Title: Zichru - Brachos
Tags: Brachos Perek_9 Zichru Siman Brachos_54 Brachos_55 Brachos_56 Brachos_57 Brachos_58 Brachos_59 Brachos_60 Brachos_61 Brachos_62 Brachos_63

Q: Daf 54 – דף נד - Siman
A: Noodles

Q: Daf 54 – דף נד - Noodles
A: The caterer transporting spaghetti noodles across the desert bentched gomel after finally delivering them to the well-guarded chassan and kallah, who were busy making berachos in the eight places where miracles had occurred.

Q: The caterer transporting spaghetti noodles across the desert bentched gomel after finally delivering them to the well-guarded chassan and kallah, who were busy making berachos in the eight places where miracles had occurred.
A: 1. Berachos in places where miracles occurred
All are obligated to make a berachah when seeing a place where miracles were performed for the masses, but only an individual is obligated to make a berachah on a miracle performed for him alone.
2. Eight places where miracles occured
A Baraisa enumerates eight places where one is obligated to recite a berachah for the miracles performed there.
1.Where the Yam Suf was crossed.
2.Where the Jordan was crossed.
3.At the crossing of the Canyons of Arnon )מעברות נחלי ארנון( , where the Amorites waiting in ambush were miraculously crushed in the mountains.
4.At the stones of Elgavish in the descent of Beis-Choron. These were the hailstones that were suspended in midair for the sake of Moshe and later came down for the sake of Yehoshua when he defended Givon in the battle with the Emori.
5.At the stone that King Og of Bashan wanted to throw at the nation.
6.At the stone that Moshe sat on during the war with Amalek.
7.At the remains of Lot’s wife.
8.At the wall of Jericho, which was swallowed. The Gemara elaborates on the eight miracles.
3. Bentching gomel and having a shomer (guardian)
Rav Yehudah said in the name of Rav that four types of people must give thanks and bentch gomel, because they survived dangerous situations:
•One who travels across the sea.
•One who travels through a wilderness.
•One who recovers from an illness.
•One who is freed from prison. Rav Yehudah further taught that three types of people need protection from mazikin (demons): A sick person is more vulnerable, because his mazel has turned for the worse. A chassan and kallah are also in danger, because they evoke the jealousy of mazikin.

Q: The caterer transporting spaghetti noodles across the desert bentched gomel after finally delivering them to the well-guarded chassan and kallah, who were busy making berachos in the eight places where miracles had occurred.
A: 1. Berachos in places where miracles occurred
All are obligated to make a berachah when seeing a place where miracles were performed for the masses, but only an individual is obligated to make a berachah on a miracle performed for him alone.

Q: The caterer transporting spaghetti noodles across the desert bentched gomel after finally delivering them to the well-guarded chassan and kallah, who were busy making berachos in the eight places where miracles had occurred.
A: 2. Eight places where miracles occured
A Baraisa enumerates eight places where one is obligated to recite a berachah for the miracles performed there.
1.Where the Yam Suf was crossed.
2.Where the Jordan was crossed.
3.At the crossing of the Canyons of Arnon )מעברות נחלי ארנון( , where the Amorites waiting in ambush were miraculously crushed in the mountains.
4.At the stones of Elgavish in the descent of Beis-Choron. These were the hailstones that were suspended in midair for the sake of Moshe and later came down for the sake of Yehoshua when he defended Givon in the battle with the Emori.
5.At the stone that King Og of Bashan wanted to throw at the nation.
6.At the stone that Moshe sat on during the war with Amalek.
7.At the remains of Lot’s wife.
8.At the wall of Jericho, which was swallowed. The Gemara elaborates on the eight miracles.

Q: The caterer transporting spaghetti noodles across the desert bentched gomel after finally delivering them to the well-guarded chassan and kallah, who were busy making berachos in the eight places where miracles had occurred.
A: 3. Bentching gomel and having a shomer (guardian)
Rav Yehudah said in the name of Rav that four types of people must give thanks and bentch gomel, because they survived dangerous situations:
•One who travels across the sea.
•One who travels through a wilderness.
•One who recovers from an illness.
•One who is freed from prison. Rav Yehudah further taught that three types of people need protection from mazikin (demons): A sick person is more vulnerable, because his mazel has turned for the worse. A chassan and kallah are also in danger, because they evoke the jealousy of mazikin.

Q: Daf 55 – דף נה - Siman
A: Speed Limit – 55

Q: Daf 55 – דף נה - Speed Limit – 55
A: Rabbi Betzalel dreamt that he planted a speed limit sign in the middle of shul to remind the congregants that the key to long life is spending more time in tefillah, and his congregants begged him to do Hatavos Chalom.
Key words – Betzalel, long life, hatavos chalom

Q: Rabbi Betzalel dreamt that he planted a speed limit sign in the middle of shul to remind the congregants that the key to long life is spending more time in tefillah, and his congregants begged him to do Hatavos Chalom.
A: 1. Three things that prolong life
The Gemara analyzes the three actions which, when prolonged, prolong one’s life, according to Rav Yehudah (54b):
•Spending a long time in tefillah.
•Spending a long time at the table, thereby affording the poor a greater chance to come and share in the meal.
•Spending a long time in the bathroom.
2. Betzalel’s wisdom
The Gemara discusses Betzalel’s wisdom:
•He was called Betzalel because “he lived in the shadow of G-d” )בצל קל( , as he knew the order in which Hashem had commanded the building of the Mishkan—first the Mishkan, then the vessels—despite Moshe changing the order in his instructions to him.
•He knew how to join together the letters of the Torah in the same way they were combined to create heaven and earth.
3. Dreams The daf discusses dreams at length:
•A dream that has not been interpreted is like an unread letter.
•One who is troubled by a dream should have it remedied in the presence of three people. The text of הטבת חלום is presented.
•One who doesn’t understand the meaning of his dream should stand before the kohanim during Birkas Kohanim and recite a supplication, aiming to finish it as the congregation responds amein, so that his supplication will be affirmed together with the blessing of the kohanim. We are accustomed to doing this during Mussaf on Yom Tov.

Q: Rabbi Betzalel dreamt that he planted a speed limit sign in the middle of shul to remind the congregants that the key to long life is spending more time in tefillah, and his congregants begged him to do Hatavos Chalom.
A: 1. Three things that prolong life
The Gemara analyzes the three actions which, when prolonged, prolong one’s life, according to Rav Yehudah (54b):
•Spending a long time in tefillah.
•Spending a long time at the table, thereby affording the poor a greater chance to come and share in the meal.
•Spending a long time in the bathroom.

Q: Rabbi Betzalel dreamt that he planted a speed limit sign in the middle of shul to remind the congregants that the key to long life is spending more time in tefillah, and his congregants begged him to do Hatavos Chalom.
A: 2. Betzalel’s wisdom
The Gemara discusses Betzalel’s wisdom:
•He was called Betzalel because “he lived in the shadow of G-d” )בצל קל( , as he knew the order in which Hashem had commanded the building of the Mishkan—first the Mishkan, then the vessels—despite Moshe changing the order in his instructions to him.
•He knew how to join together the letters of the Torah in the same way they were combined to create heaven and earth.

Q: Rabbi Betzalel dreamt that he planted a speed limit sign in the middle of shul to remind the congregants that the key to long life is spending more time in tefillah, and his congregants begged him to do Hatavos Chalom.
A: 3. Dreams
The daf discusses dreams at length:
•A dream that has not been interpreted is like an unread letter.
•One who is troubled by a dream should have it remedied in the presence of three people. The text of הטבת חלום is presented.
•One who doesn’t understand the meaning of his dream should stand before the kohanim during Birkas Kohanim and recite a supplication, aiming to finish it as the congregation responds amein, so that his supplication will be affirmed together with the blessing of the kohanim. We are accustomed to doing this during Mussaf on Yom Tov.

Q: Daf 56 – דף נו - Siman
A: Shusher in shul going nu nu

Q: Daf 56 – דף נו - Shusher in shul going nu nu
A: The shusher in shul was going bananas trying to nu nu the guy giving nightmares to the President about losing the election while the dream interpreter was telling the cheapskate he was going to fall into a well.
Key Words – nightmares, Bar Hedya, wells

Q: The shusher in shul was going bananas trying to nu nu the guy giving nightmares to the President about losing the election while the dream interpreter was telling the cheapskate he was going to fall into a well.
A: 1.People dream about what they were thinking about
To illustrate the teaching (on 55b) that a person dreams about what he was thinking of during the day )אין מראין לו לאדם אלא מהרהרי לבו( , the Gemara cites the incident of Caesar asking R’ Yehoshua bar R’ Chananya what he would dream of that night. R’ Yehoshua told him that he would dream of being pressed into service by the Persians in a degrading way. Caesar thought about the distressing vision all day and then dreamt of it at night.
2. Bar Hedya, the Dream Interpreter
The Gemara relates the story of Bar Hedya, the dream interpreter, who gave positive interpretations to those who paid for his services and negative ones to those who didn’t. Abaye and Rava shared many similar dreams and had them interpreted by Bar Hedya. Since Abaye paid, his dreams were always interpreted for good; Rava did not pay, and his dreams were interpreted for ill.
Finally, Rava discovered—in a book owned by Bar Hedya—that “dreams go according to the mouth” (כל חלומות הולכין אחר הפה ), meaning according to the way they are interpreted. Rava cursed him and Bar Hedya fled, eventually meeting a gruesome death at the hands of the Roman royal court.
3. The meaning of a well in a dream
The Gemara discusses the symbolic meaning of items appearing in a dream. If one dreams of a well:
•R’ Chanina says he will see peace.
•R’ Nassan says he will find Torah.
•Rava says he will find life.

Q: The shusher in shul was going bananas trying to nu nu the guy giving nightmares to the President about losing the election while the dream interpreter was telling the cheapskate he was going to fall into a well.
A: 2. Bar Hedya, the Dream Interpreter
The Gemara relates the story of Bar Hedya, the dream interpreter, who gave positive interpretations to those who paid for his services and negative ones to those who didn’t. Abaye and Rava shared many similar dreams and had them interpreted by Bar Hedya. Since Abaye paid, his dreams were always interpreted for good; Rava did not pay, and his dreams were interpreted for ill.
Finally, Rava discovered—in a book owned by Bar Hedya—that “dreams go according to the mouth” (כל חלומות הולכין אחר הפה ), meaning according to the way they are interpreted. Rava cursed him and Bar Hedya fled, eventually meeting a gruesome death at the hands of the Roman royal court.

Q: The shusher in shul was going bananas trying to nu nu the guy giving nightmares to the President about losing the election while the dream interpreter was telling the cheapskate he was going to fall into a well.
A: 3. The meaning of a well in a dream
The Gemara discusses the symbolic meaning of items appearing in a dream. If one dreams of a well:
•R’ Chanina says he will see peace.
•R’ Nassan says he will find Torah.
•Rava says he will find life.

Q: The shusher in shul was going bananas trying to nu nu the guy giving nightmares to the President about losing the election while the dream interpreter was telling the cheapskate he was going to fall into a well.
A: 1.People dream about what they were thinking about
To illustrate the teaching (on 55b) that a person dreams about what he was thinking of during the day )אין מראין לו לאדם אלא מהרהרי לבו( , the Gemara cites the incident of Caesar asking R’ Yehoshua bar R’ Chananya what he would dream of that night. R’ Yehoshua told him that he would dream of being pressed into service by the Persians in a degrading way. Caesar thought about the distressing vision all day and then dreamt of it at night.

Q: Daf 57 – דף נז - Siman
A: Pinocchio’s nose

Q: Daf 57 – דף נז - Pinocchio’s nose
A: Pinochio’s nose began to grow when he claimed he was saying Krias Shema in his dream and then woke up with a passuk in his mouth, until he was reminded wood burns in fire which is a sixtieth part of Gehinnom.
Key Words – tefillah in dreams, waking with passuk, one sixtieth

Q: Pinochio’s nose began to grow when he claimed he was saying Krias Shema in his dream and then woke up with a passuk in his mouth, until he was reminded wood burns in fire which is a sixtieth part of Gehinnom.
A: 1. Visions of tefillah in dreams
The Gemara lists dream visions that include elements of tefillah, along with their meaning:
•One who responds "אמן יהא שמיה רבה מברך" in a dream is assured of being destined for Olam Haba.
•One who recites Krias Shema in a dream is fit to have the Shechinah dwell upon him, except that his generation doesn’t merit having it happen.
•One who dreams of laying tefillin should anticipate growing in greatness.
2. Waking up with a passuk
R’ Yochanan says that if one wakes up and a verse “fell into his mouth,” i.e. immediately came to mind, this is a type of minor prophecy.
3. One sixtieth
Five things are considered a sixtieth of something else:
1.Fire is a sixtieth part of Gehinnom.
2.Honey is a sixtieth part of the manna.
3.Shabbos is a sixtieth part of Olam Haba.
4.Sleep is a sixtieth part of death.
5.A dream is a sixtieth part of prophecy.

Q: Pinochio’s nose began to grow when he claimed he was saying Krias Shema in his dream and then woke up with a passuk in his mouth, until he was reminded wood burns in fire which is a sixtieth part of Gehinnom.
A: 1. Visions of tefillah in dreams
The Gemara lists dream visions that include elements of tefillah, along with their meaning:
•One who responds "אמן יהא שמיה רבה מברך" in a dream is assured of being destined for Olam Haba.
•One who recites Krias Shema in a dream is fit to have the Shechinah dwell upon him, except that his generation doesn’t merit having it happen.
•One who dreams of laying tefillin should anticipate growing in greatness.

Q: Pinochio’s nose began to grow when he claimed he was saying Krias Shema in his dream and then woke up with a passuk in his mouth, until he was reminded wood burns in fire which is a sixtieth part of Gehinnom.
A: 2. Waking up with a passuk
R’ Yochanan says that if one wakes up and a verse “fell into his mouth,” i.e. immediately came to mind, this is a type of minor prophecy.

Q: Pinochio’s nose began to grow when he claimed he was saying Krias Shema in his dream and then woke up with a passuk in his mouth, until he was reminded wood burns in fire which is a sixtieth part of Gehinnom.
A: 3. One sixtieth
Five things are considered a sixtieth of something else:
1.Fire is a sixtieth part of Gehinnom.
2.Honey is a sixtieth part of the manna.
3.Shabbos is a sixtieth part of Olam Haba.
4.Sleep is a sixtieth part of death.
5.A dream is a sixtieth part of prophecy.

Q: Daf 58 – דף נח - Siman
A: Zookeeper

Q: Daf 58 – דף נח - Zookeeper
A: The Zookeeper greeted his friend the king who he hadn’t seen in 30 days with a שהחיינו and over his procession of 600,000 a ברוך חכם הרזים , while everyone else stood still in silence.
Key Words – רזים , king’s silence, שהחיינו on friend

Q: The Zookeeper greeted his friend the king who he hadn’t seen in 30 days with a שהחיינו and over his procession of 600,000 a ברוך חכם הרזים , while everyone else stood still in silence.
A: 1. ברוך חכם הרזים
One who sees a multitude of Jews (600,000) recites ברוך חכם הרזים (Blessed [are You] … Sage of the secrets), acknowledging that Hashem knows everyone’s secret thoughts.
2. Rav Sheishess and the king
The Gemara elaborates on the importance of greeting a king,(which we initially learned on daf ט) relating the incident of the blind Rav Sheishess, who was able to discern when the king passed by in his procession. When the first two troops passed by, each followed by loud noise, Rav Sheishess knew that the king was not yet approaching. After the third troop passed by and it fell silent, he knew that the king was about to pass.
Rav Sheishess explained that he knew this from the verses (Melachim I 19:11-12) describing how Eliyahu discerned Hashem’s presence not in the midst of three loud noises, (great wind, an earthquake and a fire) but rather when there was a still, thin sound )קול דממה דקה( . He said, since “earthly royalty reflects Heavenly royalty,” there must be a similar chain of events when an earthly king appears.
3. שהחיינו on a friend
One who sees a friend after a lapse of thirty days recites שהחיינו ; if the lapse is twelve months, he says ברוך מחיה המתים (Blessed [are You] … Who resurrects the dead(.

Q: The Zookeeper greeted his friend the king who he hadn’t seen in 30 days with a שהחיינו and over his procession of 600,000 a ברוך חכם הרזים , while everyone else stood still in silence.
A: 1. ברוך חכם הרזים
One who sees a multitude of Jews (600,000) recites ברוך חכם הרזים (Blessed [are You] … Sage of the secrets), acknowledging that Hashem knows everyone’s secret thoughts.

Q: The Zookeeper greeted his friend the king who he hadn’t seen in 30 days with a שהחיינו and over his procession of 600,000 a ברוך חכם הרזים , while everyone else stood still in silence.
A: 2. Rav Sheishess and the king
The Gemara elaborates on the importance of greeting a king,(which we initially learned on daf ט) relating the incident of the blind Rav Sheishess, who was able to discern when the king passed by in his procession. When the first two troops passed by, each followed by loud noise, Rav Sheishess knew that the king was not yet approaching. After the third troop passed by and it fell silent, he knew that the king was about to pass.
Rav Sheishess explained that he knew this from the verses (Melachim I 19:11-12) describing how Eliyahu discerned Hashem’s presence not in the midst of three loud noises, (great wind, an earthquake and a fire) but rather when there was a still, thin sound )קול דממה דקה( . He said, since “earthly royalty reflects Heavenly royalty,” there must be a similar chain of events when an earthly king appears.

Q: The Zookeeper greeted his friend the king who he hadn’t seen in 30 days with a שהחיינו and over his procession of 600,000 a ברוך חכם הרזים , while everyone else stood still in silence.
A: 3. שהחיינו on a friend
One who sees a friend after a lapse of thirty days recites שהחיינו ; if the lapse is twelve months, he says ברוך מחיה המתים (Blessed [are You] … Who resurrects the dead(.

Q: Daf 59– דף נט - Siman
A: Knight in shining armor

Q: Daf 59– דף נט - Knight in shining armor
A: The knight in shining armor stood nobly at the bottom of the rainbow, as he blessed the sun after 28 years by raising his cup of superior wine making a טוב והמטיב .
Key Words – rainbow. sun, superior wine

Q: The knight in shining armor stood nobly at the bottom of the rainbow, as he blessed the sun after 28 years by raising his cup of superior wine making a טוב והמטיב .
A: 1. The berachah on a rainbow
There is a dispute regarding the berachah to recite on seeing a rainbow (though one should not stare at it).
- The Gemara says the berachah is ברוך זוכר הברית – Blessed [are You] … Who remembers the covenant.
- R’ Yishmael the son of R’ Yochanan ben Beroka says the ending should be נאמן בבריתו וקיים
במאמרו – Who is trustworthy in His covenant and fulfills His word.
- Rav Pappa rules that we accommodate both views by incorporating both endings: ברוך זוכר
הברית ונאמן בבריתו וקיים במאמרו – Blessed [are You] … Who remembers the covenant and is trustworthy in His covenant and fulfills His word.
2. Birkas Hachamah
One who sees the sun at the beginning of its 28-year cycle, when it returns to its original position at its creation, recites Birkas Hachamah, the blessing on the sun: ברוך עושה בראשית – Blessed [are You] … Who makes the work of creation.
3. הטוב והמטיב
One who drank wine at a meal and is then offered a superior wine makes the berachah הטוב
והמטיב – [Blessed are You] … Who is good and does good.

Q: The knight in shining armor stood nobly at the bottom of the rainbow, as he blessed the sun after 28 years by raising his cup of superior wine making a טוב והמטיב .
A: 1. The berachah on a rainbow
There is a dispute regarding the berachah to recite on seeing a rainbow (though one should not stare at it).
- The Gemara says the berachah is ברוך זוכר הברית – Blessed [are You] … Who remembers the covenant.
- R’ Yishmael the son of R’ Yochanan ben Beroka says the ending should be נאמן בבריתו וקיים
במאמרו – Who is trustworthy in His covenant and fulfills His word.
- Rav Pappa rules that we accommodate both views by incorporating both endings: ברוך זוכר
הברית ונאמן בבריתו וקיים במאמרו – Blessed [are You] … Who remembers the covenant and is trustworthy in His covenant and fulfills His word.

Q: The knight in shining armor stood nobly at the bottom of the rainbow, as he blessed the sun after 28 years by raising his cup of superior wine making a טוב והמטיב .
A: 2. Birkas Hachamah
One who sees the sun at the beginning of its 28-year cycle, when it returns to its original position at its creation, recites Birkas Hachamah, the blessing on the sun: ברוך עושה בראשית – Blessed [are You] … Who makes the work of creation.

Q: The knight in shining armor stood nobly at the bottom of the rainbow, as he blessed the sun after 28 years by raising his cup of superior wine making a טוב והמטיב .
A: 3. הטוב והמטיב
One who drank wine at a meal and is then offered a superior wine makes the berachah הטוב
והמטיב – [Blessed are You] … Who is good and does good.

Q: Daf 60 - ס - Siman
A: Smiley Face Stickers

Q: Daf 60 - ס - Smiley Face Stickers
A: 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.

Q: 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.
A: 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.
3 כל דעביד רחמנא לטב עביד
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.

Q: 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.
A: 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.

Q: 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.
A: 3.כל דעביד רחמנא לטב עביד
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.

Q: 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.
A: 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.

Q: Daf 61 - סא
A: Saw

Q: Daf 61 - סא - Saw
A: 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

Q: 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.
A: 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!”

Q: 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.
A: 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.

Q: 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.
A: 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.

Q: 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.
A: 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!”

Q: Daf 62 - סב
A: Submarine captain

Q: Daf 62 - סב - Submarine Captain
A: 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

Q: 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.
A: 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.

Q: 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.
A: 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.

Q: 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.
A: 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.

Q: 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.
A: 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.

Q: Daf 63 - סג - Siman
A: Segway - Boys on Segway

Q: Daf 63 - סג - Segway
A: 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
groups.

Q: 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
groups.
A: 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:
בכל דרכך דעהו והוא יישר ארחתך
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 )פותחין בכבוד אכסניא( .
Rebbe Yehuda further opened up his derasha focusing on honoring those who learn Torah with the following passuk , הסכת ושמע ישראל היום הזה נהיית לעם ” Pay heed and listen, Yisroel, on this day you became a nation. 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 עשו כתות כתות ועסקו בתורה 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.

Q: 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
groups.
A: 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:
בכל דרכך דעהו והוא יישר ארחתך
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).

Q: 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
groups.
A: 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 )פותחין בכבוד אכסניא( .
Rebbe Yehuda further opened up his derasha focusing on honoring those who learn Torah with the following passuk , הסכת ושמע ישראל היום הזה נהיית לעם ” Pay heed and listen, Yisroel, on this day you became a nation. 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.

Q: 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
groups.
A: 3. Learning with others
The Gemara says that the word "הסכת" teaches עשו כתות כתות ועסקו בתורה 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.