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Topics covered: We may untie bundles of grain for our animals on Shabbos, but we may not chop hay or carobs because those are edible as is. Principle: we make sure our animals can eat, so we render the …
Topics covered: Chapter 24 Mishna 1 What to do with a donkey carrying a heavy burden on the road and it becomes Shabbos? Since we allow the person to reach his destination before unloading the animal is he not …
Topics covered: Chapter 23, Mishna 6, Chapter 24, Mishna 1 R’ Abbahu says the souls of the righteous shuttle back and forth between this world and the World of Souls for a year after death. Rav says that if …
Topics covered: Chapter 23, Mishna 6 Sages weigh in on death and aging. The old lose many abilities, but gain much perspective. And even the loss of abilities can be a blessing because they’re excused when they don’t want …
Topics covered: Chapter 23, Mishnas 4, 5, 6 We are more lenient re waiting at the Shabbos boundary if attending to the needs of a corpse or a bride. A Jewish corpse may not be buried after Shabbos in …
Topics covered: Chapter 23, Mishna 3 We may not hire workers on Shabbos to perform work after Shabbos. Nor may we engage a non-Jew to do this task for us. We can’t use subterfuge to talk business, nor employ …
Topics covered: Chapter 23, Mishna 2 Continuing our discussion of practices prohibited on Shabbos because they are like business dealings. One may not read from a list to count expected guests expected at a Shabbos meal. One may draw …
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