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  •   Topics covered: Chapter 7, Mishna 1 Two courtyards share a wall. May the residents of both form a joint eruv to permit carrying on Shabbos, not only from their houses into the courtyards, but also between the courtyards? Sometimes …

  •   Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 7 When one courtyard sits inside another, the residents of the inner and outer courtyard have obligations to each other with respect to carrying on Shabbos and making an eruv, that would not exist …

  •   Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 6 The Sages disagree on the minimum requirements of an alleyway that can be adjusted for carrying on Shabbos. Rav says two or more courtyards must open into it, each containing two or more …

  • Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 4, 5, 6 Residences that share a courtyard must contribute to an eruv, or none of the residents can carry in the courtyard on Shabbos. But what constitutes a residence? What if people share a …

  •   Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 2, 3 What if the one who didn’t join in a courtyard eruv dies on Shabbos before renouncing his rights – may his heir renounce them? Rav Nachman says yes. Multiple challenges are brought …

  •   Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 2 We’ve learned that one who did not join a courtyard eruv before Shabbos began may renounce his rights in the courtyard so that he won’t restrict the others from carrying there. How exactly …

  • Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 1 Who were the Sadducees and Boethusians? Why did Rabban Gamliel’s father tell his Jewish neighbors to hurry up and use their alleyway on Shabbos before the Sadducee used it and took back the rights …

  • Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 1 Why is it that in the neighborhood where two Sages as great as Rabba and Abaye lived, no eruv had been established?! And why did Rava not hold like Shmuel on the question of …

  • Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 1 Three situations brought for clarification with respect to Shabbos and the law of eruv: 1) two houses separated by a public domain are enclosed in a new private domain by partitions erected by a …

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