Commentary for Berakhot 43:12
כרבי אלעאי בראשית הגז דתניא רבי אלעאי אומר ראשית הגז אינו נוהג אלא בארץ
R. El'ai says : The law of the first-shorn wool applies only in the [Holy] Land.
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But this conclusion leaves the difficulty in note 1 unanswered.
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The statement of R. Judah in the Mishnah (fol. 20b, p. 134) is altered to harmonise with his opinion as expounded above.
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This proves that, according to R. Judah, meditation does not suffice.
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The name of an apocryphal Mishnaic Tractate (see Mielziner, p. 64) which has not the authority of the standard Mishnah, and R. Judah permits it to be read by a Ba'al Keri.
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The three divisions of the Bible.
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This word is added by M.
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Because it is assumed that their experience resolts from levity of mind.
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And consequently will not require the concentration of his thoughts.
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M. reads : He may expound the Mishnah but not the Midrash. R. Eleazar b. Shammua' says : Also the Midrash may he expound, etc. Rashi also reads Midrash for Talmud.
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Without first bathing.
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Therefore one who is ritually unclean may occupy himself therewith.
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He was Ba'al Keri, and for that reason uttered the words of Torah hurriedly and in a subdued tone.
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According to Hyman, 1:15 a, we should read Abba b. Aha. Cf. D. S. ad loc.
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I.e. Rab.
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Who take the more lenient view.
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Due to the priest; cf. Deut. xviii. 4.
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In place of these words, some edd. read : As it is written, "Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two kinds of seeds" (ibid. xxii. 9).
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By permitting a Ba'al Keri to occupy himself with Torah.
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See above, fol. 15a, p. 95.
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In Ta'anit 21a it is related that under the most adverse circumstances his usual exclamation was Gam zu letobah, "This also is for good"; hence his name. Others conjecture that the two words should be combined to read Gimzo, a town in Judea; cf. II Chron. xxviii. 18.
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He wished it to be generally known that the Ba'al Keri could easily restore himself to a state of purity and resume his duties of studying Torah and rearing a family.
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He did not want the Ba'al Keri easily to regain his state of purity.
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By allowing the Ba'al Keri to be clean after nine kabs of water had been poured over him. The stricter view demanded complete immersion in a bath containing a minimum of forty Saot.
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Their obvious purpose is to render themselves fit for the Shema' and Torah.
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On the religious "fence," see p. 15 n. 3.
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Reka, the equivalent of Raca, Matt. v. 22.
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By agreeing with R. Judah b. Batyra.
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See Glossary, s.v. Mikweh.
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That cold water is essential.
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M. : R. Abba.
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For the use of his pupils when necessary.
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So Jastrow and Krauss, reading gelustera'a, identifying the word with claustrarius. Krauss, Part I, p. 78, also suggests a connection with καλοὑαστροϛ "of good star," i.e. fortunate.
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I.e. useless, because in view of this teaching it will very rarely be required, the presumption being that the Ba'al Keri is responsible for what happened.
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The modern el-Uz, a town in Upper Galilee where the Sanhedrin removed from Jabneh after the death of Rabban Gamaliel. It was the locale of a famous academy.
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