Welcome to the Ninety First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jill Jacobs looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 92. Today we focus on what is “normal?” The rabbis debate whether the boundaries of usual practice are consistent across place and time, or determined by particular circumstances. Rabbi Jill Jacobs is the Executive […]

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Welcome to the Eighty Nineth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jill Jacobs looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 90. On Day 90 and 91, we move from the lofty vision of Matan Torah to the mundane details of the quantities of materials that one may carry from the public to the private […]

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Welcome to the Eighty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jill Jacobs looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 89. This episode focuses on the angels objecting to human beings taking the Torah back to earth, where surely it will be tainted. But this is a necessary condition of the Torah coming to […]

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Welcome to the Eighty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jill Jacobs looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 88. Continuing from yesterday’s topic, today the rabbis imagine the moment of Matan Torah as a moment when the supernatural happens, and when life and death sit in the balance. Rabbi Jill Jacobs is […]

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Welcome to the Eighty Sixth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jill Jacobs looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 87. Today we focus on the moment of Matan Torah (revelation), which represents the ultimate human-divine encounter. In this moment, God transfers some of the responsibility of the world to humanity. Rabbi Jill Jacobs […]

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Welcome to the Eighty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jill Jacobs looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 86. Today’s daf asks “When is a person ready to receive Torah?” According to the rabbis, one needs to be ready both spiritually and physically. And that leads to some fascinating speculation about sex […]

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