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*5.6-Makkos Daf 04 B (4 lines up)*
January 10, 2020 04:26 - 15 hours - 2.46 MB*5.6-Makkos Daf 04 B (4 lines up)**Summary**Question:* What do the _chachomim_ (5.2) learn from the _passuk_ of _lo sa’aneh?_*Answer:* It is necessary as a warning ( _Azharas lav_ ). [ _Ka’asher zamam_ is the punishment but _ein onshin ela im kein mazhirin_ - punishment must be prefaced by a warning.]*Question:* What is Rabbi Meir’s _azhara_ ?*Answer:* From the _passuk_ “Everyone else will hear and see, and will not do anything like that”.*Chachamim:* That passuk is to teach us the mitzvah of...
*5.5-Makkos Daf 04 B (6 lines up)*
January 09, 2020 04:10 - 15 hours - 2.23 MB*5.5-Makkos Daf 04 B (6 lines up)**Make sure you don’t miss the last 40 seconds of today’s recording for special announcements from Rav Miller ztz”l**Summary**Hatzad Hashaveh* (the common denominator) is that _Motzi shem ra_ and _Hazamah_ are both _lav she’ein bo maaseh_ and they receive _malkos,_ we can thus learn that *any _lav she’ein bo maaseh_ is punished by _malkos._**Challenge:* We find that they do have a common exceptional characteristic; they are *both _knas!_**Resolution: Rabbi Yeh...
*5.4-Makkos Daf 04 B (15 lines Dn)*
January 08, 2020 08:07 - 1 hour - 2.73 MB*5.4-Makkos Daf 04 B (15 lines Dn)**Summary**Rabbi Yehuda’s opinion* is that there *is _malkos_* for a *_lav she’ein bo maaseh._**What’s the source?**Ulla: Rabbi Yehuda* follows the precedent of *_Motzi shem ra._* One who falsely alleges that his wife was unfaithful gets *_malkos_* even though he committed *no act* (he transgressed by speaking alone); we therefore learn that one can get _malkos_ for any *_lav she’ein bo maaseh._**Challenge:* _Motzi shem ra_ is an *exceptional case* where _k’d...
*5.3-Makkos Daf 04 B (Top line)*
January 07, 2020 06:25 - 1 hour - 3.36 MB*5.3-Makkos Daf 04 B (Top line)**Summary**Gemara:**Question:* We understand the rulings of *the _Chachomim_* . The Torah states _*“K’dei rish’asoi”*_ (He shall be punished according to his wickedness), we understand that to mean that one can only be punished for one wickedness. But what is the basis for the ruling of *Rabbi Meir* that allows for multiple punishments?*Ulla:* Rabbi Meir follows the precedent of *_Motzi shem ra_* . One who falsely alleges that his wife was unfaithful gets *_malk...
*5.2-Makkos Daf 04 A (10 lines Up)*
January 06, 2020 05:17 - 15 hours - 2.3 MB*5.2-Makkos Daf 04 A (10 lines Up)**Summary**Mishna: Rabbi Meir:* Witnesses testified that A *owes* B two hundred _sus_ and they are found to be _zoimemim,_ they *get malkos* for giving false testimony ( _Lo sa’aneh_ ), and they *also have to pay* because of _ka’asher zamam_ . They receive two punishments because each is based on a *different “name"* .°*Chachomim:* If they have to pay, they cannot receive malkos. (The gemara asks that in general, the opposite is true - one who receives malkos...
5.1-Makkos Daf 04 A (Middle)
January 05, 2020 07:29 - 38 minutes - 2.72 MB5.1-Makkos Daf 04 A (Middle)*Summary**Rabbi Yehuda Amar Rav:* If a keg of wine fell into the sea, one cannot immerse in that spot. This was said with regard to the Yam Hagadol, or a lake whose waters are relatively still.*A supporting Beraisa:* If a keg of wine fell into the sea,and one immersed in that spot, he remains _tamei_ . If _terumah_ fell in that spot, it becomes _tamei_ (because the wine in that spot became _tamei_ from the person who was trying to immerse).*Question:* Why is the la...
*4.6-Makkos Daf 04 A (13 Lines Dn)*
January 03, 2020 04:54 - 23 hours - 1.86 MB*4.6-Makkos Daf 04 A (13 Lines Dn)**Summary**Rav Yosef said:* I was a close disciple of Rav Yehuda and I don’t recall ever hearing this statement of Rav Yehuda amar Rav (4.3)!(This is a frequent occurence in Shas, Rav Yosef became ill and forgot much of his learning and he was reminded by his disciples).*Abayye:* You taught it to us. You also taught us that this is according to both *Rabbi Yochanan ben Nuri* and the *Rabbanan* as suggested by Rav Pappa (4.5. Although Rava rejected this unders...
*4.5-Makkos Daf 04 A (5 Lines Dn)*
January 02, 2020 11:09 - 2 hours - 3.92 MB*4.5-Makkos Daf 04 A (5 Lines Dn)**Summary**Mishna: Almost 3 _lug_* of _mayim she’uvim_ (only a kortov was missing) that was completed by a bit of wine (which colored the water), and now this *red water* fell into an incomplete mikveh, *the mikveh remains kosher.**Almost 3 _lug_* of _mayim she’uvim_ (only a _kortov_ was missing) that was completed by a bit of *milk* (which did not color the water), and now this water fell into an incomplete _mikveh_ , *the mikveh remains kosher.**The Mishna c...
*4.4-Makkos Daf 03 B (2 Lines up)*
January 01, 2020 07:35 - 7 hours - 2.69 MB*4.4-Makkos Daf 03 B (2 Lines up)**Summary**Rav Yehuda amar Rav:* If a bit of wine fell into _3 lug of mayim she’uvim_ and *colored the water,* and now this red water fell into an incomplete _mikveh,_ *the mikveh remains kosher* (once the water no longer looks like water it cannot be considered “ordinary water” that invalidates a mikveh).*Challenge: Rabbi Chiya* said in a *beraisa:* They lowered (the water level of) the mikveh ( *they declared it possul* and drained it).*Rava:* Rabbi Yehuda a...
*4.3-Makkos Daf 03 B (4 Lines up)*
December 31, 2019 04:38 - 14 hours - 2.14 MB*4.3-Makkos Daf 03 B (4 Lines up)**Summary*_(If a mikveh has the required amount (40 se’ah) of kosher water (mei geshamim), adding other water will not invalidate it. However if the mikveh does not yet have the required amount, it is invalidated by 3 lug of ordinary (mayim she’uvim) water)._*Rav Yehuda amar Rav:* If a bit of wine fell into 3 _lug_ of _mayim she’uvim_ and *colored the water,* and now this red water fell into an incomplete _mikveh,_ *the mikveh remains kosher* (once the water n...
*4.2-Makkos Daf 03 B (5 Lines up)*
December 30, 2019 04:47 - 14 hours - 1.69 MB*4.2-Makkos Daf 03 B (5 Lines up)**Summary**Rav Yehuda amar Rav:* If one *opens a collar on Shabbos* (by creating a hole for his neck or by cutting seams), he is *_chayav chatos_* (has transgressed a Torah prohibition of Shabbos).*Challenge: Rav Kahana:* One is *not _chayav chatos_* for *breaking open a keg* on Shabbos; why is breaking open a keg less of a prohibition than breaking open a shirt?*Resolution:* The keg is *not connected.*(When you open a collar, *you’re completing a vessel* ( _m...
*4.1-Makkos Daf 03 B (17 lines up)*
December 29, 2019 05:02 - 19 hours - 2.47 MB*4.1-Makkos Daf 03 B (17 lines up)**Summary**Beraisa:* If A lends money to B *without stipulating the length of the loan period;* he cannot request payment before *thirty days.**Rabbah bar bar Chana,* in Rav’s presence, wished to explain: This refers to *a loan that was documented;* no one goes through the trouble of setting a loan down in a _shtar_ (official document) for less than thirty days. But if the loan was not written down, payment can be requested before a thirty day period.*Rav Rep...
*3.6-Makkos Daf 03 B (21 Lines Dn)*
December 27, 2019 06:59 - 5 hours - 2.36 MB*3.6-Makkos Daf 03 B (21 Lines Dn)**Summary**Rav Yehuda amar Shmuel:* If A lends B money *on condition that _Shevi’is_ does not nullify the loan.*_Shevi’is_ *does* in fact nullify the loan.*It would seem:* Shmuel is of the opinion that _masneh al mah shekasuv batorah tna’o bateil_ - A condition that is *against the Torah is not a condition.**Challenge:**Itmar* (We learned): If A makes a sale to B *on condition that he cannot complain of ona’ah* (deceptive pricing).*Rav:* There is _ona’ah._*Sh...
*3.5-Makkos Daf 03 B (2 Lines Dn)*
December 26, 2019 06:33 - 23 hours - 2.5 MB*3.5-Makkos Daf 03 B (2 Lines Dn)**Summary**Rav Yehuda amar Shmuel:* _Shevi’is_ nullifies a loan made over ten years.Although the debtor cannot press for payment ( _yigos_ ) during shevi’is, *he will eventually press* for payment.*Rav Kahana:* *Our _mishna_ clearly states* that a loan can be extended over ten years?*Rava:* Our _mishna_ discusses a case where (A) *a collateral ( _mashkon_ ) was given.* (A _mashkon_ renders the debt “collected”, there is thus no issue of “ _lo yigos_ ” on _shev...
*3.4-Makkos Daf 03 A (10 Lines Up)*
December 26, 2019 06:31 - 23 hours - 2.41 MB*3.4-Makkos Daf 03 A (10 Lines Up)**Summary**Gemara:**How do we assess the kesubah?**Rav Chisda:* We look at the *husband’s equity.* _How much could he have sold it for?_*Rav Nosson bar Oshaya:* We look at the *wife’s equity,* and subtract that from the total sum mentioned in the _kesubah_ . _(This is the amount they wished to steal from the husband)._*Rav Papa: Agrees* that we look at the wife’s equity. He adds that we *only* assess the value of *the _kesubah_* , not any other financial issu...
*3.3-Makkos Daf 03 A (15 Lines Up)*
December 24, 2019 05:47 - 16 hours - 1.53 MB*3.3-Makkos Daf 03 A (15 Lines Up)**Summary**Mishnah:* _Zoimemim_ testified that A. divorced his wife *and is liable to pay his _kesubah._*They are not liable to pay the full amount because a *_kesubah_ will probably be paid* sooner or later.We assess the value of the _kesubah_ ; the amount *an investor would be willing to pay* to collect the money in case of death and divorce, factoring in the risk of the wife dying first, in which case he would collect nothing.The _zoimemim_ are liable for ...
*3.2-Makkos Daf 03 A (6 Lines Dn)*
December 23, 2019 04:41 - 21 hours - 2.97 MB*3.2-Makkos Daf 03 A (6 Lines Dn)**Rabbi Miller learned Tosefos here. In order to keep the shiur at 5 minutes we took it out. However you can listen to the full recordinghere.* http://chilp.it/b490748Tosefos is mentioned in the footnote.*Summary**Rav Yehuda amar Rav:*An _eid zomeim_ pays *according to his part.*▪Explanation A: This refers to a case where *only one _eid_ was _huzam_*_(found guilty by _hazamah_ ).Objection: The _beraisa_ says: _Hazamah_ only applies when *both witnesses* are _h...
*3.1-Makkos Daf 02 B (3 Lines Up)*
December 22, 2019 18:37 - 19 hours - 1.85 MB*3.1-Makkos Daf 02 B (3 Lines Up)**Summary*_*Rabbi Akiva: Zoimemim do not pay by their own admission.*_Because it is a _*knas*_ (a punitive payment rather than a restitutionary payment). A knas is never paid by one's own admission.*Rabbah: _Hazamah_ is clearly a _knas_* , for they are killed or made to pay despite their having *done nothing* (but speak).*Rav Nachman: _Hazamah_ is clearly a _knas_ , for the money is still in the hands of the man they accused,* and yet they are made to pay.*Que...
*Week 2 in review*
December 22, 2019 18:35 - 6 hours - 3.87 MB*Week 2 in review*Please enjoy the attached review (with gemara text).*MAZEL TOV, WE FINISHED AN ENTIRE BLATT.*Rabbi Milller would ask: *CAN YOU SAY IT LIKE ASHREI?*Take the time to review daf beis until you can say it in your sleep. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
*2.6-Makkos Daf 02 B (10 Lines Up)*
December 20, 2019 04:55 - 5 hours - 2.91 MB*2.6-Makkos Daf 02 B (10 Lines Up)**Summary**_They are not sold into slavery._**Rav Hamnuna thought:* This is in a case where the man accused of stealing has the ability to pay this sum, *and would not have been sold* based on theirtestimony.However if the accused man would have been sold (due to his inability to pay thesum he was accused of stealing), the witnesses *are, in fact, sold* (even if thewitnesses *do have the ability* to pay).*The gemara argues:* The witnesses never int...
*2.5-Makkos Daf 02 B (10 lines after spreads)*
December 19, 2019 05:01 - 18 hours - 2.17 MB*Summary**Rav Papa* : _Kofer_ is certainly a _kapparah_ , there is no argument in that regard. It is only a question of how the price is assessed.The *Rabbanan* base their assessment on *the victim,* because the term _hashasa_ is used by the Torah with regard to paying _kofer_ . _Hashasa_ is also used in the case of a woman who loses a fetus. There, the value of the fetus is assessed, and the payment is based on the damage done. Here too, the payment amount is based on the damage done.*Rabbi ...
*2.4-Makkos Daf 02 B (5 lines after spreads)*
December 18, 2019 15:37 - 14 hours - 1.68 MB*2.4-Makkos Daf 02 B (5 lines after spreads)**Summary**The _Eidim Zoimemim_ do not pay _kofer_*Because they don’t deserve a _kaparah._*Rav Chisda:* This is in accordance with the view of *Rabbi Yishmael bno shel Rabbi Yochanan Ben Brokah.**Beraisa:* _Kofer_ is a redemption of “his life”.*Rabbanan:* The killed man’s life. In other words, _kofer_ is a monetary payment for the damage caused.*Rabbi Yishmael bno shel Rabbi Yochanan Ben Brokah:* The life of the oxe’s owner, he should have been put ...
*2.3-Makkos Daf 02 B (22 Lines Down)*
December 18, 2019 15:34 - 3 hours - 2.04 MB*2.3-Makkos Daf 02 B(22 Lines Down)**Summary**Ula:* Is there *a hint to the law of administering _malkos_* when standard ka’asher zamam is impossible?*The possuk states* (regarding two men who have a dispute in _beis din_ ): “Justify the righteous one, and condemn he who is wrong (the _rasha_ ), *then whip the man* who is wrong if applicable”.*Question:* Shouldn’t they get _malkos_ because they said *false testimony* , which is a _lav_ (Torah prohibition)?*Answer:* _Malkos_ does not apply to ...
*2.2-Makkos Daf 02 B (13 Lines Down)*
December 17, 2019 03:39 - 15 hours - 2.55 MB*2.2-Makkos Daf 02 B (13 Lines Down)**Summary**Ula:* Is there *a hint to the law of _Eidim zoimemeim_* in the Torah?*Question:* It’s an open _possuk_ ?!*Explanation:* Is there *a hint to the law of administering* malkos when standard _ka’asher zamam_ is impossible?*The possuk states* (regarding two men who have a dispute in _beis din_ ): “Justify the righteous one, and condemn he who is wrong (the _rasha_ ), *then whip the man* who is wrong if applicable”.*Question: Do we whip everyone* who l...
*2.1-Makkos Daf 02 B (3 Lines Down)*
December 15, 2019 06:27 - 20 hours - 2.1 MB*2.1-Makkos Daf 02 B (3 Lines Down)**Summary*_Eidim zoimemeim do not incur the penalty (galus) for inadvertent killing._*What is the source* for this law?*Reish Lakish:* The possuk says: “ *He* has to flee”. But *not _zoimemim_ .**Rabbi Yochanan:* If one murders *_intentionally_* he does not go into _galus_ . Since these witnessessinned *intentionally, and* they *did not murder,* they should certainly not go into galus.*Objection:* Since they did not murder they should be *entitled to the kap...
*First week review*
December 15, 2019 06:25 - 15 hours - 2.64 MB*First week review*Please find a review of this week's shakla v'tarya recorded by one of our subscribers.Do you feel confident to make your own recording?Send it in and maybe we'll use YOURS next week. We're all learning together! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
*1.6-Makkos Daf 02 A (2 Lines Up)*
December 15, 2019 06:21 - 8 hours - 1.9 MB*1.6-Makkos Daf 02 A (2 Lines Up)*The first minute or so of today’s recording is a repeat from yesterday. This was done intentionally to aid in understanding today’s material.*Summary**Bar Pada, a logical proof:* A kohen who invalidates his seed, does not become invalidated himself (he is a kosher _kohen_ as soon as he divorces the forbidden wife). Certainly these witnesses who invalidated no one *(they merely intended to),* should not be invalidated for their intention alone.*Ravina* (of a l...
*1.5-Makkos Daf 02 A (8 Lines Up)*
December 15, 2019 06:18 - 13 hours - 2 MB*1.5-Makkos Daf 02 A (8 Lines Up)**Summary**What is the source* for the laws of our Mishna? (Specifically the first law; *_kohanim_* who are found to be _zoimemeim_ about someone’s status as a _kohen_ , *remain kosher kohanim* themselves).*Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Levi* : _Va’asisem *lo* ka’asher zamam._ He is punished, not his children.*Question:* Invalidate *only the witnesses* and not their descendants?*Answer:* We must punish them with the *precise punishment* they intended to inflict with thei...
*1.4-Makkos Daf 02 A (11 Lines Down)*
December 12, 2019 05:43 - 12 hours - 2.38 MB*1.4-Makkos Daf 02 A (11 Lines Down)*SummaryThe Tanna is continuing where he left off at the end of Sanhedrin (before the diversion of Perek Chelek).Sanhedrin discusses a case where _ka'asher zamam_ is not practiced.The daughter of a _kohen_ that commits adultery is punished by _sreifah_ , however _zoimemim_ who wished to incriminate her are punished by _chenek_ (the ordinary punishment for non-kohen adultery).*Our mishna continues* with a stronger divergence from the rule of _ka'asher zamam_...
*1.3-Makkos Daf 02 A (6 Lines Down)*
December 10, 2019 20:17 - 4 hours - 1.72 MB*Summary**Gemara**Question:* From the beginning of the _mishna,_ it seems like it will explain what _zoimemim_ are. But the _mishna_ actually illustrates cases where _ka'asher zamam_ (the sentence) is *not* fulfilled.*Question:* From the beginning of the _mishna_ , it seems like it will explain how the *process of _hazamah_* works, and yet the _mishna_ doesn't give us a hint of the process. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
*1.2-Makkos Daf 02 A (Beginning)*
December 10, 2019 20:10 - 22 hours - 1.55 MB*Mishna:**Two exceptions* to the rule of *_v’asisem lo kasher zamam:_*▪ _Eidim zoimemim_(who are kohanim) who testified that a _kohen_ is a *_chalal,_* are not made _chalalim_ but receive _malkos_ instead.▪ _Eidim zoimemim_ who testified that someone killed _b’shogeg,_ are not punished with *_galus_* as they intended, but receive _malkos_ instead. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
*1.1-Makkos Daf 02 A (Preface)*
December 10, 2019 20:06 - 21 hours - 2.56 MB▪Eidim Zoimemim - who have bad intentions, and give false testimony - are held responsible for their bad intentions.▪This is *not* an ordinary case of false testimony which is called Hakchasha. Hakchasha is when two sets of eidim (witnesses) contradict each other, so we don't believe either set.▪Hazamah is a gezeiras hakasuv (Torah Law) that when the eidim are contradicted in a specific way, when the second set of witnesses say that at the time they supposedly witnessed the crime they were so...