Thursday, June 20, 2013

Overview of Masechet Pesachim

Since Daf Yomi is starting Masechet Pesachim on Shabbos, here is an Overview document that some may find useful. You can also download it here, as a pdf, with better formatting. Suggestions welcome!



Perek 1 – אור לארבעה עשר
  • 2a – 14a         Search and Destroy – When, where and how
  • 14a – 21a       Tumah, terumah and kodashim

Perek 2 – כל שעה
  • 21a – 26b       Chametz on Pesach and other Issurei Hanaah
  • 26b – 27b       Zeh v'zeh goreim
  • 27b – 28a       How to destroy chametz
  • 28a – 31b        Status of chamez during and after Pesach
  • 31b – 35a       Eating Terumah inappropriately
  • 35a – 38b       Matzah Qualifications
  • 39a – 39b       Marror Qualifications
  • 39b – 41a, 42a         Avoiding creating chametz on Pesach
  • 41a – 42a       Roasting the Korban Pesach

Perek 3 – ואלו עוברין
  • 42a – 46a       Types of chametz, including various mixtures
  • 46a – 48b       Baking on Yom Tov and on Pesach, and related issues
  • 49a                Destroying chametz on the 14th of Nisan
  • 49a – 50a       Extended aggadata: Am ha'Aretz, Talmid Chacham, Olam haBa

Perek 4 – מקום שנהגו
  • 50a – 50b       Erev Pesach, Erev Shabbos and Erev Yom Tov
  • 50b – 53a       Following local psak and minhag
  • 53a – 53b       Roast on Pesach night
  • 53b – 54b       The flame of Havdalah; Aggadata
  • 54b – 55a       Melachah on Tishah b'Av; Acting as a Talmid Chacham does
  • 55a – 55b       Melachah on Erev Pesach
  • 55b – 57b       The people of Yericho and the Chachamim

Perek 5 – תמיד נשחט
  • 58a – 59b       Timing of the avodah on the 14th of Nisan
  • 59b – 63a       A Korban Pesach processed with improper intent
  • 63a – 64a       A Korban Pesach processed while one possesses chametz
  • 64a – 65b       The procedure for bringing the Korban Pesach in the Beit haMikdash

Perek 6 – אלו דברים
  • 65b – 69b       Overriding Shabbat and tumah for the Korban Pesach
  • 69b – 71b       The korban chagigah brought with the Korban Pesach
  • 71b – 73b       A Korban Pesach processed improperly [on Shabbat]

Perek 7 – כיצד צולין
  • 74a – 75b       Roasting the Korban Pesach
  • 75b – 76b       Halachot of absorption
  • 76b – 83a       Tumah and Korbanot; Tumah of a Tzibbur and Korban Pesach
  • 83a – 84a       Burning the remains of the Korban Pesach
  • 84a – 85a       Bones of the Korban Pesach
  • 85a – 86a       A Korban Pesach which leaves its space
  • 86a – 86b       Chaburot eating the Korban Pesach
Perek 8 – האשה
  • 87a – 88a       Extended Aggadata
  • 88a – 92b       Membership on the Korban Pesach

Perek 9 – מי שהיה
  • 92b – 94b      Who brings a Pesach Sheni?
  • 95a – 95b      Laws of Pesach Sheni
  • 95b – 96a      Bringing the Korban Pesach while tamei
  • 96a – 96b      Differences between the Egyptian Pesach and Ours
  • 96b – 97b      Temurah and Lost Korban Pesach
  • 97b – 99a      Miscellaneous Problems with the Korban Pesach

Perek 10 – ערבי פסחים
  • 99b – 99b, 107b-108a Eating on Erev Pesach, Erev Shabbos and Erev Yom Tov
  • 99b – 107b         Laws of Kiddush and Havdalah
  • 108a                 Leaning and the Four Cups
  • 108b – 109a       Women, the Four Cups, and Simchat Yom Tov
  • 109a – 109b       Shiurim
  • 109b – 114a       Zugot, Sheidim, Hazards and more
  • 114a                 The First Cup
  • 114a – 116a       Karpas, the Kearah, Charoset
  • 116a – 116b       Maggid
  • 116b – 119b       Hallel
  • 119b – 120b       Afikoman, and leftovers of the Korban Pesach
  • 121a – 121b       Berachah on Korban Pesach, and Pidyon haBen

Rambam Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Chametz uMatzah / Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim
  • Perek 1 / Orach Chaim 443 / Prohibitions involving chametz   
  • Perakim 2-3 / Orach Chaim 431-439, 444-446 / Mitzvah of destroying chametz
  • Perek 4 / Orach Chaim 440-441, 449-450 / Chametz of a non-Jew
  • Perakim 4-5 / Orach Chaim 442, 447-448 / Chametz mixtures
  • Perek 5 / Orach Chaim 451-452 / Chametz kelim       
  • Perek 6 / Orach Chaim 453-467, 471 / Eating matzah
  • Perakim 7-8 / Orach Chaim 472-486 / Mitzvot of the Seder     
  • Note: Laws of the Korban Pesach are discussed in Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Korban Pesach

Useful Summaries found in a standard Masechet Pesachim
  • סדר והלכות קרבן פסח       Printed on 57b
  • פסקי הלכות פסח שני        Printed on 99a
  • הלכות פסחים בקצרה        Printed at the end of the Rosh
  • הא לך הסדר בקצרה          Printed in the Mordechai after the fourth perek
  • סדר של פסח                  Printed in the Mordechai to Pesachim 114a

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