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 people’s basic needs still need to be met on יום טוב; here, the rabbis devise a system through which people can get food from a grocer or butcher on a Festival, while still maintaining the integrity of the day. This daf is a good illustration of rabbinic pragmatism and makes clear that the rabbis were not only concerned with הלכה; they were also deeply concerned with our basic human needs.
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
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Simeon Cohen is a second year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary, and is currently in Jerusalem studying at the Schechter Institute through JTS. Prior to beginning rabbinical school, Simeon graduated from the Columbia/JTS Joint Program, where he studied philosophy and Jewish thought, and then spent a year in Israel as a staff member on the Nativ program. He has also spent time studying at the Conservative Yeshiva and Yeshivat Hadar.
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