The Menorah in the Temple is testimony that the Divine Presence rests among Israel
#DafYomi 86b

R. Shmuel b. Nahmani on Lev. 24:2: "Take for yourself" and not for my benefit because I do not need the light.
#DafYomi 86a

Muad'Dib LeSimha

To all those celebrating...

Proposal: A new type of ordination for rabbis who pontificate about complicated issues without thinking through or working out the details.

In other words: Yadda Yadda.

Wife: For birthday parties, some invite only the number of friends corresponding to the child's age (e.g. 4 for 4, 5 for 5, etc).

Me: We're going to save a *ton* on the bar mitzvah.

Principle: A commandment that must be performed during the day can be done any time during the day. A commandment obligated to be performed at night can be done the entire night.
#DafYomi 72a

R. Yehuda b. Nehemia stumped R. Tarfon and his face brightened.
R. Akiva: Yehuda: Your face has brightened because you answered the elder. I will be shocked if you will live a long life.
R. Yehuda b. R. Ilai: He died a few months later
#DafYomi 68b

Gemara: It is degrading for one to be seen in public bypassing one's obligations
#DafYomi 67b

R. Oshaya: A person can employ an artifice by bringing in his grain into the courtyard still in its chaff so animals can eat. Or bring it in via roof or enclosures (not the front door)
#Loophole!
#DafYomi 67a

R. Yohanan b. Zakkai: Deut. 1:2, it's 11 days between Horev to Kadesh Barnea so why did it take 40 years?
Prattling Elder: You dismiss me w/this?
RYBZ: Foo! And will our Torah not be as worthy as your frivolous speech?
#DafYomi 65b

Baitusim would say Shavuot must always fall on a Sunday.
R. Yohanan b. Zakkai: Fools! What is your source.
Prattling Elder: Moses loved the Jewish people, he knew Shavuot was only one day, so he made Shavuot after Shabbat so Jews would enjoy themselves for 2 days
#DafYomi 65a

R. Yohanan: The only people who may sit on the Sanhedrin are men of wisdom, pleasant appearance, high stature, age, masters of sorcery, and knowledgeable in 70 languages.
#DafYomi 65a

R. Aha b. Yaakov would extend and bring back his lulav and would say, "An arrow in the eye of Satan"
#DafYomi 62a

R. Yossi b. Avin: Non-essential mitzvot can prevent calamities. Waving (as part of sacrificial offerings) is not essential yet doing so prevents harmful winds and dews.
Rava: Same by lulav on Sukkot
#DafYomi 62a

R. Yohanan: Jewish people are compared to an olive tree bec just as an olive tree only exudes oil through crushing, the Jewish people only return to good via suffering.
#DafYomi 53b

R. Yehoshua b. Levi: Jewish people are compared to an olive tree bec just as leaves of an olive tree don't fall in summer or rainy seasons, the Jewish people will never be nullified - not in this world or the world to come
#DafYomi 53b

R. Perida: If a man is of Torah, he is worthy. If he is a man of Torah an lineage/pedigree, he is worthy. But if he is a man of lineage and not Torah, a fire should devour him
#DafYomi 35a

To the left of me it's Purim, to the right of me it's Purim, but where I am it isn't Purim!

In fairness, so did Yeshiva University's non-existent football team
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Ollie in a Box

Reish Lakish: Whoever dons tefillin lives a long life per Is. 38:16
DafYomi 44a-b

R. Sheshet: Whoever does not put on tefillin violates 8 positive commandments
Whoever does not wear tzitzit violates 5
A priest who does not ascend violates 3
No mezuza violates 2
DafYomi 44a

R. Natan: There is no minor mitzvah in the Torah for which no reward is given in this world, and in the world to come I do not know how much (reward is given)
#DafYomi 44a

The hilazon's body is similar to the sea, its form looks like a fish, it emerges once in 70 years, and w/its blood one dyes the tekhelet. Therefore it is expensive
#DafYomi 44a

R. Aha b. Yaakov heard son blessing "Who did not make me a boor"
RABY Is this much proper?
Son: What should I say?
RABY: Who didn't make me a slave
Son: But this is (the same as) a woman!
RABY: Slave is lowlier
#DafYomi 43b

R. Meir: A man is obligated to recite the following 3 blessings daily: 1. Who did not make me a gentile 2. who did not make me a woman 3. who didn't make me an ignoramus (boor/בור).
#DafYomi 43b

R. Meir: A person must recite 100 blessings a day per Deut. 10:12
On Shabbat and festivals R. Hiyya b. R. Avya made efforts to recite blessings on spices and sweet fruits
#DafYomi 43b

R. Meir: Punishment for not attaching white strings greater than punishment for not attaching tekhelet
#DafYomi 43b

R. Eliezer b. Yaakov: Whoever has tefillin on his head and arm, tzitizt on his garments, and mezuzah on his door is strengthened on all sides so that he will not sin per Ecc. 4:12
#DafYomi 43b

Baraita: Jewish people are beloved as God has surrounded them with mitzvot: tefillin on head and arm, fringes on garment, and mezuzah on door. Re these commandments, David said Ps. 119:164
#DafYomi 43b