August 21, 2022

Ketubot, Daf 46

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 46.

Ketubot 46 features a fascinating debate about reading the Torah “literally” or “metaphorically” and, I argue, tries to break down the distinction between those reading strategies.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

To view the text of Ketubot, Daf 46 on Sefaria, please click here.

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

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William Friedman is a doctoral student in Ancient Judaism at Harvard University, founding director and co-rosh yeshiva of Nishma: A Summer of Torah Study in the JTS Beit Midrash, and the 2014-2015 Sam & Annie Glott Rabbinic Fellow at the Tremont Street Shul in Cambridge, MA. He's had the privilege of learning and teaching Torah in North America and Israel, and is gratified by the opportunity to participate in the Daily Daf Differently.

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William Friedman is a doctoral student in Ancient Judaism at Harvard University, founding director and co-rosh yeshiva of Nishma: A Summer of Torah Study in the JTS Beit Midrash, and the 2014-2015 Sam & Annie Glott Rabbinic Fellow at the Tremont Street Shul in Cambridge, MA. He’s had the privilege of learning and teaching Torah in North America and Israel, and is gratified by the opportunity to participate in the Daily Daf Differently.

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