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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 that what matters is not the actual structure of the Sukkah, but the halachic imagination which underlies it. The opening and closing […]
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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? Perhaps this is the Talmud’s way of teaching us a lesson in Bal Taschit: do not waste! The opening […]
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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 and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/DDD/Sukkah/Sukkah014.mp3Podcast: Download
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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 before the giving of the Torah. It is amazing to think that the natural world and the language we use […]
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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 something that is already made) extends beyond the rules of Schach throughout Jewish law. As in so many cases, it is the action itself, which […]
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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 Kavod (the Clouds of Glory) that protected us as we walked through the wilderness? According to the Vilna Gaon and the […]
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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 sometimes be considered irrelevant, a discussion of Torah verses is always deemed worthwhile. Rabbi Abby Sosland is the Morah Ruchanit […]
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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 the Mishkan, the Gemara is suddenly aghast at the question of how the Kohanim were dressed. The Ramban helps us to find […]
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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 guise of a discussion about sequestering a Kohen Gadol– the Talmud offers us an inspirational Yom Kippur sermon on the […]
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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’s sequestration before Yom Kippur is derived from Moshe’s preparation to meet God on Sinai. In doing so, he teaches us how to […]
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