Daf Highlights

Daf 5 

1. One who recites המטה על שמע קריאתis likened to one who holds a double edged sword to slay mazikin. 

2. Three good gifts acquired through yisurin. In the midst of the sugya of yisurin, it is taught that HaKadosh Baruch Hu gave three good gifts to klal Yisroel which all have to be acquired through yisurin; Torah, Eretz Yisroel, and Olam Haba. 

3. Freeing oneself from one’s own prison. We learn that a person cannot free himself from his own prison from the fact that R’ Yochanan needed someone to heal him even though he had the capacity to heal others. אין חבוש מתיר עצמו מבית האסורים -

 Siman - Hay A sick person sitting up on a bed of hay saying המטה על שמע קריאתwith one hand while holding a sword with the other is visited by a Rabbi holding three gifts who has come to heal him.

Daf 4

כחצות .1

Moshe said כחצותinstead of giving the exact time, so the Egyptians would not question Hashem’s

precision when carrying out makos bechoros.

סומך גאולה לתפילה בלילה .2

There is a machlokes whether one is required to be לתפילה גאולה סומך at night. If it is required,

.גאולה אריכתא considered is השכיבנו

3. Ashrei 3x

One who says Ashrei three times a day is guaranteed a place in Olam Haba because:

a. One is using all the letters in aleph-beis to praise Hashem. (Except the letter nun)

b. It includes the passuk of ידך את פותח

Siman

There was a massive door at the front of the shul that had a big clock and when the clock struck

midnight it would flash Ashrei three times to remind the minyan to be לתפילה גאולה סומך at Maariv.

Daf 3

1. Three Heavenly Watches

Rabbi Eliezer identifies the end time for Krias Shema as the end of the first mishmar (watch), to teach us

that there are three heavenly watches in the evening when Hashem roars like a lion, lamenting that the

sins of His children caused the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash and their exile.

2. Entering a Ruin

Three reasons one may not enter a churvah (ruin):

a. suspicion of inappropriate behavior

b. the danger of collapse

c. the danger of harmful mazikin found there

3. Dovid HaMelech’s Harp

The northern wind would blow across Dovid Hamelech’s harp exactly at midnight, upon which he would

wake up and sing Hashem’s praises for the rest of the night.

Siman - Camel

Three watchmen on camels enter a dangerous ruin when they hear music and discover a man playing harp.

Daf 2

1. Krias Shema at Night

The opening Mishna discusses the time to recite Krias Shema at night.

2. Time Kohen Can Eat Terumah

A Kohen who was a tevul yom (he was tamei and went to the mikvah earlier in the day) can

begin to eat his terumah at tzais, and does not have to wait until the next day until after he brings

a korban.

3. Six Opinions For Earliest Time for Shema

The Gemara introduces six opinions regarding the earliest time to recite Shema at night. One of

them is when a poor person begins to eat his dinner.

Siman – House

A man rushes into his house exactly at Tzais to recite the evening Krias Shema so he can join the Kohen

and poor person who just sat down in the dining room to eat their terumah and dinner respectively.

5 way machlokes on when zman Krias Shema starts and Final Halacha