Yoma 88a

יומא פ״ח ע״א

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Topic

Whether נעילה exempts ערבית, טבילה בזמנה מצוה, the meaning of a קרי on יום הכיפורים, and the close of מסכת יומא.

Overview

This last amud of מסכת יומא finishes the question of whether תפילת נעילה exempts a person from ערבית after יום הכיפורים. The גמרא answers that it is a dispute between תנאים, shown by when a בעל קרי may immerse on יום הכיפורים. A second ברייתא seems to flip רבי יוסי's view. The גמרא resolves this: one ruling is for someone who already davened נעילה, the other for someone who has not. This leads to the idea that the רבנן hold טבילה בזמנה מצוה, immersing on time is itself a מצוה. A ברייתא about ה׳'s name written on the skin seems to contradict רבי יוסי's view. The גמרא answers that the ruling against immersing after נעילה belongs to רבי יוסי בר יהודה, who holds 'it is enough to immerse at the end.' The amud then explains the wording of a ברייתא about rubbing before immersion. It closes with אגדה teaching that a קרי on יום הכיפורים is a good sign: forgiveness, עולם הבא, long life and children. A הדרן ends the מסכת.

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The steps (21)

1. ChallengeEnding the challenge: הבדלה must be said in חונן הדעת
2. ResolutionIt is a dispute between תנאים: the general rules of immersion on יום הכיפורים
3. ProofThe בעל קרי case shows the dispute about נעילה
4. ChallengeA second ברייתא reports רבי יוסי's view the opposite way
5. ResolutionResolution: did he already daven נעילה or not?
6. QuestionWhy do the רבנן allow immersion after נעילה?
7. ResponseThe רבנן hold that immersing on time is a מצוה
8. ChallengeA ברייתא about ה׳'s name written on the skin
9. ChallengeTheir dispute is about immersing on time
10. ResolutionThat רבי יוסי is a different person
11. ProofIt is enough to immerse at the end
12. StatementA ברייתא about immersing after קרי on יום הכיפורים
13. ChallengeWhy rub after the immersion is already done?
14. ResolutionRead it as rubbing the evening before
15. StatementA קרי on יום הכיפורים means his sins are forgiven
16. ChallengeAnother ברייתא says his sins are 'lined up'
17. Resolution'Lined up' means lined up to be forgiven
18. StatementWorry all year, but surviving it guarantees עולם הבא
19. Proofרב נחמן בר יצחק shows why it is a good sign
20. Statementרב דימי: a sign of long life and children
21. ConclusionHadran — Closing פרק יום הכיפורים and מסכת יומא