Masechet Shabbat is sponsored by a group of women from Kehilath Jeshurun, Manhattan in memory of/lilui nishmato of Elliot Freilich, Eliyahu Daniel ben Bar Tzion David Halevi z”l. Today’s shiur is sponsored for a refuah sheleima for Chaim Yeshayahu ben Shprintze Faygel. The masechet starts out with laws of moving things from one domain to…

Today’s shiur is sponsored by Eva Schweber and Rabbi Daniel Schweber in memory of their father, Ken Schweber, Yaakov Kapel ben Moshe and Rivka, z”l.  The mishna says there are eight cases – but there seem to be twelve or sixteen, depending on how you count. Which were the eight that the mishna meant –…

Today’s shiur is sponsored by Rebecca Schwarzmer in honor of her beloved grandmother Frances Rabitz Brauner, Fruma Malka bat Avraham v’Penina z”l. Why in our mishna are they obligating even if the space where the object is placed and also uprooted from is not 4×4 tefachim? Rabba suggests that the mishna is authored by Rabbi…

Today’s shiur is sponsored by Betsy Mehlman and the Mehlman family in memory of their father and grandfather z”l. The gemara continues to bring answers and challenge them to the question: how did the minsha bring cases where one is obligated if the item was uprooted and placed in someone’s hand and not from/in a…

Today’s shiur is sponsored by Meryl and Harold Sasnowitz in memory of Malka bat Chaya Ettel and Mordechai and Toba Raizel bat Rochel and Zvi. Refuah Sheleima to Zvi ben Freida.   If one removes an item from the public domain to the private domain (or the reverse) through a collonade (status of karmelit), is one…

Today’s shiur is sponsored by Sarene Shanus and Harold Treiber in honor of Julie ben Avram for her outstanding dedication to kibud eim and by Anne Mirsky in memory of her mother Shoshana (Rhoda) bat Yehuda Leib Polachek z”l.  Why is a valley mentioned in the Tosefta like a karmelit but in the mishna is…

If one threw an object from a public domain to a pole in a private domain, even if the pole is very tall, one is obligated for passing from a public to a private domain. Does this match Rebbi’s opinion regarding one who throw an item onto a protrusion? Abaye says they are not the…

Today’s shiur is sponsored by Paul Gompers and Jody Dushay in honor of Ruth Leah Kahan for years of friendship and inspiration.  The Tosefta brings the opinion of Acherim, Rabbi Meir, who holds that the status of the threshold depends on whether the door os open or closed. The gemara asks how this could be…

Today’s shiur is dedicated in memory of Emanuel Plotker – Menachem Mendel ben Yechiel and Henya z”l by Candace Plotzker-Herman. How should one dress for prayer? Does it depend on the situation? If one prays for a long time, is it a problem that it detracts from the time one should be learning? When is…

Today’s shiur is dedicated in memory of Sima bat Alter Avraham and Rachel z”l by her niece Debbie Schreiber.  The gemara continues to bring a number of different statements made by Rava bar Mechasia in the name of Rav. The gemara then goes back to our mishna – does someone who learns Torah need to…