About this episode
Today's daf is sponsored by Prof. Jonathan Ben-Ezra in honor of Dr. Robin Zeiger, for completing half of Shas together today!! "To my better half, I am looking forward to completing the other half of our journey together. Also thank you to Rabbanit Michelle." When the Jews entered the land of Israel after being in the desert, they stopped eating the manna on the 16th of Nisan and began eating from the new grains. Can this offer proof that when the Torah states "in your dwelling places" as it is mentioned regarding the prohibition to eat from the new grains, it is not referring to after having conquered and settled in the land? A number of braitot are brought regarding the manna and the date of Moshe's birth and death. Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai offers his own explanation chadash , orla and kelaim are applicable also outside of Israel - chadash, based on the word "in your dwelling places," and the others by logical inference ( kal vachomer ) from chadash . His son, Rabbi Elazar, disagrees with the three exceptions and offers two different exceptions instead - cancellations of loans in the shmita year and release of slaves in the Jubilee year. Why are each of those cases considered part of the category of land-related commandments? A Mishna in Orla 3:9 explains that each of the three laws that are exceptions and apply outside of Israel are derived in different manners - one from the Torah, one halakha and one by the rabbis. What is meant by ' halakha '? Rav Yehuda in the name of Shmuel says it means the people took it upon themselves, while Ulla in the name of Rabbi Yochanan says it is ' halakha l'Moshe miSinai .' Ulla raises a difficulty on Rav Yehuda from the previous part of the Mishna in Orla 3:9.