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25) [line 36] AVADIM PETURIN MIN HA'SUKAH (MITZVAS ASEH SHE'LO HA'ZEMAN GERAMA / MITZVAS ASEH SHEHA'ZEMAN GERAMA)
(a) Mitzvos that must be performed at a specific time, such as of the day (e.g. daytime only, such as Tzitzis) or year (e.g. Sukah, Lulav, and Shofar) are called Mitzvos Aseh sheha'Zman Geramah. Women are exempt from these Mitzvos, with the exception of Kidush on Friday night, Matzah on Pesach night, the Korban Pesach, Hakhel, and Simchah on Pesach, Shavu'os and Sukos.
(b) Nochri slaves owned by a Jew are obligated to fulfill Mitzvos as a woman is (with a few exceptions, such as Bris Milah). The reason why they are exempt from Mitzvos Aseh sheha'Zman Geramah is that their time is not their own; rather, it belongs to their master.
26) [line 38] LEFI DARKEINU - along the way (i.e., even though the intention of his statement was not to teach these rulings)
27) [line 39] V'HA LEIKA ASARAH! - but [the bed] is not ten Tefachim [above the ground, in which case the area underneath it is therefore not an Ohel]! (see Daf 4b)
28a) [line 41] CHOR SHE'CHARERUHU MAYIM - a cavity hollowed out by [flowing] water [that form a covered space with the dimension of at least one cubic Amah]
b) [line 41] SHERATZIM - rodents [such as weasels or moles]
c) [line 42] SHE'ACHALATU MALACHAS - that it was formed through saline corrosion
d) [line 42] MIDVACH AVANIM - building stones piled in rows [that form a space with the dimension of at least one cubic Amah]
e) [line 43] SAVAR SHEL KOROS - a stack of beams [that form a covered space with the dimension of at least one cubic Amah]
29) [line 43] MA'AHIL AL HA'TUM'AH - see Background to 18:12
30) [line 44] ASUY BI'YEDEI ADAM - built [and intended as such] by man
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