Introduction to Masechet Bava Batra with Dr. Ayelet Hoffmann Libson

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Introduction to Masechet Bava Batra with Dr. Ayelet Hoffmann Libson

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Jun 25, 2024

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Introduction to Masechet Bava Batra

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Jun 25, 2024

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Berakhot 24: Can you sleep with tefillin under your pillow? Can a man do that if he is in bed with his wife? If two people are sleeping naked in a bed, can they each turn the other way and say shema? Is there a difference if it is one's qwife or someone else? What... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
49 min listen
Berakhot 5: Why do we say Shema at night in bed? How do we view suffering? What is "suffering out of love"? Is there a way to know id the suffering is because you sinned or is it suffering out of love. Why do good things happen to bad people? How can we comfort... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
47 min listen
Niddah 73: Are the differences between nidda and zava something passed from by an old established tradition (halacha l'Moshe mi Sinai) or from verses? The braita raises all sorts of possibilities in order to understand how we know what the Torah meant the... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
16 min listen
Berakhot 36: Why does one make a blessing on oil? In what cimcumstances? The gemara brings various items that are part of trees but aren't the fruit of the tree and questions what blessing one should make on them? Is something that protects the fruit considered... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
40 min listen
Niddah 72: What is the status of a woman who bleeds on the eleventh day of her zava days? To what extent, on her twelfth day is she similar to a woman who is shomeret yom k'neged yom. Beit Shamai and Beit Hillel disagree about that? After she goes to the mikveh... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
30 min listen
Berakhot 4: Did Moshe and King David really not know when it was midnight? It seems that they did know. If so, why did Moshe say "around midnight" and what was the need to David's harp? How was David different from other kings? How did he respond when Mefiboshet... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
44 min listen
Berakhot 12: It was implied from something Rabbi Zeira said that the blessing the priests said in the temple before shema was "God who created light." But the gemara rejects this and says that one can interpret that statement in a different way and it could be the... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
47 min listen
Berakhot 7: Does God pray? Does God get angry? If so, for how long? When? This was a secret that Bilam knew and would use it to curse people at that exact moment. It is more effective for one to realize one's mistakes internally and change their way,... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
45 min listen
Berakhot 6: One should pray facing the wall. One's bed shouold be facing North to South. One who finishes praying earlier, should not leave a friend behind. Is this the case in every situation? Evil spirits (which may just mean anxieties) are all around us. What... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
47 min listen
Berakhot 27: What does it mean "until four hours" - until and not including the fourth hour or until and including? Who do we hold like regarding times for the morning prayer and for the afternoon prayer? Can one pray arvit, the nighttime prayer, on Friday... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
48 min listen
Berakhot 3: Rabbi Eliezer says one can say shema until the end of the first watch. How many watches were there? Three or four? What are signs of each watch? Rabbi Yosi went into a ruin and prayed. Eliyahu Hanavi rebukes him for doing that. What are the three... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
46 min listen
Berakhot 11: From the phrase "when you sit in your house and when you walk on your way" one derives that one who is occupied with a mitzvah or a groom on the night of his wedding are exempt from saying shema. The groom is exempt because his mind is preoccupied... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
28 min listen
Niddah 71: A woman who dies – do we treat her clothes as clothes of a niddah (and require purification) or not? Why do Beit Shammai think we do? What is the status of blood that comes out of a woman as she is dying – does it carry impurities of niddah or of... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
39 min listen
Berakhot 15: What is the order of activities one should do in the morning? Does one need to search far for water to wash one’s hands before shema and shmone esreh? Is it more important for one than the other? Does one need to hear the words one says in shema?... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
40 min listen
Berakhot 16: Rabbi Elazar explains what to do when one gets confused at various points in shema. What are the laws regarding workers - can they come down from a tree or a high wall to say shema and shmone esreh? Is there a difference between the two? Why? Does it... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
48 min listen
Berakhot 21: From where do we derive that one needs to make a blessing after eating and before learning Torah? Can we say that the reverse also applies? The gemara brings various cases where one is unsure if one already said shema or the blessing after shema or... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
49 min listen
Berakhot 8: It is best to pray at the time that the community is praying. Why is that? What type of things is it important to pray for? Is it better to pray in a synogogue or a place where one learns? Why? Is it best to live near one's rabbi or not? One should... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
39 min listen
Berakhot 23: If one needs to go to the bathroom during shmone esreh, what does one do? Can one pray when one needs to go to the bathroom? Can one bring tefillin into the bathroom? Can one bring them in by carrying them in one's hand or wrapped in something? There... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
46 min listen
Berakhot 13: Why is there a difference between the change of name of Yaakov and Avraham's name change? Is it forbidden to call Avraham Avram? Does the mitzva of shema need intent? Why type of intent? Is one allowed to speak at all during shema and its blessings?... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
46 min listen
Berakhot 29: When was the blessing against the Saducees instituted - by who and why? Once Shimon HaKatan was davening and forgot the words for that plessing and they waited for him a few hours - why didn't they remove him from being the chazan? Why weren't they... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
30 min listen
Berakhot 10: Bruria corrects Rabbi Meir, her husband, that one should not pray for the death of evildoers but for their repentance. There is a discussion between Bruria and a heretic and Rabbi Avahu and a heretic regarding verses that are hard to understand. The... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
47 min listen
Berakhot 9: Can one recite shema right before and right after sunrise and fulfill both the night and day obligations? Why when the mishna lists mitzvot that can be done all night, it doesn't list eating the Pesach sacrifice? Rabbi Elazar ben Azaria and Rabbi... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
48 min listen
Berakhot 2: What is the time range in which one can say the prayer of Shema at night? Why did the mishna start in mid topic? Why with the night prayer and not the morning prayer of Shema? Why did they describe the time based on an action and not in a time frame... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
46 min listen
Berakhot 22: There is a debate regarding whether one who experienced a seminal emission can learn some types of Torah, none at all, or all kinds? Was the takana of Ezra entirely cancelled? Does he need to go in a mikveh with 40 se'ah or can one pour nine kav of... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
37 min listen
Berakhot 25: Can one recite shema if there is feces one's body or in the area? What if the feces is being passed by? It there a different if the feces is not moving? If there is a foul odor from feces, does one need to move away from the feces or also from the... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
49 min listen
Berakhot 14: Can one talk in the middle of hallel or megila? Can one taste food on a fast day? Can one greet someone or deal with things before praying in the morning? Can one stop to greet someone in between the words "is our God" to "truth"? Why? Do we say the... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
42 min listen
Berakhot 43: Can one set a meal over wine and then one person can say a blessing on behalf of others if they are all reclining? Rav and Rabbi Yochanan disagree - however there is a disagreement regarding what exactly they disagree about. What is the difference... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
37 min listen
Berakhot 18: One whose close relative died is considered an ‘onen’ and is exempt from commandments. Why? What does it mean “if your dead is before you” – is it to be taken literally? What is forbidden to do in a cemetary if one is close to a dead body so... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
46 min listen
Berakhot 19: The court excommunicates those who mock the rabbis or don’t listen to the words of the rabbis. According to Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi, this is found 24 times in the mishna. The gemara tries to figure out where are these 24 occurences. the gemara... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
47 min listen
Berakhot 17: The gemara lists prayers that rabbis would add at the end of their shmone esreh or at particular moments. What is the root of the debate between the rabbis and Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel regarding whether or not a groom can say shema on his wedding... by Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran
43 min listen

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