Gift of Snow

Why is the hebrew word for snow - sheleg - a combination of 3 letters each one on of the 3 family. ?

Shin - 300

Lamid - 30

Gimel - 3.
???

To teach us the essence of snow is the combination of small snowflakes that are layered together in threes.
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Daily Hope

Which 3 word verse teaches us the Mitzva to always hope & pray for Hashems help ?

49:18
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Which first ?

When a person sees his grandchildren for example , should he kiss them first & then hug them or do the reverse ?

We see from the Parsha what Yaakov Avinu did first !
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Good to Sing

We say daily in the second Halleluko after Ashrei that it is good to sing to Hashem for many reasons - including for the snow !

Rav Miller explains that the snow is a special gift
- like 5 rains.
It waters the soil gradually & thoroughly.
Like wool
White to repel the suns rays

& fluffy to insulate the soil like a blanket in the winter which eventually melts to water the soil.
Boruch Hashem
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The Best Way

To look ahead is by
Looking back in time to message of the Chanuka lights. !
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The Best Way

To look ahead is by
Looking back in time to message of the Chanuka lights. !
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Connecting Chanuka

To the Parsha.

Why were there 7 cows in Parohs dream ?

Why were there 7 years of famine ?

Why are there 7 days in every week ?

To remind us Who is in control - Hashem the Creator & controller of all.
Which day of the week is most significant ?

Shabos. The day which teaches us the purpose of life - to serve Hashem.
Thus one day out of every 7 , the minority is the one to overcome & guide us to understanding the majority - the Message of Chanuka !
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More Important

Which is more important the candles for Chanuka or for Shabos ?

The Rambam says

Shabos !
Why ?
Because its for Sholom Bayis.

Why is that so special ?

He says the entire Torah was given to us to promote peace !
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Happy Chanuka to You

Why do we have a Mitzva to light a Menorah if we are not allowed to benefit from the Light ?

The message is there is more to light than the ability to see by it !

The message is that there are many deeper , profound , life - changing messages. !
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Thanking & Praising

The theme of Chanuka is to keep on thinking of all the great benefits we need to always thank Hashem for.

Thus it pays to study Brochos 10 a where we learn of 5 worlds that we pass through & the obligation to sing praises to Hashem for them.

1- 9 months of miracles in the womb
2- after birth seeing the stars Hashem made for us !

3- the miracle of 2 fountains of milk mothers have when they need them.

4 - Hashem saves us from enemies

5 - the final day of life which is the transition to the World to Come of eternal roads.
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The Reason

Why are the Shabos candles considered more significant than the Chanuka Lights ?

They help promote peace which is the primary purpose of the whole Torah.

But why does that override the Chanuka lights which reminds us that Hashem saves us even with miracles ?

Promoting peace is a means of helping people ourselves thus we are emulating Hashems ways !

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Word # 25

Do you know which word is the twenty - fifth word in the Torah & what that is a hint to ?

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Secret of Secrets

What was the master key to Yoseif Hatzadiks super success ?

Rashi says it in 4 hebrew words. !
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Fw: 10 Steps For Positioning Tefillin....Plus Ones With Background Images

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From: avi frenkel <avifrenkel@yahoo.com>

Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 19:05:08 -0800 (PST)

To: <rabbiG@sakar.com>; Avi Frenkel<avifrenkel@yahoo.com>

Subject: 10 Steps For Positioning Tefillin....Plus Ones With Background Images

Hi Rabbi Goldberger,   Attached, I have included in this email the original Document with the changes implemented....   Plus, I took the liberty of adding Four different background pictures of Tefillin. You can choose to go with either of the four, or just simply go with the one without any background, if you think that adding the pictures makes it too noisy and takes away from the content...   It's your call..   Print out all five pages and see for yourself...       Avi

New Program

Boruch Hashem we started Sefer Tehilim on Kol Haloshon
At 718 906 6400
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3 Weapons

Rashi explains that Yaakov utilized 3 methods

Gift Giving

Prayer &

Battle preparations.

These corrfespond to

The 3 pillars of the universe
Torah , Avoda & Chesed.
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Fw: Fwd: Anguish

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From: Jerry Gross <livealittlelongerleague@gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 19:11:34 -0500

To: undisclosed-recipients:;<Invalid address>

Subject: Fwd: Anguish

Somebody forwarded this to me. It could be applied to other addictions as well.

 

Along the lines of your project ......



Dear Rabbi Dr. Twerski:

I realize I may be out of order, but I am in such great anguish.

A year ago my husband, a fine talmid chacham, was operated on for lung
cancer caused by cigarette smoking. Recently it recurred, and the
doctors are not giving him much time. Only a miracle can save him, and
I pray for him every day at the Kotel.

I had pleaded with him for years to stop smoking, but to no avail.
Now, unless Hashem grants us a miracle, I must face the bitter reality
that I will be left with nine children to care for without a source of
parnassah.

What do I have to look forward to? A full page ad signed by the
gedolim, "Rachmanim bnei rachmanim. Come to the rescue of the widow of
a talmid chacham and his nine yesomim, whose father died an untimely
death"? Am I to send out letters soliciting help? Why should we expect
others to be rachmanim on nine yesomim when their father was not a
rachman on them? If he didn't have enough rachmonus on them to give up
smoking, why should strangers care? I love my husband dearly, but as
much as I love him, that's how angry I am at him for what he did to
us.

Advertisement:

The gedolim who will sign the appeal for me – why didn't they use
their authority to make him stop smoking? What could they have done?
They could have said, "Because you are committing the terrible sin of
suicide and leaving your family destitute, you will not have an
aliyah, you will not be permited to daven for the amud, you will not
get a hakafah, and you will be pasul as a witness, unless you stop
smoking." I think he would have listened. They might even say that
anyone who dies from a self-inflicted disease will be treated
according to the halacha of suicide.

I appeal to the gedolim. You be the rachmanim. You can prevent women
from becoming widows and children from becoming yesomim. Your signing
an urgent appeal for me and my children will be too little and too
late. I need a husband, and my children need a father.

To other wives whose husbands are smoking, don't just sit there. You
have a responsibility to protect your children. Protest to your
rabbonim that they should do everything in their power to prevent such
tragedies, and they should know that if they are lax in doing so, they
must share the responsibility for the tragedy that befalls wives and
children.

But let's not forget, that the husband's friends should be rachmanim also.

They have much more influence than anyone else, even Rabbonim and spouses.

 

It's time we all showed more Ahavas Yisroel.

Code 613

Why is it that the hint for keeping the 613 Mitzvos is in the word Garti which means to live ?

To teach us to live in the 613 Mitzvos , not just to visit them periodically.
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When to Speak

What is the connection between one who speaks out of turn & a guest who invites another guest without permission ?

Mishlei 18:13
Explains

One who speaks before paying attention it is foolish & shameful.

?
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Lessons from an Ocean Liner

The Medroshim bring 4 lessons for how to excel in studying Torah that we learn from a boat -

- In order to excel one should at times go far away to study.

- Go to other Rebbi s also to study.
- In different places you may discover great Torah treasures

- there is a concept that Torah insights maybe limited in some places but abundant in other places.
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Time to Prepare

Why did Yaakov seem to take a detour ?

His parents told him to go get married but he went to study Torah first. ?

One explanation is because the Talmud says - study Torah & then get married. Thus he was listening to them by preparing for marriage with his studies.
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Avoid Lazy Bread

Do not eat idle bread - Mishlei 31 :27.

What is that ?

The Vilna Gaon explains
If it is not prepared properly !

This is compared to Torah Study. If one only learns superficially with laziness. One must toil to plumb the depth of his learning with clarity.
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Do you Know ?

Where does it say that Shabos was a great gift that Hashem gave the Jewish nation ?

Shabos Daf 10b
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Running to Mitzvos

Why would Yaakov be running out of the womb to go learn Torah if he was learning with an angel while in the womb ?

One answer is in order that it be more of his toil & effort. !
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Engagement Gifts

Why did Eliezer give Rivka

A golden nose ring that weighed a half Shekel
And 2 gold bracelets weighing a total of 10 shekel. ?

Rashi & others ( 24:22 ) explain that the two bracelets remind us of the purpose of our hands to fulfill the 10 commandments.

The half Shekel reminds us that the gold jewelry is only external we need to back it up with the inner beauty of devotion to Hashems Torah & Mitzvos.
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The Only Way

Hashem created the evil inclination & He created the Torah as the only antidote.

Kidushin 30b

This stops us in our tracks.
There is no other way
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Power of Prayer

Why is Prayer compared to a pitchfork ?

A pitchfork is used to turn the produce around from place to place , so too , we commit to turn ourselves around so that Hashem will turn His decisions , measure for measure.

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Power of Prayer

Why is Prayer compared to a pitchfork ?

A pitchfork is used to turn the produce around from place to place , so too , we commit to turn ourselves around so that Hashem will turn His decisions , measure for measure.

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The Marriage Test

What is the goal we should strive for in becoming the ideal marriage partner ??

If a spouse asks for one item consider all possible relevant needs and do them all !!

Where do we see this in the parsha ?
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Name Insights

Rashi explains 3 meanings for Sarahs name Yiskoh.

* She views things with Holiness

* People see her uniqueness. &

* She becomes a leader.

The Dorash Moshe explains that 3 things usually happen when two people meet.
1 - they assess each other

2 - there is a thought decision of who will listen to whom.

Thus the 3 meanings are linked together
1 - Sarah saw the positive qualities of all

2 - people would sense that & think Wow she is great
3 - they would treat her as their leader.

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An answer

One answer is the word
Gratitude !

We have a Mitzva to give the first fruits as an expression of gratitude.

So too don't cook meat in its mothers milk because the milk keeps the babies alive. It shows ingratitude to use the milk to cook the meat.
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Food Connections

Why does the Torah connect the law to bring your first fruits to the Beis Hamigdosh with the prohibition to avoid cooking meat & milk ( Shmos 23:19). ?

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Special Fruits

Which fruits may only be eaten by Kohanim & only in Yerusholayim ?

The first fruits - Bikurim.
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Do you know ?

Is honey considered a food or a liquid ?

Tosfos explains that it is only a liquid after it is separated from the wax honeycomb.
While it is connected it has the status of a solid food.
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4 words

Which 4 words do we learn from Avraham avinu that can change our day , every day ?

Say less & do More !
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The Water Connection

Why is Eretz Yisroel surrounded by 7 seas & 4 rivers ?

Water represents Torah & Eretz Yisroel is the center for Torah thus they are linked together !
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Source of S. Y. C.

We learn from Hashem who keeps mourning over the destruction of the Holy Beis Hamigdosh & our exile.

Why ?

Because in all of our sufferring He joins us.
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When to listen as you S. Y. C.

The Talmud asks - should one always listen to the advice of a spouse ?

The answer has 3 parts -

* for household matters - surely !

* for wordly matters some say yes , some say no.

* for Heavenly Matters - he may know better & they may need to ask a Rav.
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The Best Way to S. Y. C.

Is to
Listen

To your Spouse.

If instead you just keep interrupting them with suggestions of solutions , you may be trying to show that you are smart but do you Show You Care about them ?
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The name Rochel

In connection with remembering Rochel Imeiunu we urge you to review the Rashi in Shir Hashirim chap. 6 verse 6.
If you know someone with the name Rochel please show them the Rashi which why such a name which also means a sheep , is used.
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Secret of Prosperity for S. Y. C.

Honor your wife & you will become wealthy.

Bava Metzia 59a.

You don't need to tell this to your boss but you now have the secret you can begin today.

Ask yourself - what can I do within the next hour to show that I care about my spouse & their needs. ? And then do it !
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First assignment for S. Y. C.

Thanks for those who joined. This is our first homework.

To say over this lesson to 2 people.
That Noachs 3 son s names are symbolic of the 3 pillars of the world -
Torah - shaim - shom - we need to be there. Focus on concentrating on one Torah lesson daily with the thought that this study is the greatest Mitzva because it is Hashems word & it brings us closer to Him.

Chom - Cham - we need to be into our Prayers with warmth. Get into it.

Pray for entity 5 times throughout the day with warmth.

Yefes- yofos - smile a pleasant smile at your spouse & show that you care about them.

Thank you all for caring.
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S. Y. C.

We would like to begin an

S. Y. C. Club with those of you who would like to join
The objective is to focus on developing ourselves to
Show you care
To serve Hashem & fulfill Torah & Mitzvos properly.

For more info please contact us.
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Honey on Shabos

Is one allowed to scoop honey out of a beehive on Shabos ?

It depends if the honey is in the combs it is forbidden because it is similar to pulling a fruit off of a tree.

If the honey is loose it is permissible.
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With a Good Eye

R. Akiva holds that when a person sells something he sells with a good eye - with a generous attitude.

This approach fits with his opinion in Brochos 60b where he teaches that a person should always say - all that Hashem does is for good.
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3 Names

Noach has 3 sons named -

Shaim , Chom & Yefes.

What is the significance of the names he chose ?

These are 3 great principles we need to focus on daily in order to serve Hashem.

1- to be there - focus fully on what you are doing

2 - get warmed up & enthusiastic about it !

3 - beautify the Mitvos in Hashems honor.
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Two Results

Two sons of Noach covered their Father.
One was rewarded with the Mitzva of tzitzis , whereas the other gets the honor of burial.

Why 2 forms of reward for the same action ?

Dosent Hashem use the system of Measure for Measure ?
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Mon-day insight

Today may not be monday , the word Monn - day however can remind us of the Mann Hashem provided for us in the Midbar for 40 years.

There was a fellow who would pay all of his bills on mon - day to remind himself that Hashem is our Provider.
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What comes first ?

Before you teach others how to do something right , first improve yourself in that matter.

60b.
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Rosh Chodesh lesson

The Chazon Ish writes in Letter # 60.

Even one minute of study should be precious to you as many hours !
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Fw: Three Lives (about Victor Frankl)

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From: "Rabbi Goldberger" <rabbig@sakar.com>

Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:10:33 +0000

To: David<david@kerengroup.com>

Subject: Re: Three Lives (about Victor Frankl)

Wow. Special

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From: David <david@kerengroup.com>

Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:52:03 +0200

To: omind<omind@hotmail.com>

Subject: Three Lives (about Victor Frankl)

This is a bit long so print it out – but READ IT.  You will be moved, surprised and very glad you did.  David       Three Lives  I want to share with you a story tonight. It is a story about a Jewish girl who became an opera singer, performing in front of Adolf Hitler, about a world renowned Jewish spiritual master and a world-famous psychiatrist – and how their three lives converged. It was a strange phenomenon. The famed professor Victor Frankl, author of the perennial best-seller Man's Search for Meaning and founder of Logotherapy, would send each year a check to Chabad of Vienna before the High Holidays. Nobody in the Chabad center or in the larger Jewish community could understand why. Here was a man who was not affiliated in any fashion with the Jewish community of Vienna . He did not even attend synagogue even on Yom Kippur. He was married to a very religious Catholic woman. He is not even buried in the Jewish cemetery in Vienna . Yet, he would not miss a single year of sending a contribution to Chabad before Yom Kippur. The enigma was answered only in 1992. I Am the First Emissary Margareta Chajes walked into the office of my colleague, Rabbi Jacob Biederman, the ambassador of Chabad to Austria . Rabbi Biederman built the magnificent "Lauder Campus" in Vienna creating a Jewish renaissance in Austria , the country which gave birth to the greatest monster in Jewish and human history, Adolf Hitler yemach shemo. Margareta, an 85 year old woman, was dressed very classy, and looked youthful and energetic. She told Rabbi Biederman: "I know you think you are the first shliach, you are the first emissary, of the Lubavitcher Rebbe to Vienna ; but that is not the case. I have served as the first ambassador of the Lubavitcher Rebbe to the city, many years before you."  You see, in the 1930's Margareta was a young Jewish opera singer in Vienna . She even performed at the Saltzburg Opera Festival in 1939 in the presence of Hitler himself. She escaped to the US , but lost her family in the Holocaust. Years later, she paid a visit to the Lubavitcher Rebbe who, she said, became like a father figure to her. From the Chassidim to the Opera She began to relate her story. Margareta's maiden family name was Hager; she was an heir to the famed Chassidic Hager family, producing the Rebbe's and leaders of the Vishnitz Chassidic group.  As a young girl, she left home. The lifestyle and belief system of her parents did not inspire her. She traveled to the cultural center of the world, Vienna , where Margareta Hager, a granddaughter of the Vishnitzer Chassidic Rebbes, became an opera singer. Margareta performed during the 1930's in the Salzburger Festspiele (pronounced: Fest Shpile) -- The Salzburg Festival -- a prominent festival of music and drama, held each summer within the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. On 12 March 1938, German troops marched into Salzburg began to The Anschluss – the annexation of Austria by Germany – was now complete, and Nazi ideology immediately affect the Salzburg Festival. All Jewish artists were banned, the leading Jewish conductors and composers were "deleted." Yet Margareta Chajes was still performing. For the Festspiele in August 1939, Hitler himself made an appearance at two Mozart operas. He did not know that one of the young women singing so majestically was a young Jewess, a scion of a Chassidic family, Margareta Chajes. Shortly thereafter, the general management made a surprise announcement that the Festival would terminate on 31 August, a week ahead of the scheduled finale on 8 September. The reason was, supposedly, that the Vienna Philharmonic was required to perform at the Nuremberg Party Convention. But the Germans were brilliant liars. The true reason became apparent on 1 September when the German army invaded Poland and unleashed the Second World War – exactly 70 years ago -- which exterminated a third of our people, including much of Margareta's family. On the very night after her performance at the Salzburg Festspiele, close friends smuggled her out of Germany to Italy . From there she managed to embark on the last boat to the US before the war broke out just a few days later. Margareta settled in Detroit , where she married a fine Jewish young man with the family name Chajes (a grandson of one of the most famous 19th century Polish Rabbis and Talmudic commentator, the Maharatz Chayos, and they gave birth to a beautiful daughter.  Forward the tape recorder of history. It is now many years after the war. Jews were rebuilding their lives and their careers. The rabbis were rebuilding their communities. But one rabbi was thinking of not just of his own community. You see, the daughter of Margareta married a prominent Jewish doctor, who was honored by the dinner of a Chabad institution in the US and his mother-in-law, Margareta, acquired an audience with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. "I walked into the Rebbe's room," related Margareta to Rabbi Biederman, "I cannot explain why, but suddenly, for the first time since the Holocaust, I felt that I could cry. I – like so many other survivors who have lost entire families -- never cried before. We knew that if we would start crying, we might never stop, or that in order to survive we can't express our emotions. But at that moment, it was a though the dam obstructing my inner waterfall of tears was removed. I began sobbing like a baby. I shared with the Rebbe my entire story: Innocent childhood; leaving home; becoming a star in Vienna ; performing in front of Hitler; escaping to the US ; learning of the death of my closest kin. The Rebbe listened. But he not only listened with his ears. Hr listened with his eyes, with his heart, with his soul, and he took it all in. I shared everything and he absorbed everything. That night I felt like I was given a second father. I felt that the Rebbe adopted me as his daughter. Two Requests At the end of my meeting with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, I expressed my strong desire to go back and visit Vienna . The Rebbe requested from me that before I make the trip, I visit him again. A short while later, en route to Vienna , I visited the Rebbe. He asked me for a favor: to visit two people during my stay in the city. The first was Viennese Chief Rabbi Akiva Eisenberg, and give him regards from the Rebbe (the Rebbe said that his secretary would give me the details and literature to give to Rabbi Eisenberg). The second person he wanted me to visit I would have to look up myself. The Rebbe said that he was a professor at the University of Vienna and his name was Dr. Victor Frankl. You Will Prevail "Send Dr. Frankl my regards," the Lubavitcher Rebbe said to me, "and tell him in my name that he should not give up. He must remain strong and continue his work with vigor and passion. If he continues to remain strong, he will prevail." Using the German dialect, so Margareta would understand, the Rebbe spoke for a long time about the messages he wished to convey to Dr. Frankl. Close to forty years later she did not recall all of the details, but the primary point was that Frankl should never give up and he should keep on working to achieve his goals with unflinching courage and determination. I didn't understand a word the Rebbe said. Who was Dr. Frankl? Why was the Rebbe sending him this message?  Why through me? I did not have an answer to any of these questions, but I obeyed. Margareta traveled to Vienna . Her visit with Rabbi Eisenberg was simple. Meeting Victor Frankl proved far more difficult. When she arrived at the University they informed her that the professor has not shown up in two weeks. There was thus no way she can meet him. After a few failed attempts to locate him at the University, Margareta gave up. Yet feeling guilty not to fulfill the Rebbe's request, she decided to violate Austrian manners. She looked up the professor's private home address, traveled there and knocked at the door. A woman opened the door. "May I see Herr Frankl please?" Yes, please wait." "I saw a room filled with crosses," Margareta continues her tale. "It was obvious that this was a Christian home. I thought to myself, that this must be a mistake; this can't be the person whom the Lubavitcher Rebbe wanted me to encourage." You see, in 1947 Frankl married his second wife -- a very devout Catholic, Eleonore Katharina Schwindt. Victor Frankl showed up a few moments later, and after ascertaining that he was the professor at the University, she said she had regards for him. "He was extremely impatient, and frankly looked quite uninterested. It felt very awkward." "I have regards from Rabbi Schneerson in Brooklyn , New York ," Margareta told him. "Rabbi Schneerson asked me to tell you in his name that you must not give up. You ought remain strong and continue your work with unflinching determination and you will prevail". "Do not fall into despair. March on with confidence," Rabbi Schneerson said, "and I promise, you will achieve great success." Suddenly, the uninterested professor broke down. He began sobbing like a baby. He could not calm down. I did not understand what was going on. I just saw him weeping uncontrollably. "Wow," Dr. Frankl told me. "This Rabbi from Brooklyn knew exactly when to send you here." He could not thank her enough. "So you see Rabbi Biederman?" Margareta completed her tale. "I have been an emissary of the Rebbe to Vienna many years before you came around." Forever Grateful Rabbi Biederman was intrigued. Victor Frankl was now 87 years of age, and was an international celebrity. He had written 32 books which were translated into 30 languages. His book "Man's Search for Meaning" has been deemed by the Library of Congress as being one of the ten most influential books of the 20th century. What was the secret behind the Rebbe's message to Victor Frankl? "I called him immediately," Biederman recalls. "Do you remember Margarete Chajes?" Rabbi Biederman asked Dr. Frankl. "No," the professor responds. Well, he can be forgiven. More than 40 years had gone by. "Do you remember a regards she gave you from Rabbi Schneerson in Brooklyn ?" Rabbi Biederman asked the professor. Suddenly, a change in his voice. Dr. Frankl melted like butter in a frying pan. "Of course I remember. I will never forget it. My gratitude to Rabbi Schneerson is eternal." And Victor Frankl began to unveil the "rest of the story," which captures one of the greatest debates of the last 100 years, encapsulates the essence of Jewishness and reveals to us the secret of Kol Nidrei. In the Camps Victor Frankl was born in 1905 – three years after the Lubavitcher Rebbe -- in Vienna . The young Frankl studied neurology and psychiatry and in 1923 became part of the inner circle of one of the most famous Jews of the time, Dr. Sigmund Freud, the "Father of Psychoanalysis" who lived and practiced in Vienna . The "Final Solution" did not skip over the Frankl family (7). Victor's mother and father were murdered in Auschwitz ; his first Jewish wife, pregnant, was murdered in Bergen Belsen. All of his siblings and relatives were exterminated. Professor Frankl was a lone survivor (he had one sister who immigrated to Australia before the war.) He returned to Vienna where he taught neurology and psychiatry at the University of Vienna . The Great Debate Already before the war, and even more so during his three years in the Nazi death camps, Victor Frankl developed ideas which differed radically from Freud. Yet the entire faculty of his department at the University consisted of staunch Freudian scholars. Academically they hunted down Victor Frankl calling his ideas "pseudo-science," and the joke of the century. You see, friends, this was no small debate. These two Jews were debating the very meaning of human identity and Victor Frankl had been advocating a view extremely alien to the then-dominant Freudian outlook. In a word: A human being has a SOUL, what we Jews call a Neshamah. Freud, like most medical schools, emphasized the idea that all things come down to physiology. The human mind and heart could be best understood as a "side effect" of brain mechanisms.  Humans are like machines, responding to stimuli from within or from without, a completely physical, predictable and godless machine, albeit a very complicated machine, creating psychotics, neurotics, and of course psychiatrists. [The difference? The neurotic build castles in the air; the psychotic lives in them, and the psychiatrist? – he collects the rent from both.]  Victor Frankl disagreed. He felt that Freud and his chevrah reduced the human being to a mere mechanical creature depriving him or her of his true essence. "If Freud were in the concentration camps," Frankl wrote, "he would have changed his position." Beyond the basic natural drives and instincts of people, he would have encountered the human "capacity for self-transcendence." "Man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz ; however, he is also that being who entered those chambers upright, with the Shema Yisrael on his lips." "We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: The last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." Of course, there are many things about our life we have no control over. But there is a dimension of the human self – the essence of human identity -- which nothing and nobody can control. It is transcendent by its very "nature" – free, uninhibited, wholesome and deeply spiritual, never defined by life's circumstances and limitations, but rather free to define them, to define their meaning and message. A person – he taught -- was not a son of his past, but the father of his future. Derision But in the University in the 40's and 50's they defined Frankl's ideas as fanatic religiosity, raising up all the old, unscientific notions of conscience, religion and guilt. It was unpopular for students to attend his courses. "The situation was horrible," Frankl told Rabbi Biederman. "Rabiner Biederman!" Frankl said. He then added these shocking words: "I could survive the German death camps, but I could not survive the horrific derision of my colleagues at the university who would not stop taunting me and undermining my every iota of progress." "The pressure against me was so severe, that I decided to give up. It was simply too much to bear emotionally. I was drained, exhausted, depressed. I fell into a melancholy. I was watching all of my life-work fade away right before my eyes. One day, sitting at home, I began drafting my resignation papers for my University job. In the battle between Freud and Frankl – Freud would be triumphant. Soul-less-ness would prove more powerful than soul-full-ness." Hope "And then suddenly, as I am sitting in my home, depressed, defected, feeling down, in walks a beautiful woman. She gives me regards from a Chassidic master, Rabbi Schneerson from Brooklyn , New York . His message? 'Don't dare to give up. Don't dare to despair. If you will continue your work with absolute determination, you will prevail.' I could not believe my ears.  Somebody in Brooklyn , no less a Chassidic Rebbe, knew about my predicament? And what is more – he cared about my predicament? And what is more – he sent someone to locate me in Vienna to shower me with courage and inspiration? I began to sob. I cried uncontrollably. I was so moved. I felt like a transformed man. That is exactly what I needed to hear. Someone believed in me, in my work, in my contributions, in my ideas about the infinite transcendence and potential of the human person and in my ability to prevail." "That very moment I knew that I would not surrender. I tore up my resignation papers. New vitality was blown into me. I was confident, secure, and motivated." "Indeed," Victor continues, "his words came true. A few months later, I was given a chair at the University."  And a short while later, Frankl's magnum opus "Man's Search for Meaning" was translated into English. It became not only an ongoing bestseller to this very day, but has been deemed as one of the 10 most influential books of the 20th century. The professor's career began to soar. The once-scoffed-at professor became one of the most celebrated psychiatrists of a generation. "Man's Search for Meaning" has been translated into 28 languages and has sold over 10 million copies during his life time. Frankl became a guest lecturer at 209 universities on all five continents, held 29 honorary doctorates from universities around the world, and received 19 national and international awards and medals for his work in psychotherapy. His brand of therapy inspired thousands of other books, seminars, workshops, new-age and spiritual groups, which have all been based on Frankl's ideas of the unique ability of the human to choose its path discover meaning in every experience. From Scot Peck's "Road Less Traveled" to Steven Covey's Seven Habits, and hundreds of other bestsellers during the last 30 years, all of them were students of Victor Frankl's perspectives. Victor Frankl concluded his story to Rabbi Beiderman in these words: "איך וועל אים אייביק דאנקבאר זיין" "I will forever be grateful to him," to the Lubavitcher Rebbe.  I Love Chabad Not knowing who he was talking too, Frankl added: "A number of years ago Chabad established itself here in Vienna . I became a supporter. You too should support it. They are the best…" Rabbi Biederman finally understood why he was getting a check in the mail before each Yom Kippur. Their conversation was over. Tefilin Each Day But the story is not over. In 2003, Dr. Shimon Cown, an Lubavitch Australian expert on Frankl, went to visit his non-Jewish widow, Elenor, in Vienna . She took out a pair of tefilin and showed it to him. "My late husband would put these on each and every day," she said to him. Then she took out a pair of tzitzis he made for himself to wear. At night in bed, Victor would recite the book of Tehilim (Psalms). You get it? On Yom Kippur nobody saw him in shul, but a day of tefilin he did not miss. When they asked in interviews whether he believed in G-d, he would usually not give a direct answer. But a day of tefilin he would not miss! What a Jew! The Soldier In 1973, an Israeli soldier lay in the hospital, depressed and dejected, saying that he feels like committing suicide. You see, he lost both his legs during the Yom Kippur war. He felt that without legs his future was hopeless. One day, his doctor walked into the room. The soldier was sitting upright, and looked relaxed and happy. The doctor looked at him, and saw that his eyes regained that passionate gaze. What happened? The doctor asked. The soldier pointed to his night table. He has just finished reading "Man's Search for Meaning" and the stories about how certain Jews behaved in the death camps. He learnt of the capacity of the human being to choose to turn adversity into triumph by discovering the meaning in his life's experiences. "This transformed me," the soldier said. One Message This, friends, was the potential the Rebbe saw when he decided to send Margareta on a mission to Vienna . Imagine: One single message from a man in Brooklyn who cared literally transformed tens of millions of lives! And what was the message? Don't despair. You will prevail. Because the Lubavitcher Rebbe was determined to get out to the world this message: we really do have a soul; the soul is the deepest and most real part of us; and that we will never be fully alive if we don't access our souls. What is a soul? A soul is our inner identity, our raison d'être. The soul of music is the composer's vision that energizes and gives life to the notes played in a musical composition. The actual notes are like the body expressing the vision and feeling of the soul within them. Each soul is the expression of G-d's intention and vision in creating that particular being. The soul is the very fabric of our being—as conceived by G-d's vision in wanting us to exist. Each of us is a unique musical note in a grand cosmic composition. It is incumbent upon us to discover our soul—our higher calling—and play its unique music.

Who's Who

If a person goes to a place where he may see forbidden sights when he has an alternate route - - he is considered wicked.

If he has no choice but to go there & he does his best to avoid seeing that which is improper -- he is considered righteous.
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A lazy person

Pardachas - is a person who does nothing but loaf around.

The origon of the word is
Pura - the bed
Duchtei - that's his place.
That is his attitude , the way he sees himself.
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Law of the land

What is the reason why the law of the land is law ?

Rashbam explains that it is based on the fact that all those who live in a country accept upon themselves willingly to abide by the laws of that government.

Siman - this is on Daf 54b. When we reverse nun daled , we get din.
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Did you know ?

If some wild animal or wild person was about to pounce on your friends things to destroy them & you are able to block it , what Mitzva would obligate you to do so ?

The Rashbam on 53 a says it would be hashovas aveida.
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Daf 52. Insight

What is the definition of a Segula treasure on this Daf ?

One opinion says a Sefer Torah , the other says - a fruit tree
What is the parallel between the two ?

Each time we study Torah it is like enjoying a delicious fruit of one of Hashems fruit trees
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Which is the first verse

We are taught to teach our children ?
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Daf Question

How can a person be forced & still be considered willing ?

He was forced until he says - I am willing !
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Sukah thoughts

As you sit in a frail Glorious Sukah look around to see the blessings of Hashem. Everywhere. All the time.
He is guiding us all along.

He is always close by. He never leaves our side.
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Who's Who ?

There were 4 Rav Nachmans :
R. Nachman bar Yitzchok
Bar Yaakov
Bar Aba
& bar Rav Chisda
See Tosfos 46b

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Daf Insight

It says in Tehilim - one who borrows is wicked who does not pay back.

Why is he considered wicked initially why not say , if he dosent pay then he is wicked ?

Because initially when he takes the loan he should have solid plans of how he anticipates paying back.
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Daf insight

Why is an uman, craftsman , professional the same word as Omain which means it is true & you agree with the blessing ?

Because an expert is someone who practiced so many times that he perfected his skill to the point that he is does it in its true form.
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Bitochon special

Why is the hebrew word for trust in Hashem spelled with a Beis & Teis
Just as the word for stomach - beten ?
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Daf 42. Quiz

Q. Which Sage is considered a Tana at times who may even argue with a Mishna ?

A. Rav.
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Q. Why do people keep their need for a loan a secret ?

A. So that their asssests do not become devalued.

**
Q. How is the word Chazaka used in 2 different ways ?

A. 1 - to do an act of chazaka to acquire a field.

2 - to be there for 3 years & thus establish proof that it is yours.
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Question

Why does the Torah instruct us first to take the 4 species in Vayikra 23 :40 and then 2 pesukim later it says to dwell in a Sukah ?
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Daf 41. Quiz

Q. What is required to back up a chazoka claim so that the person can keep the property ?

A. A claim that explains how he got it.
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Q. Where does it say - open your mouth to defend those who are unable to speak ?

A. Mishlei 31:8.
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Q. Is it binding if someone was mochel in error ?

A. No.
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Q. Why does a shtar produce more of a kol than witnesses ?

A. They gather to write it & sign it so that everyone hears about it.
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Daf 40. Quiz

Q. How many people are required to witness an act of acquisition ?
A. 2.

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Q. What about to certify a shtar ?

A. The 2 witnesses need to testify before 3.

***
Q. If there was a kinyan do we assume that he also wants it in writing ?

A. Yes.

***
Q. What is the concern if a lesson was not expressed specifically ?

A. The comparison may not be precise.
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Daf 39. Quiz

Q. What is Shusa ?
A. Words.

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Q. How many people does one need to register a protest ?

A. There is a dispute - 2 or 3.
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Q. How often does a protest need to be repeated ?

A. Once before the end of each 3 year period.
***
Q. Does he need to ask them to put it in writing ?
A. No. The witnesses may do so on their own.
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Daf 38. Quiz

Q. When does a buyer of a tree own underneath it even 1000 amos ?

A. When that was their agreement.
***

Q. What are the 3 sections of Eretz Yisroel regarding Chazoka ?

A. Yehuda , the other side of the Yardain & the Galil.
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Q. Which country took a year of travel to reach from Erets Yisroel in those days ?

A. Spain.
***
Q. What is Mardin ?
A. Murder.
***
Q. What is required to be a formal protest ?

A. So & so has stolen my field.
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Daf 37. Quiz

Q. What is the dispute between R. Zevid & R. Papa ?

A. When one person bought the trees & the other bought the land

R. Z. - the tree buyer has no land.

R. P. - he does get some land.

***
Q. Does an average seller sell with a generous attitude or with some reluctance ?

A. R. Akiva - with a good eye.
Rabonon- with some negativity.
***
Q. If someone has a vineyard but the vines are all crowded together



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Daf 36. Quiz

Q. If someone establishes chazaka on land that was left wild can he claim that he owns it ?

A. No.

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Q.I what is the law if someone claims ownership on an animal that is left wandering around ?

A. He needs proof.

***
Q. Were the people of Mechuza wealthy or poor ?

A. Wealthy.

***
Q. If someone plowed a field is that proof of ownership ?

A. It is a dispute.
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Daf 35. Quiz

Q. What is the meaning of Shuda ?

A. A throw of the Judges.

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Q. What is it based on ?

A. Rashbam - give it to whom the judge thinks the giver would prefer.

Rabeinu Tam - whoever the judge chooses to give it to.
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Q. If 2 people were fighting over ownership of an item & a third person grabs it , do we remove it from him ?

A. R. Chiya - no

R. Ashi - yes.
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Fw:

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From: "akiva goldberger"
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:10:37 +0300
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Subject: FW:

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Thank You,

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Daf 34. Quiz

Q. What does R. Aba hold if one person grabbed an item from another in front of one witness ?

A. He has to pay it back.

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Q. How was R. Aba referred to ?

A. The Sage of Eretz Yisroel.
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Q. What is the law if 2 people claim an item is theirs ?

A. Whoever has more power gets it. ***
Q. Why don't we say they should divide it ?

A. Tosfos has 2 answers - the first is because they were not holding it.
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Daf 33. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. Is a kol a negative rumor or can it refer to a positive , true testimony. ?

A. Here it refers to the truth.

***
Q. At what age can someone negotiate a claim from an orphan ?

A. If they are 13.
***

Q. Who did Rav Chisda refer to as a great person ?

A. Rav Idi bar Avin.

***
Q. What is a nascha ?

A. A bar of silver or gold.
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Daf 32. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. Are two witnesses valid as a team if they did not witness the scene together ?

A. It is a dispute.
***
Q. What if they did not report the episode at the same time ?
A. That is also a dispute.
***

Q. Is the halacha here like Raboh or like R. Yoseif ?

A. Like both , see Rashbam & Tosfos.
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Daf 31. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. After stating a claim , may one Adjust it ?

A. Ulah - yes

Nehardoi - no.

***

Q. Where was Ameimar from ?

A. From Nehardoeh.
***

Q. Who was first Rava or Rav Huna ?

A. Rav Huna.

***
Q. What are ashlei ravravei ?

A. Big trees or big ropes.
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Daf 30. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. What if a field is called by a certain name but we are not sure if it is actually one of those fields ?

A. There is a dispute if it is included in the sale.
***
Q. For how long can a person claim I was busy at the market ?
A. 30 days

***
Q. If someone asked to buy a property is that proof that he may not turn around & claim it is really his all along ?
A. No. He may have been offering to buy it to avoid controversy.
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Daf 29. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. Why do we assume that news travels from place to place ?

A. Because every person has friends.
***

Q. How can we know if the person was there at nights also ?

A. By asking neighbors.
***

Q. What is Itra ?
A. A document with witnesses that they divided it between them.
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The Better Way

What can be better than praying wholeheartedly ?

Brokenheartedly.

Have a happy & healthy sweet new year.
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Daf 28. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. What is the difference between a Beis Hashalchin & Beis Habaal ?

A. A Shalchin field needs water daily & it produces all the time. A Baal field is satisfied with rainwater & it produces once a year.

***
Q. Where do we see that it takes 3 times to establish a proof of ownership ?

A. By an ox that gores 3 times.

***
Q. What is unique about fig trees ?

A. The fruits do not all ripen at the same time.
***
Q. Which Sage had gone to Usha ?

A. R. Yishmoel

***

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Daf 27. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. If someone bought a tree without any land does he bring Bikurim from that tree ?

A. No.
***

Q. What if he bought two trees ?

A. He brings bikurim without reciting the Parsha.

***
Q. 3 trees ?
A. He brings & recites.

***
Q. From which fruits are we obligated to bring Bikurim ?
A. From the special 7.
***
Q. What can you do if you own a small piece of land ?

A. 4 things :

The Mitzva of Peah
Bikurim
To write a Pruzbul
& to acquire movable property.
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Daf 26. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. If someone shakes the floor causing damage or shoots a spark which damages does he need to pay for the consequences ?

A. Yes.
***

Q. What connection is there between the prohibition against cutting down a fruit tree & the life of a person ?

A. A person is compared to a tree thus one may affect the other.
***
Q. How far do the main nourishing roots of a tree extend ?

A. 16 amos.
***

Q. What does Ulah say about Bikurim from a tree that someone planted within 16 amos of a neighbors field ?

A. He is considered a thief thus
Rashi - there is no need to bring Bikurim

Tosfos - its forbidden.
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Daf 25. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. How far from a city should a cemetery be ?

A. 50 Amos.
***

Q. Which is the opinion we follow in regard to which direction to face when we pray ?
A. Towards Yerusholayim. Tosfos.

***
Q. What is the extra benefit of praying towards the southwest ?

A. To achieve wisdom & wealth.
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Bitochon 6.

Think about cold calling or gold calling. What we really need is to calling Hashem. !

He can connect us quickly to the right agent who can make it happen.
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Daf 24. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. What if a container of wine is found floating in a river ?

A. Rav - it depends where - if in a Jewish area it is permissible to have hanoeh from it
Shmuel - no.
***
Q. Where do thieves refrain from hiding certain types of loot ?

A. At the scene of the crime.
***
Q. What is the farthest we keep some trees from a city ?
A. 50 amos

***
Q. Why. ?

A. For the beauty of the land in Erets Yisroel

***
Q. What can we expect of a pot on the stove if we have two chefs ?

A. The food will not be hot or cold. .
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Bitochon 5.

Why does it say
Hashem says all silver & gold are mine ?
One lesson for Bitochon is that at times Hashem is providing us one type of blessing & we were hoping & wishing for something else.
Don't reject the silver because you are hoping for gold it is all from Hashem.
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Daf 23. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. From where do we have to keep a ladder away & where do we need to leave space for a ladder ?


Q. Away from a pigeon coop , & space near gutters which need to be cleaned.
***
Q. How far away from a city may one build a pigeon coop ?

A. 50 amos.
***

Q. If we have a conflict between the principle of follow the majority & follow that which is closer , which concept wins ?
A. The majority.
***

Q. Why was R. Yirmiya sent out of the Yeshiva ?

A. Because his question was considered disrespectful.
***
Q. When did they allow him back in ?

A. At Daf 165.
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Daf 22. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. Which type of merchants were authorized by Ezra to be permitted to sell their wares all over ?

A. Those who sell cosmetics for Jewish Women.
***
Q. What is the penalty for one who causes a punishment to come upon another person ?
A. He is not invited to come close to the Holy One who is Blessed.
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Q. From whom do we learn to avoid giving a public lecture if one was unable to prepare adequately ?
A. From Rav Nachman bar Yitzchok. ***

Q. How much distance is required not to block ones light ?

A. 4 amos
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Bitochon 4.

The Talmud asks the Question -
What should a person do to prosper ?

The answer is twofold
- act with integrity

& pray to the Master /Owner of all wealth.
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Daf 21. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. Who was Yehoshua ben Gamla ?

A. One of the Kohanim Gedolim at Bayis Sheini who was very great.
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Q. What was his main accomplishment ?
A. That we should have yeshivos for children all over.

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Q. How many students should there be in one class ?

A. 25.
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Q. How can jealousy be used in a positive way ?

A. To increase wisdom.
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Q. Why is it a great concern that a teacher of children should be careful to avoid mistakes ?

A. The ramifications may be catastrophic.
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Q. Are we allowed to fire a teacher for misconduct without prior warning ?
A. Yes.
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Q. What is called irreversible loss ?

A. See the second Tosfos on 21b.
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Bitochon 3

In order to get a Bitochon Boost daily we need to review the 6 constant Mitzvos.
Hashem is the Source of all
There is no other

He is the One & Only
Love Him
Fear Him
Don't stray from serving Him.
He does it all & He is waiting for us to connect more with Him.
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Daf 20. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. Is salt considered a food ?

A. Not when it is by itself.

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Q. What is the general rule for making a partition ?

A. Any material may be used besides salt or fats.
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Q. Where do we see that neighbors have the right to protest if one person is making noise which makes it difficult for people to sleep ?

A. From the Mishna that people can say - we have trouble sleeping from the noise of your customers coming & going.
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Q. What is an exception to this rule ?

A. A person may teach children Torah & not be concerned with the sounds of study.
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Gems of Bitochon -2

On the path one is determined to go , Hashem will lead him.

The path of Bitochon begins with Prayer to Hashem & continues with Prayer at regular intervals.

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Daf 19. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. Why is their a difference between the distance from the soaking cycle - 3 tefochim & that of the scrub cycle where its 4 amos ?

A. Because it shpritzes all over.
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Q. What is meant by yagid olov reioh ?

A. Learn from the context.

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Q. Where does it say in the Torah that Hashem will supply Eretz Yisroel with adequate rain ?

A. Dvarim 11:11.

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Q. What are the 7 liquids that are considered liquid ?

A. Wine , blood
Oil , milk , dew
Honey & water.
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Gems of Bitochon

What are the 2 secrets
To achieving wealth ?
The Talmud teaches

1- always deal honestly

2- pray for mercy from the Owner of all wealth
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Daf 18. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. What is the meaning of Tiraya can be harmful to a wall ?

A. Rabeinu Gershom explains either the shaking or the noise.

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Q. How much space does one need to plow for a vineyard ?

A. 4 amos.
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Q. How much space is required between planting a tree and a pit ?

A. 25 amos.
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Q. What are the liglugei of a mustard plant ?

A. Rashi - the flowers

Aruch - the seeds

Ri. - the branches.

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Q. What is tzunma ?

A. Stone or rock.
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Daf 17. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. Which 3 people tasted the World to Come in this world ?

A. The 3 Avos.
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Q. Which 6 people were not affected by the Angel of death ?

A. The 3 avos & Moshe , Aaron & Miriam.

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Q. Which 4 people had no sins ?

A. Binyomin , Amrom , Yishai & Kilov.
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Q. What do I need to watch out for before digging a hole in my backyard ?

A. How it might affect the neighbors.

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Q. How much of a distance may be required ?

A. 3 Tefochim.
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Final Two

The last 2 Mitzvot are

612- Hakhel - gather to Study Torah

613 - Every Jew should write a Sefer Torah.
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Daf 16. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. What are the 3 jobs of the evil inclination ?

A. To persuade , prosecute & punish.

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Q. Who else besides the evil inclination has good intentions ?

A. Penina

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Q. What did Hashem create to serve as an antidote for the evil inclination ?

A. Torah.
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Q. Who says , give me good friends or death ?

A. It was a folk saying.

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Q. If Avraham Avinu had a daughter what was her name ?

A. Bakol.
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Daf 15. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. Who wrote the last 8 verses of the Torah ?

A. There is a dispute , either Moshe Rabeinu or Yehoshua.
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Q. Who were the 7 Prophets for non - Jews. ?

A. Bilam & his father ,
Iyov. ,
Elifaz , Bildad , Tzofar
& Elihu.

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Q. Who was Iyov ?
A. That is a great dispute.

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Q. Who may have been Iyovs wife ?

A. Dinah.
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Daf 14. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. How many Sifrei Torah did Rav Huna write ?

A. 70.
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How many times did Rebbi Ami write the verse Torah Tzivo ?

A. 400.
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Q. Which 4 prophets were in the same era ?

A. Hoshea , Yeshaya , Amos & Micha.

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Q. What can a person do to prevent one from losing a small item ?

A. Connect it to some other items to make it larger.
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Q. What is the meaning of the name Russ ?

A. She produced a descendant Dovid who sang an abundance of songs & praises in Hashems honor.
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Q. How many Sages have some of their compositions included in Sefer Tehilim ?

A. 10.
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Daf 13. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. What should they do if there is not enough property to give each one a decent amount ?

A. R. Yehuda - you buy me out or I will buy you out.

R. Nachman - no. Let them just remain partners.
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Q. Who was first to state - the world was created for people to be fruitful & multiply ?

A. Beis Shamai

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Q. Why might someone refuse to accept a gift ?

A. It says in Mishlei - those who hate gifts will live.

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Q. How many volumes of Prophets are there ?

A. 8.
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Q. How many of Kesuvim ?
A. 11.

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Q. May one place a Novi sefer on top of Kesuvim or the reverse ?

A. It dosent matter. Tosfos

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Q. How much space do we leave between one chumash & another ?

A. 4 lines.
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Daf 12. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. When does a door lose its status as a door ?

A. When its door frame has been removed.
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Q. Are people allowed to put up doors to close off their street ?

A. No. Because it may cause a hindrance to the public who pass by.
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Q. Who is greater a prophet or a Sage ?

A. The Sage can be greater.

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Q. Nowadays , which two types of people may say words of prophecy ?

A. Fools & children.

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Q. How did Mar bar R. Ashi sign his name ?
A. Tavyomi.
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Q. What does that mean ?
A. Have a good day.

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Q. When is something called a measure of Sedom ?
A. When another person will benefit & you don't lose.
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Daf 11. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. What is the merit of saving one life compared to ?

A. Like saving the entire world. !

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Q. What is the key factor in determining whether or not partners can split an item ?

A. If the item will still maintain its name after the division.

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Q. How much room do we leave a person around his doorway in order to unload ?

A. 4 amos
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Daf 10. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. We see that Hashem loves the poor , but why then dosent He provide for them directly ?
A. Because He also loves the rich & wants to save them from gehenom for the Mitzva of helping the poor.

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Q. Which Mitzva brings the redemption closer ?

A. Giving Tzedaka.
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Q. Which Halacha is taught twice in Shulchan Aruch ?

A. That one should give charity before prayer.
Its in the halachos of prayer because the prayer becomes more effective.

Its also by hilchos Tzedaka because the charity also becomes improved.
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Q. What can a person take along to the World to Come ?

A. Ones Torah learning.

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Q. Which nation is called the One unique nation ?

A. The Jewish Nation
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6 of 613

There are 6 official Mitzvos in Parshas Ki Sovoi

Bikurim
Viduy Maaser

3 for Maaser Sheini
1 to Emulate Hashems ways
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Daf 9. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. Who says that giving Charity is equal to all of the other Mitzvos ?

A. Rav Asi.

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Q. Does that mean it is greater than Torah study also. ?

A. No. By Torah study it says it is greater than all. Here it says equal to all Mitzvos.
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Q. How is Tzedaka compared a suit of armor ?
A. Every small contribution combines to a great force of protection.

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Q. What can be greater than the prayers of Moshe Rabeinu ?

A. Giving charity in a secret manner
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Q. How many blessings does one gain for giving money to charity & how much more for adding kind words ?

A. 6 & 11. A total of 17.

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Daf 8. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. What type of 3 transgressions apply to one who charges Sages tax ?

A. From the Torah , the Prophets & Kesuvim.
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Q. Which group of people are the cause of misfortune to the world ?

A. Unlearned ones.

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Q. What are the 3 mitzvos for which one may even sell a Sefer Torah ?

A. To study Torah , to get married & to redeem a captive. Tosfos.
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Q. Which type of charity is called the great Mitzva ?

A. Pidyon Shevuyim.

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Q. Why did R. Shmuel bar Shilas stay away from his garden for 13 years ?

A. Because of his devotion to teaching his disciples.
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Daf 7. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. What is an ispelida ?

A. 4 answers -

Rashi - a fancy home
Tosfos / Aruch - a cave
Ri - an open porch
R. Gershom - a room.

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Q. If a person wants a favor from another whereby he will benefit without causing any loss , can we insist that it be done ?
A. Yes. To avoid Midas Sedom.
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Q. What were the names of R. Chidas 2 sons ?
A. Mar yenuka & Mar Keshisha
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Q. Where did Shmuel & R. Chama live ?

A. In Nehardoeh

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Q. What may be a reason why Eliyohu Hanovi would stop coming to visit someone ?
A. If he blocks the poor from listening to their needs.

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Q. Which group of people are exempt from chipping in for security for the city ?

A. Torah scholars.

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Q. What does - I am like a wall - refer to ?
A. The Torah
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Daf 6. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. If someone admits to owing money but then denies the whole thing does he have to pay ?

A. Yes.
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Q. How is a rachava the opposite of a front yard ?

A. It is a back yard.
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Q. If someone allowed his neighbor some use of his property for Sukos may he also extend that use for during the year ?
A. Not unless he gets specific permission.
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Q. When should a fence be
4 amos high ?
10 tefochim high ?
3 tefochim ?

A. 4 - to block vision

10 - to stop from stealing
3 - to stop animals.
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Daf 5. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. When Revina went to a din Torah with another Jew who did they go to ?

A. Rava.
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Q. If the wall of a yard fell down do we force them to rebuild ?

A. Yes.
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Q. Do people ever pay their debts early ?
A. There is a dispute.
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Q. What is the halacha ?

A. Like Reish Lokish that people do not generally pay early.
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Q. What can a person do if he does want to pay early ?
A. Use witnesses.
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Daf 4. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. If someone cursed a Jew what is the punishment ?

A. For a regular Jew - once Malkus.
For a Judge - twice
Nosi. - three times.
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Q. Is a person allowed to give good advice to a wicked person ?

A. No.
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Q. What are 2 metaphors which describe the Beis Hamigdosh ?

A. The light of the world & the Eye of the world.
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Q. What was unique about the building that Hurdos built ?

A. It resembled the waves of the ocean.

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Q. If someone put up a fence all around a persons field , how much do they need to chip in ?

A. R. Huna - half of all the expenses.
Chiya - half of a cheap fence.
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Daf 3. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. Does the opinion that holds that visual damage is considered damage also hold that looking at something hefker is a form of acquisition ??

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Q. What is it that we never allow to split ?

A. A holy Sefer.

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Q. What is the meaning of traksin ?

A. Tosfos explains - the wall which blocked off the Luchos which were from Sinai.
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Q. Is it permissible to demolish a Shul when we to build a new one ?

A. No. The new one has to be built first.
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Q. When can there be an exception ?

A. If the old one is falling down.

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Q. Why did Hurdos spare the Sage Bava ben Buta ?

A. To serve as his advisor.
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74 of 613

Parshas Ki Seitzei has the most Mitzvos in one Sedra - 74.

It begins with going to battle because that is the plan of this world we need to battle the evil inclination to serve Hashem.
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Daf 2. Bava Basra Quiz

Q. Is it a good idea to have a wall separating between two neighbors or two partners ?

A. Yes.
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Q. Why ?

A. To avoid visual damage.

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Q. How thick should the wall be ?
A. Follow the local custom.

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Q. How high ?

A. 4 amos.
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Q. What are 2 possible ways to translate the word Mechitza ?

A. A wall or a division.

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Q. Is visual damage considered as regular damage ?

A. That is a question the gemara strives to prove.
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Daf 119. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. What are the 3 opinions of what to do with vegetables that grow between two gardens ?
A. R. Meir - to the upper
R. Yehuda - to the lower.
R. Shimon - whatever the upper can reach to him , the rest to the lower.
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Q. What are the reasons ?
A. R. M. - follow the source.
R. Y. - follow the airspace.
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Q. What is a geza ?

A. Tree trunk.
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Q. What are shoroshim ?

A. Underground roots.

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Q. What is the halacha ?
A. We follow R. Shimon ?

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Q. Why ?

A. Perhaps because it is sort of a compromise.
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Daf 118. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. Can you give someone a gift & insist that he accept it if he refuses ?

A. No.
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Q. Can you insist to pay a worker with merchandise ?
A. No.
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Q. How much time would Beis Din usually give a person to clear away a potential problem ?

A. 30 days.

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Q. If someone would watch a owner less item does it become his ?
A. There is a dispute.
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Daf 117. Taste of Daf Quiz

Q. Who was Vastini ?

A. A Sage who was a disciple of Reish Lokish.

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Q. When we say that a person is always responsible as a Muad , how far does it go ?
A. Whether awake or asleep , shogeg or meizid.
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Why should we follow the opinion of R. Nosson ?

A. He was a Judge who would delve into the depths of the issue.

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Q. What does he hold if we need to divide the land between the owner of the upstairs & the owner of the downstairs ?
A. The lower gets 2/3

The upper 1/3.
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