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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 did the Sages know about pi? On our page they describe the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter as =3. We know of course that it is a little larger, as did the medieval talmudists.
Yes, it’s hard to believe that this is number 6. Where does the time go?
Well, I’m happy to report that this one won’t let you down.
As the title suggest…The film is fast…It’s furious…and it’s definitely, fun.
The whole gang is back including Vin Diesel (Dom), Paul Walker (Brian), Tyrese Gibson (Roman), Ludacris (Tej), Jordana Brewster (Mia), Elsa Pataky (Elsa) and Michelle Rodriguez (Letty).
For those of you who haven’t seen ‘The Fast And The Furious 5’ here’s a brief recap.
After stealing 100 million dollars from a drug kingpin, the group is scattered all across the globe, living it up in style… Brian and Mia even have a newborn baby.
Life couldn’t be better for our guys, except for the fact that they’re all still wanted fugitives and if they ever set foot in the U. S., they’ll be jailed on the spot.
But no worries…that little problem might soon go away.
Enter… Special Agent, Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) who’s been been tracking, super bad guy, Owen Shaw (Luke Evans) and his lethally skilled mercenaries across 12 countries, without any success.
Hobbs realizes that the only gang on the planet, capable of taking out Shaw and his men are…
Our favorite group of ex car thieves/racers/good bad guys, that we’ve all come to know and love.
Hobbs visits Dom and offers him and the rest of the group full pardons in exchange for their help.
He also breaks the news to Dom that his soul mate, Letty is still alive and she’s hooked up with Shaw and his brood. (Again for those of you who haven’t seen Number 5, Letty was supposedly killed)
The chance to see Letty again is enough to get Dom back into action. He picks up the phone, calls the boys and girl, and in less time it takes to make an omelet…the group is back together.
‘Fast And The Furious 6’, directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan (‘Fast Five’) has incredible stunts, killer car chases, lots of humor (some intentional, some not so intentional) and edge of your seat action. There’s even a couple of twists you won’t see coming.
In my opinion, this along with the original ‘Fast And The Furious’ ranks among my favorites. For that reason, I gave ‘Fast And The Furious 6’, which opens in theatres, Friday May 24, 2013, 4 bagels out of 5.
Check out our video for John’s thoughts and his bagel score.
Aaron Herman spoke with teenage author Christopher Huh about his new graphic novel Keeping My Hope. Christopher started writing Keeping My Hope when he was 13 years old. It took him about a year and half to complete the book. To write Keeping My Hope, Christopher spent over a thousand hours conducting research on WWII and the Holocaust by searching the Internet, checking out books from the library, visiting the Holocaust museum, and interviewing Holocaust survivors.
Keeping My Hope is a 170 page historical fiction graphic novel. Ari is a teenager whose entire life is turned upside down by the horrors of the Holocaust. His family is torn apart and moved to Auschwitz, where the reader gains an inside look at what prisoners in concentration camps suffered. However, even with these atrocities, the power of friendship shines through and gives Ari hope to keep surviving through the darkest blizzards of terror. Informative yet touching, Keeping My Hope spreads the message of how powerfully racism and prejudice can affect those around us.
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 the Talmud was shaped by being the product of oral, not written, discourse. And we’ll see – perhaps – how the Talmud reports about the dementia of an aging sage.
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 requires multiple subsidiary courtyards before the residents are eligible to make a cooperative agreement. Shmuel takes a lenient position, but is – apparently – defeated by a combative junior student who shows him that his position violates his own interpretive rules.
In this episode of Rega Shel Ivrit (A Moment of Hebrew), host and Master teacher teaches about the Ten Commandments.
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Welcome to the latest episode of Meet Me At the Tzomet (the Intersection) with Rabbi Arnie Samlan, of Jewish Connectivity.
Nobody’s perfect, as they say. A somewhat obscure provision of Jewish practice hints at a way of keeping a sense of balance as we weigh the good that we do in our lives with the parts of our lives with which we’re not satisfied.
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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 sahadei, or “we testify,” which means that even in the absence of specific articulation of a given person’s intention, the Sages consider it legitimate to impute a given motive to a give person, based on the presumption of what most people would do in that circumstance.
The Jewish Hour with Rabbi Finman, for May 19, 2013. Rabbi Finman talks with Elizabeth Landers about Infidelity in the Jewish Community, and what we can do about it.
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 teachings in Halakha. Sometimes, the Rabbis teach what everyone should do, as the best option. Other times we learn what is acceptable after the fact, but what should not be broadcast as the proper behavior. In today’s passage, the Talmudic sages make this distinction.
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Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 76.
Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 6:01AM
Yes, it’s hard to believe that this is number 6. Where does the time go?
