Shallow Dive Daf Yomi

Who brings the first fruits, and who makes the appurtenant declaration? • The halachic forest cannot be lost to accommodate the technicalities of an halachic tree

Taking appropriate risks is necessary to succeed • Living in accordance with God's commands is the ultimate imperative; leave results and consequences to Him • By following the Lubavitcher Rebbe's advice, Ariel Sharon was spared from boarding a plane that was hijacked

For Tikkun Olam, the court requires a creditor with a lien on a slave who was subsequently freed by his master to additionally free him as "shidduch insurance" for his children • The master who frees this slave must compensate the lien-holder for impairing the debt • When are small sins warranted to prevent great sins? • When will the court require one to sin? • Is there a mitzvah in participating...

Does voting matter? • As a rain cloud showers the earth, be generous with your blessings • Is anything random?

Nullification of a bill of divorce • When is coercion valid? • The inclusion of aliases in bills of divorce • The tragic consequences of a well-intentioned false oath

Be optimistic in your generosity, yet conservative in your risk assessments • Honor even the seemingly unworthy who are fortuitously propelled to power; this too is Divine providence • Embrace God's Will as revealed through creation and revelation

After a bill of divorce has been lost and found, when does it remain valid, and when is it disqualified?

What differentiates a prank bill of divorce from a concern that a valid divorce has occurred? • Writing a Get on something that may not be utilized for one's benefit • What forms of writing are included in the Torah's definition of writing? • To effect a valid divorce, the ownership of the Get must be transferred

The personal benefits of kindness • Kindness is never lost • Be generous with your bounty, be it physical or spiritual

Limits of empowerment to give • Ma'amad Shelashtan: How, when, and why can a transfer be accomplished without a symbolic act, simply by means of a declaration without a kinyan?

What must one know to assert that a bill of divorce was written properly? • Even when unnecessary, asserting that a Get was written properly is advantageous • A scathing critique of Babylonian yeshiva culture • From one couple's bickering to a civil war • Scrutiny of great men

The reward of Balak • The tragedies of Gehazi and the Nazarene • The mitzvah of Teshuva is independent of its effectiveness • The atonement ritual for mysterious murders • The unraveling and decay of Jewish civilization in antiquity

Money talks • Rav Moshe Feinstein on money in the Messianic Era and Meir Kahane • Appreciation of one's Divinely gifted agency is important

Should verses be uttered by the congregation during the Priestly blessings? • Humility in action • How should rabbinic appointments be made? • Modim DeRabanan: The fundamental centrality of gratitude • Awe of the upstanding community • Should one accord honor to a student in the presence of his master?

In what languages may Shema, Prayers, and Grace after meals be articulated? • Is the communal Torah reading a biblical requirement? • The unique potency of communal prayers • The location of Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Eval

Does a pregnant woman drink the bitter waters, or does she wait until after she gives birth? • Coercion to sin is exempted from punishment, so why might a woman who has been exonerated by drinking nonetheless suffer if she was coerced into infidelity? • According to the Bach, an intermarriage is recognized as a common law marriage by the Torah, so if a gentile husband dies, in what way is his Jewi...

Much labor is needed to orchestrate a joyous experience through feasting and drinking, so don't be lazy • Pathological acquisitiveness poisons society

The processing of the Sotah's meal offering • The sequence of drinking the bitter waters in relation to the processing of the meal offering • When is coercion to drink employed? • Tentative exoneration

Kalev and Miriam • Amram and Yocheved • Pharaoh's decrees • Moshe the Redeemer

Consequences of haughtiness and humility • The concerned husband's warning to his wife, how it can be violated by her, and the consequences

Physical and spiritual maintenance is imperative

Impurity due to contact with an unknown corpse

Good leadership • King Solomon's self-criticism

When quoting a sourced tradition, the middle link may be omitted • When may a fortiori logic be employed within halacha? • How to manage two Nazirites with a questionable status of impurity • May a man shave the peyos hairs of minors? • May a woman shave the peyos hairs of males?

Brave the long short path to the city • The lad king and his cronies undermine a country • Justice is the primary objective of government • Even an inept leader can cause much harm if he is frivolous