Chagigah 22 - March 3, Rosh Chodesh Adar 1, 30 Adar 1

Study Guide Chagigah 22

Today’s daf is sponsored by Michelle Lewis in honor of the birth of her first grandchild, Neriya Shlomo. “Mazal tov to his parents Alex and Chen Lewis. May you merit to bring him up to a life of Torah, chuppa and maasim tovim."

Today's daf is sponsored by Manny and Marsha Wasserman in honor of their son Noam, and the birthday of their first grandchild, Talya. “Thank you to my son Noam who encourages me to continue learning to my amazing husband Manny who engages in discussions with me about the day, and to the fabulous team at Hadran who have changed my life. Thank you!” 

There were two reasons given for why one can't immerse a vessel within another vessel. What is the practical difference between them? According to Rava, that the concern is for a vessel that has a very narrow opening, this issue is not a problem if the outer vessel is impure as the purification with then purify whatever is inside as well. According to both Rabbi Ila and Rava, the Gemara tries to figure out why one is allowed to immerse a vessel within another vessel for teruma. One can accept sanctified items from an am haaretz but not teruma. The reason for permitting it is so that one won't create animosity between people. Why is this not relevant for teruma as well? If one can immerse a vessel within a vessel for teruma, why are we not concerned that a chaver will borrow a vessel from an am haaretz and perhaps the am haaretz has seen the chaver who immersed his vessel one within the other and will do the same but will not be aware of the issue of chatziza and it will be impure? The Gemara delves into the laws regarding the outside, handles, etc of the vessel and the reasons for the law.