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since he can interpose between himself and the graves and go and eat the food that comprises the eiruv without contracting ritual impurity.
Talmud: R' Yoḥanan said: One may not learn from general statements, i.e., when a general statement is made in a Mishnah using the word all, it is not to be understood as an all-inclusive, general statement without exceptions. This is true even in a place where it says the word except. Even in tha
The Talmud notes: From the fact that R' Yoḥanan said: Even in a place where it says except, this proves by inference that he was not relating to the general statement made here in the Mishnah, which uses the word except. To which Mishnah, then, was he relating when he formulated his principle?
The Talmud answers: He was relating to a Mishnah found there: With regard to all time-bound, positive commandments, i.e., mitzvot that can only be performed at a certain time of the day, or during the day rather than at night, or on certain days of the year, men are obligated to perform them and w
Is it a general principle that women are exempt from all time-bound, positive commandments without exception? But there is the commandment to eat matza on Passover, the commandment of rejoicing on a Festival, and the commandment of assembly in the Temple courtyard once every 7 years during the festi