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