Daf haShavua: Recent Episodes
Rabbi Shmuli Kagan
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Working out the circumference of a circular kosher sukkah. Different sukkot that are inferior dwellings but are kosher sukkot
Where to place the additional third tefach wall of a sukkah. Comparing a private domain regarding Shabbat to creating the domain of a kosher sukkah. Placing a schach over an alleyway.
Understanding the source for the need for 3 or 4 walls for a sukkah. Expounding the way the Torah is written or how it's read. Where to place the wall made up of a tefach
Derivation of different shiurim (sizes and measures) from The Torah. Derivation of Chatzitza of body and hair from the Torah
Alternate sources for the minimum height of the Sukkah - the airspace below the wings of the Keruvim above the Aron or tradition from Har Sinai
Derivation of the height of the lid of the Aron - from the height of the border of the Shulchan or from the face of the Keruvim
Lowering the ground to make the sukkah higher. Levud. Gud asik. A sukkah without walls through deyumad. The source for the minimum size of the sukkah.
Making a sukkah lower than 20 amot by raising the floor through placing straw or sand down, or building a platform. Concept of dofen akuma.
Different praises given to the people who hosted the Sages of Kerem beyavneh. Different interpretationsn of the word haskeit. Toiling over Torah. Not learning by yourself. Merit of hosting Talmidei Chachamim. Different insights of Rav Avin Halevi. Closing with Shalom.
Conclusion of Brachot in Beit Hamikdash. Greeting people with the Name of Hashem and uprooting Torah for sake of Hashem. The juxtaposition of the parshiot of Nazir Sotah and Trumot. Intecalating months while in diaspora.
Different pieces of advice relating to healthy living. Not speaking while in the toilet. Stories of King David and King Shaul relating to the latrine and clothing. The plague that struck Am Yisrael when King David did a census. Decorum on the Temple Mount and in a shul.
Serving Hashem with all you resources and your life. Story of Rebi Akiva being killed in the Name of Hashem. Behaving appropriately in the presence of the Beit Hamikdash. Etiquette in a toilet.
Man was created with 2 yuds. Was chava created from the full back of Adam or from Adam's tail. Walking behind a women. The influence of the yetzer hara.
Brachot and thanks one says before and after going into a bathhouse and toilet; and before one sleeps and after one wakes up. The morning Brachot. One must bless Hashem with the same attitude when bad things happen as he does when good things happen as whatever Hashem Does is for the good.
Bracha of SheHechiyanu, dayan ha'emet and ha'tov vehameitiv. Davening for things one can't change. Davening for safety along a journey.
Causes of earthquakes. Brachot one says over strong winds, lightning, rainbows, rivers and natural phenomenon. Birkat Hachama. The Bracha of Hatov vehameitiv.
Brachot said over: seeing home in Israel rebuilt or destroyed etc; seeing graves of Jews and idol worshippers; seeing a friend after 30 days or 12 months; unusual people or animals; natural phenomenon like shooting stars and earthquakes.
Series of different lists for eg: things that the body benefits from, things that are a taste of other other worldly experiences, things that bring healing to the sick. Different Blessings: one says over a place where idolatry was uprooted; said in Bavel; said over seeing massive crowds of people; people of great wisdom; seeing royalty.
Dreams related to davening, agricultural products, various birds, wild animals, beverages, personalities and books of Tanach and Gemara
The end of Bar Hedya's dream interpretation. More on dream interpretation, dreaming about Pesukim and say Pesukim to give positive meaning to the dreams.
The outcome of a dream depends on its interpretation. Dreams are influenced by what's on one's mind during the day. Story of how dreams were interpreted for good or bad depending on if the interpreter recieved money for interpreting.
Appointment of a leader over the community and praises about Betzalel. Start of the discussion regarding dreams. The evil eye and being a descendant of Yosef. When to reveal others if one is sick.
More on saying a Bracha over miracles that were done for the Jews. Birkat HaGomel. People who need a shomer. Behaviour that lengthens or detracts from one's life.
Beginning of ninth perek. Different Brachot one says over miracles, wondrous aspects of nature, good and bad news. Not to daven for past occurances changing. Greeting people with the name of Hashem. Different places where miracles happened to Am Yisrael
How close does one need to be to say a Bracha over the havdala candle. One doesn't have to put too much effort to get a candle for havdala. Returning to the place you ate to bench. How long one has to bench after finishing one's meal. Saying amen after just hearing part of a Bracha or the Bracha of a child. Saying one's own bracha even if cam just say amen. Having clean hands for benching.
Using the candle or spices of a non-Jew for havdala. Havdala candle needs to be used for illumination. Spices need to be to enjoy the smell.
More arguments between Beit Shamai and Beit Hillel: to wash one's hands before Borei pri hagafen or after; where to put your wet used serviette during the meal; necessity to wipe away crumbs before mayim Acharonim or not; order of Havdalah done together with Birkat Hamazon, the text of the Bracha over fire in havdala; not using flame or spices of a non-Jew.
Mishna stating the different machlakot between Beit Shamai and Beit Hillel regarding meals. Order of kiddush - Bracha on wine first and then Bracha on day or vice versa. Order of havdala. Benching over wine.
Saying a Bracha once one realised he forgot it. The health benefits of asparagus brew. Different halachot regarding cos Shel Bracha.
Benching with a minyan or more. Dividing up a group into smaller groups to bench. Joining of different groups to a zimun. Bracha on undiluted wine and using food for other purposes besides eating. If one put food in one's mouth and forgot to say a Bracha.
If one misses the appropriate insert during benching and the compensatory Bracha. The amount of food one must eat to obligate benching. The text of zimun depending on how many join.
The sources for saying an after Bracha on food, a before Bracha for food, Birkat HaTorah and Bracha on tragic occurances. The text of Birkat Hamazon.
Who or what can join to make a minyan or zimun. What must be eaten to join or lead zimun. The origins of the different Brachot of Birkat Hamazon. Source for them in the Torah.
Meal etiquette - not to eat before the person who said Hamotzi. Saying Amen properly. A latecomer joining and leading the zimun. What type of food can one eat to be included in zimun. Definition of am ha'aretz. Different types of people who can or can't be part of a zimun or minyan.
The Rabinic nature of the Bracha of Hatov vehameitiv. Derech Eretz of a meal. Who should do mayim Acharonim first. Giving people precedence while traveling or entering a room.
More on whether 2 people can make a zimun or only 3. What to do when one of the three leaves, or one of the three wants to do zimun before all are finished. What to say if you walk in on a zimun. Saying amen after one's own Bracha. Who should say Hamotzi and who should lead the benching. Text of hosts blessing. What constitutes the text of zimun.
End of perek 6 - more on the effects of certain food. Bracha on water. Beginning of perek 7 - halachot of zimun. Source in Tanach. Whether a zimun can be done with 2 people.
Priority of order over different Brachot. Behaviour that is particularly inappropriate for a talmid chacham. Bracha of Primary food covering secondary foods. Abundance of productivity of Eretz Yisrael. The after Bracha of the Shivat yamim of Eretz Yisrael. Nutritional qualities of certain foods.
Saying the Bracha on behalf of others regarding bread and wine; the honour of leading the benching and mayim Acharonim. Saying Brachot over fragrances. More on priority regarding Brachot.
Mayim Acharonim ends the meal. Brachot on wine during different times of meal. Brachot on certain foods covering other foods. What's considered a joint meal for one to say the Bracha on behalf of others.
Different halachik measurements learned from pasuk of fruits of Eretz Yisrael. Learning from that pasuk which foods take precedence of Bracha. Halachot of making seperate Brachot over food that comes in the middle or end of meal. Pat ha'ba bekisnin. When is a meal considered finished.
The Bracha of Shehacol with special focus on Mushrooms and truffles and inferior fruit. Preferance over which food to say Bracha.
Saying specific Brachot over vegetables, Brachot of eitz and adama. Structure of Bracha and benching in another language other than Hebrew
Halachot of saying Hamotzi - breaking the bread before end of Bracha or after, over a big piece or full loaf, speaking between Bracha and eating. Different foods and their qualities.
Bracha on cooked vegetables. Preferance of which food to say Bracha on. The size of a cezayit. Bracha over food with flour as a binding agent.
Brachot on fruit juice; food used for therapeutic reasons. Wording of "Hamotzi". Bracha on cooked vegetables
Brachot on rice, on the seven species, one a dish made with bread crumbs. Taking Chalah from different types of "bread" dishes.
The definition of a shomer le'pri - protective cover to the fruit - regarding orlah. The Bracha over peppercorns and over porridge.
The Bracha over olive oil, flour, date palm shoots and caper bushes. Ikar and tafel. Effect of intention of planting on the Bracha. Orlah.
Different comparisons of people who don't say Brachot. Balancing learning Torah and work. Why does wine get a special Bracha and olive oil not.
Brachot on fruit and vegetables. The Rabinic source for saying Brachot on food - Hillulim by Neta Reva'i, 7 species of Eretz Yisrael but ultimately its logical.
Different types of bowing. Bowing in Modim in Amidah. Making mistakes during Tefila as a bad omen. Different statements of Rebi Chiya bar Aba in the name of Rebi Yochanan describing the reward the profits speak about including Mashiach and Olam Haba. The power of Tefila of Rebi Chanina Ben Dosa. Davening in a place of windows but not in open area. A person who is not shameful of one's sins.
"Smallness" of Fear of Heaven. Inappropriate repetition in Tefila. A Chazan who makes mistakes while davening. The structure of the Amidah. Length of one's tefilla. Appropriate times to bow down.
Doing Havdalah both in Maariv Amidah and over a cup. Havdala on Motzei Shabbat going into Yom Tov - vetodieunu. Inappropriate insertions into Tefila.
More on how Chasidim Harishonim spent time davening. Interrupting the Amidah when confronted by a non-Jewish leader or dangerous animal. Where to insert special additions to the Amidah - Mashiv HaRuach, vetein tal umatar, and havdala. Havdala on a cup of wine.
More on the Tefila of Moshe regarding Cheit Ha'eigel and Cheit Hameraglim. First praising Hashem before asking. Different statements of Rebi Elazar comparing Tefila, tzedaka, fasting etc. Davening for long. Hashem's "Forgetting" and "Remembering". Chasidim Harishonim spent time before and after davening.
Fasting on Shabbat. Examples of great people davening to Hashem with chutzpah. Examples of how our circumstances effect our potential to sin, like wealth. Explanations relating to the Pesukim of Cheit Ha'eigel. Realising the matter depends on you and rising to the challenge. Different explanations of how Moshe davened to Hashem to forgive the Jewish people.
More on not being too joyous. Going to daven from a sense of Simcha Shel mitzvah and halacha pesuka. Leaving one's friend with devar halacha. Different halachot of davening like having windows in shul and davening quietly.
Repeating the Amidah if one forgot Ya'aleh veyavoh. Waiting from one amidah to the next. Perek 5 - standing before Hashem in Tefilla in the appropriate way. Breaking a glass to retain a sense of seriousness.
More details on Tefilat Haderech. Difference between havineinu and the short Tefila one says in places of danger. Where to face when you daven. Davening early before leaving on a trip. Davening Musaf with a minyan or not.
If one forgot certain insertions to the Amidah including Ya'aleh vayavo. Explanations of davening in a "fixed" way. Special tefilot when in dangerous places. Text of Tefilat Haderech.
Whether a tzaddik can become a sinner later on in his life. Sources for the number of brachot found in amidot of special days. The text of the shortened amidah and when one cannot say it
Eating before Mussaf and Mincha. Tefila on entering and leaving Beit Midrash. The Shemoneh Esrei and Bracha against heretics
Continuation of story of Rabban Gamliel and Rebi Yehoshua and the making of R Elazar Ben Azarya as Nasi and the changes he made. Davening Mussaf and Mincha late according to Rebi Yehuda.
Being respectful of your Rabbi. Bringing in Shabbas early. Davening weekday Maariv and doing havdala while it's still Shabbas. The halachik obligation of Maariv.
Is "until" inclusive or exclusive? Rebi Yehuda's opinion regarding Shacharit and Mincha and whether we pasken like him or the Chachamim. Davening Shabbat Maariv on Friday afternoon after plag hamincha.
Making up a tefilla that one missed. Adding havdala into the Motzei Shabbat amidah. Machloket as to the foundation of Tefila - based on the Avot or korbanot.
Covering or seperating a Sefer Torah and Tefilin in a bedroom room. Davening while visibly seeing a lavatory. Ba'al keri going to mikveh while having a more severe type of tumah. Perek 4 - the times for tefilot, vatikin and making up a missed Tefilah
Saying Shema near urine. Separating your heart and your heal from your nakedness. The benefit of a separation that is transparent regarding Shema and excrement and nakedness.
Saying Shema or davening without covering your torso. The dangers of holding it in when one needs to go to toilet. Saying Shema near something repulsive.
Storing Teffilin. Inappropriate behavior during Tefila. Davening aloud. The possible prohibition of living in Israel before Mashiach. Saying Shema in dirty places.
More on protecting Tefilin even in places that seem to be not befitting for them like under one's pillow. Saying Shema while touching or in front of nakedness. The age of children when their nakedness counts. Gazing at a women. The thigh, voice and hair of women are considered nakedness.
More on what to do with Teffilin when needed the toilet. The status of a bag or covering for Teffilin. Not to daven while holding certain things in your hand.
Certain realisations while in the midst of the Amidah. Not davening in the vicinity of tzo'ah. What to do with teffilin when going into a toilet.
Continuation of discussion regarding the need to purify oneself from being a ba'al keri. Difference between a healthy and sick person; difference between a person who becomes a ba'al keri willingly or not; difference between using a kosher mikveh, a mikveh of drawn water, and pouring drawn water over oneself; difference between purifying on self to learn or to teach others.
Opinion of Rebi Yehuda regarding hirhur kedibur dami and takanat Ezra regarding ba'al keri. Opinion of Rebi Yehuda Ben Beteira regarding Torah not being able to become impure. Remove tumat ba'al keri through Tisha kabim
Starting your private amidah late after the community has started theirs - before they reach Modim or Kedusha. Sugya of learning out smoochim in the Torah and from sefer Devarim
Sources for Birkat Hamazon and Birkat HaTorah being De'orayta. Discussion whether Shema and Emet vayatziv is De'orayta. Davening numerous times
Sugya of women being exempt from positive mitzvot that have a set time. Discussions on Shema, Tefilin, Mezuzah, Tefilla and Birkat Hamazon. Hirhur cedibur dami regarding a ba'al keri
Not doing positive mitzvot because of cavod habriyot. Why earlier generations merited miracles - mesirut nefesh. Examples of tzniyut of great Rabbis
Different cases of taking care of the needs of the dead and the mourners and excemption from the Shema. Different examples of the severity of cavod habriyot
Tucking in one's tzitzit in a cemetery. Discussion on whether people who have passed on know what's going on in this world.
World being nourished in the merit of Tzadikim. Acting like a talmid Chacham and looking haughty. Mishna of onen being except from Mitzvot
Further teachings from the Sages. Schar for women facilitating their husband's and sons' learning. Parting blessings from leaving the Beit Midrash
Different prayers the Sages said after the Amidah. Beginning of different pieces of advice from the Sages.
A sensitive person washing during shiva. Mourning for a slave. Merit of being careful with Shema and Amidah. Different prayers said after davening before learning.
Birkat Hamazon while working. A chatan's excemption regarding Shema. Mishna of "controversial" acts of Rabban Gamliel
Saying the Shema out of order. How a worker says Shema and Amidah while working. A chattan's excemption from Shema
The need for Shema and mitzvot to be done audibly. Techiyat Hameitim. Pronouncing the words of the Shema properly.
Kosher readers of the megilla. The need to make certain mitzvot audible. Halacha regarding hearing the recitation of Shema
Order of paragraphs of Shema. Saying Shema without teffilin. Acceptance of the the yoke of Heaven fully. Washing one's hands before davening
Interruptions between the end of Shema and Emet. Shortening the last paragraph of Shema. The order of paragraphs of Shema and learning Torah, teaching Torah and practicing Torah
Interruptions during Hallel. Tasting food on a fast day. Greeting someone before davening. Personal preoccupations before Shacharit. Dreams and learning before one goes to sleep.
Obligatory Kavanot during Shema. Pausing while saying Shema. Saying Shema and sleeping while lying down. Interruptions during Shema.
Cavana, interruptions, order of paragraphs in Shema. Saying Shema in another language besides Hebrew.
Parsha of tzitit in Shema. Mishna of mentioning Yetziat Mitzrayim at night and when Mashiach comes. Change of names of Avraham, Sarah, and Yaakov.
How to bow down in Amidah. Changes to Amidah during 10 days of repentance. Davening for someone in need especially Talmid Chacham. Being forgiven for sins that one is ashamed of. Adding Parsha of Balak into Shema
The reading of the 10 Commandments in Shacharit. The blessing during the changing shifts of the Kohanim. Ending off a Bracha correctly but having the wrong initial intention. Importance of saying Emet vayatziv and Emet ve'emunah.
The Brachot that are said before and after Shema. The first two - yotzer or and ahava raba. Birkat HaTorah - on what Torah it is said and its text. Which Bracha before Shema did the Kohanim say in the Beit Hamikdash
Machloket between Beit Hillel and Beit Shamai regarding how to say Shema. Osek bemitzvah patur min hamitzvah. What if one says Shema like Beit Shamai
Davening in the merit of yourself or others. Lessons from how the Isha Shunamit hosted Elisha. Posture during Tefila. Eating before Shacharit. Until when can one say Shema of Shacharit and its Brachot. How one should say Shema
Story of Chizkiyahu Hamelech not wanting to get married and his prayer for forgiveness. Different acts he did which some Hashem agreed with, others He didn't.
The times of saying the morning Shma. Vatikin. Joining geula to Tefilah. The 18 Brachot of the Amidah
When to eat Korban Pesach. How the Jews left Egypt with great wealth. Hashem's Name when taking them out of Egypt
Saying kriyat shma the whole night. Rabinic decree of Chatzot. Machloket of when to eat Korban Pesach.
Leaving shul during Torah reading. Shnayim mikra va'echad targum. Different advice and lessons one can learn from non-Jews.
When davening alone daven at the time the community davens. Merits for davening with the community, and arriving early and leaving late from shul. What one should daven for. Davening in the place one learns. Living near your Rabbi.
Continuation of different sayings of Rebi Yochanan in the name of Rebi Shimon bar Yochai. Avraham calling Hashem Adon. Don't appease someone when they're angry. Hashem's influence over one's name. Contending with reshaim. One learns more from serving Talmidei Chachamim more than listening to them.
When Hashem gets angry and Bilaam's accessing that. Why do bad things happen to good people?
Don't run from shul - run to do mitzvot. The merit one gets when rejoicing with a chattan and kallah. Hashem's Prayer
Hashem's Shchina resting on different amounts of people. Hashem wears Teffilin. The importance of davening in a shul and making a minyan. Having a set seat in shul.
Doing Teshuva after receiving affliction. Davening straight after waking up. Direction one should place his bed. Not leaving someone alone davening in a shul. Demons around us.
Saying Ashrei 3 times a day. Saying Shema before one goes to sleep. How to stop oneself from sinning. The connection between learning Torah and preventing affliction
The Sages opinion of until when one can say night time Shema. Joining Redemption to Tefilah
3 reasons why not to go into a ruin. Argument whether there are 3 or 4 watches at night. King David getting up in the middle of the night.
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Why the Mishna taught tzeit as when the purified Kohanim can eat Terumah. First 3 formulations of the starting time for the night time Shema