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Sotah 17

SOTAH 17 - This Daf has been dedicated in honor of the engagement of Naomi Katz to Yitzchak Kramer.

1) [line 24] 'HEI' D'GABEI D'RIBUYA, RUBUYA HI - The letter "Hei" that is attached to a word that is a Ribuy (an inclusion, i.e. a qualification that enlarges the scope of the law) is also a Ribuy

*2*) [line 26] V'HA LEIS LEI L'REBBI MEIR "MI'CHELAL LAV ATAH SHOME'A HEN" - see Insights

3) [line 26] MI'CHELAL LAV ATAH SHOME'A HEN
(a) From a statement expressing a negative, the counter positive can be implied and vice versa. This is a Halachic concept included in the laws of Tena'im (stipulations). It also applies in other places where speech is needed, such as Nedarim.
(b) This principle is the subject of a Machlokes between Rebbi Meir and Rebbi Yehudah. Rebbi Meir rules that we cannot infer the counter expression from his statement, but rather, it must be explicitly articulated. The Gemara (Shevu'os 36a) discusses whether Rebbi Meir holds that the opposite cannot be inferred only in cases of Mamon (monetary matters) or even in cases of Isur (non-monetary matters).

4) [line 29] UD'ISHAH ADIFA MID'ISH - the fire that consumes the wife is fiercer and consumes sooner

5) [line 30] MITZRAF- the letters 'Alef' and 'Shin' of 'Eish' are together
6) [line 46] "...K'MA'ASEH LIVNAS HA'SAPIR, UCH'ETZEM HA'SHAMAYIM LA'TOHAR." - "...the like of sapphire brickwork and like the very heavens for purity." (Shemos 24:10)

7) [last line] LU'ACH - a wooden tablet
8) [last line] NEYAR - paper

17b---------------------------------------17b

9) [line 1] DIFTERA - a hide that is treated with salt and flour, but not with gall nuts (Afatzim), and that is not split in two

10) [line 2] KUMOS - an ink prepared with the sap/gum of the Acacia tree
11) [line 2] KANKANTUM - (O.F. adrement), vitriol, black ink used by shoemakers
12) [line 10] KI D'CHESIVA - like they are written (i.e. in order)
13) [last line] KASVAH IGERES - if he wrote it like a letter without Shirtut/Sirtut, i.e. without etching or marking lines into the parchment as a guide for writing straight (a requirement when writing more than three words of the Torah)

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