Series: YU Undergrad Chabura

Venue: YU Wilf Campus YU Wilf Campus

Gemara:

Megillah,  Menachot,  Sukkah 

Halacha:

Brachot,  Mezuzah,  Tzitzis 

Mishna:

Pesachim 

Yerushalmi:

Megillah 

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Afternoon Halacha be-Iyun Chaburah at YU

References: Menachot: 39A ,  Menachot: 42A ,  Menachot: 42B ,  Menachot: 33A ,  Menachot: 33B ,  Succah: 46A ,  Pesachim: 7B ,  Megilla: 21B  

Description

As the title indicates, another possible explanantion for "techilas shelish ha-elyon" could be hiddur mitzva, akin to tzitzis (Menachos 39a). [See Mois Navon's Threads of Reason where he relates that gemara to the Rule of Thirds and the Golden Mean.]