabbi Yochanan hold elsewhere that if a utensil can no longer be used for its original purpose, it is no longer susceptible to impurities? The gemara goes through the jewel...

Study Guide Shabbat 58 The gemara questions Shmuel's explanation on the previous page that kavul  in the mishna (that one cannot go out with on Shabbat) is a kavla of slaves. If so, Shmuel himself says elsewhere that a slave can go out on Shabbat with that. The gemara resolves the contradiction by distinguishing between one that the owner gave him and one that he made for himself. There is a diffe...

Study Guide Shabbat 57 Today's shiur, as well as the whole month of Iyar, is dedicated in memory of Yehuda Aryeh Leib ben Yisachar Dov Barash, Ari Adler, z"l whose yahrzeit is today. And two birthday dedications - Happy birthday to Deborah Kovsky from Yoni Apap and to Bill Abraham from his wife Malka Abraham who thanks you for all of your support in her Jewish learning. With which items can a woma...

Today's shiur is sponsored in Rabbi Fredda Cohen for her courageous and compassionate work as a Chaplain and director of Pastoral Care at White Plains Hospital in Westchester, New York, during this pandemic by Rabbi Julie Danan.  Today's daf continues to mention others who are mentioned in the Torah as having sinned and Rabbi Yonatan says that they didn't really sin according to what it says in th...

The gemara explains the importance of trying to prevent others from sinning, even if you know they won't listen to you. We have a communal responsibility to others - both leaders and individuals are responsible for others. Rav Ami says that people only die or are punished for their own sins, not the sins of others. The gemara brings several braitot that seem to contradict. Rav Shmuel bar Nachmani...

The mishna and gemara deal with items that animals are not allowed to go out with in public on Shabbat. Different items are forbidden for different reasons. The gemara explains the reality of each of the cases mentioned in the mishna. The mishna says that the cow of Rabbi Elazar ben Azaria would go out with a strap between its horns and the rabbis were not pleased. The gemara explains that this wa...

Study Guide Shabbat 53 In honor of Yom Hazikaron, we will dedicate our learning to all those who have given their lives to the State of Israel. Today's shiur is also dedicated by Cliff and Minna Felig in memory of their aunt Laura Tretin z"l who recently passed away. Can an animal walk out with an item that is used to help the animal to prevent discomfort such as a saddlecloth to warm a donkey? Th...