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Saying Goodbye to Daily Daf Differently from 2023-02-08T11:00:24
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay acknowledges with regret the end of one of the most important shows on the Network Daily Daf Differently. After explaining the ins and outs ...
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Nazir, Daf 15: Negotiating Commitment from 2023-02-07T11:00:22
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz looks at Masechet Nazir, Daf 15. What do we do when the values between two of our commitments conflict? To view the te...
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Nazir, Daf 14: Fulfilling Two Promises At Once from 2023-02-06T11:00:19
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz looks at Masechet Nazir, Daf 14. In today’s episode we ask how can a person fulfill two obligations at the same ...
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Nazir, Daf 13: The Bargaining Nazir from 2023-02-05T11:00:16
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz looks at Masechet Nazir, Daf 13. What is the obligation to fulfill a Nazir’s vow, if it was made in a moment of ...
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Nazir, Daf 12 from 2023-02-04T11:00:13
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz looks at Masechet Nazir, Daf 12. A meditation on the limits of language and knowledge when we depend on others. To vie...
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Nazir, Daf 11 from 2023-02-03T11:00:12
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz looks at Masechet Nazir, Daf 11. When someone makes a vow in order to prevent others from forcing them into an action,...
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Nazir, Daf 10 from 2023-02-02T11:00:35
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz looks at Masechet Nazir, Daf 10. What are the limits of frustration as an explanation for extreme statements? If a per...
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Nazir, Daf 9 from 2023-02-01T11:00:31
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz looks at Masechet Nazir, Daf 9. Can an individual modify the Nazarite vow to fit their personal preferences? We will l...
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Nazir, Daf 8 from 2023-01-31T11:00:29
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Joe Rosenstein looks at Masechet Nazir, Daf 8. Yesterday’s daf focused on the implications of the person’s vow on the length of hi...
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Nazir, Daf 7 from 2023-01-30T11:00:24
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Joe Rosenstein looks at Masechet Nazir, Daf 7. Although Chapter 1 of Tractate Nazir has led us in many interesting directions, we have to reme...
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Nazir, Daf 6 from 2023-01-29T11:00:22
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Joe Rosenstein looks at Masechet Nazir, Daf 6. The ceremony at the end of the nazir’s term is called “hitgalachat” because t...
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Nazir, Daf 5 from 2023-01-28T11:00:20
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Joe Rosenstein looks at Masechet Nazir, Daf 5. Today’s daf is focused on a Mishnah that states that if a person vows to be a nazir witho...
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Nazir, Daf 4 from 2023-01-27T11:00:17
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Joe Rosenstein looks at Masechet Nazir, Daf 4. Today’s daf focuses on a vow to be a nazir like Samson and a vow to be a nazir for life; neithe...
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Nazir, Daf 3 from 2023-01-26T11:00:16
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Joe Rosenstein looks at Masechet Nazir, Daf 3. Following up on a question in the previous daf, this episode discusses the question of why the ...
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Nazir, Daf 2 from 2023-01-25T11:00:13
The first chapter of Tractate Nazir focuses on the implications of the actual statement made by a person on whether and for how long he or she becomes a nazir. We begin today’s episode, dealing wi...
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Nedarim, Daf 91 from 2023-01-24T11:00:36
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Nedarim, Daf 91. Hadran Alach Masechet Nedarim! We will return to you, Tractate Nedarim! We give thanks t...
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Nedarim, Daf 90 from 2023-01-23T11:00:34
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Nedarim, Daf 90. To a modern eye, the rabbis seem to have some blind spots when it comes to women and to ...
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Nedarim, Daf 89 from 2023-01-22T11:00:55
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Nedarim, Daf 89. The rabbis understood that the vows we make that damage our most intimate relationships ...
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Nedarim, Daf 79 from 2023-01-12T11:00:31
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Nedarim, Daf 79. Today we focus on the categories of vows that a husband may annul. To view the tex...
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Nedarim, Daf 78 from 2023-01-11T11:00:28
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Nedarim, Daf 78. This daf shares some reflections on what God does on God’s own and what peop...
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Nedarim, Daf 77 from 2023-01-10T11:00:25
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Nedarim, Daf 77. Today we ask what the grounds are for a sage to nullify vows? Are vows serious bus...
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Nedarim, Daf 76 from 2023-01-09T11:00:23
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Nedarim, Daf 76. This podcast episode focuses on the intersection of laws about vows and the restri...
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Nedarim, Daf 75 from 2023-01-08T11:00:19
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Nedarim, Daf 75. A husband may annul his wife’s religious vows when he hears of them. Can he ...
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Nedarim, Daf 46 from 2022-12-10T11:00:56
In this episode, Rabbis Daniel and Hillary Chorny delve into the complex mishnah that began on the previous amud. This mishnah features several scenarios over which the chachamim ...
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Nedarim, Daf 45 from 2022-12-09T11:00:53
In this episode, Rabbis Daniel and Hillary Chorny conclude the fourth chapter of Nedarim and begin the fifth chapter, which is concerned with the implications of mutual vows on two partners who sha...
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Nedarim, Daf 44 from 2022-12-08T11:00:51
In this episode, Rabbi Daniel Chorny delves into the fundamental disagreement between Rabbi Yosi and the chachamim in answering the question: when does a renunciation of ownership (hef...
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Nedarim, Daf 43 from 2022-12-07T11:00:49
In this episode, Rabbi Daniel Chorny explores the limits, challenges, and relationship between one who vows that his fellow may not enjoy any of his property, and the one who is subject to the rest...
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Nedarim, Daf 42 from 2022-12-06T11:00:47
In this episode, Rabbis Daniel and Hillary Chorny explore the effectiveness of vows made before and during the sh'mita year. The daf begins with the fifth mishnah of chapter four of Nedarim.
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Nedarim, Daf 41 from 2022-12-05T11:00:44
On this page, continuing the theme of the mitzvah of bikkur holim, we focus on three statements today. One regarding the relationship between forgiveness and healing. One regarding how illness can...
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Nedarim, Daf 40 from 2022-12-04T11:00:43
In this episode we take a break from some nitty-gritty material regarding vows and promises, and learn about the great mitzvah of visiting the sick, reminding us that when we choose to make ourselv...
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Nedarim, Daf 11 from 2022-11-05T10:00:22
Some notes on variations in Talmudic manuscripts and how they relate to our daf -- where we see a strange phrase that doesn’t seem to fit and indeed isn’t found in other manuscripts.
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Nedarim, Daf 10 from 2022-11-04T10:00:12
Are all nazirim sinners? And why seem some of the rabbis convinced that anyone who does take the oath of nazirut is indeed a sinner? What is Judaisms relationship to self-imposed stringencies?
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Nedarim, Daf 9 from 2022-11-03T10:00:08
We look at the difference between nedavot and nedarim, we learn about the "oath of the wicked" and the "oath of righteous" and why the first one is valid and the latter is not.
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Nedarim, Daf 8 from 2022-11-02T10:00:06
Can you swear an oath to fulfill a mitzah? And what happens if you fail to fulfill it -- would you have to bring a sin offering? How can you even swear to fulfill something for which you are obliga...
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Nedarim, Daf 7 from 2022-11-01T10:00:03
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Nedarim, Daf 7. Certain transgressions bring the punishment of “nidui” — excommunication....
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Nedarim, Daf 6 from 2022-10-31T10:00
Is a partial declaration, a "yad" valid in the case of kiddushin? There are all kinds of misunderstandings that can happen as some of the sages will point out. And what are some other examples wher...
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Nedarim, Daf 5 from 2022-10-30T10:00:55
What becomes forbidden and what remains permitted in a vow? What effect has a vow that is in some sort “shortened” in the way it was articulated -- a "yad b'nedarim". Is such a "yad" valid or not?
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Nedarim, Daf 4 from 2022-10-29T10:00:53
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Nedarim, Daf 4. By letting us know how certain vows can be understood, specifically or generally, distinc...
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Nedarim, Daf 3 from 2022-10-28T10:00:51
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Nedarim, Daf 3. On this page we address the differences between “equivalent terms” and “...
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Nedarim, Daf 2 from 2022-10-27T10:00:57
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Nedarim, Daf 2. Nedarim kicks off a discussion about different types of vows and their consequences. Here...
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Ketubot, Daf 112 from 2022-10-26T11:00:23
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 112. We follow a sage who feels impelled to come to live inIsrael. But is he doing the r...
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Ketubot, Daf 111 from 2022-10-25T11:00:23
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 111. We are supposed to yearn for life in the land of Israel. Yet some would argue that ...
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Ketubot, Daf 110 from 2022-10-24T11:00:23
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 110. How shrewd does one have to be in order to protect one’s rights, in order to get ju...
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Ketubot, Daf 109 from 2022-10-23T11:00:24
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 109. We explore a number of situations in which people find themselves in difficulty. Ho...
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Ketubot, Daf 108 from 2022-10-22T11:00:07
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 108. When is a favor not a favor? How do we measure a benefit that one derives from the ...
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Ketubot, Daf 107 from 2022-10-21T11:00:07
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 107. What assumptions can we make about a person who does not tell us what in on their m...
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Ketubot, Daf 106 from 2022-10-20T11:00:07
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 106. We continue to examine the issue of bribery. We learn of the many problems caused b...
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Ketubot, Daf 105 from 2022-10-19T11:00:07
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 105. We learn of early arrangements of judiciary authorities from Temple times, arrangem...
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Ketubot, Daf 104 from 2022-10-18T11:00:07
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 104. We examine a heart-wrenching story about the death of Rabbi Judah the Patriarch. Th...
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Ketubot, Daf 103 from 2022-10-17T11:00:07
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 103. What was the real sin of the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah? What are the benefi...
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Ketubot, Daf 102 from 2022-10-16T11:00:08
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 102. The new chapter raises questions about undertaking and meeting one’s obligati...
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Ketubot, Daf 101 from 2022-10-15T11:00:08
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 101. The discussion examines various scenarios of terminated marriages. In what ways do ...
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Ketubot, Daf 79 from 2022-09-23T11:00:08
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 79. Real estate is often considered to be the best investment, and it certainly functions th...
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Ketubot, Daf 78 from 2022-09-22T11:00:08
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 78. Today we begin Chapter 8 of Ketubot, HaIsha Shenafla, which addresses cases in which a w...
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Ketubot, Daf 77 from 2022-09-21T11:00:08
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 77. Settle in for an expanded presentation of a very rich daf. Enough about the blemishes of...
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Ketubot, Daf 76 from 2022-09-20T11:00:08
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 76. The feminist critique of kiddushin is that it is ultimately about treating women as chat...
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Ketubot, Daf 75 from 2022-09-19T11:00:09
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 75. Who is more eager to be married—a man or a woman? In the world of the sages, the answer ...
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Ketubot, Daf 74 from 2022-09-18T11:00:09
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 74. Who has more power, a lawyer or a doctor? How do men feel about sending their wives to c...
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Ketubot, Daf 73 from 2022-09-17T11:00:09
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 73. Our chapter deals with unpleasant surprises after the wedding. First with things the hus...
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Ketubot, Daf 72 from 2022-09-16T11:00:09
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 72. Do we bury the dead for them or for us? While we often teach that taking care of the dea...
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Ketubot, Daf 71 from 2022-09-15T11:00:09
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 71. In the middle of the discussion on vows made between husband and wife, and all the poten...
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Ketubot, Daf 70 from 2022-09-14T11:00:10
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 70. A husband may vow not to support his wife for 30 days, but only if he gets a steward to ...
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Ketubot, Daf 69 from 2022-09-13T11:00:10
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 69. When is it okay to refer to someone as “chaver?” Certainly not when the R...
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Ketubot, Daf 68 from 2022-09-12T11:00
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 68. Of course, the Gemara recognizes, it’s not ideal to give Tzedakah to a swindler wh...
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Ketubot, Daf 67 from 2022-09-11T11:00:01
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 67. When it comes to Tzedakah, some of the needy may be used to a more comfortable style of ...
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Ketubot, Daf 66 from 2022-09-10T11:00:01
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 66. What happens when an argument can’t be resolved in the Talmud? “Teiku”...
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Ketubot, Daf 65 from 2022-09-09T11:00:01
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 65. Is wine good for women? Today the Sages discuss whether wine might sexually arouse...
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Ketubot, Daf 63 from 2022-09-07T11:00:01
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 63. This episode focuses on the story of Rabbi Akiva, the married monk, and the Talmud...
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Ketubot, Daf 62 from 2022-09-06T11:00:01
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 62. Today’s episode focuses on the required regular sex in marriage, and subtle ...
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Ketubot, Daf 61 from 2022-09-05T11:00:01
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 61. In this episode we ask about the economic arrangements surrounding nursing, and sh...
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Ketubot, Daf 60 from 2022-09-04T11:00:02
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 60. Today we ask the question “How long should nursing continue? Is breast milk ...
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Ketubot, Daf 59 from 2022-09-03T11:00:02
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 59. Today we focus on the economic contributions women made to ancient households. The...
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Ketubot, Daf 58 from 2022-09-02T11:00:02
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 58. Chapter One of a complicated issue: the financial responsibilities and rights of a married ...
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Ketubot, Daf 57 from 2022-09-01T11:00:02
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 57. How much time does a couple get to plan a wedding? What’s involved? What happens if i...
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Ketubot, Daf 56 from 2022-08-31T11:00:02
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 56. How does the Talmud handle an apparent contradiction between statements of the same sage? H...
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Ketubot, Daf 55 from 2022-08-30T11:00:03
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 55. How does the Talmud go about determining what view a specific sage holds in a dispute betwe...
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Ketubot, Daf 54 from 2022-08-29T11:00:03
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 54. As we begin a new chapter, we will clarify the stages of getting married, whether the amoun...
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Ketubot, Daf 53 from 2022-08-28T11:00:03
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 53. Women have certain business rights regarding their ketubbah. Let’s look at a couple o...
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Ketubot, Daf 52 from 2022-08-27T11:00:03
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 52. Today we will look at one more court-mandated stipulation for a marriage contract, and unde...
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Ketubot, Daf 51 from 2022-08-26T11:00:03
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 51. Ketubot 51 discusses a deep-seated tension over whether rape should lead to dissolution of...
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Ketubot, Daf 50 from 2022-08-25T11:00:03
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 50. Ketubot 50 discusses educational expectations – when should children start to be educated ...
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Ketubot, Daf 49 from 2022-08-24T11:00:04
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 49. Ketubot 49 discusses the economic obligations of parents towards children, and how to bala...
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Ketubot, Daf 48 from 2022-08-23T11:00:05
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 48. Ketubot 48 discusses the obligation of a husband to pay for his wife’s burial, invol...
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Ketubot, Daf 47 from 2022-08-22T11:00:05
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 47. Ketubot 47 discusses support obligations of husbands toward wives, sets up the economic fr...
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Ketubot, Daf 46 from 2022-08-21T11:00:05
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 46. Ketubot 46 features a fascinating debate about reading the Torah “literally” o...
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Ketubot, Daf 45 from 2022-08-20T11:00:06
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 45. Ketubot 45 continues the discussion of motzi shem ra, opening up the possibility of false ...
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Ketubot, Daf 44 from 2022-08-19T11:00:06
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 44. Ketubot 44 discusses whether orphaned young women receive the same treatment as other youn...
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Ketubot, Daf 43 from 2022-08-18T11:00:06
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 43. Ketubot 43 examines the emotional relationship to orphaned daughters and widows and the le...
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Ketubot, Daf 42 from 2022-08-17T11:00:06
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 42. Ketubot 42 further discusses the nature of fines, whether they are about deterrent or puni...
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Ketubot, Daf 41 from 2022-08-16T11:00:06
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 41. Ketubot 41 discusses whether someone who confesses to a crime has to pay a fine, revealing...
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Ketubot, Daf 40 from 2022-08-15T11:00:06
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 40. Ketubot 40 discusses when positive commandments override negative commandments and when th...
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Ketubot, Daf 39 from 2022-08-14T11:00:07
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 39. Ketubot 39 discusses rape and how to punish it legally. The opening and closing music for ...
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Ketubot, Daf 38 from 2022-08-13T11:00:07
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 38. Ketubot 38 discusses exegetical consistency and maintaining two conflicting versions of a ...
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Ketubot, Daf 37 from 2022-08-12T11:00:07
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 37. Ketubot 37 provides an opportunity to discuss the Talmud’s principle of Scriptural o...
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Ketubot, Daf 36 from 2022-08-11T11:00:07
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 36. Ketubot 36 contains a fascinating and troubling discussion of whether kidnapped women are ...
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Ketubot, Daf 35 from 2022-08-10T11:00:07
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 35. This daf discusses whether serious crimes committed accidentally, that result in property ...
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Ketubot, Daf 34 from 2022-08-09T11:00:08
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 34. Today’s episode continues with the topic of the collision of different punishments, moneta...
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Ketubot, Daf 33 from 2022-08-08T11:00:08
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 33. Today’s episode tries to figure out the Biblical basis for why monetary compensation for v...
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Ketubot, Daf 32 from 2022-08-07T11:00:08
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 32. This daf discusses, among other things, how we know whether to choose monetary fines or la...
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Ketubot, Daf 31 from 2022-08-06T11:00:08
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 31. This daf discusses, among other things, how to think about whether two violations of diffe...
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Ketubot, Daf 30 from 2022-08-05T11:00:08
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 30. Conclusion of discussion about the difference of opinion between a woman who can become...
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Ketubot, Daf 29 from 2022-08-04T11:00:09
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 29. Beginning of Chapter 3. The monetary penalty for sleeping with na’arot, women bet...
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Ketubot, Daf 28 from 2022-08-03T11:00:09
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 28. End of Chapter 2. Restrictions on where a man may live after divorcing his wife. Restri...
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Ketubot, Daf 27 from 2022-08-02T11:00:09
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 27. Exploration of when a captive woman or captive women may be returned to their husbands....
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Ketubot, Daf 26 from 2022-08-01T11:00:10
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 26. Conclusion of the long sugya on indirect testimony. Consideration of when eating t̵...
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Ketubot, Daf 25 from 2022-07-31T11:00:10
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 25. Continuation of sugya on when we can presume a Kohen is a Kohen based on his participat...
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Ketubot, Daf 24 from 2022-07-30T11:00:10
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 24. The principle of שהפה שאסר ה•...
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Ketubot, Daf 23 from 2022-07-29T11:00:10
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Carl Perkins looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 23. Two women return from captivity. What are the legal consequences when one of them testif...
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Ketubot, Daf 22 from 2022-07-28T11:00:11
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Carl Perkins looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 22. Another example of “the mouth that confined is the mouth that permits.” Also...
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Ketubot, Daf 21 from 2022-07-27T11:00:11
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Carl Perkins looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 21. Sometimes, you can learn important lessons when people say the most obvious things. Also...
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Ketubot, Daf 20 from 2022-07-26T11:00:11
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Carl Perkins looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 20. The dangers of refreshing a witness’s recollection. Also, when a witness confirms ...
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Ketubot, Daf 19 from 2022-07-25T11:00:11
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Carl Perkins looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 19. The principle of “the mouth that confines is the mouth that releases.” Also,...
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Ketubot, Daf 18 from 2022-07-24T11:00:11
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Carl Perkins looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 18. In order to make use of a ketubah or other note to recover funds, it must first be authe...
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Ketubot, Daf 17 from 2022-07-23T11:00:12
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Carl Perkins looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 17. How honest should we be when asked to describe a bride at her wedding? How indeed should...
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Ketubot, Daf 16 from 2022-07-22T10:00:12
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Carl Perkins looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 16. Is a marriage an expression of love between two people, or is it a business transaction?...
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Ketubot, Daf 15 from 2022-07-21T11:00:12
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 15. If we are not sure what happened in a given case, should we legally assume that what most l...
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Ketubot, Daf 14 from 2022-07-20T11:00:12
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 14. The second part of this chapter is largely about how does a legal system deal with cases of...
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Ketubot, Daf 13 from 2022-07-19T11:00:12
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 13. The mishnah says that the woman was seen “talking” with a certain man and yet i...
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Ketubot, Daf 12 from 2022-07-18T11:00:13
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 12. The mishnah seems to allude that in Judea husbands may have had sex with their betrothed wi...
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Ketubot, Daf 11 from 2022-07-17T10:00:13
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 11. This daf discusses the conversion of a minor. In Second Temple and in tannaitic times conve...
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Ketubot, Daf 10 from 2022-07-16T10:00:37
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 10. There are six stories on this daf about men who come in front of rabbis with a virginity cl...
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Ketubot, Daf 9 from 2022-07-15T11:00:38
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 9. R. Elazar says that a man who claims to have found his virgin wife’s “opening, o...
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Ketubot, Daf 8 from 2022-07-14T11:00:38
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 8. On this daf the “blessing of the mourners” is discussed. These were blessings re...
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Ketubot, Daf 7 from 2022-07-13T11:00:38
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 7. Betrothal and then marriage: When were the two conflated into one ceremony? We will also dis...
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Ketubot, Daf 6 from 2022-07-12T10:00:38
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 6. Sex with/for a female virgin on Shabbat: Permitted or not? The opening and closing music for...
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Ketubot, Daf 5 from 2022-07-11T11:00:38
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 5. Why is it is so important that the first sex occurs right before the court sits? Why the urg...
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Ketubot, Daf 4 from 2022-07-10T11:00:39
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 4. This daf is about mourning that occurs during the week of marriage. Specifically we will add...
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Ketubot, Daf 3 from 2022-07-09T10:00:39
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 3. Among the topics we will cover today is the folklore concerning the so-called “Right o...
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Ketubot, Daf 2 from 2022-07-08T11:00:39
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 2. Today we will introduce the topic of Virginity Claims and especially the difference between ...
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Yevamot, Daf 122 from 2022-07-07T11:00:15
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 122. We can trace, in the positions of Rabbi Akiva, the evolution and expansion of types of...
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Yevamot, Daf 121 from 2022-07-06T14:00:15
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 121. If someone falls into the water, under what you assume that they drowned? Even some of...
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Yevamot, Daf 120 from 2022-07-05T14:00:16
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 120. I was suprised to find out that CSI- Crime Scene Investigation, is still on. Our sages...
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Yevamot, Daf 119 from 2022-07-04T14:00:16
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 119. When do you use circumstantial evidence to decide that an unlikely possibility is actu...
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Yevamot, Daf 118 from 2022-07-03T14:00:16
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 118. It’s Schrodinger’s husband- one wife says he’s alive, the other says he’s dead. Why wo...
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Yevamot, Daf 117 from 2022-07-02T14:00:16
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 117. How suspicious should we be of someone’s motivations based on the questions they ask, ...
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Yevamot, Daf 116 from 2022-07-01T14:00:16
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 116. What kind of argument would a husband and wife have that would make a woman’s tes...
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Yevamot, Daf 115 from 2022-06-30T14:00:17
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 115. When is a woman’s testimony to be believed? Our daf today questions the specific ...
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Yevamot, Daf 114 from 2022-06-29T14:00:17
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 114. Must we prevent a Jewish child from eating treif? Where is the line between not holding...
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Yevamot, Daf 113 from 2022-06-28T14:00:17
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 113. The rabbis offer different approaches for different categories of individuals, doing th...
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Yevamot, Daf 112 from 2022-06-27T14:00:18
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 112. The Talmud offers a record of society’s attitudes in the ancient world. In today&...
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Yevamot, Daf 111 from 2022-06-26T14:00:18
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 111. If a woman vowed not to receive any benefit from her brother-in-law, would this vow pro...
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Yevamot, Daf 110 from 2022-06-25T23:39:18
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 110. The ancient world of the rabbis sounds like it was a dangerous place for women. Perhaps...
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Yevamot, Daf 109 from 2022-06-24T23:39:18
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Esther Israel looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 109. The G’mara is about rambly on this page, ending up with a bunch of recommended practic...
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Yevamot, Daf 108 from 2022-06-23T14:00:18
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Esther Israel looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 108. Having explored yesterday the questions when – and under what circumstances – a ...
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Yevamot, Daf 107 from 2022-06-22T14:00:18
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Esther Israel looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 107. With דף ק”ז , 107, we begin a new chapter of the Mishna and G’mara; Yevamot chap...
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Yevamot, Daf 106 from 2022-06-21T14:00:52
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Esther Israel looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 106. What if the court feels they must resort to extreme measures to procure a halitsah for a cas...
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Yevamot, Daf 105 from 2022-06-20T14:00:52
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Esther Israel looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 105. Today we will discuss the ability of a minor girl to perform Halitsah, and who has interests...
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Yevamot, Daf 104 from 2022-06-19T14:00:52
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Esther Israel looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 104. The Halitsah ceremony involves three main components: The removal of the man’s shoe, h...
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Yevamot, Daf 103 from 2022-06-18T14:00:52
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Esther Israel looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 103. Today we’ll learn a barraita and the g’mara’s discussion of it, in which w...
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Yevamot, Daf 94 from 2022-06-09T14:00:52
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 94. Although in most cases Jewish law demands two witnesses, with respect to marital l...
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Yevamot, Daf 93 from 2022-06-08T14:00:53
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 93. Can you buy and sell something that doesn’t exist? Or do you have to hold it to se...
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Yevamot, Daf 92 from 2022-06-07T14:00:53
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 92. What happens when the court makes a mistake? Must the parties to the case suffer i...
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Yevamot, Daf 91 from 2022-06-06T14:00:53
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 91. The Mishna and early post-Mishnaic authorities ruled somewhat leniently, permittin...
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Yevamot, Daf 90 from 2022-06-05T14:00:53
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 90. We continue our discussion of whether the Sages have the power to “uproot a ...
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Yevamot, Daf 89 from 2022-06-04T14:00:53
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 89. The Talmud’s sad story of a woman who remarries, mistakenly believing her hu...
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Yevamot, Daf 88 from 2022-06-03T14:00:53
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Josh Buchin looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 88. A plug for people to buy and read The Story Of My Wife, by Milan Fust. Also, what happens...
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Yevamot, Daf 87 from 2022-06-02T14:00:53
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Josh Buchin looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 87. A woman who returns to her Priestly family can once again eat Teruma. This is a great exa...
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Yevamot, Daf 86 from 2022-06-01T14:00:54
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Josh Buchin looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 86. We’ve inherited a Prophetic tradition that asks us to be better and to make the wor...
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Yevamot, Daf 85 from 2022-05-31T14:00:54
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Josh Buchin looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 85. Who can priests marry? Who can anyone marry, for that matter? The Gemara weighs in on com...
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Yevamot, Daf 84 from 2022-05-30T14:00:54
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Josh Buchin looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 84. Is it possible for the Mishnah or the Gemara to ever be completely comprehensive? Any act...
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Yevamot, Daf 83 from 2022-05-29T14:00:54
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Josh Buchin looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 83. Everything belongs to God. Agriculture laws, duties towards neighbors, and accepting God&...
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Yevamot, Daf 82 from 2022-05-28T14:00:54
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Josh Buchin looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 82. Is Torah still relevant? Terumah, Seder Olam, and problematic mixtures. The opening and c...
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Yevamot, Daf 67 from 2022-05-13T14:00:54
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 67. Is a fetus enough of a person to own something? Or enough of a person to impart a ...
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Yevamot, Daf 66 from 2022-05-12T14:00:54
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 66. Husbands have two different kinds of property obligations regarding their wives pr...
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Yevamot, Daf 65 from 2022-05-11T14:00:55
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 65. Are women obligated to “be fruitful and multiply?” The opening and closing music f...
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Yevamot, Daf 64 from 2022-05-10T14:00:30
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 64. What happens if a couple cannot have children? Should they stick it out, even if t...
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Yevamot, Daf 63 from 2022-05-09T14:00:30
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 63. Today the Sages expound the idea that full human life requires marriage, not celib...
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Yevamot, Daf 62 from 2022-05-08T14:00:31
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 62. Today we study the commandment to procreate. Can you ever have enough children? Or...
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Yevamot, Daf 61 from 2022-05-07T14:00:31
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 61. Today we learn one of the Talmud’s ugliest teachings: are only Jews really h...
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Yevamot, Daf 55 from 2022-05-01T14:00:31
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Mordechai Silverstein looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 55. In today’s episode we ask “does every action really count?” T...
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Yevamot, Daf 54 from 2022-04-30T14:00:31
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Mordechai Silverstein looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 54. Today we ask do unintentional actions count for anything? The opening and closi...
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Yevamot, Daf 53 from 2022-04-29T14:00:31
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 53. Is a second get needed once a halitza was performed and then the Yibum does ma’amar?...
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Yevamot, Daf 52 from 2022-04-28T14:00:31
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 52. The proper way of acquisition is “betrothal” and then one may have intercourse...
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Yevamot, Daf 51 from 2022-04-27T14:00:32
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 51. Two yevamot that fall to one levir – which are the forbidden relationships resulting from ...
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Yevamot, Daf 50 from 2022-04-26T14:00:32
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 50. We will discuss various aspects of the validity of a get, a divorce document in connection...
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Yevamot, Daf 49 from 2022-04-25T14:00:32
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 49. This daf discusses the very difficult topic of a mamzer: “A mamzer shall not enter t...
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Yevamot, Daf 48 from 2022-04-24T14:00:32
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 48. Once a person has converted, even if he regrets and returns to his old faith or converts t...
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Yevamot, Daf 47 from 2022-04-23T14:00:32
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 47. If someone comes from far away and claims that he converted – is he believed or not ...
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Yevamot, Daf 41 from 2022-04-17T14:00:32
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Chava Evans looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 41. Today we ask how do the Ramban and the Rashba differ in their understanding of the mishnah at t...
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Yevamot, Daf 40 from 2022-04-16T14:00:32
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Chava Evans looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 40. In what sense in yibum a mitzvah? In which we encounter a scrambled baraisa and two opinions on...
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Yevamot, Daf 33 from 2022-04-09T14:00:33
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Ezra Balser looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 33. In today’s daf we will continue the sugya we started to learn yesterday about Rabbi Yosi’s posi...
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Yevamot, Daf 32 from 2022-04-08T14:00:33
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Ezra Balser looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 32. In today’s daf, we will be discussing R. Yosi’s philosophy on criminal sentencing, ...
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Daily Daf Differently On a Short Hiatus from 2022-04-02T11:00:18
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, JCast Network Executive Producer and Executive Director shares that the DDD will be on hiatus for the next week as episodes for this week of p...
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Yevamot, Daf 25 from 2022-04-01T14:00:33
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 25. Just how strict should society be about rumors of adultery? Should society worry m...
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Yevamot, Daf 24 from 2022-03-31T14:00:33
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 24. What kind of motives should Judaism demand from conversion candidates? Must a new ...
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Yevamot, Daf 23 from 2022-03-30T14:00:23
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 23. Why does traditional Jewish law hold that Judaism is passed through the mother? On...
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Yevamot, Daf 22 from 2022-03-29T14:00:23
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 22. When a gentile chooses to become a Jew, what is the halakhic status of his or her ...
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Yevamot, Daf 21 from 2022-03-28T14:00:23
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 21. How Rabbenu Tam cancelled a misbegotten wedding in 12th century Provence. And the ...
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Yevamot, Daf 20 from 2022-03-27T14:00:23
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 20. Today’s tale: “The Curious Case of the Virgin Widow, or What Happens W...
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Yevamot, Daf 19 from 2022-03-26T14:00:23
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 19. Today’s episode explores if a levirate marriage is like a regular marriage, in tha...
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Yevamot, Daf 18 from 2022-03-25T14:00:23
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 18. This page brings a new mishnah, which mimics the one provided on 17a, but with one alter...
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Yevamot, Daf 17 from 2022-03-24T14:00:24
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 17. This time our rabbis discuss that even though the marriage between a Jew and and idolatr...
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Yevamot, Daf 16 from 2022-03-23T14:00:24
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 16. The Jew in the Pew. The Gemara eventually leads to a conversation regarding accepting co...
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Yevamot, Daf 15 from 2022-03-22T14:00:24
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 15. Today we try to determine if Hillel and Shammai actually followed their own rulings. The...
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Yevamot, Daf 14 from 2022-03-21T14:00:24
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 14. Today we continue with the idea of “Lo Titgodedu” which means to “don’...
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Yevamot, Daf 13 from 2022-03-20T14:00:24
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 13. Today includes a new Mishnah that is discussed that addresses different women one whose ...
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Yevamot, Daf 12 from 2022-03-19T14:00:25
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 12. This episode continues it’s debate over which of the 15 women originally listed in...
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Yevamot, Daf 11 from 2022-03-18T14:00:25
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Ezra Balser looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 11. Today we will be looking at and discussing the phrase “אין מקרא יוצאמידי פשוטו” that...
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Yevamot, Daf 10 from 2022-03-17T14:00:25
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Miri Fenton looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 10. This daf is in the middle of a long sugiyah that deals with halachic limit cases of Levirate mar...
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Yevamot, Daf 9 from 2022-03-16T14:00:25
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Esther Israel looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 9. In today’s learning we’ll be tasting the way the sages picked up on Biblical hints ...
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Yevamot, Daf 8 from 2022-03-15T14:00:25
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Levy looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 8. Today we look at the dangers of religion. Rabbi Levy considers why he needs to be taught not ...
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Yevamot, Daf 7 from 2022-03-14T14:00:25
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Gail Diamond looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 7. In this podcast, Rabbi Gail Diamond talks about how this difficult first sugya of Yevamot ...
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Yevamot, Daf 6 from 2022-03-13T14:00:26
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Daniel S. Kaiman looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 6. This episode (and daf) is still dealing with whether a positive mitzvah can override a...
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Yevamot, Daf 5 from 2022-03-12T15:00:26
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Daniel S. Kaiman looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 5. Today we continue the exploration of if a positive mitzvah can override a negative pro...
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Yevamot, Daf 4 from 2022-03-11T12:00:56
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Jeremy Tabick looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 4. Too much emphasis is placed too often in the study of midrash on the literary methods our sages...
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Yevamot, Daf 3 from 2022-03-10T12:00:55
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Avi Killip looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 3. In this daf, Abba Shaul give us his opinion of two biblical rituals: “Yibum” and...
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Yevamot, Daf 2 from 2022-03-09T12:00:55
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Avi Killip looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 2. Today we begin Seder Nashim with Tractate Yemavot. The opening and closing music for this po...
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Chagigah, Daf 27 from 2022-03-08T12:00:58
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 27. Today we end the massekhet with the conclusion of sugya about the basis for the altars ...
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Chagigah, Daf 26 from 2022-03-07T12:00:56
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 26. Today we have additinal sugyot about who and where one can rely on claims of ritual pur...
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Chagigah, Daf 25 from 2022-03-06T12:00:49
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 25. Today’s episode includes more sugyot about the relationship between chaverim and ...
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Chagigah, Daf 24 from 2022-03-05T12:00:46
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 24. This episode includes the remaining talmudic discussion on the last few of the 11 rabbi...
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Chagigah, Daf 23 from 2022-03-04T12:00:44
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 23. Today we will explore how an actual event shapes purity law regarding carrying midras a...
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Chagigah, Daf 22 from 2022-03-03T12:00:42
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 22. This episode begins with the conclusion of discussion of the difference between Rava an...
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Chagigah, Daf 21 from 2022-03-02T12:00:39
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 21. This episode begins with the conclusion of mishnah from previous daf. Discussion of how...
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Chagigah, Daf 20 from 2022-03-01T12:00:37
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 20. We ask “can hullin, which is treated as if it were qodesh, become like qodesh and...
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Chagigah, Daf 19 from 2022-02-28T12:00:54
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 19. Today we ask “is intention necessary for immersion in the miqvah to be effective ...
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Chagigah, Daf 18 from 2022-02-27T12:00:34
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 18. This episodes contains the conclusion of discussion of the derivation of compensation s...
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Chagigah, Daf 17 from 2022-02-26T12:00:05
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 17. Today we focus on a mishnah with disagreement between Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai rega...
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Chagigah, Daf 16 from 2022-02-25T12:00:20
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 16. Today we’ll learn a little bit about Angels and Demons (with apologies to Dan Bro...
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Chagigah, Daf 15 from 2022-02-24T12:00:14
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 15. Rabbi Elisha Ben Abuya is one of the tragic figures of rabbinic literature- he entered ...
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Chagigah, Daf 14 from 2022-02-23T12:00:09
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 14. Four entered the Pardes, the orchard of enlightenment, and only one emerged whole. How ...
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Chagigah, Daf 13 from 2022-02-22T12:00:06
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 13. The sages forbad study of Ma’aseh Merkavah- Ezekiel’s vision of the divine ...
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Chagigah, Daf 12 from 2022-02-21T12:00:04
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 12. Don’t listen to today’s podcast. It’s forbidden by Jewish law. If you must,...
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Chagigah, Daf 11 from 2022-02-20T12:00:46
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 11. You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth! There are areas of knowledge that are t...
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Chagigah, Daf 10 from 2022-02-19T12:00:44
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 10. Some laws are floating in the breeze, some are hanging by a thread! Are all Jewish obse...
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Chagigah, Daf 9 from 2022-02-18T12:00:24
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 9. Qohelet says that “the crooked cannot become straight,” which the Sages under...
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Chagigah, Daf 8 from 2022-02-17T12:00:21
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 8. Vegetarians be warned! The Sages say you can “be happy on your holiday” only ...
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Chagigah, Daf 7 from 2022-02-16T12:00:17
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 7. In tractate Peah we learn that some mitzvot have no fixed measure–any amount is goo...
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Chagigah, Daf 6 from 2022-02-15T12:00:15
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 6. Back in the Mishnah we heard of a debate between the schools of Shammai and Hillel on whi...
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Chagigah, Daf 5 from 2022-02-14T12:00:12
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 5. Continuing the theme of weeping sages, we learn of Rabbi Yohanan’s sorrow that God ...
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Chagigah, Daf 4 from 2022-02-13T12:00:10
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 4. Gender identity and roles are contentious topics in contemporary society, but we assume t...
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Chagigah, Daf 3 from 2022-02-12T12:00:08
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 3. How is a Talmudic page organized? Sometimes the editor explains the Mishnah systematicall...
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Chagigah, Daf 2 from 2022-02-11T12:00:06
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Chagigah Daf 2. We open our study of Tractate Hagigah, the 12th and final volume of Seder Mo’ed, wi...
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Moed Katan, Daf 29 from 2022-02-10T12:00:29
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 29. This short daf completes Tractate Moed Katan. We learn what a person should say when depa...
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Moed Katan, Daf 28 from 2022-02-09T12:00:26
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 28. Is death meaningful? That’s one of the questions this daf asks. What I mean by this...
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Moed Katan, Daf 27 from 2022-02-08T12:00:24
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 27. Burials and funeral can be expensive procedures. They can also be a moment where members ...
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Moed Katan, Daf 26 from 2022-02-07T12:00:38
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 26. Everybody knows that if a Torah falls to the ground people have to fast. Correct? But the...
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Moed Katan, Daf 25 from 2022-02-06T12:00:35
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 25. Today’s rather long daf contains a series of stories of rabbis’ funerals, how...
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Moed Katan, Daf 24 from 2022-02-05T12:00:31
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 24. There are several passages in the tractate about mourning on Shabbat and opinions vary. S...
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Moed Katan, Daf 23 from 2022-02-04T12:00:29
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 23. One issue addressed on this daf is remarriage after the death of close relative. Here we ...
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Moed Katan, Daf 22 from 2022-02-03T12:00:27
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 22. When a parent dies, the mourning practices are more stringent than when another person di...
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Moed Katan, Daf 21 from 2022-02-02T12:00:23
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 21. A mourner is not allowed to study Torah. In today’s Daily Daf we look at some rabbi...
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Moed Katan, Daf 20 from 2022-02-01T12:00:16
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 20. In today’s daf we will explore the history of the halakhah that if one observes onl...
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Moed Katan, Daf 19 from 2022-01-31T12:00:14
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 19. Today we will look at a mishnah which finally gets into the laws of mourning, which are t...
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Moed Katan, Daf 18 from 2022-01-30T12:00:10
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 18. In this daf we explore the fascinating topic of determinism. Is what happens to us determ...
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Moed Katan, Daf 17 from 2022-01-29T12:00:09
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 17. Today we look at a fascinating aggadah concerning a rabbi who seems to have engaged in so...
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Moed Katan, Daf 16 from 2022-01-28T12:00:07
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 16. It is often difficult to use the Bavli to see how Jews/rabbis actually lived their lives ...
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Moed Katan, Daf 15 from 2022-01-27T12:00:04
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 15. This daf lists fourteen practices of mourning, and compares them with laws related a pers...
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Moed Katan, Daf 14 from 2022-01-26T12:00:02
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Kulp looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 14. Today’s daf is the first daf of the third chapter, a chapter which is concerned mos...
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Moed Katan, Daf 13 from 2022-01-25T12:00:13
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 13. Should the sins of the fathers be visited upon the children? Theologically, perhaps, b...
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Moed Katan, Daf 12 from 2022-01-24T12:00:10
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 12. May a non-Jw do work on Shabbat or Yom Tov that is forbidden for a Jew to do? Rabbi Ye...
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Moed Katan, Daf 11 from 2022-01-23T12:00:07
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 11. The concept of “Marit Ayin”– how things look to the eye of the obser...
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Moed Katan, Daf 10 from 2022-01-22T12:00:09
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Sarah Shulman looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 10. In Moed Katan 10 we will study the power of intention in actions during and beyond the fest...
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Moed Katan, Daf 9 from 2022-01-21T12:00:06
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Sarah Shulman looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 9. In Moed Katan 9 we will explore what happened to the people of Israel when they broke Yom Ki...
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Moed Katan, Daf 8 from 2022-01-20T12:00:03
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Sarah Shulman looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 8. In Moed Katan 8 we will explore the essence of simcha and how we mind find joy even in mourn...
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Moed Katan, Daf 7 from 2022-01-19T12:00
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Sarah Shulman looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 7. In Moed Katan 7 we will look at the power of the priest to pronounce the status of someone w...
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Moed Katan, Daf 6 from 2022-01-18T12:00:52
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Sarah Shulman looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 6. In Moed Katan 6 we will study ways we may and may not transfer water during the festival wee...
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Moed Katan, Daf 5 from 2022-01-17T12:00:49
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Sarah Shulman looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 5. In Moed Katan 5 we will look at the responsibility the public has for repairing damaged work...
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Moed Katan, Daf 4 from 2022-01-16T12:00:36
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Sarah Shulman looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 4. In Moed Katan 4 we will be exploring two paradigms: a) the distinction between taking care o...
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Moed Katan, Daf 3 from 2022-01-15T12:00:07
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 3. Is it possible that Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel would plan to have their rulings overt...
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Moed Katan, Daf 2 from 2022-01-14T12:00:29
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 2. The rabbis send important messages in the proof texts they choose for even the simplest...
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Megillah, Daf 32 from 2022-01-13T12:00:45
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 32. That’s how we roll! Fittingly, the Tractate comes to an end with a discussion in pa...
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Megillah, Daf 31 from 2022-01-12T12:00:44
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 31. Blessings, curses, and Who Wrote these Verses? In the time of the Gemara there was ...
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Megillah, Daf 30 from 2022-01-11T12:00:41
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 30. Remember, then act. The ritual question of whether Parashat Zachor comes before or ...
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Megillah, Daf 29 from 2022-01-10T12:00:40
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 29. Measuring the Divine presence. We are used to thinking of G*d as everywhere at all ...
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Megillah, Daf 28 from 2022-01-09T12:00:26
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 28. Whose honor is greater? We will see how the hierarchy shifts from the honor due to ...
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Megillah, Daf 27 from 2022-01-08T12:00:32
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 27. Can a synagogue be made into a beit midrash or vice versa? This is the discussion between ...
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Megillah, Daf 26 from 2022-01-07T12:00:29
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 26. Ma’alin bekadosh v’lo moridin – one may increase in holiness but not decrease....
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Megillah, Daf 25 from 2022-01-06T12:00:27
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 25. Everything is in Heaven except fear of heaven – the quote from Rabbi Hanina and how the re...
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Megillah, Daf 24 from 2022-01-05T12:00:24
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 24. The mishna explains to us the minimum amount of verses that can be read in any aliyah and ...
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Megillah, Daf 23 from 2022-01-04T12:00:23
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 23. We will briefly revisit the discussion of whether a woman may receive an aliyah and also s...
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Megillah, Daf 22 from 2022-01-03T12:00:21
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 22. Whether or not people need to go to work decides how many aliyot are read on days that are...
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Megillah, Daf 21 from 2022-01-02T12:00:18
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 21. Today we learn about the weekly torah reading cycle: Monday, Thursday, Shabbat and also wh...
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Megillah, Daf 20 from 2022-01-01T12:00:24
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Carl Perkins looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 20. On this page we examine the question: When does day begin? Is it sunrise, or is it when ...
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Megillah, Daf 19 from 2021-12-31T12:00:16
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Carl Perkins looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 19. On this page we explore the tension between uniformity and variety in religious practice...
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Megillah, Daf 18 from 2021-12-30T12:00:13
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Carl Perkins looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 18. There are two related issues raised on this page: language and memory. The Hebrew langua...
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Megillah, Daf 17 from 2021-12-29T12:00:11
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Carl Perkins looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 17. With this page, we begin chapter 2 of Megillah, which focuses on how the megillah is sup...
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Megillah, Daf 16 from 2021-12-28T12:00:08
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Carl Perkins looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 16. This page is filled with interesting midrashic explanations of curiosities in the text o...
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Megillah, Daf 15 from 2021-12-27T12:00:06
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Carl Perkins looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 15. The Talmud is an associative work, and this page of Talmud illustrates this. On the page...
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Megillah, Daf 14 from 2021-12-26T12:00:03
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Carl Perkins looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 14. Page 14 of Megillah continues a discussion (that can be found in the previous few pages)...
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Megillah, Daf 13 from 2021-12-25T12:00:44
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Levy looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 13. Today’s podcast asks two questions. What’s in a name? What is her name? The opening a...
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Megillah, Daf 12 from 2021-12-24T12:00:42
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Levy looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 12. In this episode we look at Realpolitik at the start of Megillat Esther. The opening and clo...
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Megillah, Daf 11 from 2021-12-23T12:00:39
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Levy looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 11. Today we ask the questions “What is the theological back-story to Megillat Esther?...
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Megillah, Daf 10 from 2021-12-22T12:00:37
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Levy looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 10. The focus today is on the making of offerings outside Jerusalem. The opening and closing mu...
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Megillah, Daf 9 from 2021-12-21T12:00:32
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Levy looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 9. On today’s daf we focus on the question of whether a Torah scroll may be written in En...
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Megillah, Daf 8 from 2021-12-20T12:00:30
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Levy looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 8. Today we will focus on the binding nature of vows. The opening and closing music for this po...
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Megillah, Daf 7 from 2021-12-19T12:00:05
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Levy looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 7. In this episode we explore Esther’s quest for permanence. The opening and closing music for ...
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Megillah, Daf 6 from 2021-12-18T12:00:36
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Mordechai Silverstein looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 6. Should a person confront a wicked person when fate is shining on them? In this e...
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Megillah, Daf 5 from 2021-12-17T12:00:43
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Mordechai Silverstein looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 5. Today we ask the question “Why do they read Megillah in the city of Tiberi...
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Megillah, Daf 4 from 2021-12-16T12:00:57
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Mordechai Silverstein looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 4. Today we explore why we read the Megillah both day and night? The opening and cl...
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Megillah, Daf 3 from 2021-12-15T12:00:55
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Mordechai Silverstein looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 3. In this episode, we focus on the battle between sacrifices and the study of tora...
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Megilah, Daf 2 from 2021-12-14T12:00:53
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Mordechai Silverstein looks at Masechet Megilah Daf 2. What does the first Mishnah of Megillah tell us about the Mishnah, authority and ...
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Taanit, Daf 31 from 2021-12-13T12:00:26
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 31. Tu B’av: A Jewish Sadie Hawkin’s Day, a day of great joy. The opening and closing...
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Taanit, Daf 30 from 2021-12-12T12:00:23
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 30. A comparative look at the laws of personal mourning and the laws of Tisha B’av. The ope...
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Taanit, Daf 29 from 2021-12-11T12:00:53
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 29. Discussion of the prohibitions against haircuts and laundry during the week in which Tisha B&...
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Taanit, Daf 28 from 2021-12-10T12:00:16
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 28. Analysis of the five causes of mourning and fasting on 17 Tammuz. The opening and closing mus...
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Taanit, Daf 27 from 2021-12-09T12:00:17
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 27. How does the biblical quotation in the Mishnah prove its point? And, what were the Israelites...
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Taanit, Daf 26 from 2021-12-08T12:00:16
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 26. How is the Jewish community represented in relation to the communal daily sacrifices being of...
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Taanit, Daf 25 from 2021-12-07T12:00:14
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 25. When does fasting for rain end, and who deserves the credit when the rain actually comes? The...
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Taanit, Daf 24 from 2021-12-06T12:00:12
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 24. Whose fault is it when a communal leader fails to achieve the desired result, the leader̵...
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Taanit, Daf 23 from 2021-12-05T12:00:35
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 23. What does Honi HaMe’agel mean? And are there limits to the acceptable behavior of a pr...
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Taanit, Daf 22 from 2021-12-04T12:00:54
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Avi Strausberg looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 22. In today’s episode, we’ll continue to explore what it means to be holy and more sp...
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Taanit, Daf 21 from 2021-12-03T12:00:53
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Avi Strausberg looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 21. In today’s episode, we’ll meet the righteous man Nachum Ish Gam Zo, a great rabbi ...
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Taanit, Daf 20 from 2021-12-02T12:00:04
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Avi Strausberg looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 20. In today’s episode, we’ll learn the classic aggadic story of Rabbi Elazar’s ...
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Taanit, Daf 19 from 2021-12-01T12:00:02
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Avi Strausberg looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 19. In today’s episode, we learn the famous aggada of Honi the Circle-Maker who stands befor...
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Taanit, Daf 18 from 2021-11-30T12:00
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Avi Strausberg looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 18. In today’s episode, we’ll learn about Megillat Taanit, the scroll that details 35 ...
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Taanit, Daf 17 from 2021-11-29T12:00:56
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Avi Strausberg looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 17. In today’s episode, we explore why Cohanim were forbidden to drink in the days of the Te...
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Taanit, Daf 16 from 2021-11-28T12:00:29
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Avi Strausberg looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 16. In today’s episode, we’ll delve into the ritual fasts that a community takes upon ...
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Taanit, Daf 15 from 2021-11-27T12:00:17
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 15. The fast day Amidah used to include 6 additional blessings (24 instead of the usual 18) W...
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Taanit, Daf 14 from 2021-11-26T12:00:14
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 14. Is any kind of prayer or supplication beneath our dignity? Does it matter whether we pray...
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Taanit, Daf 13 from 2021-11-25T12:00:11
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 13. In some cultures, people would bathe once a week, whether or not they needed it! Bathing ...
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Taanit, Daf 12 from 2021-11-24T12:00:09
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 12. How fast can you fast? 25 hours? Is 12 hours enough? How about 6.5? Fasting a “half...
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Taanit, Daf 11 from 2021-11-23T12:00:07
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 11. Is fasting a good thing or a bad thing? Is it rude to eat or enjoy one’s self while other...
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Taanit, Daf 10 from 2021-11-22T12:00:22
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 10. Most prayer books have a cryptic reference to beginning new prayers for rain around Decem...
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Taanit, Daf 9 from 2021-11-21T12:00:20
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 9. On this daf, we ask the question of whether blessings can come to a whole community on the...
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Taanit, Daf 8 from 2021-11-20T12:00:18
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Aaron Alexander looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 8. Wholeness in Prayer – The rabbis explore the difference between communal and indiv...
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Taanit, Daf 7 from 2021-11-19T12:00:15
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Aaron Alexander looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 7. The Singularity of Rain and the double-edged sword of Torah. See how the rabbis have alw...
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Taanit, Daf 6 from 2021-11-18T12:00:12
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Aaron Alexander looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 6. Is there an appropriate and powerful way to offer a personal blessing after a meaningful...
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Taanit, Daf 5 from 2021-11-17T15:00:58
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Aaron Alexander looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 5. Is it possible for God to be both here and not here, there and not there? Let’s ex...
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Taanit, Daf 4 from 2021-11-16T15:00:57
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Aaron Alexander looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 4. Students, Fire and Swords – What are the pitfalls of Torah Study? Opportunities? T...
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Taanit, Daf 3 from 2021-11-15T12:00:48
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Aaron Alexander looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 3. What’s in a name? An obscure question with no practical utility asks us to reflect...
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Taanit, Daf 2 from 2021-11-14T11:00:38
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Aaron Alexander looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 2. The opening Mishnah and subsequent questions offered straightaway in this tratcate uncov...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 35 from 2021-11-13T12:00:05
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Joe Rosenstein looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 35. Before considering the question discussed on the brief Daf 35, we review what has been s...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 34 from 2021-11-12T12:00:05
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Joe Rosenstein looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 34. Daf 34 discusses the questions of when the shofar is actually blown on Rosh Hashanah, wh...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 33 from 2021-11-11T12:00:05
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Joe Rosenstein looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 33. Before looking at Daf 34, we complete the discussion of a Mishnah on Daf 33 that states ...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 32 from 2021-11-10T12:00:32
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Joe Rosenstein looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 32. Daf 32 returns to the discussion of Rosh Hashanah. We focus on a Mishnah that discusses ...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 31 from 2021-11-09T12:00:04
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Joe Rosenstein looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 31. Daf 31 continues the discussion of the changes made by Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai after t...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 30 from 2021-11-08T12:00:04
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Joe Rosenstein looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 30. Daf 30 continues the discussion of the changes made by Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai after t...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 29 from 2021-11-07T12:00:32
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Joe Rosenstein looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 29. Chapter 4 of Masechet Rosh Hashana begins on Daf 29 and its focus is on the shofar and t...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 28 from 2021-11-06T11:00:07
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Steve Kane looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 28. What if you ate matzah on Pesach, but didn’t do it to fulfill the mitzvah? What ...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 27 from 2021-11-05T11:00:07
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Steve Kane looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 27. When two people speak at once, can we truly hear either? What if God were to speak two...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 26 from 2021-11-04T11:00:06
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Steve Kane looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 26. On this page we examine the question as to why a cow’s horn cannot be used as a ...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 25 from 2021-11-03T11:00:06
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Steve Kane looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 25. The page begins with one of the most famous stories of rabbinic authority. There is a ...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 24 from 2021-11-02T11:00:06
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Steve Kane looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 24. After discussing what kind of questions one asks witnesses about Rosh Hodesh, we look ...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 23 from 2021-11-01T11:00:06
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Steve Kane looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 23. The Gemarah compares one who learns and teaches Torah to the hadas (myrtle) tree in th...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 22 from 2021-10-31T11:00:06
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Steve Kane looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 22. We discuss on this page the question of why certain individuals or groups are unreliab...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 21 from 2021-10-30T11:00:49
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 21. We only keep one day of Yom Kippur because it would be too much of a burden on the com...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 20 from 2021-10-29T11:00:15
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 20. “Maleh” and “chaser” months and is it necessary to desecrate S...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 19 from 2021-10-28T11:00:48
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 19. Megilat Ta’anit and whether it is still valid after the destruction of the Beit ...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 18 from 2021-10-27T11:00:48
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 18. The story of Beluria the convert who asked Rabban Gamliel a question regarding a legal...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 17 from 2021-10-26T11:00:48
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 17. We learn about the three groups of people that are judged on the final Yom Din: comple...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 16 from 2021-10-25T11:00:48
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 16. The four occasions on which judgment is passed on the world and the beginning of the d...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 15 from 2021-10-24T11:00:47
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 15. The new year of trees and what determines it? The tithing cycle and how it is determin...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 14 from 2021-10-23T11:00:58
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 14. Is consistency a requirement for a religious legal system? Today’s daf addresse...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 13 from 2021-10-22T11:00:58
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 13. Today’s daf addresses a number of issues relating to the Sabbatical Year. One i...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 12 from 2021-10-21T11:00:58
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 12. Have you ever looked up at the stars and wondered what lies beyond all of those...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 11 from 2021-10-20T11:00:57
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 11. On today’s daf we go read a detailed list of special dates within Jewish ...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 10 from 2021-10-19T11:00:57
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 10. I hope that you enjoyed the concept that we are obligated to add to the holy ti...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 9 from 2021-10-18T11:00:19
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 9. Listen to today’s daf in order to learn how a discussion of the starting point f...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 8 from 2021-10-17T11:00:19
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 8. Tithing a cattle? Who would have thought. Well, Masekhet Rosh Hashana is very in...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 7 from 2021-10-16T11:00:40
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbbi Daniel Goldfarb looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 7. A rabbinic statement adding “months, leap-years and, some say, housing rent...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 6 from 2021-10-15T11:00:40
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Daniel Goldfarb looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 6. A statement by one rabbi that Charity pledges should be paid immediately, and not ...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 5 from 2021-10-14T11:00:40
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Daniel Goldfarb looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 5. A statement by one rabbi that Charity pledges should be paid immediately, and not ...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 4 from 2021-10-13T11:00:40
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Daniel Goldfarb looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 4. We will study the Talmud’s difficulty with a “Rosh Hashana for the Fes...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 3 from 2021-10-12T11:00:40
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Daniel Goldfarb looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 3. We will look at the first few words of the opening Mishna of the tractate, regardi...
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Rosh Hashana, Daf 2 from 2021-10-11T11:00:20
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Daniel Goldfarb looks at Masechet Rosh Hashana Daf 2. For the opening page of this tractate we will look at some of the unique aspects o...
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Beitza, Daf 40 from 2021-10-10T11:00:59
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 40. Enjoying the sacred time of the festival is influenced by the spaces we inhabit. How f...
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Beitza, Daf 39 from 2021-10-09T11:00:29
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 39. We examine the use of materials on festivals that may be available to many people, eac...
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Beitza, Daf 38 from 2021-10-08T11:00:30
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 38. The concept of “breirah” – do we accept a notion of predestination? ...
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Beitza, Daf 37 from 2021-10-07T11:00:30
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 37. How much leeway do we grant with regard to restrictions on activities during a festiva...
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Beitza, Daf 36 from 2021-10-06T11:00:30
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 36. We examine the relative values of human dignity, property values and the sacred atmosp...
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Beitza, Daf 35 from 2021-10-05T11:00:29
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 35. We explore some legal implications that may follow from the power of sacred time of Sh...
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Beitza, Daf 34 from 2021-10-04T11:00:29
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 34. In order to create a special holiday experience we take into consideration appearances...
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Beitza, Daf 33 from 2021-10-03T11:00:29
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 33. How many ways can wood be put to use? Are they all appropriate for the holiday? What a...
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Beitza, Daf 32 from 2021-10-02T11:00:04
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Simeon Cohen looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 32. This daf recounts some interesting aggadic teachings of Rav Natan bar Abba, including what the n...
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Beitza, Daf 31 from 2021-10-01T11:00:03
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Simeon Cohen looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 31. Can one make a hole in a house on יום טוב? Is the ruling her...
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Beitza, Daf 30 from 2021-09-30T11:00:03
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Simeon Cohen looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 30. Can one carry a vessel on יום טוב? If so, how should one go ...
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Beitza, Daf 29 from 2021-09-29T11:00:03
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Simeon Cohen looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 29. Can one obtain food from a butcher, grocer or shepherd on a Festival? This daf acknowledges that...
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Beitza, Daf 28 from 2021-09-28T11:00:03
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Simeon Cohen looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 28. Can one sharpen a knife on a Festival? If so, what are the stipulations which dictate how the sh...
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Beitza, Daf 27 from 2021-09-27T11:00:03
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Simeon Cohen looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 27. This episode deals with the question of what to do if an animal dies on יום טוב. Can it be cut u...
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Beitza, Daf 26 from 2021-09-26T11:00:03
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Simeon Cohen looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 26. This daf deals with the question of what to do if a first-born animal, a בכו&#...
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Beitza, Daf 25 from 2021-09-25T11:00:53
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 25. What’s the most polite way to drink a cup of wine? The rabbis cared about social man...
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Beitza, Daf 24 from 2021-09-24T11:00:51
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 24. Which is more important: the details of Talmudic debate or the mystical quest for holiness...
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Beitza, Daf 23 from 2021-09-23T11:00:50
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 23. Creating a day that is a taste of eternity takes attention to detail and careful planning....
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Beitza, Daf 22 from 2021-09-22T11:00:45
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 22. The principle of Marit Ayin (for the sake of appearance) has its origins in Talmudic think...
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Beitza, Daf 21 from 2021-09-21T11:00:42
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 21. Look! A raven! Even the greatest rabbis are not above using any tactic to avoid an unwante...
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Beitza, Daf 20 from 2021-09-20T11:00:42
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 20. In trying to understand the debate between Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel from yesterdayR...
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Beitza, Daf 19 from 2021-09-19T11:00:40
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 19. Which is more central to the Chag, the celebration with family and friends or the connecti...
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Beitza, Daf 18 from 2021-09-18T11:00:37
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 18. “I been out riding fences, for so long now.” Unbeknownst to many, that classic...
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Beitza, Daf 17 from 2021-09-17T11:00:35
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 17. Which holiness is most holy: the people of Israel, Shabbat, or perhaps the Festivals? A se...
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Beitza, Daf 16 from 2021-09-16T11:00:33
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 16. How much can we count on God’s blessing? Should we follow Shammai the Elder and set ...
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Beitza, Daf 15 from 2021-09-15T11:00:30
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 15. Do our lives belong to God, to us, or can the life we live be divided between the two? Thi...
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Beitza, Daf 14 from 2021-09-14T11:00:28
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 14. How do we create community when the rules we follow may differ from those of our neighbors...
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Beitza, Daf 13 from 2021-09-13T11:00:26
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 13. Is it ever okay to estimate? Or do we always need precision when fulfilling the commandmen...
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Beitza, Daf 12 from 2021-09-12T11:00:24
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 12. How much of a distinction do we make between Shabbat and Festivals? Does the permission gi...
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Beitza, Daf 11 from 2021-09-11T11:00:46
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ben Kramer looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 11. Yet even more dovecotes – and two more principals of rabbinic jurisprudence: majority ...
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Beitza, Daf 10 from 2021-09-10T11:00:41
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ben Kramer looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 10. More dovecotes — and another principal of rabbinic jurisprudence: bereirah, the abilit...
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Beitza, Daf 9 from 2021-09-09T11:00:38
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ben Kramer looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 9. Dovecotes, ladders and the importance of avoiding the appearance of wrongdoing. The opening a...
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Beitza, Daf 8 from 2021-09-08T11:00:37
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ben Kramer looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 8. What happens when a positive commandment and a negative commandment devolve upon the same per...
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Beitza, Daf 7 from 2021-09-07T11:00:33
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ben Kramer looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 7. A digression into the laws of buying and selling, where we learn that, in determining the val...
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Beitza, Daf 6 from 2021-09-06T11:00:31
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ben Kramer looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 6. What happens when someone dies on Yom Tov, when burial is forbidden? How do we balance the va...
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Beitza, Daf 5 from 2021-09-05T11:00:29
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ben Kramer looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 5. A discussion of the permissibility of an egg laid on Yom Tov leads to an even more important ...
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Beitza, Daf 4 from 2021-09-04T11:00:26
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 4. The Sages who lived in Babylonia kept two days of holidays, as diaspora Jews have don...
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Beitza, Daf 3 from 2021-09-03T11:00:24
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 3. Today we consider the Sages’ approaches to rabbinic versus biblical legislation...
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Beitza, Daf 2 from 2021-09-02T11:00:21
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Beitza Daf 2. We begin the tractate known by its first word “Beitza” or “egg,R...
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Sukkah, Daf 56 from 2021-09-01T11:00:44
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 56. We conclude the tractate with the story of one priestly clan’s apostasy during...
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Sukkah, Daf 55 from 2021-08-31T11:00:41
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 55. Today we review some liturgical “history” of the psalms recited in the T...
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Sukkah, Daf 54 from 2021-08-30T11:00:39
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 54. If you have two mitzvah-opportunities before you, something special and something pr...
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Sukkah, Daf 53 from 2021-08-29T11:00:37
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 53. Today’s page contains rich and mysterious lore about the divine name and primo...
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Sukkah, Daf 52 from 2021-08-28T11:00:33
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 52. One of the talmud’s classic stories about sexual self-control. When the Babylon...
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Sukkah, Daf 51 from 2021-08-27T11:00:32
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 51. What does true celebration look like? And what is the original textual basis for the ...
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Sukkah, Daf 50 from 2021-08-26T11:00:30
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 50. What is the right balance between vocal music and instrumental music? What was “...
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Sukkah, Daf 49 from 2021-08-25T11:00:27
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 49. The Talmud’s classic discussion on the important question: What’s better: Tzeda...
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Sukkah, Daf 48 from 2021-08-24T11:00:24
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 48. Why would the ritual of Nisuch Ha-Mayim (water libations) become a flash point for di...
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Sukkah, Daf 47 from 2021-08-23T11:00:23
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 47. What is the holiday of Shmini Atzeret? What makes it different from the rest of Sukko...
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Sukkah, Daf 46 from 2021-08-22T11:00:19
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 46. What are the blessings for dwelling in the sukkah, for using the lulav and etrog, and...
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Sukkah, Daf 45 from 2021-08-21T11:00:20
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Miriam-Simma Walfish looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 45. What can Sukkot teach us about different ways of being in relationship with God? Today&#...
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Sukkah, Daf 44 from 2021-08-20T11:00:56
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Micha’el Rosenberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 44. Why do things sometimes matter to us more than they’re “supposed” to? On...
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Sukkah, Daf 43 from 2021-08-19T11:00:15
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Micha’el Rosenberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 43. What value is there to having a single Temple? And what have we lost with its destruction?...
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Sukkah, Daf 42 from 2021-08-18T11:00:25
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Miriam-Simma Walfish looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 42. We see Bar/Bat Mitzvah time as an induction into religious obligation, but today’s daf w...
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Sukkah, Daf 41 from 2021-08-17T11:00:22
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Miriam-Simma Walfish looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 41. Today’s daf explores the question of personal ownership of lulavim on Sukkot. Why is suc...
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Sukkah, Daf 40 from 2021-08-16T11:00:20
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Miriam-Simma Walfish looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 40. Today’s daf engages in the question of what sabbatical produce may be used for lea...
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Sukkah, Daf 39 from 2021-08-15T11:00:30
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Miriam-Simma Walfish looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 39. What assumptions should we make about the religious practice of others? In what ways sho...
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Sukkah, Daf 38 from 2021-08-14T11:00:03
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 38. What happens if one is travelling and didn’t have time to wave the lulav – may one do ...
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Sukkah, Daf 37 from 2021-08-13T11:00:01
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 37. A kal v’chomer that starts out as a stringency but results in a leniency and why such a kal ...
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Sukkah, Daf 36 from 2021-08-12T11:00:52
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 36. The different parts of an etrog. What happens when an etrog gets damaged, how much of damage...
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Sukkah, Daf 35 from 2021-08-11T11:00:51
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 35. An etrog that is Orlah or Ma’aser Sheni and the mahloket between Rabbi Hiya bar Avin a...
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Sukkah, Daf 34 from 2021-08-10T11:00:46
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 34. The laws of arava. The principle of “hilkheta gemirei lehu” and “halakha l...
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Sukkah, Daf 33 from 2021-08-09T11:00:44
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 33. What are the requirements for a kosher hadas and what species is meant when we are talking a...
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Sukkah, Daf 32 from 2021-08-08T11:00:36
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 32. Requirements of a lulav. Difference between a lulav that is “nisdak” “nifr...
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Sukkah, Daf 31 from 2021-08-07T11:00:34
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 31. More on mitzvot of and sins, and what thieves owe to those from whom they steal. The...
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Sukkah, Daf 30 from 2021-08-06T11:00:29
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 30. Can you pursue a sacred end with sinful means? Today we discuss the concept of Mitzv...
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Sukkah, Daf 29 from 2021-08-05T11:00:26
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 29. Should Jewish norms treat every individual equally, demanding the same behavior of e...
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Sukkah, Daf 28 from 2021-08-04T11:00:21
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 28. Is rabbinic teaching primarily conservative, a project about maintaining the traditi...
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Sukkah, Daf 27 from 2021-08-03T11:00:18
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 27. How is Sukkot like Passover? And how many Sukkot should there be? Should we each hav...
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Sukkah, Daf 26 from 2021-08-02T11:00:16
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 26. What exempts us from sitting in the Sukkah? A little rain? An illness? An — in...
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Sukkah, Daf 25 from 2021-08-01T11:00:07
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 25. Today we explore the Rabbinic principle that “one who is busy with one mitzvah...
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Sukkah, Daf 24 from 2021-07-31T11:00:04
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 24. This episode includes further exploration of the opinions of R. Meir and R. Yehudah regar...
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Sukkah, Daf 23 from 2021-07-30T11:00:02
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 23. A general principle in the mishnah is that if the tree is removed and the sukkah can stan...
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Sukkah, Daf 22 from 2021-07-29T11:00:58
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 22. This episode includes a clarification of the mishnaic term sukkah mduvlelet and applicati...
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Sukkah, Daf 21 from 2021-07-28T11:00:56
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 21. Is an ohel any structure or must it be a man-made structure. Exploration of this issue, i...
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Sukkah, Daf 20 from 2021-07-27T11:00:59
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 20. This episode begins with the conclusion of a sugya about large and small reed mats being ...
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Sukkah, Daf 19 from 2021-07-26T11:00:57
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 19. This episode includes the conclusion of a sugya about the columns of a covered porch bein...
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Sukkah, Daf 18 from 2021-07-25T11:00:55
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 18. Does lavud, the legal fiction by which empty space of a small enough area is said to be f...
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Sukkah, Daf 17 from 2021-07-24T11:00:46
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 17. The Talmud continues its creative understanding of the walls of the sukkah, with the imagi...
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Sukkah, Daf 16 from 2021-07-23T11:00:43
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 16. Is Sukkot the holiday of illusion? Two principles which are applied in our mishnah suggest...
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Sukkah, Daf 15 from 2021-07-22T11:00:42
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 15. Why are the pieces of a wooden bed not permitted to be used as schach for a Sukkah? Perhap...
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Sukkah, Daf 14 from 2021-07-21T11:00:37
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 14. “The prayers of the righteous are like pitchforks.” Or are they? The opening a...
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Sukkah, Daf 13 from 2021-07-20T11:00:36
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 13. In the rabbinic mind, some of the plants and species that we see around us were named befo...
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Sukkah, Daf 12 from 2021-07-19T11:00:31
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 12. The principle of Taaseh v’lo Min He’Asui (Make It! And don’t use somethi...
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Sukkah, Daf 11 from 2021-07-18T11:00:28
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 11. Does our Sukkah represent the actual booths that we built in the desert or the Ananei Kavo...
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Sukkah, Daf 10 from 2021-07-17T11:00:23
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Lewis Warshauer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 10. The discussion of the validity of a sukkah built on top of another continues. A new Mis...
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Sukkah, Daf 9 from 2021-07-16T11:00:20
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Lewis Warshauer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 9. This page begins with a continuation of the Mishnah, which records a debate about the va...
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Sukkah, Daf 8 from 2021-07-15T11:00:19
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Lewis Warshauer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 8. The discussion about the validity of a circular sukkah continues, with mathematical calc...
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Sukkah, Daf 7 from 2021-07-14T11:00:46
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Lewis Warshauer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 7. The Gemara continues the discussion of the required dimensions of the third wall of a su...
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Sukkah, Daf 6 from 2021-07-14T11:00:41
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Lewis Warshauer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 6. Exploring the topic of oral teachings transmitted by God to Moses at Sinai, the Gemara q...
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Sukkah, Daf 5 from 2021-07-12T11:00:38
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Lewis Warshauer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 5. Based on the teaching that the ten handbreadth minimum height of a sukkah derives from t...
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Sukkah, Daf 4 from 2021-07-11T11:00:36
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Lewis Warshauer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 4. Continuing a discussion begun on the previous page, the Gemara discusses the possible re...
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Sukkah, Daf 3 from 2021-07-10T11:00:32
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jan R. Uhrbach looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 3. Big-tent Judaism: are super-small personalized sukkot ok? The opening and closing music f...
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Sukkah, Daf 2 from 2021-07-09T11:00:30
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jan R. Uhrbach looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 2. How high can your sukkah be? Masechet Sukkot opens with a discussion of what makes a sukk...
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Yoma, Daf 88 from 2021-07-08T11:00:34
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jan R. Uhrbach looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 88. What happens when our limits and flaws – our humanity –reassert themselves just on Yom Kip...
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Yoma, Daf 87 from 2021-07-07T11:00:22
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jan R. Uhrbach looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 87. We know we need to ask for and grant forgiveness before Yom Kippur, and we know how compli...
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Yoma, Daf 86 from 2021-07-06T11:00:48
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jan R. Uhrbach looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 86. We look to Yom Kippur to give us a clean slate, but the ritual observance of the day can o...
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Yoma, Daf 85 from 2021-07-05T11:00:22
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jan R. Uhrbach looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 85. Should we take for granted that saving a life trumps all? How do we know? The opening and ...
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Yoma, Daf 84 from 2021-07-04T11:00:17
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jan R. Uhrbach looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 84. Today’s daf tells a challenging story about questionable behavior by a great sage: d...
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Yoma, Daf 83 from 2021-07-03T11:00:29
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 83. Saving a life, pikuach nefesh, is Judaism’s most important Mitzvah. If fasting o...
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Yoma, Daf 82 from 2021-07-02T11:00:55
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 82. What’s worth dying for? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from T...
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Yoma, Daf 81 from 2021-07-01T11:00:49
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 81. Yom Kippur is a holiday without a feast. Or is it? The opening and closing music for t...
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Yoma, Daf 80 from 2021-06-30T11:00:42
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 80. Should there be universal measures for prohibited food consumptions, or should large p...
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Yoma, Daf 79 from 2021-06-29T11:00:10
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 79. On Yom Kippur you are forbidden from eating food the size of a date’s bulk. The ...
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Yoma, Daf 78 from 2021-06-28T11:00:29
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 78. Yom Kippur is supposed to be a day of going barefoot. But going back to Amoraic times,...
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Yoma, Daf 77 from 2021-06-27T11:00:52
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 77. On today’s page we examine the practice of not bathing on Yom Kippur. The openin...
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Yoma, Daf 76 from 2021-06-26T11:00:14
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 76. Today’s page includes more aggada (lore) about Manna, and the theme of religious...
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Yoma, Daf 75 from 2021-06-25T11:00:46
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 75. In an entirely aggadic (lore-based) page, we examine legends about the biblical food M...
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Yoma, Daf 74 from 2021-06-24T11:00:32
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 74. At last turning from descriptions of the ancient temple, we begin the 8th and final ch...
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Yoma, Daf 73 from 2021-06-23T11:00:44
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 73. One of the High Priest’s duties involved using the oracles called Urim & Tum...
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Yoma, Daf 72 from 2021-06-22T11:00:18
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 72. Is the Torah an elixir of life or a poison? According to Today’s page, that depe...
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Yoma, Daf 71 from 2021-06-21T11:00:43
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 71. Real men study Torah! The Sages offer an image of masculinity that is not so macho, bu...
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Yoma, Daf 70 from 2021-06-20T11:00:29
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 70. Today’s page reports liturgical and Torah reading practices that are still in us...
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Yoma, Daf 69 from 2021-06-19T11:00:44
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 69. Today’s daf contains two very different stories. The first relates to Alexander t...
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Yoma, Daf 68 from 2021-06-18T11:00:13
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 68. Do you have any special clothing that you only where on certain occasions? In certain p...
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Yoma, Daf 67 from 2021-06-17T11:00:27
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 67. Before the Scarlet Letter, there was the Scarlet Thread. During the scapegoat ritual a ...
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Yoma, Daf 66 from 2021-06-16T11:00:37
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 66. Do sacrifices have an expiration date? Today’s daf addresses this very question. ...
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Yoma, Daf 65 from 2021-06-15T11:00:01
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 65. Is there a difference between a sin offering of the individual and a sin offering of th...
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Yoma, Daf 64 from 2021-06-14T11:00:50
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 64. Can a person ever have too many goats? Well, if you are the High Priest and are plannin...
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Yoma, Daf 63 from 2021-06-13T11:00:08
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 63. There were many laws that regulated the sacrifices offered on Yom Kippur. One of these ...
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Yoma, Daf 62: Two Goats from 2021-06-12T11:00:21
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Aaron Alexander looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 62. Same, Same, But Different. Bringing our full selves to Yom Kippur when we stand before Go...
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Yoma, Daf 61: The Fine Touch Of Spiritual Healing from 2021-06-11T11:00:23
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Aaron Alexander looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 61. On today’s daf we realize that there really is no comparison to presence. The openi...
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Yoma, Daf 60: Order, Ordering, and Life-Stoppers from 2021-06-10T11:00:25
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Aaron Alexander looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 60. What’s More important, the means or the ends? The opening and closing music for thi...
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Yoma, Daf 59 from 2021-06-09T11:00:55
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Aaron Alexander looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 59. Can the blood sprinkling ritual be used as a paradigm for understand ritual change in the...
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Yoma, Daf 58: Path to the Holy of Holies from 2021-06-08T11:00:22
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Aaron Alexander looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 58. Is there agreement on how that path ought to be paved? Shouldn’t there be, consider...
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Yoma, Daf 57 from 2021-06-07T11:00:46
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 57. What’s the greater center of rabbinic culture, Babylonia or the Land of Israel? ...
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Yoma, Daf 56 from 2021-06-06T11:00:07
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 56. This is the shortest page of Talmud you’ll ever see! But the reason the page is ...
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Yoma, Daf 55 from 2021-06-05T11:00:37
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 55. The central act of the Yom Kippur purification ritual in the ancient temple involved s...
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Yoma, Daf 54 from 2021-06-04T11:00:05
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 54. Are we really pagans? Today we study possibly the most radical, erotic Midrash in all ...
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Yoma, Daf 53 from 2021-06-03T11:00:36
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 53. Why did Aaron’s son’s die when they offered improper incense (as reported ...
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Yoma, Daf 52 from 2021-06-02T11:00:54
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 52. Some Bible verses are clear, some are ambiguous. On today’s page, the Talmud con...
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Yoma, Daf 51 from 2021-06-01T11:00:23
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 51. We return to yesterday’s question: does the High Priest’s offering belong ...
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Yoma, Daf 50 from 2021-05-31T11:00:18
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 50. Who owns the sacrifices on Yom Kippur? Are they the personal property of the High Prie...
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Yoma, Daf 49 from 2021-05-30T11:00:24
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 49. Today’s page includes the description of “the most difficult ritual”...
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Yoma, Daf 48 from 2021-05-29T11:00:49
Welcome to the Four Hundred Forty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 48. Our daf is built on a series of questions! We’ll closely...
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Yoma, Daf 47 from 2021-05-28T11:00:01
Welcome to the Four Hundred Forty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 47. We will focus on an intriguing sequence of stories about a hi...
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Yoma, Daf 46 from 2021-05-27T11:00:20
Welcome to the Four Hundred Forty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 46. A small sugya toward the end of 46b will be our starting-point...
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Yoma, Daf 45 from 2021-05-26T11:00:41
Welcome to the Four Hundred Forty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 45. The Bavli presents different ways by which it emphasizes that t...
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Yoma, Daf 44 from 2021-05-25T11:00:56
Welcome to the Four Hundred Forty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 44. The Bavli is clear that the high priest must be alone when he ...
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Yoma, Daf 43 from 2021-05-24T11:00:49
Welcome to the Four Hundred Forty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 43. Today we will explore three principles of scriptural interpreta...
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Yoma, Daf 42 from 2021-05-23T11:00:33
Welcome to the Four Hundred Forty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 42. Our study of this daf focuses on two ideas. The first is the i...
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Yoma, Daf 41 from 2021-05-22T11:00:11
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 41. What do we owe to God? And does what we owe vary based on what we have? Maybe yes, maybe no....
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Yoma, Daf 40 from 2021-05-21T11:00:07
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 40. What happens when you want one result and the system you’ve established gives you another re...
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Yoma, Daf 39 from 2021-05-20T11:00:38
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 39. When it comes to sinning, every little bit hurts. When it comes to being holy, every little ...
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Yoma, Daf 38 from 2021-05-19T11:00:35
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 38. Why did the Temple experts refuse to teach their craft to others? In today’s episode, the sa...
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Yoma, Daf 37 from 2021-05-18T11:00:33
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 37. These boots may have been made for walking, but according today’s daf, you better be c...
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Yoma, Daf 36 from 2021-05-17T11:00:31
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 36. There are a lot of words for “sin” in the Hebrew bible. The question for today&#...
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Yoma, Daf 35 from 2021-05-16T11:00:26
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 35. A rich man, a poor man, and wicked man go before the heavenly court. It sounds like the star...
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Yoma, Daf 34 from 2021-05-15T11:00:28
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 34. One sacrifice at a time please! In the ancient Temple, the priests completed the morni...
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Yoma, Daf 33 from 2021-05-14T11:00:23
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 33. One who studies the sacrificial order is considered like one who actually performed th...
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Yoma, Daf 32 from 2021-05-13T11:00:21
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 32. How did they kill the animals they slaughtered in the ancient Temple? How do they kill...
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Yoma, Daf 31 from 2021-05-12T11:00:20
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 31. The use of the ritual bath was an enormously important part of Jewish observance in th...
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Yoma, Daf 30 from 2021-05-11T11:00:17
Welcome to the Four Hundred Thirtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 30. The Torah was not given to angels, but to human bein...
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Yoma, Daf 29 from 2021-05-10T11:00:16
Welcome to the Four Hundred Twenty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 29. What’s worse — sinful deeds or sinful...
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Yoma, Daf 28 from 2021-05-09T11:00:09
Welcome to the Four Hundred Twenty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 28. What kind of Judaism did the biblical patriarchs...
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Yoma, Daf 27 from 2021-05-08T11:00:17
Welcome to the Four Hundred Twenty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 27. What may a zar, a non-kohen, do to participate in the s...
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Yoma, Daf 26 from 2021-05-07T11:00:16
Welcome to the Four Hundred Twenty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 26. More on lotteries. And: what happens when someone who re...
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Yoma, Daf 25 from 2021-05-06T11:00:13
Welcome to the Four Hundred Twenty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 25. If you’re a kohen, how should you dress for a lotte...
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Yoma, Daf 24 from 2021-05-05T11:00:09
Welcome to the Four Hundred Twenty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 24. Today we’ll explore some of the intricate details ...
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Yoma, Daf 23 from 2021-05-04T11:00:08
Welcome to the Four Hundred Twenty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 23. What happens when zeal to perform a sacred act turns some...
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Yoma, Daf 22 from 2021-05-03T11:00:04
Welcome to the Four Hundred Twenty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 22. We launch into Perek Barishona, the second chapter of Yo...
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Yoma, Daf 21 from 2021-05-02T11:00:03
Welcome to the Four Hundred Twenty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 21. As we complete the first chapter of Yoma, we learn about ...
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Yoma, Daf 20 from 2021-05-01T11:00:08
Welcome to the Four Hundred Twentieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 20. “Your laws were like poems to me in all my wan...
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Yoma, Daf 19 from 2021-04-30T11:00:06
Welcome to the Four Hundred Nineteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 19. Who does the High Priest work for: the Jewish peopl...
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Yoma, Daf 18 from 2021-04-29T11:00:02
Welcome to the Four Hundred Eighteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 18. Stories of merciless self-criticism and (perhaps) h...
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Yoma, Daf 17 from 2021-04-28T11:00
Welcome to the Four Hundred Seventeenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 17. Exactly how much of the sacrifices goes to the Hig...
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Yoma, Daf 16 from 2021-04-27T11:00:59
Welcome to the Four Hundred Sixteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 16. The Temple was a museum, storing both the remnants o...
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Yoma, Daf 15 from 2021-04-26T11:00:55
Welcome to the Four Hundred Fifteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 15. The Sages lived decades or even centuries after the ...
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Yoma, Daf 14 from 2021-04-25T11:00:45
Welcome to the Four Hundred Fourteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 14. The great mystery of the Torah: why do the ashes of...
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Yoma, Daf 13 from 2021-04-24T11:00:55
Welcome to the Four Hundred Thirteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 13. Understudies are necessary for any important performance,...
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Yoma, Daf 12 from 2021-04-23T11:00:51
Welcome to the Four Hundred Twelvth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 12. The city of Jerusalem has a special ritual status-parts of i...
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Yoma, Daf 11 from 2021-04-22T11:00:48
Welcome to the Four Hundred Eleventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 11. Rabbinic literature often assumes an idealized reality in w...
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Yoma, Daf 10 from 2021-04-21T11:00:45
Welcome to the Four Hundred Tenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 10. The sages speculate about biblical prophecies of exile and red...
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Yoma, Daf 9 from 2021-04-20T11:00:42
Welcome to the Four Hundred and Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 9. Judaism has three cardinal sins- idolatry, sexual crime, an...
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Yoma, Daf 8 from 2021-04-19T11:00:38
Welcome to the Four Hundred and Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 8. Religious leadership may be a sacred calling, but over tim...
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Yoma, Daf 7 from 2021-04-18T11:00:34
Welcome to the Four Hundred and Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 7. “Be smart and keep your mouth shut.” This sur...
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Yoma, Daf 6 from 2021-04-17T11:00:57
Welcome to the Four Hundred and Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 6. What is worth exploring for the rabbis? While the past can...
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Yoma, Daf 5 from 2021-04-16T11:00:55
Welcome to the Four Hundred and Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 5. After two pages of exploring the original Inauguration of t...
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Yoma, Daf 4 from 2021-04-15T11:00:53
Welcome to the Four Hundred and Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 4. In the most subtle and perhaps roundabout way, and in the ...
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Yoma, Daf 3 from 2021-04-14T11:00:39
Welcome to the Four Hundred and Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 3. The Amora Reish Lakish suggests that the Kohen Gadol’...
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Yoma, Daf 2 from 2021-04-13T11:00:32
Welcome to the Four Hundred and Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 2. The first mishnah of Masechet Yoma presents the preparatio...
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A Very Special Daily Daf Differently: Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds from 2021-04-12T16:00:05
Welcome to a very speical episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at why have we left the Babylonian Talmud for a tractate of Jerusalem Talmud? This week, ...
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Shekalim, Daf 22 from 2021-04-12T11:00:47
Welcome to the Four Hundred and First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 22. The Tractate ends as the rabbis finally face the truth...
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Shekalim, Daf 21 from 2021-04-11T11:00:55
Welcome to the Four Hundreth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 21. What a progression the daf makes! From spit on the streets of J...
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Shekalim, Daf 20 from 2021-04-10T11:00:09
Welcome to the Three Hundred Ninety Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 20. Continuing our conversation of the Kashrut s...
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Shekalim, Daf 19 from 2021-04-09T11:00:06
Welcome to the Three Hundred Ninety Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 19. What do you when you find money on the floo...
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Shekalim, Daf 18 from 2021-04-08T11:00:01
Welcome to the Three Hundred Ninety Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 18. Today we examine an important Talmudic con...
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Shekalim, Daf 17 from 2021-04-07T11:00:40
Welcome to the Three Hundred Ninety Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 17. Today’s page is very rich in lore and...
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Shekalim, Daf 16 from 2021-04-06T11:00:39
Welcome to the Three Hundred Ninety Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 16. Today our page includes the deservedly famou...
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Shekalim, Daf 15 from 2021-04-05T11:00:34
Welcome to the Three Hundred Ninety Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 15. Today we study priorities in giving Tzedaka...
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Shekalim, Daf 14 from 2021-04-04T11:00:31
Welcome to the Three Hundred Ninety Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 14. Today we learn about the highly paid artisan...
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Shekalim, Daf 13 from 2021-04-03T11:00:28
Welcome to the Three Hundred Ninety Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 13. In this episode we focus on two very different a...
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Shekalim, Daf 12 from 2021-04-02T11:00:23
Welcome to the Three Hundred Ninety First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 12. Today we ask “What are appropriate and inap...
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Shekalim, Daf 11 from 2021-04-01T11:00:19
Welcome to the Three Hundred Nintieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 11. In this episode we are thinking about endowments and ...
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Shekalim, Daf 10 from 2021-03-31T11:00:56
Welcome to the Three Hundred Eighty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 10. This episode focuses on the question “What&...
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Shekalim, Daf 9 from 2021-03-30T11:00:48
Welcome to the Three Hundred Eighty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 9. Today we ask “What are our responsibilities...
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Shekalim, Daf 8 from 2021-03-29T11:00:45
Welcome to the Three Hundred Eighty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 8. In this episode we ask “What are our respo...
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Shekalim, Daf 7 from 2021-03-28T11:00:42
Welcome to the Three Hundred Eighty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 7. Today we ask “What are our responsibilities...
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Shekalim, Daf 6 from 2021-03-27T11:00:45
Welcome to the Three Hundred Eighty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Cahan looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 6. The shekel tax is a flat amount, equal for all. But...
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Shekalim, Daf 5 from 2021-03-26T11:00:43
Welcome to the Three Hundred Eighty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Cahan looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 5. Who owns the money that has been designated for th...
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Shekalim, Daf 4 from 2021-03-25T11:00:39
Welcome to the Three Hundred Eighty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Cahan looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 4. Who is required to the pay the tax and who is exemp...
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Shekalim, Daf 3 from 2021-03-24T11:00:38
Welcome to the Three Hundred Eighty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Cahan looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 3. A comparison of the Israelites giving of the half-...
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Shekalim, Daf 2 from 2021-03-23T11:00:33
Welcome to the Three Hundred Eighty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Cahan looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 2. An introduction to the annual half-shekel tax. The ...
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Pesachim, Daf 121 from 2021-03-22T11:00:11
Welcome to the Three Hundred Eightieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Cahan looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 121. A seemingly technical debate about until when one ca...
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Pesachim, Daf 120 from 2021-03-21T11:00:10
Welcome to the Three Hundred Seventy Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Cahan looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 120. The Rabbis agree that we remain obligated to eat...
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Pesachim, Daf 119 from 2021-03-20T11:00:25
Welcome to the Three Hundred Seventy Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Gail Diamond looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 119. Today we will look at two great Midrashim about...
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Pesachim, Daf 118 from 2021-03-19T11:00:19
Welcome to the Three Hundred Seventy Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Gail Diamond looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 118. What is the Great Hallel? If we have Great Hal...
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Pesachim, Daf 117 from 2021-03-18T11:00:17
Welcome to the Three Hundred Seventy Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Gail Diamond looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 117. In this episode, we focus on who wrote the book...
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Pesachim, Daf 116 from 2021-03-17T11:00:14
Welcome to the Three Hundred Seventy Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Gail Diamond looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 116. Today we answer the question “What did the...
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Pesachim, Daf 115 from 2021-03-16T11:00:12
Welcome to the Three Hundred Seventy Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Gail Diamond looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 115. In this episode, we explore why bitterness must...
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Pesachim, Daf 114 from 2021-03-15T11:00:09
Welcome to the Three Hundred Seventy Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Gail Diamond looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 114. Today we consider how we make decisions in Jewis...
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Pesachim, Daf 113 from 2021-03-14T11:00:04
Welcome to the Three Hundred Seventy Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Gail Diamond looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 113. Today’s episode focuses on midrashim abou...
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Pesachim, Daf 112 from 2021-03-13T12:00:04
Welcome to the Three Hundred Seventy First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Simeon Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 112. This daf discusses the significance of being financial...
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Pesachim, Daf 111 from 2021-03-12T12:00:57
Welcome to the Three Hundred Twenty Seventieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Simeon Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 111. Here, the rabbis continue their discussion of supe...
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Pesachim, Daf 110 from 2021-03-11T12:00:52
Welcome to the Three Hundred Sixty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Simeon Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 110. Here, the Talmud discusses both the superstitious belief...
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Pesachim, Daf 109 from 2021-03-10T12:00:50
Welcome to the Three Hundred Sixty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Simeon Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 109. This daf tells us how we should keep children awake at ...
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Pesachim, Daf 108 from 2021-03-09T12:00:46
Welcome to the Three Hundred Sixty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Simeon Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 108. This daf deals with precisely who is obligated to part...
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Pesachim, Daf 107 from 2021-03-08T12:00:44
Welcome to the Three Hundred Sixty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Simeon Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 107. This episode discusses whether or not one may recite ki...
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Pesachim, Daf 106 from 2021-03-07T12:00:41
Welcome to the Three Hundred Sixty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Simeon Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 106. Todays daf deals with a number of interesting issues, in...
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Pesachim, Daf 105 from 2021-03-06T12:00:48
Welcome to the Three Hundred Sixty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Harry Pell looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 105. Masechet Pesachim, Daf 105 asks the question of whe...
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Pesachim, Daf 104 from 2021-03-05T12:00:33
Welcome to the Three Hundred Sixty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Harry Pell looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 104. Masechet Pesachim, Daf 104 picks up in the midst of ...
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Pesachim, Daf 103 from 2021-03-04T12:00:30
Welcome to the Three Hundred Sixty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Harry Pell looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 103. Masechet Pesachim, Daf 103 discusses the order of H...
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Pesachim, Daf 102 from 2021-03-03T12:00:27
Welcome to the Three Hundred Sixty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Harry Pell looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 102. Masechet Pesachim, Daf 102 continues to explore what...
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Pesachim, Daf 101 from 2021-03-02T12:00:15
Welcome to the Three Hundred Sixtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Harry Pell looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 101. Masechet Pesachim, Daf 101 explores the repetition of k...
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Pesachim, Daf 100 from 2021-03-01T12:00:13
Welcome to the Three Hundred Fifty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Harry Pell looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 100. Masechet Pesachim Daf, 100 asks the question of what...
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Pesachim, Daf 99 from 2021-02-28T12:00:11
Welcome to the Three Hundred Fifty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Harry Pell looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 99. Masechet Pesachim Daf, 99 illustrates how a Kal v...
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Pesachim, Daf 98 from 2021-02-27T12:00:26
Welcome to the Three Hundred Fifty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 98. Pasqual lambs that got mixed up with firstling lamb...
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Pesachim, Daf 97 from 2021-02-26T12:00:20
Welcome to the Three Hundred Fifty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 97. If a sacrificial animal is lost or can’t be id...
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Pesachim, Daf 96 from 2021-02-25T12:00:14
Welcome to the Three Hundred Fifty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 96. The difference between pesach mitzrayim and pesach ha...
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Pesachim, Daf 95 from 2021-02-24T12:00:04
Welcome to the Three Hundred Fifty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 95. The difference between the Passover sacrifice of Pes...
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Pesachim, Daf 94 from 2021-02-23T12:00:01
Welcome to the Three Hundred Fifty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 94. Rabbinic astronomy: how did the sages of Israel under...
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Pesachim, Daf 93 from 2021-02-22T12:00:57
Welcome to the Three Hundred Fifty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 93. A person who did not bring the first passover sacrif...
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Pesachim, Daf 92 from 2021-02-21T12:00:53
Welcome to the Three Hundred Fifty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 92. The definition of “onen” and someone who ...
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Pesachim, Daf 91: Celebrating Exodus In Prison from 2021-02-20T12:00:34
Welcome to the Three Hundred Fiftieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 91. Today we focus on what happens when a prisoner se...
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Pesachim, Daf 90: Prosituting the Pesach? from 2021-02-19T12:00:23
Welcome to the Three Hundred Fourty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 90. In this episode we ask what happens when a sh...
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Pesachim, Daf 89: Gluttons For Punishment from 2021-02-18T12:00:20
Welcome to the Three Hundred Fourty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 89. Today we ask if a group registered to share ...
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Pesachim, Daf 88: Will One Half Slave and Half Free Endure? from 2021-02-17T12:00:16
Welcome to the Three Hundred Fourty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 88. Today’s daf asks if a slave owned by ...
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Pesachim, Daf 87: Who Owns and Who Is Owned? from 2021-02-16T12:00:14
Welcome to the Three Hundred Fourty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 87. In today’s episode we ask how being a ...
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Pesachim, Daf 86: With and Without Borders from 2021-02-15T12:00:11
Welcome to the Three Hundred Fourty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 86. Today we see that the feast of freedom requir...
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Pesachim, Daf 85: Pure of Hands but Corrupt of Heart from 2021-02-14T12:00:07
Welcome to the Three Hundred Fourty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 85. Today we ask when ritual becomes more import...
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Pesachim, Daf 84 from 2021-02-13T12:00:37
Welcome to the Three Hundred Fourty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 84. Today we will consider why the Talmud may choose to...
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Pesachim, Daf 83 from 2021-02-12T12:00:18
Welcome to the Three Hundred Fourty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 83. Today we will look at the concept of objects which...
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Pesachim, Daf 82 from 2021-02-11T12:00:12
Welcome to the Three Hundred Fourty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 82. Based on today’s daf we will question the pro...
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Pesachim, Daf 81 from 2021-02-10T12:00:28
Welcome to the Three Hundred Fourtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 81. Today we will explore the role of legal hermeneutical ...
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Pesachim, Daf 80 from 2021-02-09T12:00:27
Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 80. Today we will discuss the question of actively rend...
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Pesachim, Daf 79 from 2021-02-08T12:00:24
Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 79. In today’s daf we discuss the connection bet...
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Pesachim, Daf 78 from 2021-02-07T12:00:19
Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 78. Here we focus on three different topics that aris...
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Pesachim, Daf 77 from 2021-02-06T12:00:53
Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 77. One of the central steps in the offering of ...
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Pesachim, Daf 76 from 2021-02-05T12:00:48
Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 76. Today’s daf includes a further expansio...
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Pesachim, Daf 75 from 2021-02-04T12:00:45
Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 75. The Gemara continues its discussion about ro...
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Pesachim, Daf 74 from 2021-02-03T12:00:43
Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 74. Today’s daf begins the seventh chapter ...
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Pesachim, Daf 73 from 2021-02-02T12:00:39
Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 73. The Gemara continues the discussion about th...
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Pesachim, Daf 72 from 2021-02-01T12:00:35
Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 72. If the 14th of Nisan fell on Shabbat, the Kor...
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Pesachim, Daf 71 from 2021-01-31T12:00:28
Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 71. When the Temple was in existence, the holiday ex...
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Pesachim, Daf 70 from 2021-01-30T12:00:33
Welcome to the Three Hundred Twenty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 70. Today we are learning from the Gemara how to de...
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Pesachim, Daf 69 from 2021-01-29T12:00:30
Welcome to the Three Hundred Twenty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 69. Today we weigh the relative values of three ca...
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Pesachim, Daf 68 from 2021-01-28T12:00:27
Welcome to the Three Hundred Twenty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 68. This daf focuses on negotiating the rabbis...
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Pesachim, Daf 67 from 2021-01-27T12:00:20
Welcome to the Three Hundred Twenty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 67. Today we will learn how to deal with people wh...
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Pesachim, Daf 66 from 2021-01-26T12:00:19
Welcome to the Three Hundred Twenty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 66. Today we will focus on learning to learn from o...
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Pesachim, Daf 65 from 2021-01-25T12:00:14
Welcome to the Three Hundred Twenty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 65. Today we focus on setting modern attitudes tow...
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Pesachim, Daf 64 from 2021-01-24T12:00:16
Welcome to the Three Hundred Twenty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 64. This episode focuses on the unity of the Jewish...
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Pesachim, Daf 63 from 2021-01-23T12:00:30
Welcome to the Three Hundred Twenty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 63. You cannot have Hametz “upon” the Passover ...
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Pesachim, Daf 62 from 2021-01-22T12:00:06
Welcome to the Three Hundred First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 62. Today we will study two versions of a single story ...
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Pesachim, Daf 61 from 2021-01-21T11:00:24
Welcome to the Three Hundred and Twentieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ruth Fagen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 61. Is there any difference between one who can’t...
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Pesachim, Daf 60 from 2021-01-20T11:00:22
Welcome to the Three Hundred and Nineteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ruth Fagen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 60. When we say something and then immediately take it...
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Pesachim, Daf 59 from 2021-01-19T11:00:42
Welcome to the Three Hundred and Eighteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ruth Fagen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 59. Normally, no animal sacrifice is allowed to be off...
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Pesachim, Daf 58 from 2021-01-18T11:00:39
Welcome to the Three Hundred and Seventeenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ruth Fagen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 58. Disagreements about the proper time to offer the ...
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Pesachim, Daf 57 from 2021-01-17T11:00:37
Welcome to the Three Hundred and Sixteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ruth Fagen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 57. Today’s daf is filled with stories of corrupt...
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Pesachim, Daf 56 from 2021-01-16T11:00:51
Welcome to the Three Hundred and Fifteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 56. Today we will examine the not-so-appealing ...
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Pesachim, Daf 55 from 2021-01-15T11:00:45
Welcome to the Three Hundred and Fourteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 55. Today’s page reviews the rules again...
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Pesachim, Daf 54 from 2021-01-14T11:00:42
Welcome to the Three Hundred and Thirteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 54. What existed before there was a world at a...
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Pesachim, Daf 53 from 2021-01-13T11:00:37
Welcome to the Three Hundred and Twelvth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 53. When the Temple was destroyed, Jews stopped o...
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Pesachim, Daf 52 from 2021-01-12T11:00:35
Welcome to the Three Hundred and Eleventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 52. Is it logical to keep two days of a holiday ...
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Pesachim, Daf 51 from 2021-01-11T11:00:13
Welcome to the Three Hundred and Tenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 51. Local custom has great meaning in Judaism, and ...
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Pesachim, Daf 50 from 2021-01-10T11:00:30
Welcome to the Three Hundred and Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 50. Today’s page includes some thoughts on th...
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Pesachim, Daf 49 from 2021-01-09T11:00:23
Welcome to the Three Hundred and Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 49. On today’s daf we read some almost unbelievabl...
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Pesachim, Daf 48 from 2021-01-08T11:00:19
Welcome to the Three Hundred and Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 48. Does one size fit all? Maybe, at least according to...
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Pesachim, Daf 47 from 2021-01-07T11:00:17
Welcome to the Three Hundred and Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 47. Are all things possible? And if they are, do we have...
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Pesachim, Daf 46 from 2021-01-06T11:00:15
Welcome to the Three Hundred and Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 46. How far must we go to find a place to pray? What is &...
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Pesachim, Daf 45 from 2021-01-05T11:00:14
Welcome to the Three Hundred and Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 45. Today, some dough stuck on the side of a kneading tr...
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Pesachim, Daf 44 from 2021-01-04T11:00:06
Welcome to the Three Hundred and Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 44. Today we learn about the possibility that our kashrut...
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Pesachim, Daf 43 from 2021-01-03T11:00:04
Welcome to the Three Hundred and Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 43. Today we ask the question: Is it possible that women...
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Pesachim, Daf 42 from 2021-01-02T11:00:47
Welcome to the Three Hundred and First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 42. The laws of taarovet chametz (mixtures that might hav...
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Pesachim, Daf 41 from 2021-01-01T11:00:42
Welcome to the Three Hundreth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 41. Rava’s concern about how to eat the Passover sacrifice&#...
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Pesachim, Daf 40 from 2020-12-31T11:00:40
Welcome to the Two Hundred Nintey Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 40. Chametz can represent our slave mentality: apathy, l...
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Pesachim, Daf 39 from 2020-12-30T11:00:37
Welcome to the Two Hundred Nintey Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 39. What is the best vegetable to be used for maror? Bo...
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Pesachim, Daf 38 from 2020-12-29T11:00:33
Welcome to the Two Hundred Nintey Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 38. Guard your matzot! Whether or not you feel a sense...
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Pesachim, Daf 37 from 2020-12-28T11:00:15
Welcome to the Two Hundred Nintey Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 37. No matter what tools or technology are used to make...
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Pesachim, Daf 36 from 2020-12-27T11:00:08
Welcome to the Two Hundred Nintey Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 36. In this episode, we ask the questions “What is...
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Pesachim, Daf 35 from 2020-12-26T11:00:06
Welcome to the Two Hundred Nintey Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 35. What kind of flour can you use to make Matzah?...
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Pesachim, Daf 34 from 2020-12-25T11:00:02
Welcome to the Two Hundred Nintey Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 34. Today we talk about paying attention – an...
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Pesachim, Daf 33 from 2020-12-24T11:00:59
Welcome to the Two Hundred Nintey Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 33. Today we explore differences between the sin o...
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Pesachim, Daf 32: Penalties from 2020-12-23T11:00:56
Welcome to the Two Hundred Nintey First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 32. How are penalties different for an inadvertent ...
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Pesachim, Daf 31 from 2020-12-22T11:00:54
Welcome to the Two Hundred Nintieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 31. Loans and mortgages… earthquakes, rubble, and...
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Pesachim, Daf 30 from 2020-12-21T11:00:50
Welcome to the Two Hundred Eighty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 30. How much Hametz is forbidden on Pesach? How do ...
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Pesachim, Daf 29 from 2020-12-20T11:00:48
Welcome to the Two Hundred Eighty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 29. Exactly when does the prohibition of Hametz ap...
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Pesachim, Daf 28 from 2020-12-19T11:00:41
Welcome to the Two Hundred Eighty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michelle Greenfield looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 28. Rabbi Yehuda is still arguing about burning...
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Pesachim, Daf 27 from 2020-12-18T11:00:37
Welcome to the Two Hundred Eighty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michelle Greenfield looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 27. Rabbi Yehuda says that to get rid of your Ch...
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Pesachim, Daf 26 from 2020-12-17T12:00:33
Welcome to the Two Hundred Eighty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michelle Greenfield looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 26. When an artisan had to do work in the Holy of...
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Pesachim, Daf 25 from 2020-12-16T11:00:31
Welcome to the Two Hundred Eighty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michelle Greenfield looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 25. On this daf, a question is raised about how ...
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Pesachim, Daf 24 from 2020-12-15T11:00:40
Welcome to the Two Hundred Eighty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Isabel de Koninck looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 24. This episode focuses on the unity of the Jewish...
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Pesachim, Daf 23 from 2020-12-14T11:00:37
Welcome to the Two Hundred Eighty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Isabel de Koninck looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 23. Today we focus on Rabbi Yossi HaGelili and the...
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Pesachim, Daf 22 from 2020-12-13T12:00:34
Welcome to the Two Hundred Eighty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michelle Greenfield and Rabbi Isabel de Koninck looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 22. By way of a conve...
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Pesachim, Daf 21 from 2020-12-12T12:00:47
Welcome to the Two Hundred Eightieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Aaron Alexander looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 21. In this episode we will talk about how the ways in w...
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Pesachim, Daf 20 from 2020-12-11T12:00:29
Welcome to the Two Hundred Seventy Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Aaron Alexander looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 20. In this episode we will explore how the laws of ...
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Pesachim, Daf 19 from 2020-12-10T12:00:26
Welcome to the Two Hundred Seventy Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Aaron Alexander looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 19. In this episode we unpack the textured symbolis...
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Pesachim, Daf 18 from 2020-12-09T12:00:24
Welcome to the Two Hundred Seventy Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Aaron Alexander looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 18. In this episode we explore the deep significan...
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Pesachim, Daf 17 from 2020-12-08T11:00:05
Welcome to the Two Hundred Seventy Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 17. Today we ask why the Talmud designates some ...
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Pesachim, Daf 16 from 2020-12-07T11:00
Welcome to the Two Hundred Seventy Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 16. Can liquids become ritually impure? Let’s ask...
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Pesachim, Daf 15 from 2020-12-06T12:00:58
Welcome to the Two Hundred Seventy Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 15. Everyone loves a bargain. Today we’ll ...
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Pesachim, Daf 14 from 2020-12-05T11:00:52
Welcome to the Two Hundred Seventy Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 14. Today we study the first of several pages dev...
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Pesachim, Daf 13 from 2020-12-04T11:00:51
Welcome to the Two Hundred Seventy Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 13. Public servants must be “blameless bef...
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Pesachim, Daf 12 from 2020-12-03T12:00:46
Welcome to the Two Hundred Seventy First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 12. The Sages had no precise clocks. So when calc...
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Pesachim, Daf 11 from 2020-12-02T11:00:48
Welcome to the Two Hundred Seventieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 11. Passover is not only about physical slavery it’s also ...
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Pesachim, Daf 10 from 2020-12-01T11:00:47
Welcome to the Two Hundred Sixy Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 10. In this episode, we see that searching for hametz does...
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Pesachim, Daf 9 from 2020-11-30T11:00:25
Welcome to the Two Hundred Sixy Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 9. Today’s episode explores the idea that being cer...
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Pesachim, Daf 8 from 2020-11-29T11:00:24
Welcome to the Two Hundred Sixy Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 8. “A man’s spirit is God’s lamp, searching all th...
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Pesachim, Daf 7 from 2020-11-28T11:00:02
Welcome to the Two Hundred Sixy Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 7. This episode is an exploration of the constructio...
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Pesachim, Daf 6 from 2020-11-27T11:00
Welcome to the Two Hundred Sixy Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 6. Today we ask the questions of what to do if you co...
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Pesachim, Daf 5 from 2020-11-26T12:00:55
Welcome to the Two Hundred Sixy Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 5. Today we consider how far would you go to establi...
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Pesachim, Daf 4 from 2020-11-25T11:00:35
Welcome to the Two Hundred Sixy Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 4. Today we will focus on practical halakhot about mo...
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Pesachim, Daf 3 from 2020-11-24T12:00:31
Welcome to the Two Hundred Sixy Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 3. Today we focus on the importance of careful word ...
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Pesachim, Daf 2 from 2020-11-23T19:02:14
Welcome to the Two Hundred Sixy First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 2. Today’s we look at the definition of ??? in ...
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Eruvin, Daf 105 from 2020-11-22T12:00:04
Welcome to the Two Hundred Sixtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 105. In today’s episode we follow a discussion of b...
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Eruvin, Daf 104: Drawing From the Waters of Babylon- from 2020-11-21T12:00:26
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 104. In this episode we focus on the importance of rab...
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Eruvin, Daf 103: The Kohen and the Boo-boo from 2020-11-20T12:00:25
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 103. Today we ask what kind of obstacles get in the w...
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Eruvin, Daf 102: Wearing Different Hats from 2020-11-19T12:00:14
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 102. The focus of todays podcast is the question ...
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Eruvin, Daf 101: A Thorny Question from 2020-11-18T12:00:11
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 101. What kind of protection do the Sages provide Rab...
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Eruvin, Daf 100: Nothing Added, Nothing Taken Away from 2020-11-17T12:00:09
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 100. In this episode we find ourselves “up a tre...
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Eruvin, Daf 99: Spitting Image from 2020-11-16T12:00:04
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 99. Making sure not to cause others to hate Torah and...
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Eruvin, Daf 98: Torah on the Threshhold from 2020-11-15T12:00:01
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 98. Today we ask how do we treat sacred writings with ...
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Eruvin, Daf 97: Out With The New, In With The Old from 2020-11-14T12:00:47
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 97. Today we look at tefilin, amulets and the value of tradi...
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Eruvin, Daf 96 from 2020-11-13T12:00:45
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 96. Today we ask if women are obligated to wear tefillin? Rab...
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Eruvin, Daf 95 from 2020-11-12T12:00:42
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fiftieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 95. Today we focus on lost tefillin and the Torah of accesibilit...
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Eruvin, Daf 94 from 2020-11-11T12:00:39
Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 94. In this episode we consider rabbinic discourse: Keeping y...
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Eruvin, Daf 93 from 2020-11-10T12:00:35
Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 93. Toda we focus on how walls can create connections. Rabbi...
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Eruvin, Daf 92 from 2020-11-09T12:00:31
Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 92. Today we look at the flexibility of space: when nine pe...
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Eruvin, Daf 91 from 2020-11-08T12:00:29
Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 91. In this episode we look at the paradox of rabbinic space...
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Eruvin, Daf 90 from 2020-11-07T12:00:17
Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 90. What’s the worst answer you can receive to your que...
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Eruvin, Daf 89 from 2020-11-06T12:00:15
Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 89. Today we ask focus on the fact that memory is a cornerst...
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Eruvin, Daf 88 from 2020-11-05T12:00:09
Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 88. The question in today’s episode is “May I spi...
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Eruvin, Daf 87 from 2020-11-04T12:00:07
Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 87. This episode asks what do we do when the words in the Ge...
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Eruvin, Daf 86 from 2020-11-03T12:00:04
Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 86. Today we ask Why did the sages of the Talmud fawn over ri...
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Eruvin, Daf 85 from 2020-11-02T12:00
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fourtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 85. Today we consider how far would you go to establish exactly...
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Eruvin, Daf 84 from 2020-11-01T12:00:58
Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 84. In this episode, Rav and Shmuel differ about how to unde...
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Eruvin, Daf 83 from 2020-10-31T11:00:03
Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 83. This page exhibits the tension between the attemp...
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Eruvin, Daf 82 from 2020-10-30T11:00:58
Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 82. The community building purpose of eruv is highli...
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Eruvin, Daf 81 from 2020-10-29T11:00:59
Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 81. We encounter two seemingly conflicting propositio...
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Eruvin, Daf 80 from 2020-10-28T11:00:54
Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 80. The interconnections between family members and th...
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Eruvin, Daf 79 from 2020-10-27T16:45:51
Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 79. Overcoming boundaries continues to be the theme. ...
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Eruvin, Daf 78 from 2020-10-26T12:00:47
Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 78. There are various legal details discussed on this ...
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Eruvin, Daf 77 from 2020-10-25T12:00:45
Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 77. The discussion deals with dividers between two sp...
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Eruvin, Daf 76 from 2020-10-24T13:00:03
Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 76. Today is math day at Daily Daf Differently. What...
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Eruvin, Daf 75 from 2020-10-23T13:00
Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 75. Today we’ll see an interesting example of how...
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Eruvin, Daf 74 from 2020-10-22T13:00:57
Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 74. Rav and Shmuel disagree on whether an alley way ...
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Eruvin, Daf 73 from 2020-10-21T13:00:55
Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 73. Today we’ll study the concept of anan sah...
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Eruvin, Daf 72 from 2020-10-20T19:00:53
Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 72. There are different levels of authoritative te...
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Eruvin, Daf 71 from 2020-10-19T13:00:49
Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 71. Can you take possession or renounce possession ...
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Eruvin, Daf 70 from 2020-10-18T13:00:47
Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 70. The Talmud is written in a kind of short-hand, w...
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Eruvin, Daf 69 from 2020-10-17T13:00:38
Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 69. In the course of defining what level of observance i...
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Eruvin, Daf 68 from 2020-10-16T13:00:36
Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 68. We see the case of two rabbis who didn’t make a...
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Eruvin, Daf 67 from 2020-10-15T13:00:33
Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 67. Today’s daf starts with a picturesque description of...
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Eruvin, Daf 66 from 2020-10-14T13:00:31
Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 66. Today’s daf looks at the question of relinquishment o...
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Eruvin, Daf 65 from 2020-10-13T13:00:28
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Twentieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 65. We can tell what kind of person someone is by Koso, ...
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Eruvin, Daf 64 from 2020-10-12T13:00:24
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Nineteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 64. Is it fair to prefer one teaching over another? Is ...
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Eruvin, Daf 63 from 2020-10-11T13:00:21
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Eighteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 63. On this daf, we explore the hierarchical nature of ...
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Eruvin, Daf 62 from 2020-10-10T13:00:08
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Seventeenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 62. In this episode, we see that like a good teacher, t...
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Eruvin, Daf 61 from 2020-10-09T13:00:06
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Sixteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 61. The beginning of chapter 6 poses the challenge of liv...
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Eruvin, Daf 60 from 2020-10-08T13:00:02
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Fifteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 60. Today’s episode asks the important question ...
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Eruvin, Daf 59 from 2020-10-07T13:00:01
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Fourteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 59. Using a loophole like the Eruv only works if we reme...
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Eruvin, Daf 58 from 2020-10-06T13:00:59
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Thirteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 58. The rulings surrounding the Tchum Shabbat (the exten...
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Eruvin, Daf 57 from 2020-10-05T13:00:52
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Twelvth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 57. A simple idea– that a city should have a karpaf (...
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Eruvin, Daf 56 from 2020-10-04T13:00:50
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Eleventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 56. The rabbis’ science can sometimes seem strange t...
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Eruvin, Daf 55 from 2020-10-03T13:00:26
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Tenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 55. We return to legal material on today’s page, ...
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Eruvin, Daf 54 from 2020-10-02T13:00:23
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 54. This page is full of great rabbinic homilies about ...
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Eruvin, Daf 53 from 2020-10-01T13:00:19
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 53. Today’s page is a mainly aggadic (non-legal)...
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Eruvin, Daf 52 from 2020-09-30T13:00:17
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 52. Talmudic law places a great deal of weight on a p...
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Eruvin, Daf 51 from 2020-09-29T13:00:14
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 51. The Torah commands that one “keep far from f...
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Eruvin, Daf 50 from 2020-09-28T13:00:10
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 50. The rules of rabbinic discourse hold that “Ta...
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Eruvin, Daf 49 from 2020-09-27T11:00:08
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 49. “Eruv” literally means that two domain...
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Eruvin, Daf 48 from 2020-09-26T13:00:29
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 48. Today we return to the question of tolerance of diverse lev...
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Eruvin, Daf 47 from 2020-09-25T13:00:24
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 47. Today we ask, do hefker (ownerless property) objects ‘acqu...
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Eruvin, Daf 46 from 2020-09-24T13:00:23
Welcome to the Two Hundred and First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 46. In this episode we focus on the majority principle and free...
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Eruvin, Daf 45 from 2020-09-23T13:00:20
Welcome to the Two Hundredth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 45. Today we look at the discrepancy between an account told in the Mis...
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Eruvin, Daf 44 from 2020-09-22T13:00:17
Welcome to the Hundred and Ninety Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 44. In this episode we ask if people can form a “wall&...
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Eruvin, Daf 43 from 2020-09-21T13:00:13
Welcome to the Hundred and Ninety Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 43. This page shows us an example of respect for different ...
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Eruvin, Daf 42 from 2020-09-20T13:00:11
Welcome to the Hundred and Ninety Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 42. Today we focus on objects that were carried on Shabbat...
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Eruvin, Daf 41 from 2020-09-19T13:00:57
Welcome to the Hundred and Ninety Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noah Bickart looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 41. Today’s dad introduces a troubling piece of aggadah. ...
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Eruvin, Daf 40 from 2020-09-18T13:00:55
Welcome to the Hundred and Ninety Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noah Bickart looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 40. In today’s epside we discover that Jews have been argu...
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Eruvin, Daf 39 from 2020-09-17T13:00:53
Welcome to the Hundred and Ninety Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noah Bickart looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 39. In this episode, we ask that all important question “...
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Eruvin, Daf 38 from 2020-09-16T13:00:50
Welcome to the Hundred and Ninety Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noah Bickart looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 38. Today we see that the Ran and Ramban have very differe...
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Eruvin, Daf 37 from 2020-09-15T13:00:47
Welcome to the Hundred and Ninety Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noah Bickart looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 37. Today we explore when and why is the Talmud willing t...
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Eruvin, Daf 36 from 2020-09-14T13:00:43
Welcome to the Hundred and Ninety First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noah Bickart looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 36. In this episode, we focus on a critical perspective on...
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Eruvin, Daf 35 from 2020-09-13T13:00:41
Welcome to the Hundred and Nintieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noah Bickart looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 35. According to the Rabbis, an item is either prohibited or i...
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Eruvin, Daf 34 from 2020-09-12T13:00:59
Welcome to the Hundred and Eighty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 34. If the Talmudic rules about food in a deep cistern tel...
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Eruvin, Daf 33 from 2020-09-11T13:00:57
Welcome to the Hundred and Eighty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 33. Sometimes it is hard to see the forest for the trees,...
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Eruvin, Daf 32 from 2020-09-10T13:00:53
Welcome to the Hundred and Eighty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 32. Who can we trust? That is the question of this daf. ...
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Eruvin, Daf 31 from 2020-09-09T13:00:50
Welcome to the Hundred and Eighty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 31. Have you dreamed of using your pet dromedary to deliv...
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Eruvin, Daf 30 from 2020-09-08T13:00:46
Welcome to the Hundred and Eighty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 30. We make use of legal fictions in Judaism all the time....
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Eruvin, Daf 29 from 2020-09-07T13:00:40
Welcome to the Hundred and Eighty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 29. It can be dangerous to eat an onion. This may not see...
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Eruvin, Daf 28 from 2020-09-06T13:00:38
Welcome to the Hundred and Eighty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 28. Does the fact that I like to eat paper make paper into...
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Eruvin, Daf 27 from 2020-09-05T13:00:59
Welcome to the Hundred and Eighty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 27. The mishnah at the bottom of 26b opens with a general statem...
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Eruvin, Daf 26 from 2020-09-05T04:55:54
Welcome to the Hundred and Eighty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 26. The Exilarch consults a rabbi to ensure that he is permitted ...
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Eruvin, Daf 25 from 2020-09-03T13:00:51
Welcome to the Hundred and Eightieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 25. Building a partition (mehitzah) 4 handbreadths into a karpef fro...
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Eruvin, Daf 24 from 2020-09-02T13:00:47
Welcome to the Hundred and Seventy Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 24. The Gemara continues to explore issues involving the karpef,...
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Eruvin, Daf 23 from 2020-09-01T13:00:43
Welcome to the Hundred and Seventy Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 23. Under what circumstances may one carry on Shabbat in a gard...
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Eruvin, Daf 22 from 2020-08-31T13:00:40
Welcome to the Hundred and Seventy Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 22. R. Yohanan says that people are not liable in the land of ...
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Eruvin, Daf 21 from 2020-08-30T13:00:38
Welcome to the Hundred and Seventy Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 21. In an interesting aggadic passage, the Bavli compares Torah...
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Eruvin, Daf 20 from 2020-08-29T13:00:28
Welcome to the Hundred and Seventy Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 20. The stand-out line of our final page is, “Camels are ...
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Eruvin, Daf 19 from 2020-08-28T13:00:25
Welcome to the Hundred and Seventy Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 19. We continue to study “aggadot” brought in the name o...
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Eruvin, Daf 18 from 2020-08-27T13:00:20
Welcome to the Hundred and Seventy Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 18. Chapter two of the tractate opens with a Mishnah that...
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Eruvin, Daf 17 from 2020-08-26T13:00:17
Welcome to the Hundred and Seventy Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 17. They say that “military ethics” is an oxymoron, and ...
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Eruvin, Daf 16 from 2020-08-25T13:00:11
Welcome to the Hundred and Seventy First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 16. Today we follow an argument between Rav Huna and Rav ...
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Eruvin, Daf 15 from 2020-08-24T13:00:09
Welcome to the Hundred and Seventieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 15. Today we consider the question of intent—must a “lehi” (...
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Eruvin, Daf 14 from 2020-08-23T13:00:02
Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 14. Welcome to the realm of rabbinic geometry. Our sages us...
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Eruvin, Daf 13 from 2020-08-22T13:00:23
Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 13. Is there ever more than one answer to a question? Is ...
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Eruvin, Daf 12 from 2020-08-21T13:00:20
Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 12. Is the Eruv creating a real physical barrier? Is it ...
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Eruvin, Daf 11 from 2020-08-20T13:00:16
Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 11. “Tzurat Hapetach”- the form of a doorway is an essent...
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Eruvin, Daf 10 from 2020-08-19T13:00:09
Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 10. On this daf, we encounter the concept of Omed Merubah ...
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Eruvin, Daf 9 from 2020-08-18T13:00:27
Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 9. On this daf, we look at when rabbinic measure says tha...
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Eruvin, Daf 8 from 2020-08-17T13:00:20
Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 8. We start with the question of a street that is open to ...
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Eruvin, Daf 7 from 2020-08-16T13:00:52
Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 7. On this daf, we start with a discussion of a street sh...
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Eruvin, Daf 6 from 2020-08-15T13:00:46
Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Solomon Mowshowitz looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 6. Under what circumstances do the sages rule more stringen...
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Eruvin, Daf 5 from 2020-08-14T13:00:43
Welcome to the Hundred and Sixtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Solomon Mowshowitz looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 5. Is Jewish legal space quantized or continuous? Are two weak...
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Eruvin, Daf 4 from 2020-08-13T13:00:43
Solomon Mowshowitz looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 4. Where do the standard measurements in Jewish Law come from? What ancient laws have no trace in the written Torah? When is a proof-text not a proof...
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Eruvin, Daf 3 from 2020-08-12T13:00:36
Solomon Mowshowitz looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 3. Why are laws derived by pure logic considered Torahitic? Who is more trustworthy, individuals, or groups? Should the sages enforce Torahitic or Ra...
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Eruvin, Daf 2 from 2020-08-11T13:00:03
Solomon Mowshowitz looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 2, the first episode on Masechet Eruvin. Why do tractates start on page 2? Why is Masechet Eruvin feared by Yeshiva students? Why does the Talmud som...
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Shabbat, Daf 157 from 2020-08-10T13:00:04
Welcome to the Hundred and Fifty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Solomon Mowshowitz looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 157. Why aren’t you allowed to even touch certain things ...
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Shabbat, Daf 156 from 2020-08-09T13:00:02
Welcome to the Hundred and Fifty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Solomon Mowshowitz looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 156. Is Astrology bunk? If you have to do something on Sha...
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Shabbat, Daf 155 from 2020-08-08T13:00:08
Welcome to the Hundred and Fifty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 155. Shalom. Today we will continue our discussion ...
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Shabbat, Daf 154 from 2020-08-07T13:00:05
Welcome to the Hundred and Fifty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 154. Shalom. Today will discuss a rabbi’s unusual na...
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Shabbat, Daf 153 from 2020-08-06T13:00:01
Welcome to the Hundred and Fifty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 153. Today we conclude the chapter we’ve been study...
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Shabbat, Daf 152 from 2020-08-05T13:00:56
Welcome to the Hundred and Fifty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 152. Continuing our focus on the end of life, we con...
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