Gittin 55b

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

What does the pasuk Ashrei adam mefached tamid refer to? The Gemara answers with the story of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza, through which Yerushalayim was destroyed. We follow the blemished korban, the anivas of Rabbi Zechariah ben Avkulas, Nero's flight and geirus, the siege of Yerushalayim, the biryonim who burned the stores, and the death of Marta bas Baisus.

Key points

• Ashrei adam mefached tamid praises the person always concerned that his actions can lead to trouble.
• Bringing the blemished korban mishum shalom malchus would override an issur d'Oraisa, a big chiddush.
• Rabbi Zechariah ben Avkulas kept the strict halacha out of anivas, misplaced when a stand was needed.
• The mefarshim see midah k'neged midah: Nero spared the light of the world, and Rabbi Meir descended from him.
• The biryonim refused the Chachamim's call for peace and burned the stores of wheat and barley.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Learning these gemaras on Tisha B'Av
2. 0:32The pasuk Ashrei adam mefached tamid
3. 4:07Kamtza and Bar Kamtza at the party
4. 12:29Rabbi Zechariah ben Avkulas objects
5. 14:18The anivas of Rabbi Zechariah ben Avkulas
6. 17:07Nero's arrows and the child's pasuk
7. 24:10The siege and the three wealthy men
8. 31:11The biryonim and making peace
9. 35:10Marta bas Baisus

Topics

• Churban
• Kamtza and bar Kamtza
• Tisha B'Av
• Anivas