The Lots for the Goats The halachah that that the lot ( for the two goats ) does not assign the goat to Azazel unless it is fit to be the one offered to Hashem can be explained in two ways. Read More »

Tractate Chulin: Hakol Shochatin By: Meoros HaDaf HaYomi With Hashem’s help we have finished Menachos and now we pass from the realm of kodshim to the realm of chullin – the mundane. Chullin is one of the longest tractates in the Talmud and its sugyos treat practical and most important subjects. Read More »

Anyone who learns about the chatas is as though he sacrificed it By: Meoros HaDaf HaYomi With the conclusion of Menachos the Gemora teaches us: “Rabbi Yitzchak said, “…Anyone who learns about the chatas is as though he sacrificed it and anyone who learns about the asham is as though he sacrificed an asham .” The Tur wrote ( O.C. Read More »

INSIGHTS TO THE DAF The Glory of Tefillin by: R’ Zev Busel ליהודים היתה אורה ושמחה וששן ויקר – the Yidden experienced light and joy, delight and honor. The Gemora in Meseches Megillah tells us that that אורה זו תורה , and that   שמחה זה יום טוב , ששון זו מילה , and ויקר אלו תפילין . Read More »

This is the Law of an Olah It is noteworthy that after the Torah discusses the korban that a rich woman who has given birth brings, it says [Vayikra 12: 7]: This is the law of a woman who gives birth to a male or to a female. Read More »

Our Mishna says that one must first burn the limbs of an ‘olah and then the parts of a chatas. At the inauguration of the altar in the Sanctuary, the Torah says that they put the ‘olah on the altar and, above it, the parts of the other sacrifices (Vayikra 9). Read More »

Subscribe to the Daily Daf Notes here Rav Yehudah said: Two small ramps branched off from the main ramp, by which one (on the west side) turned to the base and one (on the east side) to the ledge, and these were also separated from the altar by a hairsbreadth, because it is written: around. Read More »

The Gemora says that the fire that came down from the heavens during the time of Moshe did not depart from the copper Altar until the time of Shlomo. The fire that came down from the heavens during the time of Shlomo did not depart until Menashe and removed it.Kollel Iyun HaDaf http: //www.dafyomi.co.il/zevachim/insites/zv-dt-061. Read More »

By: Meoros HaDaf HaYomiand Many of our SubscribersOur Gemora states: Rabbi Elozar bar Rabbi Yosi said, I have heard that the owner causes piggul. Read More »

The Gemora states that the terms Mishkan and Mikdash are interchangeable. One must wonder if the terms are interchangeable, why Scripture would not just employ one term, either always using the term Mishkan or always using the term Mikdash. An answer to this puzzle can be found with a story that occurred many years ago. Read More »

The Gemora discusses who is the author of the Mishna, which says that the sent goat atones for all sins, apparently even without repentance. The Gemora concludes that Rebbi is the author, as Rebbi says that Yom Kippur atones for all sins, except for three very severe ones, even without repentance. Read More »

Gezeirah ShavahRava praises Rebbe for his connection of olah v’yored with the prohibition on an impure person eating kodesh, by a gezeirah shavah – a common phrase, since behemah temai’ah – non kosher animal is used in both sections. Read More »

Varying Degrees of WhiteThe Gemora discusses Rabbi Akiva’s and the Sages’ positions on the four categories of whiteness of tzara’as. Rabbi Akiva lists them in order of whiteness, while the Sages list them as two categories, each with its own subcategory. Read More »

Shame and EmbarrassmentThe examination of the nega’im detailed in our sugya requires much study. When a Kohen goes to see a suspect tsara’as, he is accompanied by many young kohanim who come to learn. It is obvious that the person afflicted does not enjoy great honor in such a situation. Read More »

The Gemora cites a braisa: Rebbe says that a person can use anything to redeem his firstborn son from the Kohen, aside from documents. The Rabbis say: A person can use anything besides for slaves, documents, and land.The Chasam Sofer in a teshuva (Y”D 134) discusses if redemption would be valid when the father pays the Kohen by check. Read More »

The Bartenura asks, why did the Tanna use the example of the poor man and not merely state, “the person standing in the public domain?”1. Read More »

Entering the Temple MountBy: Meoros HaDaf HaYomiIn our Mishna Rabbi Meir says, “All the goats serve to atone for the defilement of the Temple and its holy objects. Read More »

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