Rosh Hashanah 31b Part 1/4

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Which are the nine takanos of Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai? The Mishnah lets edim for kiddush hachodesh go to the place of the gathering rather than to the Rosh Beis Din. The Gemara then counts nine: six in this perek as Rashi lists them, one in the first perek, and the ger's quarter shekel for his pair of birds. The ninth is a machlokes, with Rav Papa tying it to kerem revai and the other view to the strand of red wool.

Key points

• Ameimar limits the Mishnah to edus hachodesh, so witnesses will not stop coming.
• For a debt, Ameimar cites Mishlei: a borrower is a servant to the lender.
• A Gemara elsewhere explains why kohanim go up without shoes: tying a shoe looked suspicious.
• The seventh takana, from the first perek, limits chillul Shabbos for edim to Nisan and Tishrei.
• The Gemara reports Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai abolished the ger's quarter shekel, fearing misuse.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Edim go to the place of gathering
2. 1:24Ameimar, Rav Ashi and the woman
3. 5:51Kohanim going up in sandals
4. 9:01Counting the six takanos with Rashi
5. 12:52The seventh takana from the first perek
6. 14:37A ger's quarter shekel
7. 20:28The ninth takana: a machlokes
8. 24:36Reading the Gemara again

Topics

• Kiddush HaChodesh
• Birchas Kohanim
• Kerem Revai