Young Israel of Westside Shiurim

Vows are creative and they are not 

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Why Mensahe and why half? 

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why we deserve to be saved 

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The vengeance of the Jews is the vengeance of God 

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*דף קכז* לע״נ הענטשע בת שמואל שמשון אברהם בן משה הכהן עזריאל בן יעקב שמואל משה בן שמשון אברהם הכהן 1. Acc to r Yehuda’s stricter definition of muktzeh, one can’t move items in a storehouse on Shabbos bc they were put away, but it’s still permitted to walk through and clear space with ones feet as they walk. 2. Even piling up a significant amount to grain (15 se’ah) defines it as being “for storage...

The chopped vuv

*דף קכו* לע״נ הענטשע בת שמואל שמשון אברהם בן משה הכהן עזריאל בן יעקב שמואל משה בן שמשון אברהם הכהן 1. Regrading putting in window shutters on Shabbos- There are 3 opinions in the Tanaaim. a- R Eliezer is the strictest, allowing it only if the shutter was attached to the wall already and suspended. (The rope holding the shutter doesn’t reach all the way to the ground) Otherwise, it’s considered bui...

Everything we see and  hear is a call for action 

1. Shreds of reeds that come off a mat are not muktzeh, bc they are still usable in the same capacity of the mats- covering dirt. 2. Remnants of a talis that are at least 3x3 finger-breadths are not muktzeh bc they can be patches. Smaller than 3x3 would be muktzeh 3. There a dispute between R Meir and R Yehuda whether shards of an oven are muktzeh. (In general, there’s a dispute between them if br...

Why yehoshua is moshes successor 

1. In the times of Ezra/Nechemia, when they found the people weak in observing Shabbos, they placed a temporary ban from moving even כלים שמלאכתם להיתר. The gemara finds certain scenarios in the Mishna when it appears that even regular כלים are forbidden to use on Shabbos and the Gemara suggests the Mishanyos were a reflection on these temporary restrictions. 2. Even after Nechemias laws were ease...

Picking up the pieces

1. Intro to the Daf: There are 3 types of movements for כלים. Moving them לצורך גופם- to use them in permissible ways. לצורך מקומם- to use the space they currently occupy. חמה לצל- to protect the kli, like moving it from sun into the shade. 2. Our Mishna rules that a hammer can be moved to crack a nut. Acc to Rav Yehuda, this is only with a hammer designated to crack nuts, but a regular hammer, a...

The transition between Israel and Egypt

1. Large candlesticks that cans till be moved with one hand aren’t muktzeh. But if they require two hands to move them, they are muktzeh. Wagons that require two people to move them are muktzeh. 2. If a non Jew performs a melocho for the sake of a Jew, he can’t benefit from the melocho. But if he does the melocho for himself, the Jew can also benefit. Examples were using candle non jew lit for him...

1. One is not allowed to instruct a non jew to do melocho on Shabbos even to put out a fire. The rabbis were lenient by a fire and allow one to vaguely suggest to the non jew by saying “whoever puts out the fire will not lose.” 2. One doesn’t have to stop a non jew from putting out his fire. Even if it appears that the non jew is doing it for the jew, the reality is that The non jew is always doin...

1. At time of Churban, people in Jerusalem were not honest about business but they were honest about not being able to fill positions as Rabbis bc they were unlearned . 2. Even though Chazal restricted saving more than 3 meals for a fire, one could save a whole basket even if there’s many meals bc his effort is limited to one single act. According to one opinion, it’s always permitted to save more...

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