Heavy Metal
Daf yomi learners finished Masechta Middos this week. Middos discusses the measurements of the Beis HaMikdash and its utensils. Seemingly there is little relevance to us nowadays in knowing these historical facts.
Seder Taharos · dafim 2–73
Begins March 28, 2027. 6 articles, 1 story
Daf yomi learners finished Masechta Middos this week. Middos discusses the measurements of the Beis HaMikdash and its utensils. Seemingly there is little relevance to us nowadays in knowing these historical facts.
There are two major halachic ramifications when a woman became a nidah. The one that is relevant today involves the relationship between a man and his wife.
The Mahari Bruna (born 1400 in Germany) was asked the following question: If a student surpasses his rebbe in Torah scholarship, does he still have to honor him?
Rebbe Simlai (Niddah 30b) says that a fetus learns the entire Torah while in its mother’s womb. When the child is born, an angel hits the child on its mouth and it forgets everything.
After a lengthy discussion about a disagreement between Levi and Rav, the Gemara (Niddah 36a) concludes by noting that Mar Zutra ruled that the halachah follows both opinions.
The Mishnah Berurah writes (225:6), “There is a mitzvah for an individual to make a festive meal on the day when his son becomes bar mitzvah like the day that he marries. . . .
Sent by Rebbe, Rabbi Chama bar Bisa asks Rabbi Yishmael ben Rabbi Yosi a question, then asks for Rebbe’s view rather than that of Rebbe’s own teacher.