eruvin 23

trees make an enclosed garden a courtyard.
that make it like a residency.

eruvin 22

the big skulled ones, with faces like ravens, discuss the paths that are too difficult for the public.
demanding and arduous travel has to be private.

eruvin 21

setting limits & boundaries in the physical world for shabbat
v.
the expanses of the world of Torah

(this page contains interpretations of various verses of Song of Songs to apply to the relationship to Torah learning. seems timely as it is Pesach, the festival where we read the Song of Songs. chag samech and shabbat shalom)

eruvin 20

discussion about how much of a cow drinking needs to be in the same domain (whole body or just head and majority of body) as the water gets uncannily repetitive.

eruvin 19

hell & heaven

entrances to Gehenna & Gan Eden

&

partitions that form an entrance and an exit to water. 

eruvin 18

like partitions enclosing a spring, Adam surrounded himself with a belt of fig-leaves. but it didn't stop demons springing from his sperm. perhaps he shouldn't have separated from Eve, and should have followed her instead.

(on this page the type and number of partitions to enclose a well and spring is discussed and quotes R. Yirmeya b. Elazar. The talmud continues to quote various statements from R. Yirmeya. He discuss the the creation of Adam & Eve. and describes that after exile from Eden, out of shame Adam wore a belt of fig-leaves and separated from Eve for 130 years. during that time he 'fathered' demons from his semen. this page also discusses that men should not walk behind their wives...)

eruvin 17

soldiers don't need to: wash hands before eating, pay for kindling or tithe from demai. or make an eruv,

they are within their own domain.

wish you a chag samech. because of the 2 day festivities, will be posting eruvin 18 & 19 together on wed evening. for those who want to count the omer. I will also be doing a drawing a day project to count the omer. see www.omer2013.tumblr.com