About this episode
Today's daf is sponsored by Mindy Sollisch. "Thank you to Hadran for generously welcoming all to learn Talmud from a brilliant Talmudic scholar who has made daf yomi a highlight of each of my days." Today's daf is sponsored by Daniel and Sara Berelowitz in honor of the marriage of their daughter, Estie Sterman to Jason Ast (nephew of Tina Lamm fellow dafferette). "A big Mazal Tov. Wishing Estie and Jason mazal and bracha ad 120!" Today's daf is sponsored in memory of Dr. Ilana (Hefter) Feuerstein who passed away this week. Abaye brings proof for Rabbi Chanina's statement that the law goes by the majority over proximity from a Mishna in Nidda about blood found in the cervical canal which is rendered impure, as the majority of blood comes from the uterus (impure blood), but there is a closer chamber whose blood is pure. Rava disagrees with Abaye's comparison because he says the majority of uterine blood is different from a regular majority because of the frequency. In the end, though, Rava changes his mind and agrees that this case would support Rabbi Chanina. A debate between Rav and Shmuel is brought in an attempt to prove that they deliberated about the same issue and one held like Rabbi Chanina and the other did not. However, this suggestion is rejected. Two rulings are brought regarding situations with a safek (doubt), suggesting that one ruling follows Rabbi Chanina's opinion and the other does not, but both comparisons are rejected. A tree must be distanced from the city a certain amount of space for aesthetic reasons. The law is different depending on whether the city was there when the tree was planted, if the city was not there when the tree was planted, or if it was unknown which came first. The Gemara compares the law here to the law in the case of a different mishna regarding a tree planted near a neighbor's pit and explains the differences between the cases. A threshing floor must be distanced fifty cubits from a city and neighboring fields. The last line in the Mishna is unclear and two explanations are brought - whether it is a different distance or simply explains the reason for the law already stated in the Mishna.