Category: Gemara

Learn משנה דף מב

Learn the first few lines of the גמרא דף מב from after the Mishna until the two dots. 

Questions: 

What is the reason one may not add new water to the Daled Minim on Shabbos?

What is the reason one may not replace the water on YomTov?

What is the chidush that one may replace the water on chol hamoed?

Learn the Ran  https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=623&hilite=

Rashi & the Ran say the reason adding water is prohibited on Yom tov is because טרח לתקוני מנא 

Is the issue טירחא or תיקון מנא?

Learn ערוך השולחן אורח חיים סימן תרנ”ד סעיף א & ב

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=64808&st=&pgnum=414

Learn the רבינו חננאל on the side of the Gemara.

Question: 

Is the reason of Rashi the same as רבינו חננאל?

Learn רמ”א אורח חיים ס’ שלו סעיף יא

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60388&st=&pgnum=368

and שולחן ערוך אורח חיים ס’ תרנ”ד

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=257

Major Question:

There seems to be a contradiction between these two halachos as ס’ תרנ”ד says one may only return flowers to water but the רמ”א says it is permitted to place branches in water on Shabbos? 

Learn the משנה ברורה ס”ק נד for an answer 

Questions:

If the vase the Daled Minim spilled can one return them to a different vase that is already filled with water?

If one forgot to place flowers in water before Shabbos may they be placed in the water on Shabbos?

See שער הציון ס’ של”ו אות מח 

Learn the first few lines of the גמרא until the two dots. 

Question:

In the conclusion of the Gemara, what is the reason that the Daled Minim are not muktzah for women? 

Learn Rashi 

Learn ה’ אשרי on side of the רא”ש at the end of ס’ לג 

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=481&hilite=

Clarify the two different explanations in the קמ”ל 

Questions:

What is the reason that women would not be able to recite a bracha on a מצות עשה שהזמן גרמא? (See תוספת עירובין צו. דילמא (in middle part on עמוד ב https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=3&daf=96b&format=pdf )

What is the proof of the אור זרוע that women may recite a bracha on a מצות עשה שהזמן גרמא perhaps she can perform the mitzvah just may not make the bracha?

See רש”י גמרא ראש השנה דף לג. “והא נשים מעכבין who says that if a women performs a מצות עשה שהזמן גרמא she is in violation of בל תוסיף 

https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=9&daf=33&format=pdf

Halacha Conclusion:

How do we conclude lhalacha in regards to women performing a מצות עשה שהזמן גרמא and making a bracha on the mitzvah?

Learn רמב״ם הלכות ציצית פרק ג הלכה ט 

And שולחן ערוך אורח חיים ס’ י”ז סעיף ב and ס’ תקפ”ט סעיף ו 

Question:

Is something that is usable for some people considered a utensil and therefore is not considered muktzah for everyone else?

Learn שולחן ערוך אורח חיים ס’ ש”ח סעיף נב with the משנה ברורה

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60388&st=&pgnum=227

What’s the status of medicine on Shabbos?

See שמירת שבת כהלכתה חלק א פרק לג סעיף ד with the footnote in the asterisk. 

If there is a sick person and it’s suitable for him. Is it muktzah for everyone else?

See above footnote כז  

And משנה ברורה ס’ שכ”ח ס”ק נח

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60388&st=&pgnum=336

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

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 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

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 גמרא דף מב. “קטן היודע לנענע (two dots) until “היודע לשמור גופו 

Questions:

At what age should a child wear tefillin? 

According to רש”י  

Learn רש”י גמרא ברכות דף כ. “נשים ועבדים who gives a different reason

https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=1&daf=20&format=pdf

(See מלא הרועים in Sukkah דף מב)

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=522

And תוספת ברכות דף כ. “וקטנים

https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=1&daf=20&format=pdf

Why is the prevalent practice that children do not wear tefillin until shortly before their bar mitzvah?

Learn שולחן ערוך אורח חיים ס” ל”ז סעיף ג With the משנה ברורה and ביאור הלכה “וי”א

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Why only by tefillin does the braissa say the father has to purchase them for his son and does not mention this requirement by Lulav or by Tzitzis? 

Learn the מאירי דף מב. “ציצית

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=57966&st=&pgnum=113

and תוספת גמרא ערכין דף ב: “אביו

https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=33&daf=2b&format=pdf

Does a father have to purchase Daled Minim for his son?

Learn שולחן ערוך אורח חיים ס’ תרנ”ז סעיף א And משנה ברורה

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=261

Is a father required to purchase tefillin for his son? 

Learn ביאור הלכה “לקנות לו

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60386&st=&pgnum=137

Topic: מברכין עובר לעשייתן

(We learnt most of this on דף לט)

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

Sugya: How much is one required to pay to perform a Mitzvah

Learn גמרא דף מא: “למה לי למימר” (seven lines before the wide lines) until “א”ל 

Questions:

How much does one need to spend in order to perform a Mitzvah? 

See , בבא קמא דף ט: “אמר רב הונא  https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=21&daf=9&format=pdf

Why did Rabban Gamliel spend so much money on the Daled Minim?

See תוספת בבא קמא דף ט: “אילימא and רא”ש בבא קמא ס’ ז who understands from the Gemara that one does not have to spend a third of his assets to perform a mitzvah https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=21&daf=9b&format=pdf

How do we rule lhalacha?

Learn רמ”א אורח חיים ס’ תרנ”ו with משנה ברורה and ביאור הלכה “יותר מחומש

Note – the רמ”א makes a distinction between a מצות עשה and לא תעשה

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=260

Questions:

What is the reasoning for the difference? 

See משנה ברורה and בית יוסף who quotes the ראב”ד for the reasoning. 

Sugya: Holding items during davening

Learn the Gemara from א”ל (five lines before the wide lines) until the bottom of the Amud 

Questions:

May one hold a siddur when davening?

The Gemara explains a person can hold a Lulav when he is davening as he is not preoccupied with the Daled Minim as they are a mitzvah. 

Shouldn’t the logic be the opposite as since Daled Minim are delicate he is preoccupied to ensure they do not fall? 

Learn ריטב”א “אמר ליה https://www.sefaria.org/Ritva_on_Sukkah.41b.4?lang=bi

How do we conclude lhalacha?

Learn שולחן ערוך אורח חיים ס’ צו and משנה ברורה https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60386&st=&pgnum=263

The משנה ברורה ס”ק א quotes the פרי מגדים who says a person should also not hold items in his hand during krias shema and pesukei dzimra.  

Perhaps this is a special halacha in shemoneh esreh. How does the pri megadim extrapolate this halacha to other parts of davening? 

See 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.

Additional maareh mekomos on Sugya: How much is one required to pay to perform a Mitzvah

Chakirah:

What’s the למדות why one doesn’t need to spend more than 20% of his assets to perform a מצות עשה? 

A) Because he’s considered an אונס, or 

B) Because one is not obligated in the mitzvah but not the Torah doesn’t obligate him to spend such a large percentage of his money.

See אגרות משה יורה דעה סימן קמה starting from paragraph “והנה”

The Gemara קידושין דף כט says that if person has only 5 coins he must use it for the mitzvah of pidyon haben. This Gemara seems to contradict the Gemara Bava Kama that there is a maximum a person had to spend in order to perform a Mitzvah?

Learn ביאור הלכה “אפילו מצוה עוברת (until bottom of the page) who gives two different answers. 

The Gemara says we see from the fact that Raban Gamliel spent 1,000 zuz to purchase Daled Minim how beloved mitzvos were עליהן – to them – in plural form. If only Raban Gamliel purchased the Daled Minim how do we see the mitzvos were beloved for the other tanaaim?

See Aruch Lner 

Learn the משנה דף מא: “י”ט ראשון 

Question:

Is the requirement to own the Daled Minim on the first day of Sukkos dooraisa or drabanan?

See ערוך לנר מא: “במתניתן

Learn the גמרא דף מא עמוד ב until “למה לי למימר” (seven lines before the wide lines)

Questions:

The braissa brings a drasha שתהא לקיחה ביד כל אחד ואחד. What is the הוה אמינא that one individual could shake the Daled Minim on behalf of everyone?

Learn מאירי and ערוך לנר מא: “בגמרא שתהיה לקיחה

Is the above drasha necessary in order to learn the drasha of לכם – one must own the Daled Minim he uses?

On the first day of Sukkos does one need to stipulate when giving his Daled Minim that it is a מתנה על מנת להחזיר? 

Can the person who received the Daled Minim as a מתנה על מנת להחזיר gift it to a different individual on condition he returns the Daled Minim to the original owner?

Learn ר”ן “ויש שלמדו מכאן 

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=622

Learn רא”ש ס’ ל

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=481&hilite=

Question:

Can one fulfill his mitzvah with Daled Minim that he owns in partnership with another person?  

Learn “תוספות “אלא 

Learn רא”ש ס’ לא

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=481&hilite=

Learn שולחן ערוך אורח חיים ס’ תרנ”ח סעיף ג-ה with the משנה ברורה and ביאור הלכה for the halacha regarding the questions below 

Questions:

• On the first day of Sukkos does one need to stipulate when giving his Daled Minim that it is a מתנה על מנת להחזיר? 
• Can the person who received the Daled Minim as a מתנה על מנת להחזיר gift it to a different individual on condition he returns the Daled Minim to the original owner?
• Rava says a person who receives Daled Minim as a מתנה על מנת להחזיר and does not return them to the original owner retroactively did not fulfill his mitzvah of Daled Minim. 
• Would returning the Daled Minim after Sukkos fulfill the condition of returning the Daled Minim?
• Would returning money instead of the Daled Minim fulfill the condition of returning the Daled Minim? 
• If the Daled Minim broke or was stolen would returning money be considered a fulfillment of his condition to return? See משנה ברורה תרנ”ח ס”ק טו

Write a summary of the opinions regarding gifting Daled Minim during Sukkos – מתנה על מנת להחזיר And the halacha lmaaseh.