Daf Highlights Eran Netkin

1. The melocho of הוצאה
From the opening Mishna’s eight cases of passing an object between the ba’al habayis standing in
his reshus hayachid (private domain) and the poor person standing in reshus harabim (public
domain) we learn:
a. One has only transgressed m’doraysa the melocho of hotza’ah (transferring) if he does the act of
lifting )עקירה)the object from its state of rest in one domain as well as the act of placing it down
(הנחה (in another domain.
b. The Rabbis forbid one from doing one of the acts of עקירה or הנחה lest one come to do both
elements of the transfer.
2. הכנסה) Bringing in)
Rav Ashi teaches that the Mishna’s usage of the term הוצאה) taking out) also refers to הכנסה
(bringing in), since the Mishna includes cases of bringing in as examples of הוצאה .
The Gemara further clarifies that the Tanna refers to any removal of an object from its place as an
act of “taking out.”
3. Domains
Rava said the when the Tanna uses the word יציאות) transfers) in the Mishna he is referring to
domains. Therefore, the Mishna is understood to mean that there are two domains where one is
prohibited to commit four acts of transferring.
Siman – House
The strange house, where the owner kept passing objects back and forth to a poor person standing
outside, featured an exit sign over the entrance and a welcome sign to the Home of Two Domains.
Key words – 8 cases, הכנסה ,רשויות

When the Rabbis in Bavel were looking for new leadership in the academy they asked the Rabbis
in Eretz Yisroel which type of leader Is preferred, a “Sinai” (סיני (who has a lot of breadth in
learning or one who uproots mountains (הרים עוקר (with his sharp analysis? The choice was
between Rav Yosef who was a סיני and Rabba who was the הרים עוקר .
The Rabbis answered that the סיני takes precedence because his encyclopedic knowledge will
enable him to easily discover the solution to most problems. Rav Yosef in the end did not accept
the position as the Gemara explains and only became head of the academy twenty-two years
later after Rabbah’s death.
ילכו מחיל אל חיל .2
R’ Levi bar Chiya said that one who leaves the beis haknesses and immediately enters the beis
hamidrash to learn will merit to greet the face of the Shechinah as its says, חיל אל מחיל ילכו"
– "בציון אלקים אל יראה Go from multitude to multitude, appear before Hashem in Tziyon. The
multitudes are referring to those gathered in shuls and those gathered in batei midrashim.
Rav Chiya bar Ashi said in the name of Rav that the passuk is referring to talmidei chochomim
have no rest in Olam Hazeh or Olam Habah. The multitudes are referring to the batei midrashim
in Olam Habah where talmidei chochomin will continue to climb from one level to the next
forever increasing their understanding.
3. Talmidei chochomim bring shalom
R’ Elazar said in the name of R’ Chanina: Talmidei chochomim increase the peace in the world as
it says, בניך שלום ורב' ה למודי בניך וכל – And all your sons will be disciples of Hashem, and
abundant will be the peace of your sons. Do not read it as “your sons” )בניך )but “your builders”
)בוניך .)The passuk is teaching that it is the talmidei chochomim that build the world with their
Torah which results in peace in the world.
Siman – סוד - Secret
The Daf Yomi learners secretly reviewed their encyclopedic knowledge of Masechta Berachos as
they left the beis haknesses and immediately entered the beis hamidrash to learn, going from one
level to the next as they learned from talmidei chochomim who bring peace to the world.

1. Small but fundamental passuk
Bar Kapppara asked the following question: What is a small passuk upon which all of the
fundamentals of the Torah depend? He answered:
ארחתך יישר והוא דעהו דרכך בכל –In all your ways you must know Him, and He will straighten
your paths.
Rava explained that “In all your ways” includes even one engaged in a transgression. This
passuk teaches that there are times when Hashem’s honor demands that one perform a
transgression.
- (An example of this is when Eliyahu Hanavi brought offerings outside the Beis Hamikdash
on Har HaCarmel in the incident with the prophets of Ba’al even though sacrificing
outside of the Beis haMikdash is a Torah prohibition).
2. Receiving Torah daily
It was taught in a Baraisa that when the Rabbis entered Kerem beYavneh they each opened up
their derasha with words in honor of their hosts that housed them )אכסניא בכבוד פותחין .)
Rebbe Yehuda further opened up his derasha focusing on honoring those who learn Torah
with the following passuk, “לעם נהיית הזה היום ישראל ושמע הסכת – “Pay heed and listen,
Yisroel, on this day you became a nation.”
How does one make sense of this passuk that implies that that the Torah was given on that
day, when in fact it was given Torah forty years earlier?
Rebbe Yehuda answers that the passuk is coming to teach you that on each an every day the
Torah should be as dear to those that study it as on the day it was given on Har Sinai.
3. Learning with others
The Gemara says that the word "הסכת"teaches – בתורה ועסקו כתות כתות עשו –that one
must form groups (asu kitos) and engage in Torah learning because the Torah is only acquired
through learning with others.
This is in accordance with Rebbe Yossi b’Rebbe Chaninah who said:
1. There will be as sword against those who sit alone and learn Torah.
2. They will become foolish and make mistakes in judgment
3. They will also come to sin.
Siman – Boys on Segways
The Yeshiva Ketana boys sped to the Beis Midrash on their Segways taking every type of straight path,
eager to learn Torah as if it was just given that day and making sure to get the most by learning in

1. Not wiping oneself with the right hand
A significant part of the Daf focuses on proper and modest behaviors in the bathroom.
A number of reasons are given as to why the right hand should be given honor and not be used for
the base purpose of wiping oneself:
a. The Torah was given with Hashem’s right hand as it says – למו דת אש מימינו –From His right
hand, the fire of the Law was given.
b. It is generally used for noble act of eating.
c. One ties tefillin on his left arm with one’s right hand.
d. One shows the cantillation notes of the Torah with his right hand. The hand used for a holy
purpose should not be used for a profane one.
2. Dishonoring clothing
Whoever dishonors clothing in the end will not benefit from them. – אינו סוף הבגדים את המבזה כל
.נהנה מהם
This is learned from the incident when Dovid quietly cut off the corner of Shaul’s cloak when Shaul
went into a cave to discreetly relieve himself. Dovid did this to demonstrate that he had been able
to cause greater harm to Shaul but chose not to. Nevertheless, since he dishonored Shaul’s
garment, Dovid was punished in his later years when his own garments did not provide him warmth.
3. Taking shortcuts through a shul
Although one is not permitted to use a shul as a shortcut, if one initially entered to daven he may
leave through a different exit even though it will end up being a shortcut.
Siman – Submarine captain
The submarine captain that was famous for doing everything with his right hand with his left one
tied behind his back, reprimanded his officers for not keeping their uniforms clean and for taking
shortcuts through the ship’s shul.
Key Words – right hand, clothing, shortcuts

1. How Chavah was fashioned
There is a machlokes between Rav and Shmuel concerning how Chavah was fashioned:
- One opinion is that man was created as a double figure, male and female, and that Hashem
fashioned Chavah from the female figure.
- The pasuk of בראם ונקבה זכר – He created them male and female is initially brought in
support of this view.
- The other opinion is that she was fashioned from the tail.
- The pasuk of האדם מן לקח אשר הצלע את אלקים' ה ויבן – And He built the side that He had
taken from man, seems to support this view. If the woman already existed, there would have
been no need to build her.
2. The concept of a בינוני
Rabbi Yosi Haglili says that the righteous are ruled by their yetzer tov, the evil by their yetzer
hara, and average people )בינונים )are ruled by both.
When Abaye heard Rava say that he considered himself an average person, he said that by that
standard, not a person in the world could be considered righteous.
3. R’ Akiva’s response to Pappus ben Yehudah
The Gemara relates the story of R’ Akiva’s imprisonment and subsequent execution, during
which— with his dying breath—he proclaimed the אחדof Krias Shema.
Before being imprisoned, as he was giving a shiur, R’ Akiva was asked by Pappus ben Yehudah if
he feared the wicked regime, which had forbidden the teaching of Torah. R’ Akiva answered
with a mashal of a fox trying to persuade fish to save themselves from being pursued in the
water by coming up onto the land. The fish replied that if in the environment that supported
their life they were afraid, shouldn’t they be even more afraid in an environment that was
inimical to their life? Similarly, the Jewish people’s life support is Torah learning, as it says, כי
ימיך וארך חייך הוא – For it is your life and the length of your days. Without Torah learning, we
would be in even greater danger.
Eventually, when Pappus was thrown into prison with R’ Akiva for a false accusation, he said,
“Fortunate is R’ Akiva, who was apprehended on words of Torah! Woe to Pappus, who was
apprehended on account of meaningless words!”
Siman – A saw
The magician successfully sawed the man into two, one half male and one half female but was booed
as a benoini performer because he couldn’t make the fish jump out of the fishbowl.
Key Words – Chavah, בינוני ,Pappus

דיין האמת והטוב והמטיב .1
The Gemara illustrates the meaning of making a berachah of האמת דיין) the True Judge) on a
calamity that has the potential to have a favorable outcome, and making the berachah of הטוב
והמטיב) Who is good and does good) on a favorable occurrence that has the potential for a
calamitous outcome:
- One should recite האמת דיןon his field being flooded, even though there will be a favorable
outcome in that the accumulation of sediment will improve his land.
- One should recite והמטיב הטובon finding an object, even though the King might hear of it and
take it from him.
2. The conclusion of יצר אשר
The Gemara details the various berachos of Hamapil, Asher yatzar, Elokai neshamah and the 15
birkas hashachar.
- There is a machlokes regarding the concluding berachah of Asher yatzar:
- Rav says it should be חולים רופא – Who heals the sick.
- Objecting that this would portray everyone as sick, whereas healthy people also recite the
berachah, Shmuel holds that the proper ending is בשר כל רופא – Who heals all flesh.
- Rav Sheishesssays it should be לעשות מפליא – Who does wonders.
- Rav Pappa rules to incorporate both the endings of Shmuel and Rav Sheishess, resulting in our
text of לעשות ומפליא בשר כל רופא – Who heals all flesh and does wonders.
כל דעביד רחמנא לטב עביד .3
R’ Akiva said that one should always be accustomed to say עביד לטב רחמנא דעביד כל – Whatever
the Merciful one does, He does for the best.
The Gemara relates the story of R’ Akiva traveling and being denied lodging in a city. He said כל
לטב רחמנא דעבידand went to sleep in a field. That night a wind blew out his lamp, a cat ate his
rooster and a lion ate his donkey, after which he repeated לטב רחמנא דעביד כל .
The next day R’ Akiva learned that an army had come by the previous night and captured the city
that had denied him lodging. Had his lamp had not blown out, the soldiers would have seen him
and captured him. Likewise, had his rooster and donkey not been eaten, the soldiers would have
discovered him after hearing his animals make noise.
Siman – Smiley Face Stickers
The forever optimistic farmer who made a האמת דיין on his flooded field was putting smiley face
stickers on his dead rooster and donkey and in his siddur next to birkas hashachar and asher yatzar.
לטב עביד ,אשר יצר ,דיין האמת – Words Key