Daf Yomi - Rabbi Eli Yoggev, Beth Tfiloh Congregation

Shevuot 49: Monetary loss as the source of liability for an Oath of Deposit

Shevuot 49: Monetary loss as the source of liability for an Oath of Deposit

Shevuot 48: Can an oath be inherited? Shmuel vs. R' Elazar

Shevuot 47: Alternatives to oaths for those suspected of false oaths

Shevuot 45: The oath of a hired worker and its laws

Shevuot 44: The purpose of a collateral

Sorry about the confusion towards the end of the lecture. I was hoping to redo that piece, but did not get the chance to do so.

Shevuot 43: Why we don't make oaths on land

Shevuot 43: Why we don't make oaths on land

Shevuot 42: The role of a minor in oaths

Unique cases of loan payment denial (#'s 3-8 in the sugya) (41b-42a); 2) Role of a minor in oaths (42a, 3/4 down-42b, middle). Rabbi Eli Yoggev can be reached for comments and questions at [email protected].

Shevuot 41: Between biblical and rabbinic oaths

Shevuot 40: Minimal amount of denial for an oath of the judges

Rav and Shmuel on the minimal amount needed to require an oath of the judges: 2 ma'ah or one pruta?; 2) Rav and Shmuel on whether partial admission (modeh bemikzat) on metals applies to their worth or to the actual metals (shaveh vs. davka); 3) On Shmuel's view that partial admission on one item in a group of assorted items incurs an oath of the judges; 4) R Hiya's opposing view, based on R' Yochanan, that partial admission on one item in a group of assorted items does not incur an oath ...

(End of) Shevuot 37: On the validity of land oaths of deposit (Daf 38 & 39 delivered over Shabbat)

Shortened Daf due to unforeseen circumstances. Click here for a source sheet for Daf 38.

Shevuot 37: Punishment for an oath of deposit accompanied by warning/witnesses

What is the punishment for an intentional oath of deposit accompanied by a warning: sacrifice, lashes, or both? (36b-37a, 1/2 down); 2) Five attempts to prove liability for oaths of deposit accompanied by testimony (37a, 1/2 down-37b, 1/2 down). Click here for chart from class Rabbi Yoggev can be reached for questions and comments at [email protected].

Shevuot 36: Language of oaths & intro. to oaths of deposit

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Shevuot 35: Names of God: Oaths, definition, placement in Torah

A deeper look at R' Shimon's methodology in establishing oaths of testimony as applying solely in monetary cases (34a-34b); 2) Sources for laws of oaths of testimony (35a, 1st mishna); 3) Language used in an oath (35a-35b, 2nd mishna); 4) Which mentions of God in the Torah are considered Divine names (35b, 1/3 down). Click here for the source sheet Rabbi Eli Yoggev can be contacted for questions and comments at [email protected].

Shevuot 34: Why oaths of testimony apply solely in monetary cases

Braita with four Tannaitic opinions on why oaths of testimony apply solely to monetary cases (33b-34a); 2) R' Eliezer's approach: highlighting the similarities between oaths of testimony and oaths of deposit (34a); 3) R' Akiva: not fundamentally disagreeing with R' Eliezer (34a); 4) R' Yosi Haglili: Why we allow the most circumstantial evidence for monetary cases (34a); 5) Two cases of impartial testimony (34a-34b). Click here to read the source sheet Click here for the board layout Rab...

Shevuot 33: Do penalties incur liability for oaths of testimony?

Shevuot 31: How to steer clear of deceitful situations

13 deceitful situations to avoid (30b-31a, 2/3 down); 2) Rabbi Meir and Rabanan on the interrelationship between oaths of testimony and oaths of deposit & how to learn out a g'zera shava (31a-31b); 3) details from the Mishna on 30a (31b). Click here for the source sheet Rabbi Eli Yoggev can be reached for comments and questions at [email protected].

Shevuot 31: How to steer clear of deceitful situations

1) 13 deceitful situations to avoid (30b-31a, 2/3 down); 2) Rabbi Meir and Rabanan on the interrelationship between oaths of testimony and oaths of deposit & how to learn out a g'zera shava (31a-31b); 3) details from the Mishna on 30a (31b). Click here for the source sheet Rabbi Eli Yoggev can be reached for comments and questions at [email protected].

Shevuot 30: Women & Testimony; Standing During Testimony

1) Three sources on women and testimony (30a); Standing during testimony and litigation, learning merit upon one another (30a, last 1/4-30b); 3) Three teachings of Rava bar Rav Huna on the treatment of Talmidei Chachamim in court (30b). Click here for source sheet Rabbi Eli Yoggev can be reached for questions and comments at [email protected].

Shevuot 30: Women & Testimony; Standing During Testimony

Three sources on women and testimony (30a); Standing during testimony and litigation, learning merit upon one another (30a, last 1/4-30b); 3) Three teachings of Rava bar Rav Huna on the treatment of Talmidei Chachamim in court (30b). Click here for source sheet Rabbi Eli Yoggev can be reached for questions and comments at [email protected].

Shevuot 29: Vain Oaths and Adjuration by Others

Conditional oaths (28b); 2) Eifa and Avimi back and forths: how an oath can rest on a past oath (28b); 3) What is a vain oath? (29a); 4) The nature of language in relation to oaths (29a, 2nd half); 5) Adjuration by others (29b). Click here for the source sheet]1 Rabbi Eli Yoggev can be reached for questions and comments at [email protected].

Shevuot 28: Suspended, extended, and conditional oaths

Suspended oaths (27b); 2) Extended oaths (27b-28a); 3) Conditional oaths (28a, bottom-28b). Click here for source sheet Rabbi Eli Yoggev can be reached for questions and comments at [email protected].

Shevuot 27: On making an oath against the Torah

Do nonverbal oaths count as oaths? (26b); 2) Why oaths against the Torah aren't oaths (27a-27b); 3) R' Yehuda Ben B'tera's validation of an oath to perform a commandment (27b L6). Click here for source sheet Rabbi Eli Yoggev can be reached for questions and comments at [email protected]

Shevuot 26: Varieties of Unintentionality in Oaths of Utterance

Relationship between oaths of testimony and oaths of utterance (25b-26a L1); 2) Why R' Yishmael does not apply the laws of unintentional oaths of utterance to cases in the past (26a); 3) Oaths of utterance lack of intention: in relation the object or the oath? (26a, last 1/3), in relation to the sacrifice (26b); 4) Exclusion of a potential intentional act from the unintentional category (26b). Click here for source sheet Rabbi Eli Yoggev can be reached for questions and comments at eyogg...

Shevuot 24: All about Issur Kollel

General details on Issur Kollel: when does it apply? does everyone apply it? (23b-24b); 2) Issur Kollel vs. Issur Mosif; 3) the validity of an individual's Issur Kollel (versus one that transpires without human agency). [Click here for the source sheet.][1] Rabbi Yoggev can be reached for comments or questions at [email protected]. [1]: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Er7m314B4sfgjn6knHqr-LYy7KqccuAE

Shevuot 23: Why drinking is like eating in Jewish law

Why drinking is like eating (22b-23a). 2) How one becomes liable for three separate oaths on three distinct food item/drinks (23a-23b). Click here for the source sheet. Rabbi Eli Yoggev can be reached for questions and comments at [email protected].

Shevuot 22: Measure of Consumption Required to Violate an Oath

Prohibitions created by speech Defining the dispute between Rabbi Akiva and the Rabbis Inedible food and oaths regarding eating Oaths on forbidden food Is drinking considered eating?

Shevuot 21: False Oaths

Classification of false oaths Lashes for a prohibition that does not involve an action How much food is considered eating by oaths How much food is considered eating by other prohbitions Making an oath on a mitzvah

Shevuot 20: How 'prohibition' prohibits

Dispute regarding using the world 'prohibition' as an oath Attaching to an oath Vowing now to eat meat on the Fast of Gedaliah Biblical prohibitions associated with oaths and vows Obligation of women regarding Shabbat kiddush

Shevuot 17: Delayed Departure of an Impure Person from the Temple

Inquiries regarding the measure of tarrying impure in the Temple Non-Kohen who hastens the burning of a sacrifice on the Altar Partial entry into an afflicted house Unusual entry into the Temple Woman who commences menstruation during cohabitation

Shevuot 19: Imcomplete Awareness of Impurity

One who transgresses while preoccupied Concealment of both impurity and the sanctity of the place Partial awareness of impurity Uncertain awareness of impurity Oaths of utterance

Shevuot 16: The Eternal Sanctity of Jerusalem

Dispute if the sanctity of a holy place is eternal Wall cities Becoming impure in the Temple Definition of bowing

Shevuot 15: How to expand Jerusalem and the Holy Temple

The loaves of a thanksgiving offering The song sang The procession Initiating sacred vessels Using Torah for curative purposes

Shevuot 14: The Service of Yom Kippur/Awareness of Impurity

Who pays for the Yom Kippur sacrifices? How the Kohanim achieve atonement One who becomes impure in the Temple Definition of initial awareness

Shevuot 13: Rebbe: YK atones even w/out repentance

Amud 13a: Understanding Rebbe's view from the Reisha: that YK atones even w/out Teshuva. Amud 13b: Understanding R' Yehuda's view from the Seifa: the YK scapegoat atones for all sins, not only for Yisrael, but also for Kohanim. Click here for source sheet

Shevuot 12: What to do with leftover elevation offerings

With a focus on R" Shimon's solution to this dilemma. Click here for the source sheet

Shevuot 10: R' Meir and R' Shimon on Mussaf offerings

Introduction: R' Yehuda's and R' Yishmael's approaches from the Mishna (9a-9b); 1) R' Shimon'on the purpose of the RH goat (9b) [7:25]; 2) R' Shimon on the purpose of the Festivals' goat (9b-10a) [26:16]; 3) the mechanics behind R' Meir's Mussaf goat interconnection (10a) [34:17]; 4) R' Meir on the YK inner goat (10a) [47:00]; 5) connection between inner and outer goat of YK for R' Shimon (10a-10b) [50:50]; 6) R' Shimon ben Yehuda's understanding of R' Shimon (10b) [58:22]. Click here for...

Shevuot 9: Modes of unintentional defilement of the Sacred

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Shevuot 8: Why the YK goat atones for defilement of the Sacred

Key verse we are dealing with in our daf: ויקרא טז,טו וְשָׁחַט אֶת-שְׂעִיר הַחַטָּאת, אֲשֶׁר לָעָם, וְהֵבִיא אֶת-דָּמוֹ, אֶל-מִבֵּית לַפָּרֹכֶת; וְעָשָׂה אֶת-דָּמוֹ, כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְדַם הַפָּר, וְהִזָּה אֹתוֹ עַל-הַכַּפֹּרֶת, וְלִפְנֵי הַכַּפֹּרֶת. טז,טז וְכִפֶּר עַל-הַקֹּדֶשׁ, מִטֻּמְאֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וּמִפִּשְׁעֵיהֶם, לְכָל-חַטֹּאתָם; וְכֵן יַעֲשֶׂה, לְאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, הַשֹּׁכֵן אִתָּם, בְּתוֹךְ טֻמְאֹתָם.

Shevuot 7: Unintentional defilement of Mikdash/Kodshim

Five attempts to attribute the Sliding Scale Offering (SSO) to the unintentional sin of defiling the Temple (tumat mikdash=TM) and/or its sanctified foods (tumat kodshim=TK). In the end, two gezeira shavas make the connection (step 2 and 5). Application of SSO to TM and TK based on laws of intentional defilement מזיד-->refuted (6b); 2) application of SSO to TK based on Rebbe's gezeira shava-->accepted (7a) [33:20]; 3) application of SSO to TM based on yoledet-->refuted (7a) [36:07]; 4) app...

Shevuot 6: Nega'im: their nature and derivatives

Nega'im part of our Mishna: not like R' Akiva (5b-6a); 2) sources for R' Akiva's hierarchal approach to Nega'im derivatives (6a-6b) [12:58]; 3) nega'im details: color, depth, derivatives (6b) [31:34]; 4) real life examples of the Rabbis' bifurcated approach to nega'im derivates (6b) [43:45]. Click here for the source sheet Thank you for tuning in. Rabbi Eli Yoggev can be reached at [email protected].

Shevuot 5: Explicating the Mishna's "2 that are 4"'s

Establishing the mishna (2a) like Rebbe (yediyot) and R' Akiva (shevuot); 2) defining the level of concealment of knowledge in the case of yediyot (5a, L10) [21:00]; 3) yetziyot hashabbat = a movement (yetziyah) from its original spot and not an exit (yetziya) from the home (5a-5b) [35:53]; 4) intro. to discussion on authorship of negai'm part of the mishna (5b, L12) [48:27]. Click here for source sheet Thank you for tuning in. Rabbi Eli Yoggev can be reached at [email protected].

Shevuot 3: Explaining our Mishna like R' Yishmael

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Shevuot 2: Unintentional defilement of the Sacred

Intro. to the chapter ; 1) sets of two laws that are four (2a) [7:18]; 2) unintentional defilement of the holy: three tannaitic views (2a-2b) [19:03]; 3) intentional defilement of the holy and the function of the Yom Kippur Scapegoat (2b) [44:25]. Click here for source sheet Thank you for tuning in. Rabbi Eli Yoggev can be reached at [email protected].

Makkot 24: Reaching out to the unaffiliated

Establishing law based on texts vs. inspiration (23b); 2) How do we know there are 613 mitzvot? (23b-24a) [28:25]; 3) What are the most fundamental mitzvot of the Jewish faith (24a)? [34:20]; 4) Two Rabbi Akiva stories (24a-24b) [102:55]. Thank you for tuning in. Rabbi Eli Yoggev can be reached at [email protected].

Makkot 23: The lashing procedure

About the procedure: donkey and calf-hide straps, two lashes in back and one lash in front per set of three, lashes administered with one hand, the sufficient quota of disgrace to exempt from lashes (relieving oneself, fleeing from the scene) (22b-23a); 2) do lashes exempt from karet? [54:56] (23a-23b). Click here for the source sheet Thank you for tuning in. Rabbi Eli Yoggev can be reached at [email protected].

Makkot 22: All about lashes

On Yom Tov, we do not incur multiple sets of lashes for a singular action אין חילוק מלאכות ביום טוב (21b-22a); 2) eight additional transgressions to add onto the eight mentioned in the Mishna on 21a-21b (22a) [26:30]; 3) the nature of the flogging process: how many lashes, where they are given, how they are assessed (22a-22b) [47:50]. Click here for the source sheet Thank you for tuning in. Rabbi Eli Yoggev can be reached at [email protected].

Makkot 21: Peyos, tattoos, and kilayim

Peyos & incisions: method, measurements, and location (20b-21a); tattoos: what if someone drew a tattoo with ink but w/out engraving the skin?, tattoos for the sake of foreign worship (21a) [39:30]; clothing kilayim: at what stage of getting dressed is one liable? (21a-21b) [48:50]; seed kilayim: one is liable upon covering two different seeds (even w/out planting them) (21b) [57:20]. Source sheet can be found here

Makkot 19: Placing vs. reciting during Bikkurim

R' Yochanan's complex stance on placing versus reciting during Bikkurim ceremony (18b) ; R' Yehuda vs. R' Eliezer on placing Bikkurim (18b-19a) [14:40]; R' Yishmael's view on the current obligation to consume second tithe in Jerusalem (19a-19b) [24:15] ; prohibition of eating impure second tithes (19b) [52:40]. Source sheet can be found here Board from class found here