On last week’s daf · Thursday · Bechoros 27
The Gemara records a fascinating conversation between Yalta and her husband, Rav Nachman. Yalta pointed out that for every item or relationship forbidden by Divine law, Hashem provided a permissible equivalent.
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Boruch stepped into the shared backyard, hammer in hand, ready to build his beautiful sukkah. But as he looked up to map out his airspace, he noticed a major snag.
The following is based on a true story. Nathan comes home from his out-of-town dormitory and loudly declares, “I’m starving!” His mother gently reminds him that he managed for a few months on his own…
In the “you can’t make this stuff up” department, 35-year-old Bobby Bolen of Niles, Michigan, was sentenced to 54 days in prison plus probation after barging into his then-friend Lee’s home, throwing…
The Gemara (Chullin 105a) records a fascinating statement by Mar Ukva: “I am like vinegar from wine compared to my father.
In Maseches Chullin (95a), the Gemara transitions into a discussion regarding the prohibition against nichush (forbidden divination).
On a crisp, torch-lit night in eleventh-century Baghdad, the air carried more than the usual scent of roasted almonds, cardamom, and the damp clay of the Tigris.
Asked whether milk could be used for the four kosos, the Brisker Rav handed the questioner 25 rubles, reasoning he surely had no money for meat either.
Ulla sees Rabbah bar Rav Huna measuring his bathwater on Shabbos and rebukes him; Rabbah answers that he is only measuring idly, with no purpose.
Rebbe Zalman of Vilna finds invalid mezuzos at an inn for Shabbos, so the innkeeper declares the inn ownerless before three witnesses to keep his guest.
Rebbe at Yeshiva Ateres Shimon in Far Rockaway. He leads the Daf Yomi chaburah at Eitz Chayim of Dogwood Park in West Hempstead, and writes “Delving into the Daf” each week for The Jewish Home.
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