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Welcome to the Seventy Nineth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Harry Pell looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 80. Daf 80 begins with a discussion of carrying on Shabbat, but winds up teaching lessons about the cosmetic uses of lime, and an even more important lesson about personal responsibility. Rabbi Harry Pell […]
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Welcome to the Seventy Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Harry Pell looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 79. In this episode, we focus on a page that asks the question whether Tefilin be written only on Klaf, or also on Duchsustus? The question is answered elegantly, in part by citing the […]
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Welcome to the Seventy Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 78. In this episode, we explore the question of when is a piece of paper is not really a piece of paper, abd we have further adventures in the laws of carrying. Rabbi David […]
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Welcome to the Seventy Sixth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 77. In today’s episode, we try to make sense of the prohibition of “carrying”. Rabbi David Hoffman is an assistant professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture and serves as scholar-in-residence in the Development Department […]
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Welcome to the Seventy Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 76. Today we will focus on thoughts about the language we use upon concluding a chapter of Talmud. Rabbi David Hoffman is an assistant professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture and serves as scholar-in-residence […]
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Welcome to the Seventy Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 75. Today we look at to what extent the rabbis were citizens of the larger Roman cultural world, focusing on one small case study. Rabbi David Hoffman is an assistant professor of Talmud and […]
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Welcome to the Seventy Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 74. In this episode we consider the permitted and prohibited types of selection on Shabbat and the melacha of borer. Rabbi David Hoffman is an assistant professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture and serves […]
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Welcome to the Seventy Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 73. In this episode we look at one small example of how rabbinic Judaism was influenced by its Roman context. Rabbi David Hoffman is an assistant professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture and serves […]
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Welcome to the Seventy First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 72. In this episode we explore a fascinating Rashi that complicates modern conversations of the role of the “acceptance of the commandments” as a requisite for conversion. Rabbi David Hoffman is an assistant professor […]
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Welcome to the Seventieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Shai Cherry looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 71. On today’s daf, the gemara offers further permutations of combining different kinds of transgressions from the mishna and asking about the consequences. We conclude our study by asking again if the function of sacrifices […]
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