Young Israel of Westside Shiurim

1. woven threads can accept tumah even in minimal amounts if they’re made specifically that way. Goats hair, even if it’s just twisted together and not technically “woven,” it’s considered woven and accepts tumah. The example would be a poor person taking a few strands of goats hair and twisting them as a necklace for his daughter. 2. Woven strands of goats hair accept tumah not only if they’re ma...

Chametz in the house

The real human being

1. One s should not go to the street wearing armor and weapons. It is biblical carrying bc weapons are not ornaments or clothing. R Eliezer allows it bc he holds weapons adorn the person. 2. The dispute is based on the Neviims words that there will be no weapons of war in the future. Rabanan say this indicates weapons are not good things while r Eliezer says they only become unattractive once they...

The distant road

1. Even if amulets cannot be brought into a bathroom, they may if they are covered by leather. However, Tefillin can’t be brought into a bathroom even though they are covered in leather bc of the exposed ש on the outside of the leather box. 2. One shouldn’t go out on Shabbos wearing armor that may give appearance he’s giving to war. 3. Woman who goes out with signet ring is doing a forbidden act f...

Really desiring thanking HaShem

1. A person shouldn’t wear a single shoe in the street. (Ppl May redicule him and he’ll remove the shoe and carry it) If he has a wound and that’s why he’s wearing one shoe it’s permitted. There are two ways to understand this. A. He ordinarily wouldn’t wear shoes but he doesn’t want the wound to be in pain by striking things he steps on so he wears jsut one shoe on the foot with the wound. Ppl un...

Sefiras omer vs. sefiras yovel

1. A ring with a signet can be considered a תכשיט for a man and yet for a woman it would be a משוי. For a woman, she would be carrying the signet while the signet would be batel to the mans body. 2. Sometimes women use needles to hold stray hairs. Those needles a woman could go out with Shabbos bc she wouldn’t remove, just like she can go out with a garter to hold her stockings. Other type of eye-...

What peah teaches us about Rosh Hashana

1. A kli is susceptible to tumah. If it’s primary function if removed, is it still susceptible to tumah? It is has a secondary function that resembles the original function, it retains the tumah. If it has a secondary function that is unlike the original one, then it’s a Machlokes if it could still have tumah or not. So, for example, a bell with a clapper inside is a kli bc it functions as a noise...

1. Slaves used to have different חותמות they would were as indications they were slaves. It is not real carrying on Shabbos but the rabbis were concerned about the slave taking it off to conceal that he was a slave. This concern applies to emblems made by the save himself, but an emblem made by his master can be worn bc the slave would be too scared to ever take if out out of disrespect. 2. Even t...

1. A woman may not go out with strands of wool and linen in her hair on Shabbos. The reason is that these things are a chatzitzah for the mikveh, and we’re concerned for a woman who had to go to the mikveh on Shabbos. She would take off the strands before immersing and afterwards she may carry them outside in the street. This is only a concern for strands that are very tight. Other strands of hair...

Rethinking putting stumbling blocks in front of the blind

Yosi Ben yoezer

1. Children of Shmeul it says in pasuk they didn’t follow their fathers ways and went after money. It’s a dispute what exactly they did. Either they explicitly requested their maaser portions, they judged cases of ppl they invested with, they took too much maaser, or they took the gifts supposed to go to kohanim. 2. With dovid and batsheva, Rebbe defends dovid and says he didn’t really sin. Uriah...

Why the luchos could be read backwards

1. There a concept that the leaders are held responsible for the sins of their flock. 2. One should rebuke someone else for a sin if there is some possibility they will listen. 3. In Yechezkels vision of the חורבן, he originally describes that the tzadikim would be spared punishment. Gavriel the angel was to place a letter ת on their forehead and they’d be spared. However, the middah of Strict jus...

Comparison between yaakov and eisav and the Goats of Yom kipour

1. Female sheep can go out with their tales tied down so males don’t mate with them. 2. When lambs are born, their fleece is licked perfectly white by the mother. The owners would cover the fleece with some leather to preserve the pristine whiteness. The animal can go out with this leather covering on Shabbos 3. Animals can’t go out with certain protective items that may fall off in the street. Bc...

Do we really experience Nissim every day?

1. Donkeys are cold and can wear saddle cloths in the street to protect their body with warmth. However, this is only if was “tied in their body on Friday,” meaning that the donkey usually wears this saddle cloth and it is treated like a garment for it. A saddle is a dispute if it can be worn bc it’s doesn’t add much warmth. 2. Rams can go out attached together (it helps protect them in the street...

The meaning of צעקה

1. Leash for a goat should be tied in holes into its horns, bc if it just around its neck, the leash will easily slip off and the owner may come to carry it in the street. The Gemara is unsure about if the rope tied into its beard. 2. A cow cannot go out with a strap between its horns. If the strap is for decoration, it is certainly a problem (bc it is unusual to adorn cows and it’s therefore cons...