Does God have a sweet-tooth? Today we continue to learn about left over offerings The Gemara asks a good question: why would there be left overs for the daily offerings? Why were they bringing extra? The Gemara notes: This is also taught in a baraita: What type of offerings would they bring from the surplus lambs that were consecrated for the dailyContinue reading “Shevuot 12”
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Shevuot 11
You can be perfect and still not be chosen. No, I am not talking about dating. I am talking about the daf. On our daf today, the rabbis discuss what to do if an animal has been designated as a sacrifice for the Temple, but at the end of the day, it’s not needed. RavContinue reading “Shevuot 11”
Shevuot 10
What do we do with leftovers? As someone who just had a big family event with quite a few leftovers, this popped out to me today: What do we do with animals and/or incense that was sanctified but not used? Ulla says that Rabbi Yoḥanan says: Lambs consecrated for the daily offerings that were notContinue reading “Shevuot 10”
Shevuot 9
A daf that makes you reference another daf today! First, we see that God (yes God) has to brings. Sin offering for diminishing the size of the moon: The Gemara objects: But this phrase is necessary in order to expound it in accordance with the statement of Reish Lakish, as Reish Lakish says: What is different about the goat brought as a sin-offering of the New Moon that it is stated withContinue reading “Shevuot 9”
Shevuot 8
There are two goats that are sacrificed on Yom Kippur. Our daf is trying to determine who the goat offering atones for. In so doing we get to hear about tzara’at, translated as leperacy, but a skin disease that seems to happen for spiritual reasons. The Gemara asks: Why not say that the goat offeringContinue reading “Shevuot 8”
Shevuot 7
A short gem today. Just one rabbi complimenting another. Rava read the following verse about Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi: “One who draws water from deep wells” (see Proverbs 20:5); this verse describes Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi, because by delving deeply into the Bible he found a source that they were looking for. What a beautiful compliment. InContinue reading “Shevuot 7”
Shevuot 6
Can yuo believe that we have a second day of discussing shades of white? But we get a great analogy between the 4 particular shades of white. This analogy tells us about who had the real power at the time. Rava said: A more precise analogy for the 4 shades of white would be, forContinue reading “Shevuot 6”
Shevuot 5
If you have ever gone wedding dress shopping, or wanted to whiten your teeth (or needed bonding from a chipped tooth), you may have learned that there are SO many shades of white. The mishna teaches: With regard to different shades of leprous marks, there are two types that are actually four. We learned inContinue reading “Shevuot 5”
Shevuot 4
A great gem on the daf. We see the master of the Mishnah, Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi, changed his mind, that he understood that once you’ve said something you can’t take it back, and we learn two rules of thumb: any unattributed Mishnah is the rule and if there are two that contradict, the later oneContinue reading “Shevuot 4”
Shevuot 3
Today’s daf teaches us that we can derive 4 laws from just 2 . . . and itstarts by talking about hair! And for marring the edges of his beard there are two edges from here, on one side of his face, and two from there, on the other side, and one from below. AccordingContinue reading “Shevuot 3”
2,711 pages of Talmud. A gem a day. 