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Daf Yomi Summary Succot 5781 ?? - ?? ??????? EDITIO N: 35 ?''? ? daf yomi summary Succot 5781 ?? - ?? ??????? EDITIO N: 35 Shabbat for what it is, we would never place ourselves in situations where there is even the slightest chance that we may find ourselves BEING PREPARED FO R SHABBAT racing home with not enough time to get back. THANKS TO RABBI DO VID HO RWITZ No one likes to board flights on Friday, especially long-haul flights that are scheduled to arrive two hours before Shabbat, but when push comes to shove, most of us are probably guilty of this. We learned in this past chapter of Eruvin that there are a few reasons why a person may feel the need to make an eruv techumin I remember when I was newly married and my wife and I drove in order to expand his ability to walk from a regular 2000 amot from from New York to Connecticut on a Friday afternoon to join my his boundary to 4000 amot beyond. in-laws at their summer resort. I took a wrong turn (pre-Waze and pre-smartphone), and, combined with heavy traffic, I had almost Often, a person will want to walk on Shabbat from the city where despaired of arriving at our destination before Shabbat. It was a he lives to a nearby city to visit family, or to hear a Rabbi?s lecture. terribly helpless feeling. When the destination city is farther than 2000 amot but not more than 4000 amot from the outskirts of his city, he can expand the In the end we arrived 15 minutes before sundown. Of course, in distance he is allowed to walk by either placing bread at a focal point hindsight I berated myself for playing such a high risk game so close in between the two cities, or by actually being present at that focal to Shabbat, but it did not occur to me that I was also guilty of point when Shabbat enters, at which time he then returns home for insulting the Shabbat! If I were to have a meeting with the King or the Shabbat night. president, would I have left so little time to arrive on schedule? Wouldn?t I have taken every eventuality into account to ensure that I Another situation whereby a person may need to make an eruv arrived early. techumin is when he is racing home late Friday afternoon and realizes that he is unable to reach the 2000 amot marker from his It is human nature, however, to think that we always have home city by the time Shabbat arrives. In order not to be stranded everything under control, even when it comes to something as away from home for Shabbat, he can verbally designate a clearly precious and important as Shabbat. Our Sages know that we are not defined focal point, such as a tree or the like, that is midpoint beyond mistake, and therefore, in order to help us to protect the between where he is now and where his city is. Of course, this only value of Shabbat, they only allowed a mere 2000 amot discretion, helps if he is within 4000 amot of his city by the time Shabbat and with eruv, a 4000 amot discretion to encourage us to avoid arrives. placing ourselves in these situations to begin with. The Gemara asks why the Rabbis chose the number 2000 as the A Jew who truly values Shabbat should never have to make an limit one can walk from his residence. Although the Gemara finds eruv due to being stranded outside of his city as Shabbat hints in verses that allude to the number 2000, seeing as the concept approaches. He will have taken care of his business earlier in the day, of eruv is a Rabbinic one, they could have declared a person?s and be home to greet the Shabbat Queen with preparedness and techum to be much larger than 2000 amot beyond their point of tranquility! residence. 2000 amot is approximately the distance of one kilometer, which is not far at all. THURSDAY 24 SEPTEMBER ?? ??????? The simple answer is that although eruv is rabbinic by nature, the THANKS TO HADRAN Sages looked to the Tanach for guidance, and they found, by means Today?s Daf begins with the idea of establishing residence, ?shvita?. of gezeira shava, a mandate for 2000 amot alone and not more. For example, the Gemara asks whether rain water that fell before However, on a deeper level, perhaps Chazal wanted to impart in us Yom Tov can be moved on Yom Tov. Perhaps the rain water resided the importance of not travelling too far away from home on Friday in the clouds and has left its ?place of residence?, or the water in the afternoon, in order that we will not find ourselves in these situations clouds is in constant motion and therefore does not acquire in the first place. For if we truly recognized the preciousness of residence. ? ? 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In addition, everyone is being asked to stay 2 meters from each other. Amazingly, the measure of 4 amot (which is considered biblical The Talmud explains the redundancy, highlighting that despite personal space) (see Daf 51) is approximately 2 meters. principles and rules set up to determine halachik conclusions, Chazal were also sensitive in their understanding that rules are not always We also learned today that it is necessary for all houses in the applicable. Therefore, even though Rabbi Yochanan Ben Nuri was a courtyard to participate in the eruv in order to allow everyone to single authority, the halacha is in accordance with his opinion. Rav benefit. If someone does not participate, no one can carry in the simply rejects these guidelines, reinforcing the idea that every case shared space. Not only that, but when you participate in the eruv, you needs to be reviewed. have to put your lot in with the rest of the participants, and really intend to share with them. The notion that we always rule leniently finds a parallel in the laws of mourning. This resurfaces on Daf 50, when the M ishna discusses ?????? ??? ??? ??? ??? ????? ?? ??? ?? :??? ??? ???? ????? situations of eruv techumin where there may be leniencies for an ??? ?? - ????? ?????? ???? ??? ,?????? ???? and ?? ??. Wealth is defined as rich in eruvin. The Talmud focuses on The Gemara answers: "Even if you say that Shmuel stated his the phrase ?makom ploni?, which is similar to the expression we use opinion in accordance with the opinion of Beit Hillel, Beit Hillel stated when comforting a mourner; ?Hamakom yenachem.? their opinion only there, where the first utensil was filled and there A mourner feels unrooted from his comfort zone and is ?traveling? was still some food left over, and therefore, some of the leftover food on a new unrecognizable journey.
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