9.4 - Sukkah Daf 11 A (17 lines Up)

Today’s learning sponsored by Isaac Shalom Bhatzlacha for siyata dshmaya for serving Hashem properly Sponsor a day's learning (thousands of minutes!) for only $72 click here https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODUwOTU Rav Yosef quoted Rav as teaching the halacha of ‘taaseh v’lo min ha’asuy’ in the presence of Rav Huna. Summary Rav Huna: This was taught by Shmuel. Rav Yosef: That may be, but I’m quoting Rav as saying it. That doesn’t preclude it from having been taught by Shmuel as well. Rav Huna: No. It was taught only by Shmuel, Rav does not hold this principle. Rav Amram Chasida put tzitzis on the garments of his whole family, including the women (he held that tzitzis is not a mitzvah that hinges on time). He threaded, folded and knotted a long tzitzis thread but he forgot to cut the end. He asked Rav Chiya bar Ashi what to do. Rav Chiya bar Ashi quoted Rav: Cut off the ends and it’s kosher. So we see Rav holds that when a mitzvah is ‘koshered’, that’s when it’s ‘done’. So it’s not a problem to ‘do a mitzvah and then kosher it’ (‘taaseh v’lo min ha’asuy’). Challenge: Shmuel doesn't hold ‘taaseh v’lo min ha’asuy’ either. Shmuel from Rabbi Chiya: If one threaded two tzitzis holes and then cut the fringes loose, it is kosher. So we see that a mitzvah can be ‘koshered’ after it’s ‘done’. He made all the knots and then cut the fringes loose. Resolution: Shmuel is referring to one who cuts them loose before twisting and knotting the fringes. Challenge: So what novel law is Shmuel teaching? Resolution: Shmuel is teaching that inserting the thread is not what makes the mitzvah ‘done’. 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