Rabbi Ike Hanon – Pesahim 55b (Part 4) | Weekday Gemara

Rabbi Ike Hanon hosts classes every day at 6:10 AM at West Deal Shul.Continuing on Pesahim 55b, Rabbi Ike Hanon works through Rashi's cryptic read of the mishna's local-custom rule for finishing work on Erev Pesach. The gemara's three permitted crafts - tailors, barbers, and launderers - each get their logic: a lay person may sew on Chol HaMoed without a shinui, and those returning from jail or overseas may cut hair and launder, so professionals may do the same on Erev Pesach. The shoemaker added for the olei regel fixing their shoes on the way to Yerushalayim sparks a makhloket about stretching a repair leniency into making new shoes. The class closes with a Sukkot idea: of the three desert gifts - the man, the well, and the Ananei HaKavod - why does only the clouds get a holiday? Because Sukkot celebrates the clouds' return after Yom Kippur's forgiveness - Hashem enveloping us in His Shechinah.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -(0:00) Rashi: local custom on Erev Pesach (4:55) The three exceptions (7:20) Haircuts and laundry on Chol HaMoed (10:30) Do the exceptions last all holiday? (11:30) Shoemakers and the oleh regel leniency (14:20) Why a holiday for the clouds?- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Visit: westdealshul.org Sponsorships: west.deal.classes@gmail.com