עיקר א’ השחיטה והנחירה (part one)

The petiha to Dor Revi’i is primarily an extended discourse on 11 basic iqarim — essential concepts, ideas, and principles relating to shehitah and nehirah (the methods by which an animal may be rendered halakhically fit for human consumption) and to the concepts of treifah and neveilah, which are the subject matter of most of…

Welcome to the Dor Revi’i on the Daf Blog

About two years ago, the idea occurred to me to try to make the Dor Revi’i, the classic commentary of my great-grandfather R. Moshe Shmuel Glasner on masekhet Hullin, accessible to those studying the daf yomi when the daf would reach Hullin. That time is now fast approaching. Moshe Shmuel Glasner was the Chief Rabbi of Klausenburg for 44 years…

סדר תזריע

אשה כי תזריע If a woman conceives Leviticus 12:2 R. Simlai said (Leviticus Rabbah 14:1): Even as man was created was after the creation of cattle, beasts and birds, so the laws concerning man come after those concerning cattle, beasts and birds. To explain this midrash, our master repeated the explanation given by the gaon…