Young Israel of Westside Shiurim

1. Even though there are minimum sizes for carrying items, if someone has a specific purpose in mind for carrying a small amount they are liable. (Planting even one kernel or seed, for a sample, or for medicine). 2. If someone stored away a small amount for a specific purpose and then carried it out subsequently without any specific intent, they are liable bc of the original intent in why it wa st...

How the nazir has control of the self

1. When carrying out raw materials to make dye (like peels from pomegranates) the minimum size for liability is only if it’s enough to make dye to color the cloth on top of a woman’s hat. But if someone carries actual dye, already produced, the size is smaller- enough to dye a sample. 2. There are five things used las detergents mentioned in the Mishna. Like 40 day old urine, sulfur, sand etc. Car...

Value of saying Shema while walking 

HaShem spoke to Moshe or Himself

1. When Moshe went to Heaven to get the Torah, the angels complained that Torah wasn’t for human beings. Moshe refuted them and showed how Torah is for us. The angels showed great respect for Moshe and gave him “presents”. Even the angel of death gave Moshe a present by teaching that Kitores stops a plague. 2. After Torah was given, the Satan went looking for Torah. He went to earth the sea the de...

Korbanos of nesiim

1. As discussed, r Yosi says Torah was given on 7 Sivan on a Shabbos and Rabanan say that Shabbos was the 6 of Sivan. A new perspective on the dispute is that r Yosi holds the Exodus was a thrursday and the rabanan says it was a Friday. 2. Acc to the rabanan, the Torah was given on the 3rd day of abstaining relations. The Torah of 3 parts:תנך, was given to people of 3: כהנים לוי ישראל, by a 3rd bo...

Never an ideal situation

1. There a dispute between tanna kamma- torah was given on the 6th of Sivan, and r Yosi- Torah was given on the 7th of Sivan. 2. Certain details everyone agrees to. The Jews came to Midbar Sinai on Rosh Chodesh and the Torah was given on Shabbos. The first day the Jews came no info/laws were given bc everyone was tired from the journey. Day 2 of Sivan was the day when the Jews were told ואתם תהיו...

1. There’s a law of פולטת שכבת זרע- If semen comes out from woman’s body after intercourse, it contaminants her. The source is from מתן תורה where days before were forbidden in intercourse. The reason was to ensure that no woman would be tamei if she discharged the semen right before the Torah was given. By refraining from intercourse for a few days before, it ensured that any woman could go to th...

Complete 7 weeks

1. Planting mixture of seeds is assur only when they are viewed as growing together. The mishna discusses the scenario of a 6x6 tefach box where 4 different types of seeds can be planted along each edge and then a 5th type of seed right in the middle. The seeds on the edges don’t look mixed bc they run perpendicular, and the middle seed isn’t mixed with the sides bc it’s distanced 3 tefachim from...

Rus on shavuos

1. Acc to chananya, a boats susceptibility to tumah depends whether it can be moved when loaded with stuff. If it can’t be moved by people but it could be moved with oxen, it could accept tumah. 2. For tumas midras- a zav/zava/nidah siting or lying on couch or chair. The item must be primarily designated for such a usage. If the item is primarily for something else and it happens to be that ppl of...

1. Zav/zavva/nidda give off tumah in many ways. מגע- contact. משא- someone carries them even w/out touching. מדרס- any designated time for siting/lying becomes an ab HaTumah when they sit/lie on it. Covered stone- when sitting on stone, they give tumah to things beneath the stone. היסט- If the zav carries an item without contact. 2. How many of those tumos does an idol have? It certainly gives tum...

The missing date of shavuos

1. Rav chisda would advise how to defecate- he said it’s important not to harm the the teeth of the rectum by straining too much or sitting too forcefully etc. 2. On Shabbos it’s a dispute if it’s better to use rocks or pottery for wiping. Rocks are safer but pottery isn’t muktzeh. Def the smooth pottery rim from a kli is the best bc it’s safe and not muktzeh 3. One opinion favors wiping with gras...

Renewing our vows with Hashem

1. Size for liability of a bone is size to make a spoon. R Yehuda, who is consistently more stringent with the shiurim in our perek, says enough to make teeth for a lock. 2. Teeth of a lock themselves don’t accept tumah, but attached to the lock, they do accept tumah. Lock for a gate though does not accept tumah, bc anything attached to the ground does not accept tumah. 3. Size of glass is enough...

Why two loaves of bread?

1. Size for liability of carrying ink is enough to make two letters. Can be carried in form of dry ink, ink in feather, or ink in the inkwell. The gemara is unsure if these dif forms of ink can combine for the size. 2. Normally, you need to do a הנחה to the item to be liable- placing it down in the new location. If someone writes ink on paper as they are walking That is a form of הנחה bc the ink w...

1. If someone carries a loan document that’s already been paid, are they liable? There’s a dispute tanna kamma and r Yehuda with four possibilities. a. The lender carries it and the t.k. Says he is exempt bc it has no value since it’s forbidden for a lender to keep a paid loan document. R Yehuda holds its permitted and it has value to wrap around a flask b. The lender is carrying the doc whose sig...

Connection of Bamidbar to shavuos

1. Size for liability of carrying oil is to anoint a small limb. There is a dispute whether this refers to a small limb or an adult or even the small limb of a baby. (Gemara favors the second severe interpretation) 2. When the rabbis set the sizes for liability, the used the common usage of the item. If two uses are common, then their size is stringently applied to the smaller size. 3. The size fo...