Brachos 20-Women and Time Bound Mitzvos, Is Thinking Equivalent to Reciting, Birchas Hamazon, Ezra - a podcast by Eran Netkin

1. Why miracles occurred for earlier generations
Earlier generations merited seeing miracles that later generations—despite their superiority in
breadth and mastery of Torah—did not, because the earlier generations were moser nefesh
(sacrificed themselves) for kiddush Hashem (to sanctify G-d’s name).
Example: Rav Adda bar Ahavah tore an inappropriate garment off a woman walking in the street
because he thought she was Jewish.
2. A woman’s obligation to recite birkas hamazon
Is the obligation for women to recite birkas hamazon Biblical or Rabbinic? The practical
difference would be whether they can recite birkas hamazon on behalf of men, who are
Biblically obligated.
3. Ezra’s takanah modeled after Har Sinai
Ezra’s takanah (decree) requires a baal keri (one who experiences a seminal discharge) to
immerse in a mikveh in order to speak words of Torah and to daven. The takanah was modeled
on the events at Har Sinai, where immersion was required for the recitation of words of Torah.
Thinking Torah thoughts without immersion is permitted.
Siman – Coffee
A woman drinking coffee in a café and was about to bentch, when a Rabbi ran in and knocked the
immodest headpiece off her head which landed in a mikveh that was in front of a model of Har Sinai.

Further episodes of Daf Highlights

Further podcasts by Eran Netkin

Website of Eran Netkin