Lomdus on the Amud

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Yevamos 97a Does a Torah Idea Help Its Author If You Don’t Say His Name? Fascinating Panim Meiros

Aug 20, 2026

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Must you mention the original author of a Torah thought for it to benefit his neshamah after his passing? Chazal teach that when someone repeats Torah in the name of a deceased scholar, “his lips move in the grave,” as though he is once again alive and speaking. But why should mentioning his name make any difference? Hashem certainly knows who originally said it—even if the person repeating it forgets the source or mistakenly attributes it to someone else.The Panim Meiros offers a fascinating answer: perhaps explicitly naming the author is not what creates the benefit at all. The true author may receive that benefit regardless, because everything is known in Shamayim. So why was Rabbi Yochanan deeply upset when his Torah was repeated without attribution? Because without the name of a respected authority attached to a teaching, people may question it, reject it, and eventually forget it. Attribution ensures that the Torah will be accepted, preserved, and repeated for generations—allowing its author’s voice to continue living in this world long after his passing.

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Yevamos 96b - The Nine-Year-Old Yavam: The Oneg Yom Tov’s Revolutionary Chiddush

Aug 20, 2026

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Can a nine-year-old boy actually perform yibum and acquire his deceased brother’s wife? According to Rashi, although a minor ordinarily cannot create a marriage, yibum may be different: since it does not require conscious intent, the boy’s act can create a real Torah-level acquisition.But that leads to a major problem. If he truly acquired the yevamah, why does the Mishnah treat the relationship as incomplete? And if he later grows up, marries a second woman, and dies, how can one brother perform chalitzah with the first woman while another still performs yibum with the second? Shouldn’t the rule of “לא יבנה” prohibit rebuilding the family once chalitzah has taken place?The Oneg Yom Tov answers with a revolutionary distinction: acquiring the yevamah and fulfilling the mitzvah of yibum are not necessarily the same thing. A nine-year-old may be capable of creating the marriage, while still being unable to accomplish the mitzvah’s deeper purpose of “הקמת שם”—perpetuating his deceased brother’s name.This episode explores the surprising halachic status of a nine-year-old yavam and the profound difference between creating a legal relationship, fulfilling a mitzvah, and completing the Torah’s ultimate purpose for that relationship.

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Yevamos 96a- She Thought Her Marriage Was Over: The Maharik’s “Omeres Mutar” and a Modern BD Case

Aug 19, 2026

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A woman separates from her husband, becomes involved with another man before receiving her get, and later wants to marry him. When photographs of their relationship reach Beis Din, the case raises two fascinating questions: When do מעשי כיעור become enough evidence to prohibit a marriage, and can a woman claim she was a שוגג because she believed her marriage was already over? We explore a remarkable contemporary ruling through the Maharik, Rashba, Taz, Rama, and the surprising precedent of Esther HaMalka.

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Yevamos 95b: The Fake Eliyahu Affair: The Maharik & Binyan Tziyon

Aug 19, 2026

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Yevamos 95b: The Fake Eliyahu Affair: The Maharik & Binyan Tziyon

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Yevamos 95a: גדר אחות אשתו — כיצד זנות האחות יכולה לאסור את אשתו עליו?

Aug 17, 2026

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Yevamos 95a: גדר אחות אשתו — כיצד זנות האחות יכולה לאסור את אשתו עליו?

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Yevamos 94b: יבמה לשוק — למה נחשב דבר שבערוה שצריך שני עדים?

Aug 17, 2026

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Yevamos 94b: יבמה לשוק — למה נחשב דבר שבערוה שצריך שני עדים?

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Yevamos 94a: האם גט פסול אוסר אותה על כהן? — נפקא מינה בגט שאינו מתיר

Aug 17, 2026

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Yevamos 94a: האם גט פסול אוסר אותה על כהן? — נפקא מינה בגט שאינו מתיר

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Yevamos 93b: Hotel Reservations and אין אדם מקנה דבר שלא בא לעולם

Aug 13, 2026

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Yevamos 93b: Hotel Reservations and אין אדם מקנה דבר שלא בא לעולם

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Yevamos 93a: אין אדם מקנה דבר שלא באו לעולם - How did Esav sell the Bechora?

Aug 13, 2026

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Yevamos 93a: אין אדם מקנה דבר שלא באו לעולם - How did Esav sell the Bechora?

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Yevamos 92b: The Geder of the Issur Yibum if the Yevamah is Mezaneh

Aug 13, 2026

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Yevamos 92b: The Geder of the Issur Yibum if the Yevamah is Mezaneh

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Yevamos 92a: The Lav of Zenus according to the Rambam

Aug 13, 2026

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Yevamos 92a: The Lav of Zenus according to the Rambam

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Yevamos 91b: Chiddush of the Kli Chemdah — No Aveirah B’Shogeg by a Lav She’ein Bo Ma’aseh?!

Aug 5, 2026

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Yevamos 91b: The Astonishing Chiddush of the Kli Chemdah — Is There No Aveirah B’Shogeg by a Lav She’ein Bo Ma’aseh?The Kli Chemdah suggests an astonishing chiddush: when someone violates a lav she’ein bo ma’aseh b’shogeg, it may not be considered a ma’aseh aveirah at all.A lav can be violated through an action or through a conscious decision not to act. But when someone is shogeg—completely unaware of the prohibition—and there is no physical action, what exactly constitutes the aveirah? There was neither an act of violation nor a conscious decision to refrain from doing what the Torah required.The Kli Chemdah brings a fascinating proof from Rashi in Berachos 2a regarding nosar. Rashi explains that Chazal prohibited eating korbanos after chatzos out of concern that a person might continue eating until after daybreak, when the meat becomes nosar.But why does Rashi focus specifically on eating the meat after daybreak? Simply leaving korban meat uneaten until morning itself violates “Lo Sosiru ad boker.”The Kli Chemdah answers with his remarkable yesod: merely forgetting to finish the korban before morning is a lav she’ein bo ma’aseh committed b’shogeg. There is no action and no conscious decision to violate the prohibition—and therefore, he argues, there is no ma’aseh aveirah at all.Chazal therefore made their gezeirah to prevent the person from actually eating the nosar, an active violation.A startling way to understand the very definition of an aveirah b’shogeg—and an extraordinary chiddush of the Kli Chemdah.

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Yevamos 91a — Zonah: Loss of Kehunah or a New Pesul?

Aug 5, 2026

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When a Bas Kohen becomes a zonah, why does she lose her right to eat terumah? Does the status of zonah actually strip away her Kedushas Kehunah, or does she remain a Bas Kohen while acquiring a new pesul that prevents her from eating terumah? A fascinating chakirah that may lie at the heart of a dispute between the Rambam and Tosafos—and has surprising implications for a Bas Levi and Maaser Rishon.

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Yevamos 90b: When Does the Mitzvah of Tzitzis Begin? — The Fascinating Chiddush of Tosfos

Aug 5, 2026

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Yevamos 90b: When Does the Mitzvah of Tzitzis Begin? — The Fascinating Chiddush of Tosfos

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Yevamos 90a: Rav Elchanan Wasserman’s Chakirah: Did Chazal Uproot the Mitzvah—or Does It Remain?

Aug 3, 2026

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Rav Elchanan Wasserman's Chakirah: Does Chazal Uproot the Mitzvah—or Does It Still Exist?When Chazal tell us to refrain from fulfilling a Torah mitzvah through שב ואל תעשה, what exactly are they accomplishing?Did they actually remove the Torah obligation, leaving no mitzvah to perform? Or does the mitzvah remain fully intact, with Chazal merely instructing us not to fulfill it in that particular circumstance?This profound chakirah of Rav Elchanan Wasserman (Kovetz He'aros, Siman 69) reshapes the way we understand the authority of Chazal and the relationship between Torah law and Rabbinic enactments. Through classic examples such as shofar, lulav, and tzitzis, we'll uncover a fundamental machlokes that has far-reaching implications throughout Shas.A deep, elegant lomdus that changes the way you'll think about "יש כח ביד חכמים לעקור דבר מן התורה בשב ואל תעשה."

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Yevamos 89b:חקירת הגר"ח בתורם מן הרע על היפה: מעשה האיסור או חסרון בקיום מצות תרומה?

Jul 31, 2026

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חקירת הגר"ח בתורם מן הרע על היפה: מעשה האיסור או חסרון בקיום מצות תרומה?

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Yevamos 89a : אין תורמין מן הטמא על הטהור – The יסוד of the קובץ הערות

Jul 30, 2026

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אין תורמין מן הטמא על הטהור – The יסוד of the קובץ הערות

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Yevamos 88b: עד אחד נאמן – The חידוש of היתר עגונה

Jul 30, 2026

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עד אחד נאמן – The חידוש of היתר עגונה

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Yevamos 88a: The Famous Chakirah: Is Eid Echad b'Issurin a Din of Eidus or Ne'emanus?

Jul 27, 2026

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The Famous Chakirah: Is Eid Echad b'Issurin a Din of Eidus or Ne'emanus?

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Yevamos 87b: Hakdamah to the 10th Perek of Yevamos

Jul 27, 2026

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Yevamos 87b: Hakdamah to the 10th Perek of Yevamos

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Yevamos 87a: The Aruch LaNer's Famous Chakirah: How Does a Kohen Son Feed His Mother Terumah?

Jul 27, 2026

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The Aruch LaNer's Famous Chakirah: How Does a Kohen Son Feed His Mother Terumah?

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Yevamos 86b: Minchas Chinuch - how can Chazal uproot the Din Deoraisa of Ma'aser to Leviim

Jul 27, 2026

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Yevamos 86b: Minchas Chinuch - how can Chazal uproot the Din Deoraisa of Ma'aser to Leviim

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Yevamos 86a: The Chakira of the Assun Deoraisa - Tevel

Jul 22, 2026

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Yevamos 86a: The Chakira of the Assun Deoraisa - Tevel

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Yevamos 85b: The Shaagas Aryeh’s Chakirah in “Divrei Sofrim Tzerichin Chizuk”

Jul 21, 2026

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Yevamos 85b: The Shaagas Aryeh’s Chakirah in “Divrei Sofrim Tzerichin Chizuk”

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Yevamos 85a — Part Two: The Chakirah That Defines Lifnei Iver

Jul 19, 2026

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Yevamos 85a — Part Two: The Chakirah That Defines Lifnei Iver

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Yevamos 84b: The Question That Redefines Lifnei Iver

Jul 19, 2026

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Yevamos 84b: The Question That Redefines Lifnei Iver

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Yevamos 84a: Aruch LaNer's Brilliant Insight -Why Rebbe Was Only Allowed One Halcha

Jul 19, 2026

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Yevamos 84a: Aruch LaNer's Brilliant Insight -Why Rebbe Was Only Allowed One Halcha

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Yevamos 83b: Rav Tzvi Pesach and the Story of the Water During the 1948 War

Jul 14, 2026

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Yevamos 83b: Rav Tzvi Pesach and the Story of the Water During the 1948 War

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Yevamos 83a: The Minchas Chinuch's Chakirah—Ma'aseh or Tzemichah?

Jul 13, 2026

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Yevamos 83a: The Minchas Chinuch's Chakirah—Ma'aseh or Tzemichah?

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Yevamos 81b: Bitul by Ner Chanukah Part 2

Jul 10, 2026

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Yevamos 81b: Bitul by Ner Chanukah Part 2

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Yevamos 81a: Bitul by Ner Chanukah Part 1

Jul 10, 2026

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Yevamos 81a: Bitul by Ner Chanukah Part 1

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Yevamos 80b: The Yesod of the שערי יושר in the שיטת הרמב״ם – ספק דאורייתא לחומרא

Jul 5, 2026

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Yevamos 80b: The Yesod of the שערי יושר in the שיטת הרמב״ם – ספק דאורייתא לחומרא

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Yevamos 80a: קושיית התוספות בעניין קטן ובר־עונשין, התראת ספק, ויסוד השערי יושר

Jul 5, 2026

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Yevamos 80a: קושיית התוספות בעניין קטן ובר־עונשין, התראת ספק, ויסוד השערי יושר

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Yevamos 79b – Rav Shmuel Rozovsky's Classic Piece on ערוה אחר נפילה

Jul 2, 2026

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Yevamos 79b – 's Classic Piece on ערוה אחר נפילה

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Yevamos 79a: רחמנים, ביישנים וגומלי חסדים — What If One Is Missing?

Jul 2, 2026

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Yevamos 79a: רחמנים, ביישנים וגומלי חסדים — What If One Is Missing?

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Yevamos 78b: היסוד של הגרשש שקאפ בעניין ספק ממזר

Jul 2, 2026

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Yevamos 78b: היסוד של הגרשש שקאפ בעניין ספק ממזר

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Yevamos 78a: בעניין גדר מצרי שני

Jun 28, 2026

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Yevamos 78a: בעניין גדר מצרי שני

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Yevamos 78b: Carrying Guns in Shul

Jun 26, 2026

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Yevamos 78b: Carrying Guns in Shul

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Yevamos 77a: היסוד של הגרי""ז בעניין הלכה למשה מסיני וההיתר של מואבית ולא מואבית

Jun 25, 2026

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Yevamos 77a: היסוד של הגרי""ז בעניין הלכה למשה מסיני וההיתר של מואבית ולא מואבית

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Yevamos 76b: גדר דין אמוני ולא מואבית כלפי דין לא תדרוש שלומם וטובתם

Jun 23, 2026

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Yevamos 76b: גדר דין אמוני ולא מואבית כלפי דין לא תדרוש שלומם וטובתם

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Yevamos 76a: Can a Kohen who is a פצוע דכא duchen?

Jun 23, 2026

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Yevamos 76a: Can a Kohen who is a פצוע דכא duchen?

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Yevamos 75b: יסוד איסור פצוע דכא

Jun 21, 2026

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Yevamos 75b: יסוד איסור פצוע דכא

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Yevamos 75a: גדר איסור פצוע דכא מדיני איסורי ביאה או קדושת ישראל

Jun 21, 2026

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Yevamos 75a: גדר איסור פצוע דכא מדיני איסורי ביאה או קדושת ישראל

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Yevamos 74b: Bikurim During Shemita

Jun 21, 2026

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Yevamos 74b: Bikurim During Shemita

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Yevamos 74a: היסוד של הגרי""ז בעניין סיכה כשתייה

Jun 18, 2026

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Yevamos 74a: היסוד של הגרי""ז בעניין סיכה כשתייה

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Yevamos 73b: יסוד הגרי""ז בעניין ביכורים כתרומה ומעשר שני

Jun 16, 2026

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Yevamos 73b: יסוד הגרי""ז בעניין ביכורים כתרומה ומעשר שני

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Yevamos 73a: גדר דין ביעור מעשרות

Jun 16, 2026

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Yevamos 73a: גדר דין ביעור מעשרות

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Yevamos 72b: משוך ערלתו ודין במי שנולד מהול

Jun 15, 2026

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Yevamos 72b: משוך ערלתו ודין במי שנולד מהול

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Yevamos 72a: חובת הכרת על ביטול מילה והמשוך

Jun 14, 2026

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Yevamos 72a: חובת הכרת על ביטול מילה והמשוך

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Yevamos 70b – Part 1: Why Did Avraham Avinu Wait for the Tzivui to Perform Milah?

Jun 10, 2026

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Yevamos 70b – Part 1: Why Did Avraham Avinu Wait for the Tzivui to Perform Milah?