Category: Sukkah

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah: Fifth Perek יום חמישי Elul 12, Daf 56a-56b (09/08/22)

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Very quickly review גמרא דף נו. “בעצרת אומר לו הילך (two dots – seven lines from top of the Amud) until the two dots before the Mishna

Quickly review רא”ש פרק ד סימן ד who brings rishinom who rule that on the second night of Sukkos (in chutz laaretz) we switch the order and first day shechiyanu and then make bracha leishev basukkah
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=483
Clarify the argument why the order should or should not be switched

Questions:
If someone recited shehechiyanu when he constructed his sukkah what should the order of the brachos be when he sits in his sukkah on the first night of sukkos?
When the gemara concludes the order is leishev and then shehechiyanu why does the gemara not simply say the halacha is like Rav?
See תוס’ מו. “נכנס
Learn קרבן נתנאל אות צ

How do we conclude lhalacha?
Learn שולחן ערוך אורח חיים ס’ תרמ”ג and ס’ תרס”א with the משנה ברורה

Continue learning the gemara until the mishna
Learn the משנה דף נו
Question:
What is the reason that the Mishmar that is leaving gets an equal portion of lechem panim when yom tov and Shabbos follow each other?
Why does the existing mishmar receive two challos from the lechem hapanim when there is one day in between yom tov and shabbos?
Learn פ’ משניות הרמב”ם and רמב”ם ה’ תמידין פרק ד הלכות יב-יד

Learn the gemara until the end of the mesechta
See מהרש”א
What’s the halacha implication to a kohen whose daughter commits adultery or adopts a different religion?
See שולחן ערוך או”ח ס’ קכח סע’ מא

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah – Lulav Hagazul (Evening Chabura): Wednesday night shiur, Elul 11, Daf 36b (09/07/22)

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Learn the גמרא דף לו: אתרוג קטן until “ובגדול כדי שיאחז” (two dots) https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=7&daf=36b&format=pdf
Question:
What is the comparison of the size of the stones one is permitted to carry into the בית הכסא on Shabbos to the minimum size of an Esrog?
See ערוך לנר “כך מחלוקת
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14414&st=&pgnum=138

Review the last four lines of the משנה דף לד עמוד ב starting from “שיעור אתרוג קטן” which brings a machlokes between רבי יהודה and רבי יוסי regarding the maximum size of an Esrog
https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=7&daf=34b&format=pdf

Learn the “גמרא דף לו: “אתרוג קטן (two dots) until the Mishna
Questions:
According to רבי יהודה why is an Esrog that is larger than half of his hand grip pasul?
Learn the גמרא דף לא: “ת”ש ובגדול (three lines before the wide lines) until the two dots.
https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=7&daf=31b&format=pdf

Does רבי יוסי have a maximum size for an Esrog?
Learn the ר”ן דף יח. דפי הריף “משנה – ובגדול כדי שיאחז until the next Mishna.
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=618

Learn תוספת דף לד: “שתהא
Who brings machlokes between the בה”ג and ר”ת whether one must hold all the Daled minim in his hand at the same time in order to fulfill the Mitzvah.
Question:
According to ר”ת that one must hold all the Daled minim at the same time how can an Esrog the size of a watermelon be kosher as it’s impossible to hold all the minim?
See ערוך לנר

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah: Fifth Perek יום רביעי Elul 11, Daf 56a (09/07/22)

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Learn the the גמרא דף נו. “בעצרת אומר לו הילך (two dots – seven lines from top of the Amud) until the two dots before the Mishna

Learn רא”ש פרק ד סימן ד who brings rishonim who rule that on the second night of Sukkos (in chutz laaretz) we switch the order and first day shehechiyanu and then make bracha leishev basukkah

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=483

Learn שולחן ערוך אורח חיים ס’ תרמ”ג

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=222

and ס’ תרס”א with the משנה ברורה

https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=268

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah: Fifth Perek יום שלישי Elul 10, Daf 55b-56a (09/06/22)

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Review the גמרא דף נה: “א”ר אליעזר בני שבעים פרים (middle of the Amud) until the Mishna.

Questions:
Why did the Gemara ask specifically about the bull offerings and not about the other korbanos on Sukkos?
Why were these 70 bull offerings for the sake of the 70 nations offered specifically on the yom tov of Sukkos?

Learn מהרש”א
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=510

Learn ערוך לנר
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14414&st=&pgnum=216

Why do the 14 lamb offerings remain the same every day but the bull offerings decrease?

Why are the amount of lamb offerings double of a regular Yom tov which has only seven?

See Rabbi Hirsch commentary פנחס פרק כט פסוק יג

See שם משמואל, שמיני עצרת שנת תרעד
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=43721&st=&pgnum=222

Learn the משנה דף מה עמוד ב and continue learning the Gemara until the דף נו. “בעצרת אומר לו הילך (two dots – seven lines from top of the Amud)

See פרשת שופטים פרק י”ח פסוקים ו-ז
Questions:
What is the source for the division of the kohanim into 24 mishmaros (groups)?

Learn רמב״ם ספר המצוות, עשה לו
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=58956&st=&pgnum=190

רמב״ם הלכות כלי המקדש פרק ד הלכה ג-ד
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=58963&st=&pgnum=28

See השגת הרמב”ן on the רמב״ם ספר המצוות who argues on the Rambam

Learn תוספות דף מה: “ובחילוק

Continue learning the the גמרא דף נו. “בעצרת אומר לו הילך (two dots – seven lines from top of the Amud) until the two dots before the Mishna

See רא”ש פרק ד סימן ד
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=483

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah – Lulav Hagazul (Evening Chabura): Monday night shiur, Elul 9, Daf 36b (09/05/22)

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Conclusion of Sugya: פסולי ד מינים ביום ראשון ושאר ימי סוכות

The “גמרא דף לו: “איתמר until the two dots.

Write the different answers to the following question:
Why is the disqualification of לקיחה תמה only pasul for the first day and yet a lack of הדר disqualified for the entire Sukkos when they are both learnt from the same pasuk?
We have learnt a couple of reasons

  1. Rashi
  2. Tosfos – “תוס’ דף כט: “בעינן
  3. Ran – “רן דף יג: דפי הריף “ומיהו

Learn the – “רן דף יג: דפי הריף “אבל הרמב”ן” (second to last line) until “דף יד. דפי הריף “אבל הראב”ד who presents a fourth explanation from the Ramban
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=609&hilite=

Learn רמב״ם הלכות לולב פרק ח הלכה ח-ט and the ראב”ד on the Rambam https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=58958&st=&pgnum=293
Questions:
There are two gemaras which seem to contradict the ruling of the Rambam.
How could the Rambam & Raavad rule that a lack of Hadar will only disqualify an Esrog on the first day of Sukkos when the Gemara דף כט עמוד ב says clearly that it will disqualify the entire Sukkos?
Our Gemara says the split between the first day and the rest of the days of Sukkos is applicable to an Esrog which is חסר and not for an Esrog which is lacking in Hadar from mice nibbling on the Esrog?
Learn the כסף משנה & לחם משנה for an answer or these two questions

How do we conclude lhalacha?
Learn שולחן ערוך ס’ תרמ”ט סעיף ה and משנה ברורה
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=245&hilite=

Learn the גמרא דף לו: אתרוג קטן until “ובגדול כדי שיאחז” (two dots) https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=7&daf=36b&format=pdf
Question:
What is the comparison of the size of the stones one is permitted to carry into the בית הכסא on Shabbos to the minimum size of an Esrog?
See ערוך לנר “כך מחלוקת
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14414&st=&pgnum=138

Review the last four lines of the משנה דף לד עמוד ב starting from “שיעור אתרוג קטן” which brings a machlokes between רבי יהודה and רבי יוסי regarding the maximum size of an Esrog
https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=7&daf=34b&format=pdf

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah: Fifth Perek יום חמישי Elul 5, Daf 55a-55b (09/01/22)

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Learn גמרא דף נה. “ואנן דאית לן תרי יומי (four lines from bottom of the Amud) until the end of the Amud
See how Rashi explains the setup for the krias hatorah on Chol Hamoed Sukkos.
Learn תוספת דף מה. “איתקן who points out an inconsistency according to Rashi. And asks a question on Rashi from the order of Krias Hatorah on Chanukah.
Tosfos presents another way to structure the Krias Hatorah on Chol Hamoed.
Learn שולחן ערוך אורח חיים ס’ תרסג סע’ א to see how the Shulchan Aruch concludes.
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=269

Learn the משנה דף נה עמוד ב and the Gemara until the next Mishna.
Learn the ריטבא דף נה עמוד ב who explains the lottery for the order of the bull offerings different then Rashi.
Questions:
Why did the Gemara ask specifically about the bull offerings and not about the other korbanos on Sukkos?
Why were these 70 bull offerings for the sake of the 70 nations offered specifically oin the yom tov of Sukkos?
Learn ערוך לנר

Why do the 14 lamb offerings remain the same every day but the bull offerings decrease?
Why are there double amount of lamb offerings than a regular Yom tov which has only seven?
See Rabbi Hirsch commentary פנחס פרק כט פסוק יג

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah – Lulav Hagazul (Evening Chabura): Wednesday night shiur, Elul 5, Daf 36b (08/31/22)

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Learn the גמרא דף לו: “גדלו בדפוס until “איתמר”

Questions:
Why is an Esrog that grows inside a mold with a different shape pasul?

Learn the “גמרא דף לו: “איתמר until the two dots.

Questions:
For which days of Sukkos does the disqualification of לקיחה תמה and lack of הדר apply?
According to Rashi, why is an Esrog with a lack of הדר disqualified for the entire Sukkos?
According to the לישנא קמא (first version of the opinion of רבה) why is an Esrog which a person nibbled on not a lack in הדר?
According to the לישנא בתרא (second version of the opinion of רבה) why is an Esrog which mice nibbled on not a lack in הדר?
Why is the disqualification of לקיחה תמה only pasul for the first day and yet a lack of הדר disqualified for the entire Sukkos when they are both learnt from the same pasuk?
Learn “תוס’ דף כט: “בעינן – focus on the final answer of Tosfos “לכך נראה”

Questions on Tosfos:
Why would the Rabanan not establish the mitzvah drabanan of the daled minim entirely like the requirements of the Torah?
Is Tosfos’ explanation the same as Rashi?

Learn “רן דף יג: דפי הריף “ומיהו for a new explanation of our gemara and a different answer to the original question. Focus on the explanation of the Ramban (second to last line on דף יג: דפי הריף )
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=46674&st=&pgnum=56

Learn ר”ן bottom of דף יז: דפי הריף “הא ביו”ט ראשון until the top of דף יח. – מתניתן
And the “ר”ן דף יג: דפי הריף “ומיהו until the two dots
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=609&hilite=

Question:
Why is the disqualification of לקיחה תמה only pasul for the first day and yet a lack of הדר disqualified for the entire Sukkos when they are both learnt from the same pasuk?
We have learnt a couple of reasons

  1. Rashi
    (See the ר”ן for his understanding of Rashi. Ran bottom of דף יז: דפי הריף “הא ביו”ט ראשון until the top of דף יח. – מתניתן https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=617)
  2. Tosfos https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=7&daf=29b&format=pdf

Learn the “רן דף יג: דפי הריף “ומיהו until “אבל הרמב”ן” (second to last line) for a third explanation to the original question.
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=609
Questions:
According the the Ran
Why is an Esrog which is חסר pasul?
Why is it only pasul for the first day of Sukkos?

Continue learning the Ran from the “אבל הרמב”ן” (second to last line) until דף יח. דפי הריף “אבל הראב”ד who presents a fourth explanation from the Ramban (second to last line on דף יג: דפי הריף )
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=609&hilite=

Learn רמב״ם הלכות לולב פרק ח הלכה ח-ט and the ראב”ד on the Rambam https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=58958&st=&pgnum=293
Question:
How does the Rambam explain our Gemara?
See the כסף משנה & לחם משנה

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah: Fifth Perek יום רביעי Elul 4, Daf 54b-55a (08/31/22)

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Review the גמרא דף נד: ” מיתיבי (second wide line of the Amud) until “דף נה. מיתיבי (third line)

Question:
Is the principle of תדיר קדים just in regards to what comes first in an order of procedure or even in regards to selecting one out of two which would be performed?
Learn תוס’ “ואמאי
Learn תוספת שבת דף כג: “הדר
https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=2&daf=23b&format=pdf
which discusses what Haftarah is read on Shabbos Chanukah when it coincides with Rosh Chodesh. Tosfos quotes the Rashba that the Haftarah of Chanukah is read as פרסומי ניסא is greater then reason of תדיר as is the conclusion of Rava in the gemara Shabbos. However for the krias hatorah the reading of the parsha of Rosh Chodesh comes first before krias hatorah of Chanukah as both kriah’s will be read and it’s just a question of which one is read first then we say תדיר קודם.
Learn שולחן ערוך אורח חיים ס’ תרפד סע’ ג
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14327&st=&pgnum=425
And מגן אברהם ס”ק ב which asks a question on our Tosfos based on the conclusion of Tosfos in Shabbos
See אשל אברהם ס”ק ב for an explanation of the question of the מגן אברהם

Learn ערוך לנר דף נד: על תוס
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14414&st=&pgnum=213
and פסקי ריד על גמרא
“פסקי רי”ד מסכת סוכה דף נד עמוד ב
מיתיבי ראש חודש שחל להיות בשבת שיר של ראש חודש דוחה שבת, ואם איתה לימ’ דראש חודש ולימ’ דשבת, אמ’ רב פפא מאי דוחה לקדם, ואמאי תדיר ושאינו תדיר תדיר (ל)קדם, אמ’ ר’ יוחנ’ לידע שהוקבע ראש חודש בזמנו. מיכן מוכיח שאם אמ’ שיר אח’ ראש חודש דוחה שבת, ואף על גב דשבת תדירה, זה שבא לפרקי’ דוחה אותו. ומיכן יש להוכיח להביא ראייה דראש [חדש] טבת שחל להיות בשבת ההפטרה דחנוכה אמרי’ שהיא באה לפרקים ולא דראש חודש שהיא תדירה.

Continue learning the גמרא דף נה until the end of the Amud
Learn תוספת דף מה. “איתקן
And שולחן ערוך אורח חיים ס’ תרסג סע’ א
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=269

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah: Fifth Perek יום שלישי Elul 3, Daf 54b-55a (08/30/22)

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Very quickly review the גמרא דף נד: “ואין מוסיפים על מ”ח and continue learning until “מיתיבי” (second wide line)
Clarify the points below we started discussing yesterday
Questions:
Was water drawn for Nisuch Hamayim on Yom tov?
See רש”י דף נד: “והיכי דמי
And רש”י דף נד. “לפי שאין תוקעים למילוי המים בשבת (six lines from bottom of the Amud)
Learn תוס’ דף נד: כגון
Learn מהרש”א דף נד: “בפרש”י which asks a contradiction between the above two Rashi’s?
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=510

And תוס’ דף נ: “ורבנן (starting from “ומיהו קשה”)

Learn ערוך לנר דף נ: על תוס’ “ורבנן דברי המתחיל “ואגב דגזור בהו
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14414&st=&pgnum=199

Learn רמב״ם הלכות כלי המקדש פרק ז הלכה ו
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=58963&st=&pgnum=36&hilite=
Question:
The Rambam says there were no tekios on Shabbos. This seems unnecessary to state as there was no filling of the water on Shabbos so no reason for tekios?

Learn ערוך לנר דף נד: על רש”י “והיכי דמי
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14414&st=&pgnum=213

Continue learning the גמרא דף נד: ” מיתיבי (second wide line of the Amud) until “דף נה. מיתיבי (third line)

Question:
Is the principle of תדיר קדים just in regards to what comes first in an order of procedure or even in regards to selecting one out of two which would be performed?
Learn תוס’ “ואמאי
Learn ערוך לנר דף נד: על תוס’
and פסקי ריד על גמרא

Continue learning the גמרא דף נה until the end of the Amud

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah: Fifth Perek יום שני Elul 2, Daf 54b (08/29/22)

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Review the גמרא דף נד: “ואין מוסיפים על מ”ח and continue learning until “מיתיבי” (second wide line)

Questions:
Was water drawn for Nisuch Hamayim on Yom tov?
See רש”י דף נד: “והיכי דמי
And רש”י דף נד. “לפי שאין תוקעים למילוי המים בשבת (six lines from bottom of the Amud)
Learn תוס’ דף נד: כגון
Learn מהרש”א דף נד: “בפרש”י which asks a contradiction between the above two Rashi’s?
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=510

And תוס’ דף נ: “ורבנן (starting from “ומיהו קשה”)

Learn ערוך לנר דף נ: על תוס’ “ורבנן דברי המתחיל “ואגב דגזור בהו
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14414&st=&pgnum=199

Learn רמב״ם הלכות כלי המקדש פרק ז הלכה ו
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=58963&st=&pgnum=36&hilite=
Question:
The Rambam say there was no tekios on Shabbos. This seems unnecessary to state as there was no filling of the water on Shabbos so no reason for tekios?

Learn ערוך לנר דף נד: על רש”י “והיכי דמי
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14414&st=&pgnum=213

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah – Lulav Hagazul (Evening Chabura): Wednesday night shiur, Av 28, Daf 36a-36b (08/24/22)

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Sugya: אתרוג הבוסר
How do we conclude lhalacha?
Learn שולחן ערוך ס’ תרמ”ח סעיף כב with the משנה ברורה
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=240

What is the halacha regarding an esrog which is larger than an egg at the onset of Sukkos but shrunk during yom tov and is now smaller than the size of an egg?
Learn “ביאור הלכה “פסול who quotes the חיי אדם who says it’s Pasul as it is lacking in הדר.

Question:
How could the חיי אדם say it’s Pasul because of Hadar when the gemara concluded that less than the size of an egg is pasul because it’s considered לא נגמר פירא?

Please write a summary of the Sugya אתרוג הבוסר

Learn the גמרא דף לו: “גדלו בדפוס until the two dots.

Questions:
Why is an Esrog that grows inside a mold with a different shape pasul?

How could the Rambam rule that a lack of Hadar only disqualifies on the first day of Sukkos. Our Gemara says clearly that Hadar is pasul even on Yom Tov Sheini?

Is יום טוב שני referring to the second day of Sukkos that is observed as yom tov proper in the diaspora or is it referring to the remainder of the days of Sukkos (to the exclusion of the first day) ?
See the ר”ן begining of the third Perek.
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=609&hilite=

Learn the גמרא דף לו: “גדלו בדפוס until “איתמר”
Question:
Why is an Esrog that grows inside a mold with a different shape pasul?

Learn the “גמרא דף לו: “איתמר until the two dots.
Questions:
For which days of Sukkos does the disqualification of לקיחה תמה and lack of הדר apply?
According to Rashi, why is an Esrog with a lack of הדר disqualified for the entire Sukkos?
According to the לישנא קמא (first version of the opinion of רבה) why is an Esrog which a person nibbled on not a lack in הדר?
According to the לישנא בתרא (second version of the opinion of רבה) why is an Esrog which mice nibbled on not a lack in הדר?
Why is the disqualification of לקיחה תמה only pasul for the first day and yet a lack of הדר disqualified for the entire Sukkos when they are both learnt from the same pasuk?
See the last few lines of תוספת דף כט: “בעינן (starting from “לכך נראה”) and ר”ן bottom of דף יז: דפי הריף “הא ביו”ט ראשון until the top of דף יח. – מתניתן
And the “ר”ן דף יג: דפי הריף “ומיהו until the two dots
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=609&hilite=

Please write a summary of the Sugya אתרוג הבוסר

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah: Fifth Perek יום רביעי Av 27, Daf 54a (08/24/22)

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Were going to cover a lot of gemara today

Learn גמרא דף נד. “כי אתר ר’ אחר בר חנינא (middle of the Amud) until the two dots on דף נד עמוד ב

Does the understanding of our gemara change according to the רמב״ם הלכות כלי המקדש פרק ז הלכה ו who says the tekios for the שער העליון and שער התחתון were sounded every Yom Tov ?

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah: Fifth Perek יום שלישי Av 26, Daf 54a (08/23/22)

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Quickly review the גמרא דף נד. “ע”ש שבתוך החג (two dots – three lines from top of the Amud) until “כי אתר ר’ אחר בר חנינא ” (middle of the Amud)

Learn רש”י “ה”ג לגבי המזבח very well
Question:
What was unique about the tenth step?
See “ערוך לנר דף נא: “הגיעו למעלה עשירית
Clarify the two explanation Rashi presents to what שלש על גבי מזבח means

How does the Rambam explain על גבי מזבח?
Learn רמב״ם הלכות כלי המקדש פרק ז הלכה ה-ו
Learn רמב״ם הלכות לולב פרק ז הלכה כא
Questions:
There seems to be a contradiction in the Rambam whether they sounded the shofar when they propped the aravah next to the mizbeiach or when they did Nisuch Hamayim?
If they sounded the חצוצרות when they propped the aravah next to the mizbeiach and when they did Nisuch Hamayim then seemingly there should be a total of 51 blasts and not 48?
Learn “ערוך לנר דף נד. “רש”י ה”ג לגבי המזבח

Note: The Rambam says they sounded חצוצרות for the opening of the upper an flower gates on every רגל and not just on Sukkos. Rashi disagrees as Rashi says it was exclusive to Sukkos.

Questions:
What is the source for the Rambam opinion?
What is the source for the Simchas Beis Hashoeiva on Sukkos?
See “רש”י דף נ. “בית השואבה
Learn רמב״ם הלכות לולב פרק ח הלכה יב

Learn עמק ברכה שמחת בית השואבה ס’ א who ties the entire Sugya together.

Learn גמרא דף נד. “כי אתר ר’ אחר בר חנינא ” (middle of the Amud) until the two dots on דף נד עמוד ב

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah – Lulav Hagazul (Evening Chabura): Monday night shiur, Av 26, Daf 36a-36b (08/22/22)

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Sugya: אתרוג הבוסר
Quickly review the Gemara “דף לו. “אתרוג הבוסר until the top of דף לו עמוד ב
Question:
In conclusion of the Gemara why does Rebbe Akiva disqualify an אתרוג הבוסר?
Why is it kosher according to the Rabanan?

Learn “תוספת “אתרוג הבוסר
See the last few lines of the משנה דף לד: starting from “שיעור אתרוג קטן
Learn the “גמרא דף לא: “ת”ש שיעור אתרוג קטן until the next ת”ש.
https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=7&daf=31b&format=pdf

Questions:
In conclusion of the Gemara what is the reason why an Esrog smaller than a minimum size is Pasul?
Is the machlokes between the Rabanan and Rebbe Akiva regarding אתרוג הבוסר the same as the argument between Rebbe Meir & Rebbe Yehuda for the minimum size Esrog?

Learn “תוספת דף לא: “שיעור
Question:
Tosfos says that the Tannaim disqualify an Esrog smaller than the minimum size is Pasul even if it is fully ripe. How does Tosfos explain why the Gemara considers this Esrog as לא נגמר פירא?

Question:
Rashi said אתרוג הבוסר is like a white bean.
How does Rashi reconcile the Rabanan who say אתרוג הבוסר is kosher with the opinions of ר”מ & ר”י who disqualify an Esrog smaller than a walnut/egg?
Answer #1 – Learn קרבן נתנאל אות ס
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=480
Answer #2 see שו”ת חתם סופר או”ח ס’ קפא (first three paragraphs)
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=794&st=&pgnum=140&hilite=

How do we conclude lhalacha?
Learn שולחן ערוך ס’ תרמ”ח סעיף כב with the משנה ברורה
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=240

What is the halacha regarding an esrog which is larger than an egg at the onset of Sukkos but shrunk during yom tov and is now smaller than the size of an egg?
Learn “ביאור הלכה “פסול who quotes the חיי אדם who says it’s Pasul as it is lacking in הדר.

Question:
How could the חיי אדם say it’s Pasul because of Hadar when the gemara concluded that less than the size of an egg is pasul because it’s considered לא נגמר פירא?

Please write a summary of the Sugya אתרוג הבוסר

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah: Fifth Perek יום שני Av 26, Daf 54a (08/22/22)

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Learn the גמרא דף נד. “ע”ש שבתוך החג (two dots – three lines from top of the Amud) until “כי אתר ר’ אחר בר חנינא ” (middle of the Amud)

Question:
Why did they sound חצוצרות specifically on Sukkos?
See רש”י
Learn רמב״ם הלכות לולב פרק ח הלכה יב

Learn רמב״ם הלכות כלי המקדש פרק ז הלכה ו
Learn רמב״ם הלכות לולב פרק ז הלכה כא
Questions:
There seems to be a contradiction in the Rambam whether they sounded the shofar when they propped the aravah or when they did Nisuch Hamayim?
If they sounded the חצוצרות when they propped the aravah next to the mizbeich and when they did Nisuch Hamayim then seemingly there should be a total of 51 blasts and not 48?
Learn ערוך לנר דף נד. “רש”י ה”ג לגבי המזבח

See עמק ברכה שמחת בית השואבה ס’ א

Continue learning the גמרא דף נד. “כי אתר ר’ אחר בר חנינא ” (middle of the Amud) until the two dots on דף נד עמוד ב

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah: Fifth Perek יום חמישי Av 21, Daf 53b-54a (08/18/22)

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Learn the גמרא דף נג עמוד ב until the two dots on top of .דף נד
Learn “תוס’ דף נג: “רבי יהודה
Learn “תוס’ דף נד. “מהו

Sugya: Pausing כדי נשימה between שברים תרועה
Question:
Rebbe Yehuda and the Rabanan disagree whether we consider each set of tekios (tekia, Terra, tekia) as one or three. This seems to be just a technical argument: what halachic difference is there between Rabanan and Rebbe Yehuda?
See רש”י דף נג: “ולא כלום
Learn ריטב”א דף נד. “ואימא הכי נמי who learns a chidush in Hilchos Tekias shofar from our gemara in regards to pausing כדי נשימה between the three שברים and between שברים תרועה.
Note the disagreement between Rashi and the Ritva.
Learn the “מאירי דף נג:-נד “יד למדים מסוגיא זו who argues on the Ritva.

How do we conclude lhalacha in regards to pausing כדי נשימה between the three שברים and between שברים תרועה.
Learn שולחן ערוך או”ח ס’ תק”צ סעיף ד and the משנה ברורה
According to the opinion that one may pause כדי נשימה between שברים תרועה if the baal tokea blows them without a pause is the set still valid?
See משנה ברורה ס”ק יז & כ
According to the opinion that there can be absolutely no break between שברים תרועה if the baal tokea pauses כדי נשימה is the set still valid?
See משנה ברורה ס”ק יח and (הגהות חזון איש (או”ח ס’ קל”ו ס”ק א “ומה” who argues on the משנה ברורה

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah – Lulav Hagazul (Evening Chabura): Wednesday night shiur, Av 21, Daf 36a-36b (08/17/22)

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Learn the Gemara “דף לו. “אתרוג הבוסר until the top of דף לו עמוד ב
Sugya: אתרוג הבוסר
Question:
In conclusion of the Gemara why does Rebbe Akiva disqualify an אתרוג הבוסר?
Why is it kosher according to the Rabanan?

Learn “תוספת “אתרוג הבוסר
See the last few lines of the משנה דף לד: starting from “שיעור אתרוג קטן
Learn the “גמרא דף לא: “ת”ש שיעור אתרוג קטן until the next ת”ש.
https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=7&daf=31b&format=pdf

Questions:
In conclusion of the Gemara what is the reason why an Esrog smaller than a minimum size is Pasul?
Is the machlokes between the Rabanan and Rebbe Akiva regarding אתרוג הבוסר the same as the argument between Rebbe Meir & Rebbe Yehuda for the minimum size Esrog?

Learn “תוספת דף לא: “שיעור
Question:
Tosfos says that the Tannaim disqualify an Esrog smaller than the minimum size is Pasul even if it is fully ripe. How does Tosfos explain why the Gemara considers this Esrog as לא נגמר פירא?

Question:
Rashi said אתרוג הבוסר is like a white bean.
How does Rashi reconcile the Rabanan who say אתרוג הבוסר is kosher with the opinions of ר”מ & ר”י who disqualify an Esrog smaller than a walnut/egg?
Answer #1 – Learn קרבן נתנאל אות ס
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=480
Answer #2 see שו”ת חתם סופר או”ח ס’ קפא (first three paragraphs)
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=794&st=&pgnum=140&hilite=

How do we conclude lhalacha?
Learn שולחן ערוך ס’ תרמ”ח סעיף כב with the משנה ברורה
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=240

What is the halacha regarding an esrog which is larger than an egg at the onset of Sukkos but shrunk during yom tov and is now smaller than the size of an egg?
Learn “ביאור הלכה “פסול who quotes the חיי אדם who says it’s Pasul as it is lacking in הדר.

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah: Fifth Perek יום רביעי Av 20, Daf 53b-54a (08/17/22)

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Learn משנה דף נג עמוד ב
Learn במדבר פרק י פסוק י for the source for the mitzvah to sound trumpets at various times
Question:
Is the mItzvah from the torah to blast the trumpets a daily mitzvah or just for Shabbos, Rosh chodesh & Yom Tov?
Learn רמב״ם הלכות כלי המקדש פרק פרק ג הלכה ה
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=58963&st=&pgnum=27
And ספר החינוך מצווה שפד (also see the reason he brings as to why there is a mitzvah to blast the trumpets.)
See מנחת חינוך סימן שפד ס”ק ז
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14092&st=&pgnum=250

Question:
Was the trumpet blasts on Erev Shabbos exclusive to the Beis Hamikdash or also done elsewhere?
See שולחן ערוך או”ח ס’ רנו and the משנה ברורה

Learn the Gemara until the two dots on top of .דף נד
Question:
What’s difference between Rabanan and Rebbe Yehuda?
Learn תוס’ דף נג: “רבי יהודה
Learn תוס’ דף נד. “מהו

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah: Fifth Perek יום שלישי Av 19, Daf 53b (08/16/22)

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Quickly review the גמרא דף נג: “אנו לקה (fifth wide line) until the Mishna
Repeating שמע or the name of Hashem
Questions:
According to the answer of the gemara which explains the statement of אנו לקה ולקה עיננו is the gemara changing the girsa of the mishnah or just interpreting the words?
Learn פ’ המשניות לרמב”ם
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=488&hilite=

How is it permitted at the end of neilah to repeat the lines ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד and ה’ הוא האלוקים?
How is it permitted to repeat the name of Hashem when we recite the יג מידות של רחמים of selichos?
Learn “תוספת ברכות דף לד. “אמר
See שולחן ערוך אורח חיים סימן סא ס”ק ז “ומה – יב with the משנה ברורה
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60386&st=&pgnum=196
Learn ערוך לנר דף נג: “אלא הכי אמרי
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14414&st=&pgnum=209
See ה’ חכמת שלמה על שו”ע
And ב”ח סימן סא ס”ק ז “מה”, בית יוסף ס”ק יא
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14265&st=&pgnum=124
And חיי אדם כלל כא סעיף יט
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=49395&st=&pgnum=56

Learn משנה דף נג עמוד ב
What is the source for the mitzvah to sound trumpets at various times?
Learn במדבר פרק י פסוקים א-י
Learn רמב״ם הלכות כלי המקדש פרק פרק ג הלכה ה
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=58963&st=&pgnum=27
And ספר החינוך מצווה שפד
See מנחת חינוך סימן שפד ס”ק ז
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14092&st=&pgnum=250

Continue learning the Gemara until the two dots on top of .דף נד

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah – Lulav Hagazul (Evening Chabura): Monday night shiur, Av 19, Daf 36a (08/15/22)

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Learn the “גמרא דף לו. “אמר מר until “אתרוג הבוסר”
Sugya: אתרוג הכושי

Questions:
How does Rashi explain the answer of Rava?
What is the difference between the explanation of Abaye and Rava?

Learn the ריף דף יז: דפי הריף “כושי פסול
Note: How the Rif explains the Gemara differently than Rashi.
Questions:
What is a נפקא מינה between the way Rashi and the Rif explain Rava?
How do we conclude lhalacha?
Learn שולחן ערוך ס’ תרמ”ח סעיף יז and משנה ברורה ס”ק סד & ביאור הלכה “אתרוג שנימוח for two differences between Rashi and the Rif
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=240

Learn the Gemara “דף לו. “אתרוג הבוסר until the top of דף לו עמוד ב
Sugya: אתרוג הבוסר
https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=7&daf=36&format=pdf
Question:
In conclusion of the Gemara why does Rebbe Akiva disqualify an אתרוג הבוסר?
Why is it kosher according to the Rabanan?

Learn “תוספת “אתרוג הבוסר
See the last few lines of the משנה דף לד: starting from “שיעור אתרוג קטן
Learn the “גמרא דף לא: “ת”ש שיעור אתרוג קטן until the next ת”ש.
https://hebrewbooks.org/shas.aspx?mesechta=7&daf=31b&format=pdf

Questions:
In conclusion of the Gemara what is the reason why an Esrog smaller than a minimum size is Pasul?
Is the machlokes between the Rabanan and Rebbe Akiva regarding אתרוג הבוסר the same as the argument between Rebbe Meir & Rebbe Yehuda for the minimum size Esrog?

Learn “תוספת דף לא: “שיעור
Question:
Tosfos says that the Tannaim disqualify an Esrog smaller than the minimum size is Pasul even if it is fully ripe. How does Tosfos explain why the Gemara considers this Esrog as לא נגמר פירא?

How do we conclude lhalacha?
Learn שולחן ערוך ס’ תרמ”ח סעיף כב with the משנה ברורה and the ביאור הלכה
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=60391&st=&pgnum=240

What is the halacha regarding an esrog which is larger than an egg at the inset of Sukkos but shrunk during yom tov and is now smaller than an egg?
Learn the “ביאור הלכה “פסול

Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Gemara Sukkah: Fifth Perek יום שני Av 18, Daf 53b (08/15/22)

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Question on Gemara end of last week:
Is it permitted to violate an issur from the Torah in order to bring שלום בית?
See שו”ת רמ”א סימן יא
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=1204&st=&pgnum=21&hilite=
And עמק ברכה – איסור מחיקת השם אות ד
And הערות על מס’ סוכה who gives a different explanation than the רמ”א

Learn the גמרא דף נג: “ועמדו כהנים (first wife line until the Mishna
Questions:
Is there a significance to the tenth or the fifth step?
See מהרש”א
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=508

Repeating שמע or the name of Hashem
Questions:
According to the answer of the gemara which explains the statement of אנו לקה ולקה עיננו is the gemara changing the girsa of the mishna or just interpreting the words?
Learn פ’ משניות לרמב”ם
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14319&st=&pgnum=488&hilite=

How is it permitted at the end of neilah to repeat the lines ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד and ה’ הוא האלוקים?
How is it permitted to repeat the name of Hashem when we recite the יג מידות של רחמים of selichos?
Learn “תוספת ברכות דף לד. “אמר
See שולחן ערוך אורח חיים סימן סא ס”ק ז “ומה – יב with the משנה ברורה
Learn ערוך לנר דף נג: “אלא הכי אמרי
See ה’ חכמת שלמה על שו”ע
And ב”ח סימן סא ס”ק ז “מה”, בית יוסף ס”ק יא
And חיי אדם כלל כא סעיף יט

Learn משנה דף נג עמוד ב
What is the source for the mitzvah to sound trumpets at various times?
Learn במדבר פרק י פסוקים א-י
Learn רמב״ם הלכות כלי המקדש פרק פרק ג הלכה ה
And ספר החינוך מצווה שפד
See מנחת חינוך סימן שפד ס”ק ז