About this episode
Pictures Today's daf is dedicated by Joanna Rom in memory of her mother Rose Rom (Surah Raizel) on her twelfth yahrzeit. She was a lawyer by training, a teacher, and believer in equality and would have been thrilled to know that her daughter was studying Talmud with such a great teacher. The mishna deala with setting the boundaries of the city when the boundaries are not in a straight line or there are structures within a small distance of the city. The wording used is " meabrin " - we make the boundaries wider. Rav and Shmuel have a debate if the letter in that word is an aleph or an ayin - is it from limbs that jut out of the body or a pregnant woman? The gemara quotes a few other debate of Rav and Shmuel regarding words - how to explain words in the Torah - like Maarat HaMachpela, the name Amrafel and the "new king" that rose in Egypt and didn't remember Joseph. The gemara talks about tactics that can help people remember what they learn. The gemara explain the differences between the Judeans and the Galileans - why the Judaen's Torah kept with them and the Galilean's did not. One answer is because they were careful with their words - spoke clearly and explained things well. The gemara provides examples of people who spoke clearly and those who did not. They also bring examples of people (women and men) who spoke in a particularly "high" language - lashon chochma. They bring stories of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chanania who was outsmarted by a woman, and two children - one male and one female. Bruria also reprimands both Rabbi Yosi the Galilean for speaking too much to a woman (herself) and to a student for whispering when learning and not learning out loud.