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 …

  Topics covered: Chapter 5, Mishna 1 Three more wisdom teachings based on Deut. 30:12-13, the Torah is not in the Heavens or beyond the sea… How do we set the edges of certain irregularly-shaped cities for the purpose of …

  Topics covered: Chapter 5, Mishna 1 Meet Beruria, the female sage who proves her self as a Torah scholar from a young age despite living in a very patriarchal society. The original editors of the Talmud open a series …

  Topics covered: Chapter 5, Mishna 1 How did the Sages establish the edge of a city with regard to Shabbos boundaries? They would extend the border to encompass protrusions. The word extend, me’abrin, can be spelled with an ayin …

  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 …