You know your life has changed when a breakfast indulgence is Kellog's Corn Flakes

R. Elazar (or R. Yohanan): A man's wife doesn't die until creditors ask him for money and he doesn't have it per Prov. 22:27 #DafYomi 29b

Rabba b. b. Hana cit. R. Yohanan: Every instance of finger and priesthood refers to the right hand #DafYomi 24b

Mishna: An uncircumcised priest invalidates the service Gemara: R. Hisda per Ez. 44:9, 7 #DafYomi 22b

One more reason to love the Bar Ilan

Rava: אי תניא, תניא - If a baraita is taught, it is taught. #DafYomi 15b

Mishna (From 11): Ben Azzai: I received a tradition from 72 elder that offerings not brought for their own sake are fit Gemara: "Elder" singular bec maintained one opinion Note: Sages didn't accept. #DafYomi 12b

Ulla cit. R. Yohanan: If someone ate forbidden fat, designated an offering for atonement, and then became an apostate, and then recanted, the offering is still disqualified #DafYomi 12b

R. Tarfon to R. Akiva: I heard from my teachers and cannot explicate what you teach of your own accord. Akiva, whoever leaves you is like one who leaves life #DafYomi 13a

Toddler: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Toddler: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Me: WE COME FROM THE LAND OF ICE AND SNOW FROM THE MIDNIGHT SUN WHERE THE HOT SPRING BLOW! Toddler: *giggles*

Rava: A sin offering slaughtered for someone who is not obligated to bring anything is unfit, for there is no one in Israel who isn't obligated to bring an offering for violating a positive commandment #DafYomi 7a

Seems like a good time to re-up John Stuart Mill on tone policing and civil rhetoric.

Y. Horayot 3:5 R. Shmuel b. R. Yosi b. R. Avun on Prov. 28:11 Rich man wise in own eyes - Master of Talmud Understanding poor man thinks little - Master of Aggadah (homiletic) Note: Cf. Bava Batra 145b #DafYomi

Y. Horayot 3:5 R. Shmuel b. Nahman: Mishna > Talmud per Prov. 4:5 R. Yohanan: Talmud > Mishna per Prov. 16:16 #DafYomi

Y. Horayot 3:5 R. Shimon b. Yohai: Studying scripture is a measure that isn't a measure מידה שאינה מידה Sages: Scripture = Mishna #DafYomi

Y. Horayot 3:5 The systematizer takes precedence over the dialectician (parallels the Sinai and uprooter of mountains) #DafYomi

Y. Horayot 3:5 R. Yohanan: For 40 days Moses studied Torah on Sinai and forgot it and in the end it was given to him as a gift. Why? To return the stupid ones להחזיר את הטיפשים #DafYomi

הדרן עלך מסכת הוריות והדך עלן We will return to you tractate Horayot and you will return to us #DafYomi

R. Zeira is incisive asks difficult questions Rabba b. Mattana is moderate and draws conclusions. Which is better? Unresolved. #DafYomi 14a

R. Yohanan: R. Shimon b. Gamliel and Sages disagreed which is better: Being a "Sinai" (i.e. knowledgeable) or being an "uprooter of mountains" (being incisive) Mater: Sinai is preferable bec all depend on the master of the wheat #DafYomi 14a

Y. Horayot 3:2 אֵין מוֹשְׁחִין אֶת הַמְּלָכִים אֶלָּא מִפְּנֵי הַמַּחֲלוֹקֶת Kings are only appointed due to disputes #DafYomi

Y. Horayot 3:1 R. Yohanan clapped with one hand! (Or you could say he "clapped back" at R. Yehuda HaNasi) #DafYomi

R. Eliezer: The inclination of mice is evil Rava: Bec they gnaw at cloaks #DafYomi 13a

Mishna: Any commandment that is more frequently observed takes precedence over other commandments #DafYomi 12b

R. Mesharshiya to son: When you seek to enter and study before your teacher, study the baraita first, then enter I.e. Do the reading/prepare before going to class #DafYomi 12a

Abaye: A person should always accustom himself to seeing the following on Rosh Hashana: Squash, fenugreek, leeks, chard, and dates #DafYomi 12a

R. Hiyya on Gen 49:10: "Scepter shall not part from Judah" = The Exilarch in Babylonia "Nor ruler's staff between his feet'" = descendants of Hillel who teach Torah in public #DafYomi 11b

R. Nahman b. Yitzhak on Ecc. 8:14: Happy are the righteous who experience this world like the wicked in the world to come, woe to the wicked who experience this world like the righteous in the world to come Rava: Would it be so bad for the righteous to enjoy both? #DafYomi 10b

Mishna: A "Nasi" is a king per Lev. 4:22 #DafYomi 10a

R. Yirmeya: A king and anointed priest cannot become poor per Lev. 5:7, 5:11 #DafYomi 8b-9a

R. Yehuda cit. Shmuel: Courts not liable to bring offering unless they issue rulings w/which Sadducees disagree. Re that which Sadducees agree, go learn it a children's school #DafYomi 4a

"One who associates actions w/himself" Gemara: Includes those who disdain halakhic rulings #DafYomi 2b

"Qualified to issue Halakhic rulings" Rava: Like Shimon b. Azzai or Shimon b. Zoma #DafYomi 2b

Shmuel: Judges are not liable until they say, "It is permitted for you." R. Dimi of Neharda'a: "It is permitted for you to perform" - otherwise they haven't completed their ruling #DafYomi 2a

Mishna: If court erroneously rules to violate a Biblical commandment, individuals who follow are exempt. If a judge or student qualified to issue halakhic rulings knew they erred, they are liable. General rule: One who depends on self is liable, depends on court is exempt #DafYomi 2a

הדרן עלך מסכת עבודה זרה והדרך עלן We will return to you tractate Avoda Zara and you will return to us #DafYomi

Rava: Issur the convert told me: When we were still gentiles we'd say Jews don't really observe Shabbat, otherwise how many wallets would be in the marketplace? Rava: I didn't know halakhah is like R. Yitzhak who says wallets can be carried w/in 4 cubits #DafYomi 70a

Who is a Ger Toshav/Resident Alien? R. Meir: Accepts before 3 Haveirim not to worship avoda zara Sages: Accepts 7 Noahide laws Others: Convert who accepts all commandments except eating carcarses #DafYomi 64b

Y. Avoda Zara 4:7 R. Nahman cit. R. Mana: Idolatry is destined to come and bow before God and be nullified from the world per Ps. 97:7 #DafYomi

R. Huna b. R. Nahman came to Mehoza. Rava: Close the gates so that people who may disturb us won't come i.e. to sort out the halakhic debate #DafYomi 58a

By right adultery should not result in pregnancy, but world follows its course and the wicked will be judged in the future Reish Lakish: God says: It is not enough that they treat my coin as ownerless, but they trouble me to sign against my will #DafYomi 54b

Baraita: If someone stole wheat, by right it should not grow. But the world follows its course עולם כמנהגו נוהג והולך and the fools who sinned will be judged in the future #DafYomi 54b

Romans: If God doesn't want idol worship, why not destroy it? Sages: Fine for useless items, but people worship sun, moon, and stars. Should God destroy the world bec of fools? #DafYomi 54b

Y. A.Z. 3:1 R. Zeira and R. Ashian: The dead hear their eulogies in a dream #DafYomi

Y. A.Z. 3:1 Reish Lakish: The only difference between us and the righteous is speech #DafYomi

Ollie hugs

A person may not erect a house in the exact image of the sanctuary, a portico in the image of the entrance hall, or table as the one in the Temple, or a candelabrum with seven branches #DafYomi 43a

What is the figure of a dragon? R. Shimon b. Elazar: Scales between joints R. Asi: Scales between joints of neck R. Strong Bad: S, more different S, consummate Vs #DafYomi 43a

R. Yehuda: The image of a nursing woman is worshiped as Eve, who nurses the entire world #DafYomi 43a