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Eiruvin 43a: Too Busy for Mashiach

Rabbi Jay Kelman

One of the educational goals of the Sages--especially as the exile wore on--was was to instill a belief in the coming of the Mashiach. They did so by the use of such terms as, "it shall be put aside until Eliyahu comes", used in…
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Eiruvin 41b: The Face of Gehenom

Rabbi Jay Kelman

We have often discussed the terrible tragedy of poverty. Without changing that perspective, there does appear to be at least somewhat of a silver lining in living a life under the strain of financial duress. "Three do not see the face of…
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Eiruvin 41b: Going Out of Your Mind

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Poverty is a terrible curse, one that has been the unfortunate lot of many Jews over the years. While we are blessed to live in the wealthiest generation in all of Jewish history, having enough money is a concern of many Jews around the world.…
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Eiruvin 36b: My Teacher, My Friend

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The Daf Yomi thought is dedicated by the family of Dr. Solomon Burack, ob"m in observance of his Yahrzeit.  May his memory be for a blessing.   It is well accepted that enacting laws retroactively is most unfair,…
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Eiruvin 31a: Home Sweet Home

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Both an eiruv techumim, which allows one to walk an additional 2,000 cubits (approximately 1 kilometre) outside of the city limits, and an eiruv chatzerot, which allows us to carry on Shabbat, require the placement of food in a…
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Eiruvin 32a: Time to Sin

Rabbi Jay Kelman

At times, what seems like a very technical debate on some (even no longer relevant) aspect of Jewish law is, in reality, part of much larger and more fundamental debate about a key aspect of Jewish thought. Part and parcel of the laws of …
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Eiruvin 26b: Rules Are Made to Be Broken

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The Talmud as a whole, and especially the Mishna, is first and foremost a vast corpus of Jewish law. Yet in studying this wide-ranging text, one would be hard-pressed to find any material on Jewish legal theory. Jewish law is primarily case-based,…
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Eiruvin 21b: Rabbi Akiva's Water

Rabbi Jay Kelman

It is hard to imagine one more dedicated to Torah than Rabbi Akiva. Despite the fact that he did not start learning until the age of forty (or more likely, because of this), his diligence was unsurpassed. It was to his Beit Midrash that…
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Eiruvin 19: Abraham to the Rescue

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"G-d wanted to give merit to the Jewish people; therefore, He increased for them Torah and mitzvoth". A Jewish way of life offers so many opportunities for mitzvoth. We accumulate mitzvoth--and hence, merit--for such things as saying good…
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Eiruvin 19a: Going to Gehenom

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"Rav Yirmiya ben Elazar said, there are three entrances to Gehenom: one in the desert, one in the sea, and one in Jerusalem" (Eiruvin 19a). The Talmud finds scriptural support for this from the narrative of the earth swallowing up Korach…
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