Massekhet Taanit
Massekhet Taanit: Daf 3
Dew, wind, rain and clouds. Some links for things that came up in the shiur:
How long we could survive without the sun? https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-07/if-sun-went-out-how-long-could-life-earth-survive/
Choref/Stav: http://www.balashon.com/2007/09/stav-and-horef.html
Massekhet Taanit: Daf 7 – Fire and Rain
More aggada comparing rain to a variety of things, and Torah to fire and water/rain.
How does the story of R Yohanan and Resh Lakish (Bava Metzia 84a) fit in?
Massekhet Taanit: Massekhet Taanit Event
Massekhet Taanit: 8b, Rain and Grain, & Rabbi Lamm
Massekhet Taanit: Massekhet Taanit: 10a
When and where to start saying ותן טו”מ לברכה
Massekhet Taanit: 10a – Fasting for Rain
Fasting when the rain doesn’t come.
Massekhet Taanit: On the Road
Eating and fasting in times of trouble and travel (10b-11a)
Massekhet Taanit: Massekhet Taanit 11a
Do not separate from the Tzibbur in its distress
Massekhet Taanit: Massekhet Taanit 11b
Taanit Sha’ot: Fasting vs. Not Eating
Massekhet Taanit: Massekhet Taanit: Siyyum Perek 1
We conclude the first Chapter of Taanit 14b-15a with a discussion of the practices instituted if rain does not arrive after the cycle of 13 fasts,
Massekhet Taanit: Massekhet Taanit
Aside from the shiur on 10/25 archived here I am uploading a few stand-alone mini-shiurim to help us make progress (we will not have class next 2 weeks – Nov 1 or 8).
See mini-shiur #1 here: https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/1047116/Rabbi%20Jeffrey%20Saks/Taanit%20(81)
To sign-up for the class WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BA8WmqxnkKvJDSy9lOhKbV
Massekhet Taanit: Massekhet Taanit
Rabbi Jeffrey Saks is the founding director of ATID – The Academy for Torah Initiatives and Directions in Jewish Education, in Jerusalem, and its WebYeshiva.org program. He is the Editor of the journal Tradition, Series Editor of The S.Y. Agnon Library at The Toby Press, and Director of Research at the Agnon House in Jerusalem. A three-time graduate of Yeshiva University (BA, MA, Semicha), Rabbi Saks has published widely on Jewish thought, education, and literature (see https://www.webyeshiva.org/rabbisaks/).