Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 1 On Shabbos, may we “rent” the rights in a shared courtyard of a Gentile so the Jews can carry there on Shabbos? Rabbi Yochanan says yes. Shmuel does not allow this under certain …

Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 1 A series of beautiful wisdom teachings on the intersection of alcohol, good sense, intoxication, fatigue, the evil inclination, good inclination, anger, prayer, Torah study, character and our relationships with God & each other. Finally …

  Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 1 Rava, Abaye, Rav Huna bar Rav Yehoshua and others figure out how to handle a situation in which a non-Jew will not “rent” out his rights in a shared alleyway, thus restricting all …

  Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 1 Yesterday we learned that Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov’s view prevails over R’ Meir’s in our Mishna. Several Sages agree with this conclusion, but for different reasons. Abaye says to his teacher Rav Yosef, …

  Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 1 The first commandment is “Be fruitful and multiply.” If it only meant “Reproduce,” then “be fruitful” would be redundant. Be fruitful is the secret to life: bearing fruit is what we souls were …

  Topics covered: Chapter 5, Mishna 5, 6, 7 If there’s a ladder leading to a private courtyard at the dead end of a public domain, is it an entrance or a partition? How does this compare to a ladder …

  Topics covered: Chapter 5, Mishna 4, 5 Yesterday we learned how challenging it can be to measure and lay out the boundaries of a city’s Shabbos limit, so it’s no surprise to learn in today’s Mishna that an expert …

  Topics covered: Chapter 5, Mishna 3 How did they measure the Shabbos boundary of a city? Why a 50 cubit rope? Why not a chain? What material for the rope? How did they handle canyons, hills, walls, and cliffs? …

  Topics covered: DOUBLE DAF Chapter 5, Mishna 1, 2 Interesting coincidence: on the same day that I read about the need for zinc in order to stay healthy as we get older, and its primary source in food is …