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  • March 29, 2020 11:31 pm at 11:31 pm #1844561
    mobico
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    While this is an art form with an admittedly narrow appeal, I figure that if there is any group out there who would appreciate it then this it is to be found here.

    Daf 21:

    There are things which will not do for wicks,
    Such as underbark wool of some sticks,
    And silk and coarse flax,
    And hair (but not wax),
    And the algae that grows on bored ships.

    Daf 22:

    When preparing your licht from a jerrycan,
    Be sure it’s not oil of pelican.
    For fatal the flaw –
    It’s not quick on the draw.
    But Rav says for Chanukah yes you can.

    Daf 23:

    Nuts and grapes with the right designation
    Are much more than a mere decoration.
    One may not eat these fruits
    When they’re hung up in booths
    Without a precise declaration.

    March 30, 2020 4:37 pm at 4:37 pm #1844944
    motchah11
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    Very nice!

    March 31, 2020 9:44 pm at 9:44 pm #1845494
    mobico
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    Daf 24:

    In Grace After Meals we do mention
    The New Moon and Pesach redemption.
    But Chanukah, see,
    Is Rabbinic decree.
    Or perhaps it deserves publication?

    Daf 25:

    In Gemara, PANCAKES is not
    A sign of thin wafers served hot.
    But invalid pleasure,
    Meat left past the measure,
    And service with careful forethought.

    March 31, 2020 10:15 pm at 10:15 pm #1845554
    Reb Eliezer
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    Can you explain the first part for daf 25?

    April 1, 2020 7:19 am at 7:19 am #1845623
    mobico
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    motchah 11 – Glad you enjoyed!

    Reb Eliezer – Sure! At the bottom of עמוד א, there is a סימן פנק עכ”ס. Rashi and Tosfos have it as one word – סימן פנקעכ”ס.

    April 1, 2020 1:23 pm at 1:23 pm #1845674
    Reb Eliezer
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    cute, look at my chidushim on daf yomi.

    April 1, 2020 1:23 pm at 1:23 pm #1845675
    Reb Eliezer
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    Thanks you made us a mnemonic on the mnemonic. I person nade a knot on a handkerchief to remember something but he needs another knot to remember the reason for the knot and so on.

    April 5, 2020 9:49 pm at 9:49 pm #1847306
    mobico
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    Daf 25 (corrected):

    In Gemara, PANCAKES is not
    A sign of thin wafers served hot.
    But invalid pleasure,
    Meat left past the measure,
    And slaughter with faulty forethought.

    Daf 26:

    A woman condemned, due to hate,
    Her son’s wife to a terrible fate.
    With intent quite unwholesome
    She was smothered in balsam,
    And the fast flying fire found bait.

    Daf 27:

    With Rav Papa’s suggestion dispatched,
    The Gemara comes with strings attached.
    Must the wearer have sight?
    How ’bout what’s worn just at night?
    What if fringe and material matched?

    Daf 28:

    In the desert, the creature we fleeced
    Was the Techash – mysterious beast.
    With a hide most distinct,
    It is now quite extinct,
    And unknown if its flesh was our feast.

    Daf 29:

    Splinters of just broken plates
    On Yom Tov forbiddance creates.
    So when flames surge and swell
    Don’t throw in the nut shell,
    Or the pit of non-cling type of dates.

    Daf 30:

    Which is choicer – livin’ or dyin’?
    One cannot praise G-d past the horizon.
    Yet one’s stature’s improved
    When he’s late and approved.
    But better live dog than dead lion.

    April 6, 2020 11:33 pm at 11:33 pm #1847846
    mobico
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    One Goy yearned for the priesthood most high.
    Oral Law another wished to deny.
    Learning Torah the third
    Wanted perched like a bird!
    Hillel cured the castoffs of Shammai.

    April 8, 2020 5:31 am at 5:31 am #1848270
    mobico
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    Daf 32:

    A vow taken on unfulfilled,
    Time unproductively filled,
    On the corners – no fringe,
    Lack of scroll near the hinge,
    Cause children too young to be killed.

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