Today’s daf is sponsored by Dr. Daniel and Sara Berelowitz in honor of the marriage of Shevi Berelowitz to Jacob Namrow today. And by Mendel Rosbi in honor of his wife Chana Shacham-Rosbi on the occasion of her 35th birthday and her becoming a Yoetzet Halacha.
There is a braita to strengthen the opinion that we say shehechiyanu on Shemini Atzeret – there it is written that Shemini Atzeret is different in six ways and the acronym is Pz”r Ksh”v – P-payis– lottery, Z-zman – shehechiyanu, R-regel-holiday, K-karban – sacrifice, S-shir – song and B-bracha. One says Hallel and is required to fulfill the mitzva of simcha, eating sacrificial meat, on all eight days. How do you learn that there is an obligation of simcha even on Shmini Atzeret? What do you do on the seventh day of Sukkot after one has finished eating the last meal? Why? If one has no place inside one’s house to eat and needs the sukkah to eat on Shmini Atzeret, what does on do to make it clear that he/she is not sitting there to observe the mitzva of sitting in a sukkah? What difference is there in this matter between the people of Eretz Yisrael and the people living abroad? How would they do the water libations on Sukkot? From where did they bring the water? How much water did they bring? What route would the kohen take? Where would he pour the water? The one who poured the water would raise his hands because once there was a case where the kohen was a Sadducee and instead of pouring the water on the altar, he poured the water on his feet because the Sadducees claimed that there is no mitzvah of water libations. In response, the people stoned him with etrogs. What would they do differently on Shabbat? The gemara brings up an argument between two heretics whose names were “Sasson” and “Simcha”. Each one brought verses with their name to show that he is better than the other. There is another dialogue between a heretic named Sasson and Rabbi Avahu. In the Temple, the kohanim would always turn to the right except for three instances and one of them is the water libations. Why? According to Rabbi Yehuda, the vessels on the altar into which the water and wine were poured were blackened – why? Why were the holes in the cups where the water and wine were poured of different sizes? Does the mishna that describes it follow the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda or the rabbis? The gemara tells a more detailed version of the story of the Sadducee who poured the water on his feet and tells that on that day the corner of the altar was damaged by the pelting and there fixed it with salt so that an altar would not appear damaged.
