That has been clear in many ways throughout the Daf Yomi cycle, but never more so than last week, when we finished the brief Tractate
Horayot.
Horayot means "decisions," and the tractate begins by discussing how a court can atone for making an incorrect ruling.
New Commentary by Chaim Hirschensohn on Tractate
Horayot. Jerusalem: Ha'ivri.
(48) Tosefta
Horayot 2:7 asks, "From where do we know that whoever teaches [tannaitic traditions] to his fellow, it is as if he created him...
A member of the Kahal must be an observer of the laws: "[If any person from the] populace unwittingly incurs guilt by doing [any of the things which by the Lord's commandments ought not to be done and he realized his guilt]" (Leviticus, 4:27), except of a "Mumar." Babylonian Talmud, Horayot, 2a.
(20.) Rambam's commentary to the Mishna, Bechorot, 4:3; BT, Horayot, 1:3.
According to the Talmud (Yerushalmi
Horayot, Chapter 3), during his flight from Absalom, David had the status of a civilian rather than a king.
Horayot the fullest exposition of this analysis (1995:53, fn.
Drawing upon a passage in Horayot 10b, Rabbi Hildesheimer concluded that Jewish tradition could in fact countenance the publication of the names of donors and the amounts they had donated if this was in the service of a worthy cause.
The passage in Horayot 10b, which deals with the role played by context and intent as factors to be weighed in assessing the morality of a deed, can be brought to bear on this aspect of tzedakah.
This week, Daf Yomi readers began Tractate
Horayot, the last tractate in Seder Nezikin, the division of the Talmud that deals with civil and criminal law.
An alternate version of the Ya'el-Sisra story is contained in the Talmud (
Horayot 10b, with a parallel in Nazir 23b):
Shimon bar Yohai (Shabbat 33b-34a)"; "Rabbinic Authority and Destruction of Jerusalem (Gittin 55b-56b)"; "Torah, Lineage, and the Academic Hierarchy (
Horayot l3b-14a)"; and "Torah, Gentiles, and Eschatology (Avoda Zara 2a-3b)."