Daf Yomi

Chagiga 5 : Marc Chipkin : 2022-02-14 Verses which upset Rabbi Yochanan. Doing a good deed and being punished for it? Is there crying in front of Hashem?

Chagiga 4 : Marc Chipkin: 2022-02-13 Definition of sunshine who is mentally unwell. What do we learn from the phrase "all your males". Different verses which brought the Sages to tears.

Chagiga 3 : Marc Chipkin: 2022-02-12 Walking up to the Temple with both feet. Why the small children are brought for the mitzvah of Hakhel. Discerning different opinions from the Rabbis.

Chagiga 2 : Marc Chipkin : 2022-02-11 Who is obligated and who is exempt from appearing in the Temple on the festivals. Definition of "cheresh".

Moed Katan 29 : Marc Chipkin: 2022-02-10 Those comforting the mourner should wait for him to speak first. Analogies for the soul leaving the body. When to say "lech b'shalom" and "lech l'shalom".

Moed Katan 28 : Marc Chipkin : 2022-02-09 The death of Miriam. The meaning of death at different ages. The Sages conversations the the Angel of Death.

Moed Katan 27 : Marc Chipkin: 2022-02-08 Overturning the beds. Mourning and burial practices instituted out of concern for the honour of the poor. One should not mourn excessively over his dead.

Moed Katan 26 : Marc Chipkin : 2022-02-07 Doing k'riya on a sefer Torah that gets burned, and on seeing Jerusalem and the Temple in ruins. Multiple k'riyot and what can be repaired. Not informing a sick person that his close relative has passed away.

Moed Katan 25: Marc Chipkin: 2022-02-06 For whom does someone do k'riya? Rav Huna’s burial in Rebbi Chiya’s crypt. Several eulogies that were said over great sages.

Moed Katan 24 : Marc Chipkin: 2022-02-05 What mourning practices are suspended on Shabbat? When is k'riya effective? Shavuot is considered 7 days.

Moed Katan 23 : Marc Chipkin : 2022-02-04 what happens when the Nasi dies? Practices of mourning during shloshim - not getting married, not wearing new clothes. What level of mourning is there on Shabbat?

Moed Katan 22 : Marc Chipkin : 2022-02-03 Arriving during shiva. Following the main member of the household. Differences between mourning for a parent and other relatives.

Moed Katan 21 : Marc Chipkin : 2022-02-02 Tefillin during shiva. Greeting a mourner, and a mourner greeting others.

Moed Katan 20: Marc Chipkin: 2022-02-01 The source of shiva. Hearing news of a death long after the event. For whom does one mourn?

Moed Katan 19 : Marc Chipkin : 2022-01-31 Writing tefillin and mezuzot on Chol Ha'moed. Which restrictions are cancelled by a Festival. The source that a mourner does not cut his hair during sheloshim.

Moed Katan 18 : Marc Chipkin : 2022-01-30 Cutting nails during Chol Ha'moed and in mourning. How to dispose of nail cuttings. A woman is designated for a particular man - sources in Tanach.

Moed Katan 17 : Marc Chipkin : 2022-01-29 Excommunicating the suspected Rabbi. The meaning of the word "shamta". A mourner and Kohen who are allowed to cut their hair during Chol Ha'moed.

Moed Katan 16 : Marc Chipkin : 2022-01-28 The various levels of excommunication, and how Israel is different from Babylon. The greatness of King David.

Moed Katan 15 : Marc Chipkin : 2022-01-27 Sources for various mourning practices- not cutting hair, wearing tefillin, not greeting people, not laundering clothes, not washing the body, not learning Torah. Do these same practices apply to people who are excommunicated, or to people who are metzoras?

Moed Katan 14 : Marc Chipkin : 2022-01-26 Why haircutting and laundering are prohibited on Chol Ha'moed. When someone who returns from overseas is forbidden to get a haircut during Chol Ha'moed. Mourning is pushed aside by a Yomtov.

Moed Katan 13 : Marc Chipkin : 2022-01-25 Penalising a child for his father's behaviour. Work allowed for someone who is indigent. The difference between work allowed on erev Pesach and that allowed on Chol Ha'moed.

Moed Katan 12 : Marc Chipkin: 2022-01-24 When non-Jewish contractors are allowed to work for Jews. Laws of Chol Ha'moed cannot be derived from one another. Important people are held to a higher standard.

Moed Katan 11 : Marc Chipkin: 2022-01-23 Making a railing for a roof or balcony. Repairs on Chol Ha'moed. Is work permitted during mourning to prevent financial loss like it is during Chol Ha'moed?

Moed Katan 10: Marc Chipkin: 2022-01-22 Sowing on Chol Ha'moed. Discerning a person's intention. Dealing with a large loss on Chol Ha'moed.

Moed Katan 9 : Marc Chipkin : 2022-01-21 Not mixing one simcha with another. The dedication of the first Temple overrode Yom Kippur. Applying cosmetics on Chol Ha'moed.