Sukkah 49b Part 2/4

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why does the Gemara compare divrei Torah to a covered thigh? The Gemara says Torah belongs b'seser, quietly. From hatznea leches in Micha, the Gemara teaches that even public mitzvos like a levaya or a chasuna are done quietly, and tzedakah all the more so. Further drashos weigh tzedakah against korbanos and gemilas chasadim against tzedakah.

Key points

• The Gemara compares divrei Torah to a thigh, which stays covered, so Torah belongs b'seser.
• The Gemara reads hatznea leches in Micha as hotzaas hameis and hachnasas kallah.
• Rashi links them through leches, used in Koheles for a beis evel and a beis mishteh.
• The Gemara ranks giving tzedakah above bringing korbanos, and Rashi reads zevach as all korbanos.
• In the Gemara, tzedakah is limited to money and the living, while gemilas chasadim reaches the dead too.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Opening
2. 1:02Chamukei yerechayich and Torah b'seser
3. 2:28The pasuk in Micha
4. 4:51Rashi on hatznea leches
5. 10:17Tzedakah and korbanos
6. 11:55Gemilas chasadim and tzedakah
7. 15:28Three ways chesed surpasses tzedakah
8. 17:35Reviewing the Gemara from the top

Topics

• Tzedakah
• Gemilas Chasadim
• Tznius
• Hachnasas Kallah