Suka 6a (2)

1– We continued the Sugya of Shiurim. 

From the seven word in the Pasuk  כִּי ה’ אֱלֹהֶיךָ, מְבִיאֲךָ אֶל-אֶרֶץ טוֹבָה: אֶרֶץ, נַחֲלֵי מָיִם–עֲיָנֹת וּתְהֹמֹת, יֹצְאִים בַּבִּקְעָה וּבָהָר. אֶרֶץ חִטָּה וּשְׂעֹרָה, וְגֶפֶן וּתְאֵנָה וְרִמּוֹן; אֶרֶץ-זֵית שֶׁמֶן, וּדְבָשׁ. We derive 7 שיעורים .

Last week we covered חִטָּה וּשְׂעֹרָה. 

2– גֶפֶן. From this we know that the שיעור for wine, grapes, grape skins, pits and grape leaves tht is prohibited to a נזיר is a רביעית. 

We discussed the perplexing question as to why our Gemara does not say that all prohibited liquids are the שיעור of a רביעית. 

So far we found two people that discuss this issue. The גולת עליות, written by הרב דובער ב”ר שמעון ליפשיץ מווייעטקע בספרו גולת עליות על מס’ מקואות  ווארשא, תרמ”ו

He was a grandson the Reb מרדכי, the Alter Rebbe’s brother. 

This interesting ספר is a fundamental explanation on Mishnayos מקוואות. We mentioned him a few times when studying מקוואות. He quotes numerous times the Alter Rebbe and צמח צדק. See here footnote 33. 

The other one is the אבן האזל.  

3– רמון . We will discuss this bl”n next week as it pertains to מקוואות. 

4– חציצה

As the Gemara phrases it, there are 3 types of חציצות. 

1- One that:

a- covers the majority of the body, and 

b- one cares to remove it. רובו ומקפיד. 

Such as a painter that has most of his body covered with paint but he does not appear in public until he removes the paint. 

Such a חציצה is prohibited מן התורה. 

2- Only one of the above. (Not both): 

a- covers the majority of the body and b- one does not care to remove it.

Such as a mechanic that is almost totally covered in grease but he does not clean himself since it will get dirty again tomorrow…. רובו ואינו מקפיד . 

Or

a- covers only part of his body and b- he does care to remove it.

Such as a bit of nail polish on a finger. Small part of the body is covered but no one walks around without removing it. מיעוטו ומקפיד. 

Such a חציצה is prohibited only מדרבנן. 

3- Only part of his body is covered and one is not particular to remove it. 

Like a pen mark on a man’s hand.  מיעוטו ואינו מקפיד. 

Such a חציצה is מותר מדרבנן. 

Nevertheless the מנהג is not to use the מקוה even in such a case. 

6- We discussed the question asked to Reb Chaim and his answer. 

In case 2a above: 

a- covers the majority of the body and b- one does not care to remove it.

We say that it is כשר מן התורה but not a good טבילה מדרבנן 

Once the חכמים prohibited to have any חציצה , meaning that even a bit of nail polish is prohibited, that would automatically cause the person to be מקפיד! 

Therefore it would be like case 1 above: רובו ומקפיד. And in invalid טבילה מן התורה.