Daf Yomi
Genetically-Engineered Simanim
‘A Bird With One Siman’
(Chullin 62a)
Replacement Check
The director picked up the phone to Rabbi Dayan. "One of our counselors lost his check," he said. "Do we have to issue a new one or is it his loss?"
Daf Yomi
Curling Pei’os
‘Hair Of A Nazir’
(Nazir 42a)
Daf Yomi
Beware The Fruit!
‘A Misasek Is Excluded’
(Kereisos 19a)
Daf Yomi
Hashem’s Holy Name
‘A Gentile May Bring Either Votive Or Freewill Offerings…’
(Menachos 73b)
Eruv Tavshilin
In most communities the rabbi will perform the eruv ceremony on Erev Yom Tov for all community members.
Migo
Migo applies in a case that a person, usually the defendant, states a weak claim, one that would not ordinarily be believed...
Are We Here Yet?
Women more naturally live with a sense of tomorrow.
Can You Reuse An Unpunched Ticket?
Mechilah requires a willingness to forgo and release the other party of liability.
Daf Yomi
In One’s Grasp
‘Ein Ma’avirin Al Hamitzvos’
(Yoma 33a)
Is It Proper…? Is it ever appropriate for a husband to put his foot...
Is it ever appropriate for a husband to put his foot down with his wife or a wife with her husband? Or is compromise the answer no matter what the issue is?
Early Shabbat (Part I)
Contrary to widespread misconception, most authorities permit a husband and wife to accept Shabbat at different times, i.e., one spouse is permitted to make "Early Shabbat" while the other spouse accepts Shabbat "on-time."
Daf Yomi
Whose Fridge?
‘If the Owner Retains a Holding There’
(Eruvin 85b)
Fruit Of The Land
"This week is Tu B'Shevat," announced Rabbi Dayan. "We celebrate the 'New Year' of trees with produce of Eretz Yisrael. However, the Israeli Rabbinate does not take full responsibility for Terumos and Ma'asros to export produce. So, unless the produce is marked as tithed, it is proper to take Terumos and Ma'asros yourself."
Daf Yomi
Of Kings And Scholars
‘He Forgave the Honor Due Him’
(Yoma 22b)
Junior League
Dudi was assistant coach of his community's Junior League basketball team, comprised of fifth and sixth graders. Among the players was his younger brother, Dovy, who had just turned eleven.
Daf Yomi
Two Talleisim
‘The Residue Of The Blood He Spills…’
(Zevachim 51a)
Daf Yomi
Not As An Asmachta?
“An Asmachta [In Beis Din] Does Acquire”
(Nedarim 27b)
Daf Yomi
Do Not Add To Them!
‘Shabbos is not a Time for Tefillin’
(Shabbos 61a)
A Wedding Without Witnesses?
In the case of a loan, witnesses are not required to make the loan transaction legally effective. The loan can be legally effective without them.
Daf Yomi
Deliberate Humiliation
‘Take Care of My Father’
(Gittin 75b)
Daf Yomi
The Ban Of The Communities
‘Impaired Chalitzah’
(Yevamos 26b)
Honoring The Wishes Of The Deceased
When does the obligation of mitzvah lekayem divrei ha’met apply, and how could it have improved Jill’s position?
The Best Judgment Is Compromise (Sanhedrin 6a and b)
A judge must open the proceedings by urging the litigants to settle the dispute by way of compromise.
Daf Yomi
A Matter Of Ownership
‘Here Too [It Means] Of Your Own’
(Pesachim 37b-38a)
Daf Yomi
Consequential Limitations
‘Seeds That Did Not Sprout’
(Bava Basra 92a)
Revoking The Testimony Of Witnesses (Siman 75:25)
This will render any note the plaintiff may subsequently produce null and void...
Esrog Escapade
Some seforim on a nearby bookcase toppled over and knocked the esrog out of Lev's hand. It fell to the ground and a piece broke off.
Celebrating Yom Yerushalayim
Question: Is there anything special that one should do on Yom Yerushalayim?
Shards Of Glass
The Torah holds that the one who created the hazard is liable, even if he does not own it.
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