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RABBI YAAKOV KLASS, rav of Congregation K’hal Bnei Matisyahu in Flatbush, Brooklyn, is Torah Editor of The Jewish Press. He can be contacted at yklass@jewishpress.com. RABBI GERSHON TANNENBAUM, rav of Congregation Bnai Israel of Linden Heights, Boro Park, Brooklyn, is the Director of Igud HaRabbanim – The Rabbinical Alliance of America.
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By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
The Flighty Customer ‘Scribes…Are Exempt’ (Sukkah 26a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
It’s All About The Clouds ‘Have You Seen My Slave, Tabi?’ (Sukkah 20b)
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What Constitutes Schach? ‘Schach Boards’ (Sukkah 14a)
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The Face Of Holiness ‘Inscribed on the Tzitz HaZahav’ (Sukkah 5a)
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All For The Boss ‘Praiseworthy Is One Whose…Sins Are Covered’ (Yoma 86b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Point Of Ingestion “The Size of an Egg to Satisfy…” (Yoma 79b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Worming Out Of This One! ‘Twisted Scarlet Wool’ (Yoma 71b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
To Be Or Not To Be “Appointed…Designated From The Previous Day” (Yoma 66b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
The New And The Old “The Kohen Gadol, Due To Fatigue…” (Yoma 56b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
A Line Of Demarcation ‘…Until He Came… Between The Two Curtains…’ (Yoma 51b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Where Angels Dare Not Tread ‘There Shall Be No Man In The Tent Of Meeting’ (Yoma 43b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
In One’s Grasp ‘Ein Ma’avirin Al Hamitzvos’ (Yoma 33a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Chapter And Verse? ‘Has The Time For Slaughter Arrived?’ (Yoma 28a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Of Kings And Scholars ‘He Forgave The Honor Due Him’ (Yoma 22b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Which Way To Kindle? ‘All One’s Turns Shall Be To The Right’ (Yoma 15b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Removing Mezuzos When The Lease Is Up ‘For It Was A Residence For The High Priest’ (Yoma 10a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
A Cakewalk ‘Through It The Water Trickled Out’ (Shekalim 17a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Pristine Exemplar ‘Let Him Fill His Mouth With Water’ (Shekalim 9a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
In Our Days ‘We Do Not Seize A Surety From Minor Children’ (Shekalim 3b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
A Case Of Mistaken Identity ‘And Two Cooked Foods’ (Pesachim 114a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
An Expression Unique in Shas “I Am Neither Wise…” (Pesachim 105b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
He Might Extinguish It ‘A Torch Is The Best Way Of Performing The Mitzvah’ (Pesachim 103b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
The Letter Of The Law? ‘If He Was…Unable to Enter Because of the Camels’ (Pesachim 94a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Hashem’s House Is No Different ‘Everything…But To Leave’ (Pesachim 86b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Location! Location! ‘On and Off His Forehead’ (Pesachim 77a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Against The Tide? ‘How Do We Roast The Paschal Sacrifice?’ (Pesachim 74a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Blood On His Hands! ‘It Is Praiseworthy For The Sons Of Aaron That They Walk In Blood…’ (Pesachim 65b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Mazal Tov, Mazal Tov! ‘They Recited Shema Yisrael [In Response]’ (Pesachim 56a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Are We There Yet? ‘I Don’t Work On Yom Tov [Sheni]’ (Pesachim 52a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Spoiled Rotten? ‘A Loaf Went Moldy And…Unfit For Human Consumption’ (Pesachim 45b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
The Case Of The Stumbling Block (Pesachim 37b-38a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Chametz On Shabbos Erev Pesach (Pesachim 32a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
The Shoemaker’s Children ‘If One Can Eat, One Can Sell’ (Pesachim 21a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
A Matter Of Resolve ‘The One Who Searches Recites A Berachah’ (Pesachim 7a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Out Of The Box ‘All May Enter The Heichal To Build, Repair…’ (Eruvin 105a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Rabbeinu Tam Tefillin ‘Transgressing Bal Tigra’ (Eruvin 100a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Elevated Train Tracks And Eruvin (Eruvin 94b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Whose Fridge? ‘If the Owner Retains a Holding There’ (Eruvin 85b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Detached Or Unrelated ‘He Made An Asheirah Tree Into a Ladder…’ (Eruvin 78b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Summer Eruvin ‘A Separate Contribution From Each’ (Eruvin 72b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Spreading the Wealth ‘Giving to Only One Poor Person’ (Eruvin 63a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
A Sage View ‘It Needs A Partition To Divide It’ (Eruvin 47b-48a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Twin Cities ‘A City Is Given A Karpif’ (Eruvin 57a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
An Early Navigational Instrument ‘Rabbi Gamliel Used His Tube To Measure…’ (Eruvin 43b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Just Like Carrying In A Karmelis ‘Tithing When Night Falls’ (Eruvin 36a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Ready And Able ‘Unripe Dates Are Unsuitable For An Eruv’ (Eruvin 28)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
A Gadol’s View Confirmed ‘Majority Rules’ (Eruvin 16a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
The Kotel And The Mall ‘Sratya u’Platya’ (Eruvin 7a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Waiting For Kiddush ‘Mazal Bears No Influence…’ (Shabbos 156a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Out On A Limb ‘One May Reset A Fracture’ (Shabbos 148a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Treifa Cow’s Milk? ‘A Toldah Of Dash’ (Shabbos 144a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Circumcised At The Hand Of Heaven? ‘A Drop Of Blood Must Be Taken’ (Shabbos 135a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Damsel In Distress ‘A Woman In Labor Is Considered Critically Ill’ (Shabbos 129a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Neighbors To The Rescue ‘He May Tell Others: Come, Save For Yourselves’ (Shabbos 121a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
The Carpenter’s Folly ‘All Holy Writings…Require Geniza’ (Shabbos 115a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
By All Means Rescue! ‘If One Removes A Fish From The Sea’ (Shabbos 107b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
A Murky Dispute ‘Water Does Not Affect Its Status’ (Shabbos 100a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Satisfaction Guaranteed ‘The Divine Presence Rests Only On One Who Is Wise, Strong…’ (Shabbos 92a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Size Is Indicative Of Importance ‘He Took Out Wood to Cook an Egg…’ (Shabbos 89b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Sow The Seeds Of Repentance ‘This Potted Plant’ (Shabbos 81b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
A Matter Of Intention? ‘The Primary Labors Are Forty Less One…’ (Shabbos 73a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
For Whom The Bell Tolls ‘Royal Children May Go Out With Bells’ (Shabbos 66b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Do Not Add To Them! ‘Shabbos is not a Time for Tefillin’ (Shabbos 61a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Ball And Bat Substitutes 'Cut Palm Branches' (Shabbos 50a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Children And Corpses ‘A Body Lying In The Sun…’ (Shabbos 43b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Enjoying A Hot Dish ‘What Was Really Meant Was Replacing It…’ (Shabbos 37a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
For Appearance’s Sake ‘Moving Forward At The Word Of G-d’ (Shabbos 31a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Triple Pray? ‘If He Did Not Say He Must Repeat’ (Shabbos 24a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Crystal Clear As The Waters ‘Speak In The Manner Of One’s Teacher’ (Shabbos 15a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Where Beis Shammai And Beis Hillel Agree ‘One Must Not Sit Before A Barber Near Minchah’ (Shabbos 9b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Lulav, Shofar, Bris “His Hand Is Not At Rest” (Shabbos 3a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Pomp And Circumstance ‘Endeavor to See the King’ (Berachos 58a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
The Lady Of The House ‘One Blesses First On The Wine…’ (Berachos 51)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Shehakol Bread? ‘One Recites A Blessing On The Primary Food’ (Berachos 44a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
A Vicious Cycle ‘Many Different Kinds Were Set Before Him’ (Berachos 41a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
A Two Way Street? ‘Joining Geulah To Tefillah Is Preferable’ (Berachos 30a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
No Cell Phones Please! ‘A Kerchief That One Designated For Storing Tefillin’ (Berachos 23)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
What About Ma’ariv? ‘The Bridegroom Is Exempt From Kerias Shema’ (Berachos 16a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Kerias Shema Twice At Night? ‘When One Reads Shema’ (Berachos 8b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
A Hadran On Shas ‘Tam V’nishlam’ (Niddah 73a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Sorrow And Joy ‘Proclaim Your Troubles So That Your Friends Pray For You’ (Niddah 66a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Self Evident? ‘What Uncleanness Is There In A Nasal Discharge?’ (Niddah 55b- 56a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Soul Food ‘It Comes To Include A Fragrance’ (Niddah 52a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Can’t Have It Both Ways ‘A Minor Who Reaches Maturity’ (Niddah 46a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Rebirth Of Sorts ‘Immersing Contaminated, Emerging Pure’ (Niddah 42a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
The Great Switch ‘These Are The Sons Of Leah’ (Niddah 32)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Lost In Translation ‘A Shesua Is A Creature…’ (Niddah 24a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
A Shabbos Treat ‘Snow Is Neither Food Nor Drink’ (Niddah 17a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Somewhat Lacking ‘A Deaf Woman, An Imbecile…’ (Niddah 13b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Location, Location! ‘Alive Until Determined Otherwise’ (Niddah 4)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Spared Possible Punishment ‘Those Who Are New To The Ketores’ (Tamid 32b-33a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Guarding the Temple Even Today! ‘Kohanim Were Stationed in Three Places’ (Tamid 25b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Kishka ‘Their Consumers Are Not Human!’ (Me’ilah 20b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
A Transfusion, An Element Of Life ‘Blood From A Sanctified Animal Is Forbidden’ (Me’ilah 12)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
When The Service Is Done ‘Once Permitted To Kohanim, Me’ilah Does Not Apply’ (Me’ilah 4b)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
A Bride And Groom On Their Wedding Day ‘Except For The Day After Yom Kippur’ (Kerisos 25a)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Beware Of The Fruit! ‘A Mis’asek Is Excluded’ (Kerisos 19a)
August 28, 2026 
