Sukkah, Daf Mem Aleph, Part One Introduction Since this sugya comes at the beginning of a new daf and a new week, I am going to quote the baraita that appeared at the end of daf mem which serves as the basis for a lot of today’s section. Both the...
Sukkah, Daf Mem, Part 6 Introduction Today’s section continues to deal with the dispute between R. Elazar and R. Yohanan. As a reminder, R. Elazar says that sabbatical year produce becomes desacralized only by selling it. R. Yohanan says that it also may...
Sukkah, Daf Mem, Part 5 Introduction In yesterday’s section, R. Elazar used the verse "And if you sell something to your fellow" to derive the halakhah that one can redeem sabbatical year produce only by selling it. R. Yohanan did not read the...
Sukkah, Daf Mem, Part 4 Introduction When one sells sabbatical year produce, the money takes on the sanctity of the produce. Note that the produce remains sacred (this is something we will learn in part six of this daf). Our sugya discusses whether there are...
Sukkah, Daf Mem, Part 3 Introduction Today’s section is a direct continuation of yesterday’s section. R. Yose used the word "for you" to deduce that one could use sabbatical year produce even for steeping or for laundering. So, the...
