Daf Yomi

Rosh Hashana 28 :Marc Chipkin: 2021-11-06 Mitzvot were not given for the purpose of deriving benefit from their fulfillment. Do mitzvot require intention? Adding on to, or subtracting from a mitzvah.

Rosh Hashana 27 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-11-05 Hearing two sounds simultaneously. Why we don't blow trumpets with the shofar today. Repairing a broken shofar, inverting a shofar, adding gold to a shofar

Rosh Hashana 26 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-11-04 Dispute as to whether a cow’s horn is valid as a shofar. An accuser cannot become a defender. Which type of shofars are used on Rosh Hashanah, fast days and Yovel?

Rosh Hashana 25: Marc Chipkin: 2021-11-03 Rabban Gamliel’s tradition regarding the length of a month. Rosh Chodesh is valid even when Beth Din chooses the wrong date. Rabban Gamliel forces his will on Rabbi Yehoshua. If the Beth Din alone saw the new moon, two of the judges should stand and testify before the others

Rosh Hashana 24 : Marc Chipkin: 2021-11-02 The moon had to be seen clearly. The head of the Beth Din announces it and the people respond. How could Rabban Gamliel have forms of the moon in his attic to show to witnesses?

Rosh Hashana 23 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-11-01 Why the lighting of torches is only done when the month is deficient. Different types of wood. The courtyard in which the witnesses gathered.

Rosh Hashana 22 : Marc Chipkin: 2021-10-31 Accepting relatives to testify together about the new moon. Other disqualified witnesses. The person testifying has to be known to the Beth Din. How the false testimony of the Baitusim was uncovered.

Rosh Hashana 21: Marc Chipkin: 2021-10-30 Keeping two days of Yomtov even though the messangers got there. Keeping two days of Yom Kippur. If the moon is clearly seen do the witnesses desecrate Shabbat?

Rosh Hashana 20 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-10-29 Making Elul full to separate Shabbat from Yom Tov. The "secret of the calculation"

Rosh Hashana 19 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-10-28 Why isn't one allowed to fast the day before a Megillat Ta'anit holiday? Which holidays from Megillat Ta'anit are still observed? Do messengers go out for Adar sheni?

Rosh Hashana 18 : Marc Chipkin: 2021-10-27 When a decree against a community and an individual can be rescinded. What did "bnei maron" mean? The 6 times a year messengers go out to inform people about the new moon. Was Megillat Ta'anit abolished?

Rosh Hashana 17 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-10-26 The 3 books opened on Rosh Hashana and for Judgement Day. G-d forgives those people who overlook nasty things done to them. The 13 attributes of mercy

Rosh Hashana 16 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-10-25 The world is judged at 4 times : Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot as well as Rosh Hashana. Three matters cause a person's sins to be recalled. How to revoke a bad judgement.

Rosh Hashana 15: Marc Chipkin: 2021-10-24 An esrog that emerged in one year and was picked in the next- various opinions

Rosh Hashana 14 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-10-23 The Rosh Hashanah for trees is in Shevat. Did Rabbi Akiva follow Beit Shammai? Determining the status of an etrog.

Rosh Hashana 13 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-10-22 From what crop did the Jews eat the Omer in the first year of entering the land? Different times significant for titles for fruit, grain, vegetables, as well as legumes

Rosh Hashana 12 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-10-21 The different constellations and how they were affected during the Flood. 1 Tishrei is the new year for vegetables, maaser and vows.

Rosh Hashana 11 : Marc Chipkin: 2021-10-20 Dispute between Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua as to when the world was created, when the patriarchs were born and when we will be redeemed. Sarah, Rachel and Chana were remembered, Joseph was released from prison and the slavery was stopped in Egypt all on Rosh Hashana

Rosh Hashana 10 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-10-19 One day in a year can be considered a whole year. Orlah and revai prohibitions are sometimes extended into the fourth and fifth years. How long it takes a new plant to take root.

Rosh Hashana 9 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-10-18 Adding on from profane to holy. Criteria for Yovel to take effect.

Rosh Hashana 8 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-10-17 Different options as to when the year for animal tithes begins. 1 Tishrei is the new year for judgement and for calculating sabbatical years.

Rosh Hashana 7 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-10-16 The first of Nissan is the Rosh Hashanah for other halachot. Until when can one add an extra month to the year. Renting a house for "a year" vs "this year"

Rosh Hashana 6 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-10-15 Additional sources for the prohibition against delaying vows, and why they are needed. Charity pledges should be given as soon as possible. How a year can pass without three festivals

Rosh Hashana 5 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-10-14 Compensatory offerings can be brought after Shavuot for 7 days. Other items besides sacrifices are subject to the prohibition of not delaying. An animal that becomes blemished in the middle of a festival

Rosh Hashana 4 : Marc Chipkin: 2021-10-13 Further discussion of why Cyrus want as good as he was originally. The prohibition of delaying ones vow.