Richard Hidary

Text & Context: Daf Yomi by Rabbi Dr. Hidary

Learn one page of Talmud each day with Daf Yomi. This series strives to capture the contextual meaning and flow of the Talmudic arguments with the help of manuscripts, structure, and historical background.

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Jul 9, 2026

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Pesahim 31 - Collateral Hames 22.12.2020

Peashim 31 – Collateral Hames Mishnah – collected collateral is as if owned by the lender Abaye – retroactive from loan Rava – from collection a. Clarification: only applies to lender’s interim sale b. Challenge to Rava from inheritance case c. Challenge to Rava from our Mishnah d. Tannaitic Parallel Dispute? e. Another challenge from our Mishnah f. Tosefta – follow the owner Mishnah – Hames under...

Pesahim 30 - Koshering Pots, Ovens, Knives, and Bowls 20.12.2020

A. Rava’s decision following R. Shimon B. Pots that absorbed Hames Ovens greased with meat C. Koshering utensils: 1. Knives 2. Wooden ladles 3. Glazed earthenware 4. Kneading bowls

Pesahim 29 - Buying Pita from the Truck Right after Passover 20.12.2020

 

Pesahim 28 - Boomerang Attack 18.12.2020

Pesahim 28 – When is Hames Prohibited? A. Sources for burning hames acc to R. Yehudah B. Do you need to crumble bread before throwing into the sea? C. Sources for when Hames is prohibited. דברים טז,ב  לֹא־תֹאכַ֤ל עָלָיו֙ חָמֵ֔ץ שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֛ים תֹּֽאכַל־עָלָ֥יו מַצּ֖וֹת לֶ֣חֶם עֹ֑נִי כִּ֣י בְחִפָּז֗וֹן יָצָ֙אתָ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם לְמַ֣עַן תִּזְכֹּר֔ אֶת־י֤וֹם צֵֽאתְךָ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם...

Pesahim 27 - A Majority of One 18.12.2020

Pesahim 27 Baraita – bread baked with orlah fuel Rabbi –prohibits bread Sages –permit bread Who says a new oven heated by orlah fuel must be broken? Rabbi – benefit from wood is in the bread/oven But must also assume “prohibited + permitted = prohibited” R. Eliezer Terumah + non-sacred leaven = prohibited Oven heated by Asherah Status of a pot made in an oven heated by prohibited fuel Shmuel’s ver...

Pesahim 26 - Sermons on the Mount 17.12.2020

Pesahim 26 Unavoidable but Intentional Abaye – permitted Rava – prohibited 1) Proof for Abaye – Ribaz in the Temple 2) Proof for Rava – artisans in the Temple Is smell a prohibited benefit? yes Is benefit prohibited after misvah is done? Only for ashes and broken calf 3) Proof for Rava from calf 4) Proof for Rava from lost cloth 5) Proof for Rava from wool and linen seller Refutation of Rava 1 Mis...

Pesahim 25 - Smell that Cheeseburger? 16.12.2020

Pesahim 25 A. Unusual Benefit Abaye - Mixed Seeds even unusual benefit is prohibited לֹא־תִזְרַ֥ע כַּרְמְךָ֖ כִּלְאָ֑יִם פֶּן־תִּקְדַּ֗שׁ הַֽמְלֵאָ֤ה הַזֶּ֙רַע֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּזְרָ֔ע וּתְבוּאַ֖ת הַכָּֽרֶם׃ (ס) You shall not sow your vineyard with a second kind of seed, else the crop—from the seed you have sown—and the yield of the vineyard may not be used. Challenge from Meat and Milk דברים יד, כא לֹ֣...

Pesahim 24 - A Key Without a Lock 15.12.2020

Pesahim 24 – Four More Sources for Prohibiting Benefit A. Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi – inedible sin-offering ויקרא ו, כג וְכָל־חַטָּ֡את אֲשֶׁר֩ יוּבָ֨א מִדָּמָ֜הּ אֶל־אֹ֧הֶל מוֹעֵ֛ד לְכַפֵּ֥ר בַּקֹּ֖דֶשׁ לֹ֣א תֵאָכֵ֑ל בָּאֵ֖שׁ תִּשָּׂרֵֽף׃ (פ) But no sin offering may be eaten from which any blood is brought into the Tent of Meeting for expiation in the sanctuary; any such shall be consumed in fire. ו...

Pesahim 23 - Much Ado About One Thing 13.12.2020

Pesahim 22 – 23 Hizkiah – active “eat” = eat; passive “be eaten” = benefit R. Abhu – all verbs = benefit Nevelah – R. Meir give/sell to either resident/foreigner (R. Yehudah give-resident or sell-stranger) Terefah – R. Yehudah - unconsecrated is ok (R. Meir – unconsecrated in Temple prohibited benefit) 1) Hames – passive, PROHIITED 2) Unconsecrated Animal in the Temple – prohibited Except acc to R...

Pesahim 22 - Rabbi Akiva's Awesome Rescue of the Last ET 13.12.2020

Youtube Pesahim 22 Hizkiah – active “eat” = eat; passive “be eaten” = benefit R. Abhu – all verbs = benefit · Gid haNasheh · Blood · Limb from a live animal · Killer animal · Orlah

Pesahim 21 - Mishnah Manuscripts 11.12.2020

Pesahim 21 A. Authorship of Mishnah B. Redundancy of types of animals C. Beth Shammai – against selling hames D. No Benefit o Ok if inedible o Even during 6th hour o Can’t burn in an oven o Source Hizkiah – default it prohibited only to eat R. Abhu – default is prohibited to benefit Derived from Nevelah acc. to R. Meir Derived from Terefah acc. to R. Yehuda

Pesahim 20 - A Wine's Bouquet Is More Valuable than Its Taste 10.12.2020

Pesahim 20 Needle case: How was meat prepared with dampening? Esteem of holiness Cow swam beforehand Why does excrement not conduct impurity? Vessel laws Impurity food chain Air space of vessels Contradiction 1 – Passover-Passover Rabbi Yeshoshua in Mishnah – burn doubt and impure together In Tosefta – can only burn two level of Tumah Mishna is R. Shimon’s version, Tosefta is R. Yose’s version Con...

Pesahim 19 - Finding a Needle in a Haystack Eaten by a Cow 10.12.2020

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Pesahim 18 - Fluid Dynamics 09.12.2020

Pesahim 18 · Rabbi Meir and Rabbi Eliezer – liquids do not transmit impurity · Rabbi Yose and Rabbi Shimon – liquids transmit only to food · Rabbi Yehuda – liquids transmit to vessels and food Rabbi Yehuda retracted – fully or still say transmit to food? Attempted proof from Parah of full retraction Rabbi Yose’s proof Rabbi Akiva learned from יטמא (v. 33) that food -> shelishi to food So too Ra...

Pesahim 17 - Did the Kohanim Pass Haggai's Test? 08.12.2020

Pesahim 17 (A) Rav – Kohanim failed Haggai’s first test – revi’i Shmuel – Kohanim passed Haggai’s first test – hamishi Challenge to Rav from corpse impurity They are more familiar Touched corpse itself Challenge to Shmuel from Haggai’s response Refers to their deeds (B) Yose ben Yoezer – Temple liquids are tahor Rav – only of slaughterhouse (blood and water) Levi – also of altar (oil and wine) (C)...

Pesahim 16 - Fluid Definitions 06.12.2020

Pesahim 16 – Fluid Definitions: Do Liquids Transmit Impurity? Baraita 1 – Rabbi Meir – Liquids are impure deoraita transmit derabanan Rabbi Eleazar agrees Baraita 2 – Rabbi Eleazar – liquids have no impurity Yose ben Yoezer  - Temple slaughterhouse liquids are pure · Shmuel – liquids can be impure deoraita but not transmit · Rav – all liquids are pure deoraita 1. Challenge to Rav from Baraita...

Pesahim 15 - The Talmudic Trolley Problem 06.12.2020

Pesahim 15 – Two interpretations of “from their words” in the Mishnah Preview of Rabbi Yohanan Interpretation of Resh Lakish – “their words” is Rabbi Yehoshua Mishnah Terumah 8:8 Mishnah Terumah 8:9 Challenge from Tosefta Interpretation of Rabbi Yohanan – “their words” is Rabbi Hanina Support from baraita Support from Tosefta Explanation of end of Mishnah

Pesahim 14 - Contact Tracing 04.12.2020

Pesahim 14 Principles: Avi avot – av – rishon – sheni – shelishi – revi’i Lowest level aka pasul = not contagious but tameh Some say food does not transmit past rishon Some say liquid transmits only miderabanan Liquids touched by sheni become rishon Mishnah Rabbi Hanina deputy Kohen Gadol – burn meat sheni with rishon Rabbi Akiva – burn shelishi with rishon Application to Terumah Rabbi Meir – same...

Pesahim 13 - Thanksgiving Leftovers 04.12.2020

Pesahim 13 – Deciding Halakha Mishnah Pesahim Rabbi Meir – 5 eat, 6 burn Rabbi Yehudah – 4 eat, 5 use, 6 burn Raban Gamaliel – 4 eat, 5 eat terumah, 6 burn Halakha follows Rabbi Yehudah A. Why not Rabbi Meir? Not stam Mishnha B. Why not Raban Gamaliel? Not related Tosefta not relevant C. Rabbi agrees – case of depreciating hames Public sign of disqualified loaves A. Where was it placed? B. How wer...

Pesahim 12 - Times They Are a-Changin' 03.12.2020

https://youtu.be/zWzt88yePfg Pesahim 12 – Margin of Error in Telling Time Mishnah Pesahim Rabbi Meir – 5 eat, 6 burn Rabbi Yehudah – 4 eat, 5 use, 6 burn Raban Gamaliel – 4 eat, 5 eat terumah, 6 burn Mishnah Sanhedrin 5:3 - Testimony Rabbi Meir – 1 hour difference ok (2 and 3) Rabbi Yehudah – 2 hour difference ok (3 and 5 but not 5 and 7) Rabbi Meir Rabbi Yehudah Abaye 1 0 30 minutes Abaye 2 2 min...

Pesahim 11 - Is "Erroneous" Erroneous?: baduta or baruta 02.12.2020

Pesahim 11 - When to institute a Gezerah? Should you do bedikah on Pesah itself? · Rabanan – Yes · Rabbi Yehuda – No (may find bread and eat it) Challenge – May one pre-process New Grain Rabanan – No (may come to eat it) Rabbi Yehudah – Yes Solution for Rabbi Yehudah: Rava – New grain prepared differently from normal Abaye – New grain prohibited the whole time until Pesah Solution for Rabanan He h...

Pesahim 10 - Try to Weasel Your Way Out of This Problem! 01.12.2020

Pesahim 10 Theoretical Cases: 1. Mouse takes something majority of masa and minority hames 2. Two mice take from baskets to houses 3. 1 mouse 2 houses, Mishnah Teharot 5:5 4. 1 mouse 1 house, Mishnah Teharot 6:5 5. Never found it, Mishnah Nidah 9:5 6. Found it 7. Placed 9 and found 10 8. Placed 10 and found 9 9. Different corner Rava’s challenges: 1. 1 mouse or 1 baby 2. 1 mouse 3. 2 mice differen...

Pesahim 9 - Who Moved My Bread? 29.11.2020

Eruvin 9 – No need to suspect a weasel moved it If you see weasel take hames, then need another bedikah Why not say weasel at it, just like fetus case R. Zeira - Weasels leave leftover bread Rava – definitely took bread so its certainly and then doubt Certainty and then doubt ok A. Fellow who died leaving fruit That is certainty and then certainty That is doubt and then doubt B. Thug’s wife’s fetu...

Pesahim 8 - No Harm Comes to Misvah Messengers 29.11.2020

 

Pesahim 7 - Reciting the Berakhah before Performing Misvot 27.11.2020

Pesahim 7 Why nullify with bitul at night and not in the morning? Can’t do bitul after hames is prohibited and need to connect it with another act Moldy bread Majority vs last usage  vs specific circumstances Beracha wording  - before the act Biur על ביעור חמץ Berit Milah על המילה Slaughter על השחיטה Lulav על נטילת לולב Sukkah לישב בסוכה Mikveh על הטבילה Shofar לשמוע קול שופר Why use a L...

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