Very quickly review the גמרא דף נ: “אמר רב יוסף מנא אמינא until “ואיבעית אימא” (fourteen lines from bottom of the Amud)
When do we apply the rule of אין שבות במקדש?
Learn רמב״ם הלכות קרבן פסח פרק א הלכה טז
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And רמב״ם הלכות תמידין ומוספין פרק ה הלכה י
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Major Question:
There seems to be a contradiction in the Rambam that he says שבות במקדש is totally permitted and yet in regards to a שבות רחוקה it’s אסור?
Learn צל”ח פסחים ס”ה for an answer
Learn the “גמרא דף נ: “אמר רב פפא” (bottom of the Amud) until דף נא. “ורבי ירמיה בר אבא (one third down the Amud)
And continue learning Gemara until “מיתיבי ” (middle of the Amud)
Learn תוס’ דף נא. “כתנאי
Clarify the two answers of Tosfos
Questions:
This seems to contradict תוסי דף נ: “ורבנן who said the musical instruments were not played during the simchas Beis Hashoeva as due to the numerous instruments many would break frequently and would need to be fixed?
See ערוך לנר דף נא. תוס’ תנאי starting with paragraph “אכן”
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Which explanation of the machlokes between ר’ יוסי בר יהודה and the רבנן does the יורשלמי side with – רב יוסף or רבי ירמיה בר אבא ?
Learn מהרש”א
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See the שפת אמת
Learn ערוך לנר דף נא. “תוס’ תנאי for a different explanation than the שפת אמת and the מהרש”א
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See רש”י “הכי גרסינן
Question:
What is the reason why playing musical instruments are permitted? Is it because the mitzvah of Simcha for the Nisuch Hamayim is only drabanan or because it’s not part of the avodah?
Learn חידושי גרי”ז סוכה דף נ (last piece in the Sefer)
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