Daf In-Sight

Shabbat 8

March 15, 2020 02:59 - 3 minutes - 1.77 MB

When do the shvus (Rabbinic decrees) set in before shabbos? Communal acceptance of Shabbos, when does shabbos finish with regards to shvus?

Shabbat 7

March 13, 2020 03:30 - 4 minutes - 2 MB

Halacha of an item that was thrown and stuck on a brick-analysis of Tosfot, applications to babies in mothers arms, the mishkan and her vessels

Shabbat 6

March 12, 2020 03:30 - 4 minutes - 1.98 MB

Is a desert a reshut harabim? Are 600,000 people of foot traffic required as criteria for reshut harabim?

Shabbat 5

March 11, 2020 03:00 - 3 minutes - 1.92 MB

Mehalech k'omed dami of Ben Azzai, applications to standing for a zakein and talmid chacham going to a dirty alley

Shabbat 4

March 10, 2020 01:41 - 4 minutes - 1.98 MB

Doing a lesser prohibition to prevent a more severe one, the case of the cup of beer and the wrong bracha, calling off a hatzala call when there is no actual pikuach nefesh

Shabbat 3

March 09, 2020 01:29 - 3 minutes - 1.87 MB

Lifnei Iver in the case of the Mishna, tosfot vs. Other rishonim, the concept of lifnei iver as a bein adam lmakom and lechaveiro issue

Shabbat 2

March 08, 2020 03:10 - 4 minutes - 2.21 MB

Why the masechet opens with melechet hotzaa, is there is a chatzi shiur by this melacha, platas and returning cholent to the pot on shabbos, kreiva larayos of the Rambam and how its different than other prohibitions

Berachot 64

March 07, 2020 17:50 - 4 minutes - 2.08 MB

Talmidei Chachamim Marbim Shalom Baolam, Rav Kook's comments

Berachot 63

March 06, 2020 02:30 - 3 minutes - 1.73 MB

The Torah endures by one who is Moser nefesh over it, Resh Lakesh

Berachot 62

March 05, 2020 00:56 - 4 minutes - 2.07 MB

The prohibition to count Jews, differences with Gemara in Yoma, ways of doing it permissibly, explaining the nature of the prohibition

Berachot 61

March 04, 2020 00:52 - 4 minutes - 2.29 MB

Yehareg Ve'al Yaavor for Torah Learning, public shaming as one of the big "3", analysis of Rabbi Akiva and the saying of Shema

Berachot 60

March 03, 2020 03:30 - 4 minutes - 2.34 MB

Baruch Dayan Emet, Rabbi Akiva, Nachum Ish Gam Zu, Hillel, Bitachon in Hashem vs. Oneself

Berachot 59

March 02, 2020 03:30 - 2 minutes - 1.42 MB

The beracha of hatov umeytiv, differences with shehecheyanu, hearing good news that also might have bad elements in it

Berachot 58

March 01, 2020 03:30 - 3 minutes - 1.86 MB

The bracha over seeing a king, Jewish vs. Non-Jewish, applicability in a modern royal leader, status of Prime Ministers of Israel

Berachot 57

February 29, 2020 17:36 - 4 minutes - 2.15 MB

The beracha over seeing avoda zara, the specific worship of 'markulis', the special wording of the beracha

Berachot 56

February 28, 2020 03:30 - 3 minutes - 1.64 MB

The 3 visions of peace in a dream: river, bird, and kettle, Maharal and Vilna Gaon's interpretation- the source for the minhag to break a plate at the tenayim ceremony at a wedding

Berachot 55

February 27, 2020 03:30 - 3 minutes - 3.74 MB

The yehi ratzon/ribono shel olam said for a dream that one does not understand, may it be said on yomtov/shabbos? What is special about birkat kohanim for this text's placement

Berachot 54

February 26, 2020 03:30 - 3 minutes - 1.9 MB

The brachot of gomel and sheasa li nes, what is the rule by an airplane? May a Holocaust survivor recite the bracha at a death camp they were in?

Berachot 53

February 25, 2020 03:30 - 4 minutes - 2.23 MB

The order of havdala blessings, is meorei eish a birkat nehenin or shevach? May one use electric lights for havdala?

Berachot 52

February 24, 2020 03:30 - 4 minutes - 2.36 MB

Washing hands should be immediately before one has a seuda, what constitutes a hefsek in between the netila and the seuda

Berachot 51

February 23, 2020 03:30 - 4 minutes - 1.97 MB

Rules of cups for blessings: how full? Which hand to hold in? Washing it out, lifting off table, where to look, non-damaged cups- may one use a disposable cup?

Berachot 50

February 22, 2020 17:00 - 4 minutes - 1.98 MB

When does the obligation to form a zimun begin? What if a person joins a meal late or leaves a meal early?

Berachot 49

February 21, 2020 03:30 - 4 minutes - 2.28 MB

Not blessing 2 themes in one bracha, principle of ein osin mitzvot chavilot chavilot, the reason behind this concept and application to the laws of Purim

Berachot 48

February 20, 2020 03:30 - 4 minutes - 2 MB

The 3 main berachot of Birkat Hamazon- different perspectives in the rishonim on the nature of these blessings- is the birkat hamazon born out of the eating or the satiation (or both?)

Berachot 47

February 19, 2020 03:30 - 4 minutes - 2.32 MB

Story of Rabbi Eliezer freeing his slave- Rav Kook's explanation of the Torah's presentation of slave ownership, can a Golem be joined to a minyan? The novelty of this halacha according to the Rosh

Berachot 46

February 18, 2020 03:30 - 4 minutes - 2.28 MB

The worker's birkat hamazon text, not to do melacha while saying a bracha, rule by Kriyat shema, davening from a smartphone

Berachot 45

February 17, 2020 03:30 - 4 minutes - 1.95 MB

The source for zimun, is the birkat zimun an independent bracha or attached? Different practices of Sephardim and Ashkenazim- what should be said outloud.

Berachot 44

February 16, 2020 03:30 - 4 minutes - 2.1 MB

Ikar/Tofel principle, 4 scenarios/categories, bracha rishona/acharona, does the tofel lose its bracha requirement?

Berachot 43

February 15, 2020 16:45 - 4 minutes - 2.4 MB

The berachot made over smells- what category of beracha is it? What kind of foods/sources of smell require the beracha? What about food that is really just for eating?

Berachot 42

February 14, 2020 03:30 - 4 minutes - 2.28 MB

The bracha on wine/bread exempts beverages/food during meal from requiring a new bracha- is this because of the bracha on wine/bread or because of the importance of wine/bread?

Berachot 41

February 13, 2020 03:30 - 4 minutes - 2.23 MB

Many foods before you- which food does one bless first? 7 minim, what is enjoyable most, whole vs. cut pieces, when you have set courses at a meal, impossible burger with lettuce

Berachot 40

February 12, 2020 03:30 - 3 minutes - 1.62 MB

How to define a tree for fruit: roots, trunk, or branches? The halacha of eggplant, i.e. using laws of nature to define a halacha, what bracha to make on a banana

Berachot 39

February 11, 2020 03:30 - 4 minutes - 2.15 MB

The bracha on juice extracted from fruits vs vegetables, debate between Rosh/Rashba, Bracha Rishona/Acharona on fruit soup

Berachot 38

February 10, 2020 03:30 - 4 minutes - 2.06 MB

What is Trima? The berachot on potato kugel, apple sauce, mashed potatoes, pringles- debate between Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and Rav Elyashiv

Berachot 37

February 09, 2020 03:30 - 3 minutes - 1.78 MB

The 5 grains and their practical application, why are the 5 grains so special? What if the grain only acts as a binding element- honey cake, breaded schnitzel, licorice?

Berachot 36

February 08, 2020 17:53 - 3 minutes - 1.88 MB

Beracha on medication: with taste, without taste, non-kosher. Beracha before and after on non-kosher food.

Berachot 35

February 07, 2020 03:30 - 4 minutes - 2.12 MB

Nature of birchot nehenin- deoraita or drabanan, case of safek, beracha rishona vs. Acharona

Berachot 34

February 06, 2020 03:30 - 3 minutes - 1.78 MB

Shaliach tzibbur that makes a mistake, the case of aseret yemei teshuva mistake, the shaliach tzibbur represents the level of the tzibbur based on episode of meraglim

Berachot 33

February 05, 2020 06:38 - 4 minutes - 2.31 MB

Bracha sheeina tzricha vs. Bracha levatala- the source for this law, when it is prohibited and when it is permitted

Berachot 32

February 04, 2020 05:11 - 4 minutes - 2.25 MB

A Kohen who murders cannot bless the birkat kohanim, the case of Pinchas, reckless driving and kohanim combat soldiers, does teshuva work?

Berachot 31

February 03, 2020 04:13 - 4 minutes - 2.38 MB

The prohibition to sit or walk within the 4 amot of a person who is in the middle of davening, the reason based on the tefilla of Chana, the Rambam's formulation of the halacha, the severity of this halacha for a person who davens long and brings about that others sit down, the reasons for this halacha

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