Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 5, 6, 7, 8 What are the requirements of the “traveler,” who is allowed to declare his Shabbos dwelling with his mouth, and even just his intention, whereas everyone else must either deposit food …

  Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 5 One on the road as Shabbos approaches may declare a particular landmark as his dwelling IF he has the possibility of getting there by nightfall, even if by running. One who doesn’t know …

  Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 5 One who is heading home as Shabbos is about to start, and he knows 1) his house is 4000 cubits aways and 2) there’s a particular tree 2000 cubits away in the road …

Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 4, 5 Three multi-home courtyards in a row can establish a joint eruv by depositing food in a basket in one of the homes in the middle courtyard. If the outer courtyards make separate arrangements …

Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 4 Does an object owned by a non-Jew at twilight on Friday acquire its own Shabbos “dwelling” and boundary, limiting how far it can be carried by a Jew on Shabbos? R’ Yochanan says yes. …

Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 4 We have a series of principles about whom the law follows in certain disputes. For example, when Rabbi Yehuda disagrees with Rabbi Shimon the law follows Rabbi Yehuda. Rav Mesharshiya holds that these principles …

  Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 4 Why did Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi rule that 1) the law accords with Rabbi Yochanan ben Nuri’s lenient opinion in his dispute with the stringent opinions of multiple rabbis regarding the Shabbos boundary …

  Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 2,3,4 Who is permitted to leave his Shabbos or Festival boundary? What happens when he gets there and fulfills his mission? If he’s a soldier, may he continue to carry his weapons? May we …

  Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 1, 2 Lost in Torah study, Nechemya wandered out of his Shabbos boundary. Rav Chisda pointed it out to Rav Nachman, who answered, build a human enclosure connecting him to his boundary so he …