October 16

Megila 4:10

The story in the chumash of Reuven [Bereishes 35:22] is read but not translated.

The story in the chumash of Tamar [Bereishes 38] is read but not translated.

The story in the chumash of the golden calf [Shmos 32:1-20] is read and translated. The second pesukim of the golden calf[Shmos 32:24] is read but not translated.

The pesukim of the priestly blessings are not read in public separately. The pesukim of David and Amnon are not even read.

You cannot read for a haftora the vision of the chariots. R’ Yehuda says you can.

R’ Eliezer says you cannot say the haftora ‘hoda es Yerushalyim’ [Yehezkel 16] .

Moed Katan 1:1

Chol Hamoed—There is an argument amongst the rishonim if melacha [work] is prohibited biblically and the torah just gave the chazal the ability to say which ones we can allow or that melacha is only prohibited rabbinically and therefore they can allow whatever they decide.

You are allowed to water an irrigated field as otherwise it would cause a great loss on Chol Hamoed and on Shmitta. This is true whether it is watered from a new spring of water or an old spring and there is no worry that there will be extra work from collapsing walls of the spring.

However, you cannot water the field from a pond or cistern as you would have to use pails and is too much work.

You cannot make ditches around vines as that is extra work and no great loss.