בקיאות- פרק יד

א When someone dies, don’t self inflict or pull out hair.

א''ע בנים- after you know that you are ה'’s children and He loves you more than a father no matter what happens, don’t self inflict. Whatever a father does, he does for the good. Even if his children don’t understand, they know it’s from their father who loves them.

אוה''ח בנים אתם- when a person dies, it’s not a loss to the person who died. Know that your child is now in a better place. Your child went back to his father.

רמב''ן בנים אתם לה'- why do we cry? When a loved one is separated, טבע makes them cry, even if they are still alive.

ג You can’t eat מאכלים אסורים because it does something bad to your body and ruins your נפש.

ז A kosher animal needs to both chew its cud and have split hooves.

ט Fish need fins and scales.

יא We know which birds are kosher through מסורה.

ד.ז. יב נשר- a נשר is not an eagle, rather a it’s a gryphon vulture.

רש''י יג הראה ואת האי'- it’s all the same. It’s called ראה because it sees a lot. It’s called by all three names to teach us that no matter what it’s called, you still can’t eat it.

רש''י יג לגר אשר בשעריך- it’s talking about a גר תושב- he doesn’t serve ע''ז, so he can still live in ארץ כנען.

תרומה גדולה given to the כהן was a minimum "1" ⁄"60" of produce.

מעשר ראשון is "1" ⁄"10" . It was given to the לוי in years one through six.

מעשר שני is given in years one, two, four and five. It is given to the בעל. He must take it up to ירושלים and eat it there. If he doesn’t want to eat it there, he could sell it, go up to ירושלים and use the money plus "1" ⁄"5" to buy food in ירושלים.

מעשר עני is given in years three and six. It is "1" ⁄"10" .

רשב''ם כג "כי מציון תצא תורה..."- when you go to ירושלים to eat מעשר שני, you gain יראת ה' from everything you see going on in the בהמ''ק.

ר' יונה מעשר שני encouraged people to sent their sons to learn in א''י because they knew that they would have the money or produce of מעשר שני to live off of.