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'''tractate Megillah''' has four chapters and thirty and a half pages. The tractate deals with the laws of reading the Megillah. | '''tractate Megillah''' has four chapters and thirty and a half pages. The tractate deals with the laws of reading the Megillah. | ||
In this | In this masekhet, it explains that one who holds a Torah scroll without a cover will be buried naked. The Gemara asks, "Could it literally mean naked?" The explanation is that since it's not possible for a spiritual transgression to result in a physical punishment, as burial without clothes would only be a punishment for the body, the punishment must necessarily be spiritual - for the soul. However, even regarding the second answer, the Gemara immediately raises the question "naked without mitzvot?" Because it's not possible that for neglecting one mitzvah one would lose all their mitzvot, the Gemara concludes that the punishment is being buried without that specific mitzvah. | ||
Tosafot are divided on this matter. Some hold that one loses the reward for the mitzvah of holding the Torah scroll. However, the Tosafot authors question this approach, since it's obvious that one won't receive reward when the mitzvah wasn't properly fulfilled, and therefore Tosafot explains that the memory of Torah reading is completely taken from them. | Tosafot are divided on this matter. Some hold that one loses the reward for the mitzvah of holding the Torah scroll. However, the Tosafot authors question this approach, since it's obvious that one won't receive reward when the mitzvah wasn't properly fulfilled, and therefore Tosafot explains that the memory of Torah reading is completely taken from them. | ||
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