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We all want a just society, one that follows the ideas of justice, but what is the recipe that the Torah suggests for achieving this goal. For more information about Rabbi Danny, please visit www.RabbiDanny.com The opening and closing music for this podcast is Coming Out of the Dark by Matt Stamm. How do you […]
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Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 12. Is the Eruv creating a real physical barrier? Is it about a psychological indication that one is leaving a private area? Or is it about defining an area that constitutes a […]
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Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 11. “Tzurat Hapetach”- the form of a doorway is an essential concept in building eruvim today. Individual side-beams and cross beams will get you only so far. A Tzurat Hapetach lets you […]
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Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 10. On this daf, we encounter the concept of Omed Merubah al haparutz. If you have a space which has walls and gaps, at what point do we consider the walls to […]
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With Election Day rapidly approaching, there are many issues of concern to each voter before they cast their ballot. But the Jewish voter is not monolithic. In each episode of “Behind the Ballot Box: Jewish Values and Our Vote,” Rabbi Jesse Olitzky speaks to rabbis and Jewish communal professionals about a specific issue at stake […]
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Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 9. On this daf, we look at when rabbinic measure says that something is “close enough”- Lavud– where we can consider small gaps to be closed, and chavut– where an object can […]
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Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 8. We start with the question of a street that is open to a thoroughfare in front, and to a courtyard, uninhabited space, trash heap, or body of water in the back. […]
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Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 7. On this daf, we start with a discussion of a street shaped like a U, and how we turn it into a private space for purposes of carrying on Shabbat. Along […]
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Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Solomon Mowshowitz looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 6. Under what circumstances do the sages rule more stringently than the halacha requires? Who are the fools who walk in darkness? When do you have to obey a heavenly voice, and when […]
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The Torah suggests it is blessing or curse, but really it is never so binary. Often there is blessing amidst the curse and vice versa For more information about Rabbi Danny, please visit www.RabbiDanny.com The opening and closing music for this podcast is Coming Out of the Dark by Matt Stamm. How do you listen […]
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