?''? ? daf yomi summary parashat Nitzavim-Vayelech 5780 ??- ?? ??????? EDITIO N: 32 reflect a meaningful reduction. DO N'T WASTE A MO MENT The Talmud then moves back to a larger discussion which raises the idea of intention, a theme which dominated M asechet Shabbat. THANKS TO GREG NARUNSKY One can only carry in an enclosed area if the fence/wall was built with intention for a residential area. The idea of defining an area as private property leads to another conversation regarding land The Gemara relates on Daf 28b that when Rebbi Zeira became ownership of a convert. The issue surrounds the problem of what exhausted from his studies he would go and sit near the entrance of happens to land after a convert dies. When a Jew from birth passes, Rav Yehuda Bar Ami?s yeshiva so that when the Torah scholars came the land is automatically transferred to the next of kin. However, in and went from the yeshiva he would be able to stand for them. some instances, a convert?s land becomes ownerless. Anyone can Rebbi Zeira relates that he did this so that even if he couldn?t study come and claim it. because of exhaustion he was at least able to receive reward by To acquire a convert?s land one must make a direct improvement in rising for the Torah scholars. [We learn the obligation to rise for a the land. Plowing is an immediate benefit to the land and supersedes Torah scholar from a verse in Vayikra 19:32 which says: You shall rise the act of sowing and building a fence. Planting/sowing has a long in the presence of an old person and you shall honour the presence term and non-direct benefit. The different perspective related to of an elder. The gemara in Kiddushin 32b explains an elder to refer acquiring a convert?s land seems similar to the definition and purpose to a Torah scholar]. of an eruv itself. Is an eruv created for its recognizable symbolic What is clear from this Gemara is how important it is to utilize feature, or as a constant reminder in its delineation of boundaries. time properly. R?Zeira was not prepared to waste even one minute Similar to just a ???? and ???, sowing alone is not enough of a on anything that was not worthwhile. What is less clear is the noticeable action that changes the property in the here and now. correctness of R?Zeira?s motivation for doing so. The M ishna in Pirkei Plowing, like a ???? ????, is undeniably present; they both Avos (1:3) exhorts us not to be like servants who serve their master demonstrate full intentional and immediate purpose and action. for the sake of reward, how could R?Zeira say that the reason he was The Gemara continues with a story that actualizes this idea. A going to honour the sages was so that he could receive reward? The woman who came to seize the property of a convert builds a Bnei Yissaschar notes that the pasuk obligating one to stand for a partition/fence. A different individual plows the land minimally and is Torah scholar [Vayikra 19:32 ] ends with the words, ?and you shall awarded possession of the land. fear your G-d?. The woman cries out to Rav Nachman. Despite Rav Nachman?s He cites the Sefer Chareidim who explains that the Torah is sensitivities, he explains that her actions were not sufficient, and that teaching us that the reward for honouring Torah scholars is fear of halacha has to be done the right way even if it appears to be unfair. Heaven, yiras shamayim. Since the obligation to try and achieve fear This is similar to the conclusion of ????? ?????. Understand and of Heaven falls on every Jew a person should seek to honour Torah appreciating the nuances of Jewish law, ????? ????? led the path for scholars in order to receive the reward of yiras shamayim thus Rav Nachman with clarity and faith in the system. bringing him closer to his Creator. THURSDAY 3 SEPTEMBER ?? ??????? FRIDAY 4 SEPTEMBER ?? ??????? THANKS TO HADRAN THANKS TO JO NATHAN PELZNER Today?s Daf addresses how one can reduce an oversized The Gemara at the end of Daf 25, and leading into the discussion pseudo-public area (known as a karpaf) in order to enable carrying on Daf 26, continues the discussion regarding a karpaf, and within it on Shabbat. discusses a case where the Reish Galusa had a pavilion built around a tree as a place to relax outside. The discussion begins with assessing whether trees or columns ? ? 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Rav Huna bar Chinana placed a fence of sticks THANKS TO JO NATHAN GELLIS spaced less than three tefachim apart through the orchard leading to the pavilion, thereby rendering the pavilion usable on Shabbat. The Gemara spends time on this Daf discussing which plants and seeds may be used for an Eruv. The Gemara disagrees at what stage Rav Huna erected the fence because he held that due to the of growth certain fruits or seeds may be used, and which seeds are pavilion being erected after the orchard had already been closed off, Tevel (must take Terumah and M aaser) and which seeds or plants are it would otherwise be prohibited to carry in the orchard on Shabbat. not Tevel. It all depends on your intent. If you plant something for Subsequently, Rava came and pulled out the fence posts - he held the seeds specifically, then you must take Tevel on the seeds and not that the pavilion was considered a residence, and therefore the entire the fruit or vegetable. orchard would be considered the courtyard of the pavilion, in which it is permissible to carry. The Gemara brings three cases to support Rav An example is given of a clover that people use for the seed rather Huna bar Chinana?s opinion that the fence posts were necessary, and than the vegetable associated with it - here you must take Tevel from that building the pavilion did not reclassify the orchard into a location the seed not the vegetable. Tosafot prefers that you take Tevel from in which it would be permissible to carry on Shabbat. both the seed and the vegetable. The beraisa teaches them seperately in order to teach that M aaser is primarily based on the Further on the Daf, the Gemara mentions a pasuk and tangentially intention of why it was planted, according to Tosafot. discusses the lesson to be learned. It was explained that when Hezekiah became ill, Isaiah went and established a yeshiva next his We then learn on Daf Bet about Rabbi Zeira who, when he was door so that the merit of the people learning Torah would protect tired, used to sit outside the Beit M idrash and speak to those who him. The Gemara suggests from this that when a Torah scholar is were leaving, asking them about what they had learned.