Yoma 77 - June 27, 17 Tamuz

Study Guide Yoma 77 Today's daf is sponsored by Elisheva Gray in loving memory of her dear husband Ron, z''l, on his tenth yahrzeit. "Grateful for the 25 years we had together. We never took one moment of it for granted and created so many wonderful memories together. Ron was truly a mensch, a gentleman, a wonderful cook and a sage in his own right. I miss him every day, and I know he would be studying the daf right along with me." And by Shelley and Jerry Gornish "in memory of our עז - our beloved and greatly missed grandson, עז וילצ׳יק, whose fifth Yahrzeit was recently commemorated." The gemara explains the verse in Daniel " and I came on account of your words. " And brings a story about the angels Gabriel and Michael and the sequence of events between them and the prophet Daniel based on verses from Ezekiel. The gemara goes back to bringing a third proof that washing is considered affliction from a  verse, "The people are weary and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness" - tired and bathing. How do you prove that it is not a different kind of fatigue? From where do we know that not wearing shows and refraining from sexual relations is affliction? In what circumstances is washing allowed? If one's hands are full of dirt, one can wash them. Washing hands in the morning is allowed because of an evil spirit. It is permissible to go through the water to go to his rabbi or father or to go to a sermon, but is it permissible to return home? Rabbi Yosef questions: How is it permissible to go through the water on a weekday, since there is danger, as seen from verses in Ezekiel describing a river that will come out of the Holy of Holies in the future.