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Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah: Fourth Perek, Monday night shiur, Cheshvan 9, Daf 46a (10/23/23)

Quickly learn גמרא דף מו. “ואף רב סבר (seven lines before the wide lines) until  “ת”ר העושה סוכה לעצמו” (fifth wide line)

Sugya: Bracha of Shehecheyanu 

Learn גמרא דף מו. “ת”ר העושה סוכה לעצמו (fifth wide line) until ת”ר 

Question: 

Does installing a wall of the Sukkah constitute a chidush to be able make be a Bracha of Shehecheyanu? 

See ריטב”א

https://www.sefaria.org/Ritva_on_Sukkah.46a.5?lang=bi

And משנה ברורה ס’ תרמ”א ס”ק ג

Learn תוספת “העושה

Question:

Why can one not make the Bracha of Shehecheyanu when building someone else’s Sukkah? 

Learn ביאור הלכה ס’ תרמ”א “לעצמו

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=221

Learn next תוספת “העושה

Learn ר”ן

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=627&hilite=

Learn תוספת “נכנס

Questions:

What points does the ר”ן differ with Tosfos?

Why is bris milah not considered a mitzvah that comes in a certain time period? 

See רש”ש טויבש in back of the Gemara for an answer

Learn רמב״ם הלכות מילה פרק ג הלכה ג who argues on Tosfos and the Ran and says a bracha of Shehecheyanu is made for the Mitzvah of bris milah

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=58957&st=&pgnum=311

Learn הגהות מיימוניות אות ד who says our minhag is not to recite Shehecheyanu and brings three reasons to explain the minhag.

Learn רמב״ם הלכות ברכות פרק יא הלכה ט-י 

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=58957&st=&pgnum=303

What is the criteria according to the Rambam to recite the bracha of Shechiyanu? 

Clarify whether Shechiyanu is said and why or why not for 

Pidyon Haben 

Milah 

Megillah 

Hallel 

Sefiras Haomer (see ר”ן סוף מסכת פסחים )

Eruvin / Gemara / Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim's shiurim / Sukkah

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Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Eruvin: Second Perek, יום שני Cheshvan 8, Daf 18a (10/23/23)

Quickly review משנה דף כב עמוד ב 

Quickly review the גמרא דף יח from after the Mishna until the two dots.

Questions:

Is פסי ביראות more lenient than חבלים?

Learn תוס’ “אפילו

What is the reason Rebbe Akiva permits all wells except for בור של יחיד?

What is the reason Rebbe Yehuda ben Bava only permits באר של רבים?

See רש”י דף כב עמוד ב 

Learn “תוס’ “בור  (both)

Continue learning the גמרא דף יח. “דיו (two dots) until “בשלמא (first very wide line) 

Questions:

What is the conceptual difference if man was created with two faces (male and female) or male alone and woman was created from the זנב?

The pasuk says Hashem took the צלע from adam to form Chava. How does this fit with wither explanation of פרצוף or זנב?

Evening Chabura / Gemara / Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim's shiurim / Sukkah

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Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah: Fourth Perek, Wednesday night shiur, Cheshvan 4, Daf 46a (10/18/23)

Topic: ברכה למצות סוכה 

Based on the גמרא דף מו 

Questions: Should a person be sitting or standing when he recites the bracha of Leshev baSukkah?
Should the bracha Leishev Bsukkah be said before hamotzi or after hamotzi before taking a bite from the food? 
Learn רמב״ם הלכות סוכה פרק ו הלכה יב and ראב”ד (with the מגיד משנה)

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14278&st=&pgnum=281Learn רא”ש ס’ ג from the beginning

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=482
How do we conclude lhalacha? Learn שולחן ערוך אורח חיים ס’ תרמ”ג סע’ ב & ג and the משנה ברורה 

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=223

Can one make the bracha on the Sukkah if he will be eating standing up? 

See שער הציון ס’ תרמ”ג אות ד

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=223

Should the bracha Leishev Bsukkah be said before hamotzi or right after reciting hamotzi yet before taking a bite from the food? 

Learn רא”ש ס’ ג starting from ורבינו מאיר” until “ומה שאין מברכין על השינה”

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=482

Learn the טור תרמ”ג סע’ ג

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14268&st=&pgnum=567

See how the Tur explains the two opinions

Question:

Does the opinion of the מהר”ם מרטנברג conform with the minhag to only make bracha on Sukkah when eating?

See ערוך השולחן ס’ תרמ”ג סע’ ב

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=64808&st=&pgnum=386

How do we conclude lhalacha?

Learn שולחן ערוך אורח חיים ס’ תרמ”ג סע’ ג and the משנה ברורה 

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=223

Eruvin / Gemara / Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim's shiurim / Sukkah

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Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Eruvin: Second Perek, יום רביעי Cheshvan 3, Daf 17b – 18a (10/18/23)

Quickly review “תוס’ “עושין

Clarify whether פסי ביראות is an exception to the rule of פרוץ מרובה is Pasul

Wrote out the different opinions we learnt 

1. Tosfos 

2. The ראב”ד quoted by the רשב”א/ריטב”א 

3. The רשב”א/ריטב”א 

Question:

Would three corners be accepted as פסי ביראות? 

Learn ח’ ר”ן “עושין

Review “תוס’ “וארבעה

Clarify the three different opinions in regards to the rule of אתי אוירא מהאי גיסא ומהאי גיסא ומבטלה 

1. Tosfos

2. The תוס’ ישנים 

3. The ח’ ר”ן “ארבעה 

Learn the תוס’ רא”ש

Note what the tosfos rosh adds that we did not see from the other rishonim

Learn the גמרא דף יח from after the Mishna until he two dots 

Eruvin / Gemara / Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim's shiurim / Sukkah

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Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Eruvin: Second Perek, יום שלישי Cheshvan 2, Daf 17b – 18a (10/17/23)

Review the first half of the משנה דף יז עמוד ב beginning of the Second Perek until “מותר” (last word on the Amud) 

Questions: 

Is פסי ביראות an exception to the rule that פרוץ מרובה is Pasul?

Learn “תוס’ “עושין

Learn רשב”א/ריטב”א who quotes the ראב”ד who gives a different explanation than Tosfos.

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=37275&st=&pgnum=23

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=37287&st=&pgnum=28

Why does the רשב”א/ריטב”א disagree with the reason of the ראב”ד? 

Would three corners be accepted as פסי ביראות? 

Learn ח’ ר”ן “עושין (attached)

Chiddushei-HaRan-17b-קובץ-השלם-עירובין-פרק-א-ב-ט-יDownload

We discussed in the first perek the rule of אתי אוירא מהאי גיסא ומהאי גיסא ומבטלה -When the middle panel is smaller than the space on both sides of it the panel is negated. 

How does adding panels six tefachim wide in middle of the פסי ביראות according to ר”מ help reduce the size of the opening when the gaps between the panel and the פסי ביראות are larger than the panel? 

Learn “תוס’ “וארבעה

See how the תוס’ ישנים (in brackets) gives a different answer from Tosfos.

Learn ח’ ר”ן “ארבעה (attached) who gives a very different explanation.  

How wide do the panels in between the פסי ביראות need to be?

See רש”י, ריטב”א “גבהן” & ח’ ר”ן “ארבעה 

Evening Chabura / Gemara / Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim's shiurim / Sukkah

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Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah: Fourth Perek, Monday night shiur, Cheshvan 2, Daf 45b-46a (10/16/23)

Topic: ברכה למצות סוכה 

Very quickly review the גמרא דף מה: “אמר רב יהודה until דף מו. “ואף רב סבר (seven lines before the wide lines)

There is a dispute in the Rishonim as to when someone should recite the bracha for the mitzvah of Sukkah?

Tosfos (“דף מה: “אחד) – Before one eats, drink, or sleeps in the sukkah 

Rif & Rambam (הלכות סוכה פרק ו הלכה יב ) – Each time one enters the sukkah to remain for a while. 

Rabbeinu Tam (רא”ש ס’ ג) – Minhag is to only make the bracha before eating inside the Sukkah

Halachic Conclusion:

How do we conclude in halacha as to when the bracha for the mitzvah of Sukkah should be said?

Learn שולחן ערוך אורח חיים ס’ תרל”ט סעיף ח who says the minhag is to make the bracha when you eat inside the Sukkah

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14327&st=&pgnum=373

Questions:

  • If someone will sit inside a Sukkah but will not be eating or sleeping should he recite a bracha?

See רא”ש ברכות ס ‘יג starting from “כיוצא בה שאל ר”י until ומי שהשכיםhttps://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14308&st=&pgnum=144  Learn ט”ז ס’ תרלט ס”ק כ (last line) and משנה ברורה ס”ק מח 

  • Does someone who leaves in the middle of his meal inside of Sukkah to visit his friend need to make a new bracha when he sits in his friend’s sukkah? 

Learn מגן אברהם ס’ תרלט ס”ק יז starting from “ומי שהולך (towards the end)

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14327&st=&pgnum=373Learn משנה ברורה ס”ק מח starting from “ומי שהולך (in the middle) 

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=216See קובץ הלכות פרק טו סע’ יג 

  • According to the Mishna Berura would he have to make a bracha if he is not eating in his friends sukkah?

Learn שער הציון אות צג 

  • Why is the bracha one recites on his own sukkah not effective for someone else’s sukkah?

Learn שער הציון אות צד  Learn ערוך השולחן ס’ תרל”ט כח See הליכות שלמה פרק ט ס’ יב And footnote כו 

  • If one leaves his Sukkah to daven Mincha and returned right away does he have to make a new bracha on the Sukkah

See משנה ברורה ס”ק מזSee קובץ הלכות פרק טו סע’ טו-טז 

  • If someone is going to sleep inside his sukkah and will not be eating does he recite a bracha?

See משנה ברורה ס”ק מח  See הליכות שלמה פרק ט ס’ טז