Daf Yomi: One Week at a Time

We will review Daf 26-32 and discuss the origins of Prayer on Daf 26b.

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This week we will learn key concepts from Daf 12-18 including the Laws of Purity and Impurity in regards to vessels and food.  We will discuss the difference between clay and metal vessels.  Are glass vessels more like clay or more like metal in regards to ritual purity? We will also learn about angels and their role in our prayers.

This week we will review Daf 19-25 and discuss topics such as: How were oil and wine made in Talmudic times? How much does food need to be cooked before Shabbat so that one can leave it on the fire on Shabbat?  We will also start the second chapter of Shabbat and discuss the source for lighting candles on Chanukah.

We will review key concepts in Daf 26-32.  We will then discuss the greatness of Hillel’s Humility on Daf 31a.

We will review topics on Daf 33-37 including types of cooking and ovens.  We will then learn the very famous story of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai and the cave.

We will review topic in Daf 38-46. We will discuss the concept of Muktza and it’s effects on various objects.

We will review Daf 47-54 and talk about insulating food on Shabbat, the power of wearing Tefilin, and can animals carry on Shabbat.

We will review Daf 55-60 this week. After finishing the 5th chapter, we will start the 6th chapter and discuss what people are allowed to wear when leaving their houses on Shabbat, and the differences between men and women. We will then discuss the famous section in this week’s daf about the transgressions, or not, of King David.

This week we will review Daf 61-67. We will continue to discuss what men and women can go out with on Shabbat.  Can weapons be work as jewelry? Can a woman wear a wig on Shabbat? Why does the Gemara discuss incantations? Do we really believe that they heal?

This week we will review Daf 68-74.  We will learn about the source for the 39 Melachot that are prohibited on Shabbat.  Do our intentions matter? What happens when we transgress unintentionally?

This week we continue learning about the 39 Melachot and focus on the amounts that make us liable for carrying objects from one domain to the other. We will then discuss the timeless lessons from the animal kingdom.

We will review concepts in Tumah as it pertains to Idolotry and learn about planting different types of plants. We will then discuss the many different stories surrounding the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai.

This week we will review Daf 96-102 and learn about different laws pertaining to throwing on Shabbat.  We will also learn how the Levites transported the beams of the Mishkan, Tabernacle, in the desert and how it applies to us.

This week we will learn 2.5 chapters! We will discuss the activity of building and completing items, writing, weaving, sewing, tearing, destroying, trapping, wounding and healing. We will also delve into the beauty and insights of the Aleph Bet.

We will review concepts in Daf 110-116 including how to prevent snake bites, which knots are prohibited and which are permitted on Shabbat, as well as what we are allowed to save from a burning building on Shabbat. We will then discuss how we can make Shabbat special by what we wear and how we act.

This week we will review Daf 117-123.  We will discover what things we are allowed to save from a fire, if a Non-Jew may extinguish the fire and do other actions for you on Shabbat, numerous reasons for the destruction of the Temple, and we will return to the subject of Muktza, understanding what objects we may move on Shabbat.

This week we will review concepts in Daf 124-130 including moving utensils, moving boxes of food to make room for guests and moving animals on Shabbat. We will also discuss what we may do for a laboring woman on Shabbat and the importance of judging people favorably.

This week we will review key concepts in Daf 131-137 including when and how does Brit Milah, circumcision, override Shabbat, what things override a Yom Tov, Festival, and how exactly one performs a Brit Milah.  We will also try and understand how one can be “beautiful before G-d”.

This week we will review key concepts in Daf 137-144 including straining liquids, creating a tent (Ohel), feeding animals, and moving muktzah (to be defined in class) on Shabbat. We will also answer the question: Can the Torah ever be forgotten?

We will review key concepts in Daf 152-157 including the effects of aging, having a Non-Jew carry your items on Shabbat and how we relate to our animals on Shabbat. We will finish the Masechet together with a Siyum. We will then have an introduction to Masechet Eruvin.

We will start Masechet Eruvin this week and review the key concepts in Daf 2-9 including understanding what an open and closed alleyway are and how we are able to carry within them. We will also discuss different permutations of alleyways, courtyards, and public thoroughfares.

This week we will learn what the minimum and maximum dimensions of an alleyway and a courtyard are, understand the various shapes and sizes of arched doorways, and delve into the personality of Rabbi Meir.

We will review key concepts in Daf 17-23 including the maximum area for a campsite, the mechanism by which we allow drawing water from a public well, and the minimum and maximum dimensions of that area.  We will then explore the concept of Gehenom.

This week we will discuss the limitations of carrying in an area that is enclosed but not for residential purposes, can one put a partition on top of another partition, and what types and quantity of food can one use to create an Eruv.

This week we will discuss the parameters of setting up an Eruv Techumin that allows you to travel an extra 2000 amot past the city limits on Shabbat. We will learn that it can be placed in various strange places and when the placement will invalidate it. We will then focus on the Gemara concepts of Chazaka and Breira (to be defined in class!)

This week will discuss topics in Daf 38-44 including if one can make a separate Eruv for Shabbat and a different Eruv for a Festival that either precedes or follows Shabbat. We will discover the true nature of the 2 days of Rosh Hashana and what happens when a fast day falls on Friday or Sunday. And we will read about a flying Elijah and the coming of the Messiah.

This week we will discuss key concepts in Daf 45-51 including if you fell asleep before Shabbat and woke up on Shabbat, where is your Techum, how far can you walk on Shabbat? Does rain establish a resting place before or on Shabbat? What is the philosophy behind making an Eruv?

This week we will complete the fourth chapter of Masechet Eruvin and begin the fifth.  We will learn about extending the boundaries of a square or circular city 2000 amot in every direction and learn about halachic measuring techniques and concepts.  We will also encounter the wise Talmudic female scholar, Bruriah and the greatness of learning Torah out loud.

This week we will review concepts in Daf 59-65 including making an eruv in public vs. private cities, are ladders “entranceways” and what are the consequences of living with an idol-worshiper in the same courtyard?

This week we will learn the fundamental concept of how we create an Eruv in a courtyard of multiple houses. Who needs to be a part of it, and what happens if they aren’t. We will also learn about joining all courtyards that open into one alleyway, who needs to join and how they go about joining.

This week we will learn the differences between joining houses with an eruv and joining courtyards in an alleyway and the intricacies of an inner courtyard and it’s relationship to an outer courtyard. We will also learn about different mechanisms that join or separate adjoining courtyards.

This week we will discuss if various people can make an eruv for others, including mothers-in-law for daughters-in-law and parents for children and if you need consent from someone to join them in the eruv.  We will also learn what type and how much food needs to be set aside as the eruv and where it needs to be placed.

This week we will learn about a ledge over water and how one can draw water from it.  We will also discuss spilling waste water into the courtyard and finish the 8th chapter of Eruvin. Chapter 9 discusses roofs, courtyards, and karpefs and if they are viewed as separate or distinct domains.

This week we will learn what happens if walls between courtyards fall down, or if the walls of a house are breached. We will complete the 9th chapter of Eruvin. The final chapter discusses what happens if you find Tefilin outside a city on Shabbat. Can you carry them into the city in order to save them or do you have to leave them where they are?