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The verse equated a woman to a man with regard to all punishments and prohibitions in the Torah. The mitzvot of Yom Kippur include prohibitions, as well as the punishment of karet. Why, then, was this additional derivation necessary? Abaye said: Actually, sukka is a halakha transmitted to Moses fro
Rava said a different reason: A halakha transmitted to Moses from Sinai was necessary to teach that a woman is exempt from the mitzva of sukka, as it might enter your mind to say: Derive a verbal analogy with regard to Sukkot, about which it is written: “On the 15th day of this 7th month is the fest
The Talmud asks: And now that you said that women’s exemption from the mitzva of sukka is a halakha transmitted to Moses from Sinai, why do I need the definite article stated in the verse in the term “the homeborn”? The Talmud answers: This verse comes to include converts, as it might enter your mi
The Talmud asks: The obligation of women to fast on Yom Kippur is derived from the statement that Rav Yehuda said that Rav said. In that case, why do I need the definite article in the term: The homeborn? The Talmud answers: That phrase was needed only to include women in the extension of the perio
The Master said in the baraita: “All the homeborn” comes to include the minors capable of performing this mitzva. The Talmud asks: Didn’t we learn in the Mishnah: Women and slaves and minors are exempt from the mitzva of sukka? The Talmud answers: This is not difficult. Here, in the baraita where