*15.1 Makkos Daf 10 A (5 lines after spreads)*

*15.1 Makkos Daf 10 A (5 lines after spreads)**Summary**Beraisa:* Sanctuary cities must be mid-sized towns, with easy access to water. It must be a city where commodities are available. The city should be in a populated place. Traps should not be spread out there, nor should it be a place of manufacturing.*Rav Yitzchok:* The *source* for all this is in the verse “He shall escape to one of these cities *and live”; we must make his ‘living’ there convenient.**Beraisa:* If a *_talmid_* must go into _galus,_ we *send along his rebbi,* as the verse states *“and live”.* _(There were no seforim in those days and without a rebbi to learn torah from, what is the use of life?)_*Rabbi Zeira:* We learn from here that one must be careful *not to teach torah to an unworthy disciple* _(Hashem wouldn’t allow a worthy person to make a mistake that would cost someone’s life)._*Rabbi Yochanan:* If a *Rebbi* must go into _galus,_ *we send along his yeshiva.**Challenge: Rabbi Yochanan: Torah provides asylum* just like a sanctuary city. As the _possuk_ says, “The city of *Betzer* _(provides asylum)_ in the wilderness. *This is the Torah”.* _[So why would a rebbi need to go to galus? The torah would protect him (either the learning serves as an ir miklat, or the Torah prevents him from stumbling into sin and killing by accident).]_*Response: Torah provides asylum only while one is studying.**Or,* the Torah *only protects him only from the angel of death.**Rav Chisda was studying and the angel of death couldn’t approach him,* because he wouldn’t stop learning. So the angel sat in a nearby tree which cracked loudly and *Rav Chisda paused for a moment.* At that moment he passed away. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate