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