Monthly Archive: October 2021

Quickly review the Gemara דף מא עמוד ב starting from the two dots on the last line of the Amud until ” דף מב. “והא רבא (fourth line)

Major Question:
See Chidushei Rebbe Akiva Eiger who asks; The melacha of carrying on Shabbos needs three components – Akira, Hotzoa Mreshus lreshus, and Hanacha. At the moment of the Akira the person had not yet performed the mitzvah of daled minim so that segment even if he fulfilled the mitzvah before carrying them out of the house the person should still be exempt from the korban as the he was involved in the mitzvah at the time of the akira?

Learn the רש”ש דף מב (first half – until the brackets) who answers Rebbe Akiva Eiger question with a major chidush as to the minimum act required to fulfill the mitzvah of Daled Minim.
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=514

Question:
What’s the minimum action necessary to fulfill the Mitzvah of Daled Minim?
See פרי מגדים אשל אברהם סוף ס’ תרנג
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=41247&st=&pgnum=348
The רמב״ם הלכות לולב פרק ז הלכה ו
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=58958&st=&pgnum=283
And טור ס’ תרנ”א סעיף ה דיוק בלשון הרמבם
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14268&st=&pgnum=584

A bracha for a mitzvah should be recited immediately prior to performing the mitzvah
What is the proper time to make the bracha on the Daled Minim?
Learn תוספת דף לט.”עובר who presents three options when to recite the bracha on the Daled Minim עובר לעשייתן
And רא”ש ס’ לג
https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=7&daf=39&format=pdf

Halachik Conclusion:
What do we conclude L’Halacha as to when is the proper time to recite the bracha on the Daled Minim עובר לעשייתן?
Learn שולחן ערוך אורח חיים ס’ תרנ”א סעיף ה which presents two options.
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14327&st=&pgnum=395
See the מגן אברהם ס”ק יב for a new option not mentioned in Tosfos
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14327&st=&pgnum=396
See ב’ הגר”א who says the two options mentioned in the Shulchan Aruch are not necessary.
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14327&st=&pgnum=396
Questions:
What is the basis of the Gra?
See גמרא פסחים דף ז עמוד ב “מיתיבי העושה לולב (ten lines from the top of the Amud) until והלכתא
https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=4&daf=7b&format=pdf

Why does the Shulchan Aruch omit the option of negative intent (the third option that Tosfos presented)?
See the משנה ברורה and שער הציון
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=251

Question:
If person forgot to make a bracha on a mitzvah can he make the bracha afterwards?
Learn רמב״ם הלכות ברכות פרק יא הלכה ה-ז
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=58957&st=&pgnum=302
And הגהות אשרי ברכות פרק א ס’ יד
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14308&st=&pgnum=145
And רמ”א יורה דעה יט,א with the שך
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=9145&st=&pgnum=57

Learn the Mishna דף מב
Questions:
What is the reason one may not add water to the Daled Minim in new water on Shabbos?
What is the reason one may not replace the water on YomTov?

May one place flowers in water on Shabbos?
Learn שולחן ערוך אורח חיים ס’ שלו סעיף יא and תרנ”ד with the Mishna Berura and שער הציון

Learn the Gemara דף מא עמוד ב starting from the two dots on the last line of the Amud until the Mishna on דף מב

Question:
When is the proper time to make the bracha on the Daled Minim?
Learn רא”ש ס’ לג which is similar to תוספת דף לט “עובר (towards the end of Tosfos) who learns from our gemara that one can make a bracha on the Daled Minim as long as it was still in ones hands.
https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=7&daf=39&format=pdf