Rephael Cattan

  We are beginning siman 9. The Chayei Adam writes that a small fish which is already in a small area, and a person uses a net to catch it, they are chayav. Although it is already a small area, since the fish is not easily captured, using a net is a melacha deoraysa. Similarly,

  We are beginning siman 8. We raised a question in the previous shiur regarding tzad which takes place in a large area, similar to a bird trapped in a house. Both of these cases are tzad miderabanan. Similarly, trapping a bee in a large area, such as coaxing the bee into a room and

We are beginning the text of siman 7. The Chayei Adam writes that an achbar (which can translate to rat or mouse) is considered b’mino nitzad, because there is a type of achbar which was used for its skin. The Chayei Adam continues, and writes that even though it is not used for its skin

We are continuing in an introduction to siman 7. We learned that there are 5 conditions to create a chiyuv deoraysa for the melacha of tzad. One is that it needs to be a melacha she’tzricha legufa, where the person’s intention is to use the animal rather than to distance the animal. For example, the

    We are continuing in siman 6, discussing the concept of safeik psik reisha. We learned that when the safeik is already in existence, the Shulchan Aruch considers it a davar she’eino miskavein, while the Rema considers it a safeik psik reisha. We mentioned that this question comes up in regards to opening an

      We are continuing in siman 6, discussing the case of closing a box where there might be flies in the box that get trapped inside when it is closed. We learned that the Chayei Adam is looking at this case from the vantage point of psik reisha. Rav Akiva Eiger asks that

  We are continuing in siman 6, discussing the case of closing a box where there might be flies in the box that get trapped inside when it is closed. The Chayei Adam is looking at this case from the vantage point of psik reisha. The question is that if there are flies in the