Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran

Study Guide Shabbat 28 Today's shiur is dedicated in memory of Freidl bat Meir and Rivka z"l, Frieda Carlin, by Rikki and Alan Zibitt on her 4th yahrzeit, and by Rachel Sabbath beit Halachmi in honor of her husband Ofer her ezer imadi and forever chevruta.   From where do we learn that from natural materials, only flax can create impurity of a tent over a dead body? It is learned out from the mish...

Study Guide Shabbat 27 Today's shiur is dedicated by Chanah and Michael Piotrkowski in memory of Chanah's beloved father Avigdor Yosef ben Zvi Hirsh z"l and by Allison Ickovic for a refuah shleima for her little girl Zoe Arielle bat Rachel Yael. From where does Rava derive that according to Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar all cloths that are 3x3 tefachim are susceptible to impurities? How does Abaye respo...

Study Guide Shabbat 26 Today's daf is sponsored by the Vega/Gordon Family in Philadelphia in honor of Hadran for helping them to be "kove'a itim" with the daily daf and by Judy Shapiro in honor of Hadran for making Torah learning so accessible and engaging, and by Ruti Amal for a refuah shleima to her grandmother Anna Smirnova.  The gemara continues to discuss the nature of sap and oil of the bals...

Study Guide Shabbat 25 Today's daf is dedicated l'ilui nishmat Moshe ben Betzalel and Sprintze Pessel z"l by his daughter Rachel Levy and by Matt Nelson in honor of Liz Kershner's birthday. Happy birthday! From where in the Torah do we learn that one can benefit from teruma that became impure while one is burning it? Three answers are brought. One is derived from ma'aser - one can't benefit from b...

Today's shiur is sponsored by the Mitchell family of New York City in honor of the b'nai mitzvah of their twins, Aaron and Joshua, and by Rachel and Oren Seliger in memory of Reuven ben Yehuda and Devora z"l, Saba Reuven, who lived his life by Torah ve'avoda and was a founding member of Kibbutz Tirat Zvi.  Does one mention of Chanuka in birkhat hamazon? If so, where and why there and not in the us...

Study Guide Shabbat 23 Today's shiur is dedicated by Heather Stone in memory of Debbie bat Shirley z"l, the best friend of her Aunt, Debbie Stone, who passed away before Shabbat from COVID19.  The gemara concludes that the mitzva is the lighting of the Chanika candles and not placing them down. Women are obligated in the mitzva of the Chanuka candles as they too were part of the miracle. In what w...

This week's shiurim are sponsored in memory of Zalman Leib ben Moshe and by Talia Kaplan in honor of her sister, Talia Kaplan for doing daf yomi - she's very proud of you and keep up the good work - and by Adam and Sharron Cohen for a refuah shleima for Daphna Chaya bat Sara.   What is the maximum height one can put Chanuka candles? Can one count money using the light of Chanuka candles? Is this d...

Study Guide Shabbat 21 Today's shiur is dedicated by Tova Taragin in memory of her father,Rabbi Jerome Fishman, HaRav Yirmia ben Yaakov Yosef, z"l who taught his granddaughter, Esther Korman, gemara at a young age and would be thrilled that his daughter is now learning gemara, and by Sandra Rubin in honor of her aunt Alba Rubin's 81st birthday. Mazel tov! What is the issue with the materials that...

Study Guide Shabbat 21 Today's shiur is dedicated by Tova Taragin in memory of her father,Rabbi Jerome Fishman, HaRav Yirmia ben Yaakov Yosef, z"l who taught his granddaughter, Esther Korman, gemara at a young age and would be thrilled that his daughter is now learning gemara, and by Sandra Rubin in honor of her aunt Alba Rubin's 81st birthday. Mazel tov! What is the issue with the materials that...

Study Guide Shabbat 20 Today's shiur is sponsored by Susie Handelman (Shayna Sara bat Miriam) in honor of all the brave and wonderful medical personnel taking care of coronavirus patients in Israel and around the world. May the learning be in their merit, give them divine asistance and protection. May HaKadosh Baruch Hu strengthen their hands in healing and help the scientists find a cure - and by...

Study Guide Shabbat 19 Today's daf is sponsored by Margie Zwiebel in memory of her father Yitzchak ben Yechiel Eliezer z"l and for a refuach shleima to Yaakov Yehuda ben Chana and Esther Roisa bat Sara Mindel by Debbie and Ben Zion Niderberg and for Elimelech ben Malka by his daughter, Jeanne Klempner and for Amalia Sigal bat Faigel Rut and Chaim by Rabbi Shosh Dworsky - wishing Amalie a full and...

Study Guide Shabbat 18 Today's shiur is dedicated by Leah Brick in memory of her father-in-law, Murray Brick, Mordechai ben Chaim Yosef Gershon z"l and by Jonathan, Kenny and Danny Sadinoff in memory of their father, Frank Sadinoff, Efraim Mordechai ben Menachem Mendel z"l and for a refuah sheleima to Pesach Yehoshua ben Tova Chaya.  The gemara asks according to which approach regarding kneading d...

Today's shiur is dedicated for a refuah shleima for Eliezer Yehuda ben Chaya and Rivka Chaya bat Leah and by Elizabeth Kirshner in honor of the Hadran community and in honor of her inspiring and strong mother, Debbie Kirshner-Devries and for a refuah shleima for Avigayil bat Dina. A special mazel tov to David Schwartz who is celebrating his bar mitzva this morning (virtually) and this coming Shabb...

Study Guide Shabbat 16 Today's daf is sponsored in memory of the soldier, Yaakov Proyev ben Rachel Victoria z"l  by Yael Asher and by Valerie Adler in memory of her baby Simona Michaela chasya Bluma bat Zahava z"l. The rabbis determined that glass utensils would be susceptible to impurities because of their similarity to earthenware vessels since they are made from sand. However, if that is the ca...

Study Guide Shabbat 15 What are the three cases in which Hillel and Shamai disagreed? Are there no other cases? Who exactly instituted the decree regarding the impurity of other countries? There are varying sources that attribute it to different time periods. How can all these sources be reconciled? Why did they institute that glass vessels can become impure.

Study Guide Shabbat 14 Which tannaitic opinion is reflected in the mishna in Zavim quoted by the gemara which listed that one who eats food that is a rishon /first degree or a sheni /second degree would disqualify teruma, but the teruma itself would not be able to pass on impurities (it would make the teruma a shlishi/ third degree). Why does one who eats these impurites disqualify teruma? The gem...

Study Guide Shabbat 13 Today's daf is sponsored by Karolyn Benger in memory of her father Bernhard Benger, Dov ben Tzvi z"l and by Rena Septee Goldstein and Mark Goldstein in memory of Moe Septee, Moshe Ben Elazar Shmuel z"l and by Irine Schweitzer in memory of her grandmother Hasya bat Rachel and by Sharona and Binyamin Aranoff in memory of their grandmother, Mollie Chideckell, Esther Malka bat Z...

Today's shiur is dedicated by Gitta Neufeld in honor of the daf yomi learners of Long Island and as a zechut for all the sick people.  The gemaara continues to resolve the contradiction between two sources relating to a zav going out into the public domain wearing a pouch tied on to him - one says it is forbidden by Torah law and one by rabbinic. Does it matter if he is wearing it to keep his clot...

Study Guide Shabbat 11 Today's shiur is dedicated in memory of Sima bat Alter Avraham and Rachel z"l by her niece Debbie Schreiber.  The gemara continues to bring a number of different statements made by Rava bar Mechasia in the name of Rav. The gemara then goes back to our mishna - does someone who learns Torah need to stop learning for prayer? For Shema? The mishna lists things that one can't do...

Today's shiur is dedicated in memory of Emanuel Plotker - Menachem Mendel ben Yechiel and Henya z"l by Candace Plotzker-Herman. How should one dress for prayer? Does it depend on the situation? If one prays for a long time, is it a problem that it detracts from the time one should be learning? When is it considered that one started judgement and does not need to stop to pray mincha? Should one jud...

Study Guide Shabbat 9 The Tosefta brings the opinion of Acherim, Rabbi Meir, who holds that the status of the threshold depends on whether the door os open or closed. The gemara asks how this could be even without a lechi? The gemara brings two answers - in each answer there is some sort of beam above and it is either for an alley or for a house. It is based upon a law that explains that one can v...

If one threw an object from a public domain to a pole in a private domain, even if the pole is very tall, one is obligated for passing from a public to a private domain. Does this match Rebbi's opinion regarding one who throw an item onto a protrusion? Abaye says they are not the same as the details of the case are different and the debate between Rebbi and the rabbis is on a different topic. Abay...

Study Guide Shabbat 7 Shoshana (Rhoda) bat Yehuda Leib Polachek z"l.  Why is a valley mentioned in the Tosefta like a carmelit but in the mishna is Taharot, it is listed a a private domain? Gwo answers are brought. What is a karpaf and what are the laws relating to carrying in it? If there is a brick standing up in a public domain and it's 3 tefachim tall, if one throws something 4 amot in public...

Study Guide Shabbat 6 Today's shiur is sponsored by Meryl and Harold Sasnowitz in memory of Malka bat Chaya Ettel and Mordechai and Toba Raizel bat Rochel and Zvi. Refuah Sheleima to Zvi ben Freida.    If one removes an item from the public domain to the private domain (or the reverse) through a collonade (status of karmelit), is one obligated or not? Debate between Ben Azai and the rabbis. The ge...

Study Guide Shabbat 5 Today's shiur is sponsored by Betsy Mehlman and the Mehlman family in memory of their father and grandfather z"l. The gemara continues to bring answers and challenge them to the question: how did the minsha bring cases where one is obligated if the item was uprooted and placed in someone's hand and not from/in a space of four by four handsbreaths? The gemara brings six answer...