Quickly review the גמרא דף כא: “דרש רבא (third line of the medium lines) until “תנו רבנן מעשה בר”ע (in middle of the medium lines)
Questions:
Why is transgressing a rabbinic prohibition deserving of death?
Does this apply to all Rabbinic prohibitions?
See רש”י “עשה ול”ת
Learn מהרש”א
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14312&st=&pgnum=269
Learn שערי תשובה שער שלישי אות ד-ז
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=52052&st=&pgnum=135
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=52052&st=&pgnum=136
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=52052&st=&pgnum=137
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=52052&st=&pgnum=138
Learn תוס’ “מפני and שו”ת חוות יאיר ס’ קצב for explanation of Tosfos
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=857&st=&pgnum=213
Learn the “גמרא דף כא: “תנו רבנן מעשה בר”ע (in middle of the medium lines) until “אמר רב יהודה” (five lines before the very wide lines)
Questions:
Why did Rebbe Akiva endanger his life just to wash netalis yadayim to eat bread?
Why couldn’t Rebbe Akiva cover his hands with something and not touch the bread directly as rules in Shulchan Aruch when one does not have water?
Learn תוס’ “מוטב
A person has a mitzvah to preserve his life – וחי בהם – which even permits one to violate Mitzvos in order to save ones life (except for murder, adultery, idolatry).
How was ר”י permitted to endanger his life just to keep the mitzvah drabanan of Netilas Yadayim which he was even exempt from?
Learn תורת חיים (see below)
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14312&st=&pgnum=307
Continue learning the Gemara “אמר רב יהודה” (five lines before the very wide lines) until “דרש רבא” (two lines before the very wide lines)
Questions:
What aspect of עירובין did Shlomo Hamelech institute and why?
See רש”י “שלמה
Why was Hashem so happy that Shlomo instituted Eruvin and Netilas Yadayim?
Learn מהרש”א שבת דף יד: “יצתה בת קול