Day: March 13, 2022
Yevamot 6
As part of the Gemara’s pursuit in finding proof for how various mitzvot override others, today’s daf (Yevamot 6a) cites a Beraita which teaches that though, based on the principle that a positive mitzvah can override a negative mitzvah (עשה דוחה לא תעשה), we may have thought that the building of the Temple overrides the…
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Yevamot 5
Much of yesterday, today’s (Yevamot 5), as well as the upcoming dapim are dedicated to the topic of proof, and specifically, proof for the halacha that a positive mitzvah (otherwise known as a מצות עשה) can override a negative mitzvah (otherwise known as a מצות לא תעשה).And why is this the focus of our discussion?…
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Yevamot 4
Sometimes, when studying the Gemara, we encounter a teaching that prompts us to do a double take because we struggle to believe that we just read what we just did.Today’s daf (Yevamot 4a) contains one such example where we are informed that Rav Sheshet says in the name of Rabbi Elazar, quoting Rabbi Elazar ben…
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Yevamot 3
Having been taught that if a co-wife of a woman whose husband has died without children is forbidden to marry her prospective Yavam (levir) that she is then exempt from Yibbum (levirate marriage) and Halitzah (the ceremony performed to reject a prospective Yavam), today’s daf (Yevamot 3b) cites a Beraita which teaches us the biblical…
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