Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 13.
In some cultures, people would bathe once a week, whether or not they needed it! Bathing is prohibited on some fast days, but not others. Mourners aren’t supposed to bathe during shiva either, but there are some loopholes there too.
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.
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Rabbi Joshua Heller is the Senior Rabbi of Congregation B'nai Torah in Sandy Springs, and chair of the rites and rituals subcommittee of the Conservative Movement's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards.
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