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Welcome to The Jewish Hour with Rabbi Finman, for June 7, 2020. In this episode, Rabbi Finman talks to Carolyn Normandin, Director of the Detroit office of the ADL about the huge response to the death of George Floyd. How do you listen to The Jewish Hour? You have a lot of options you know? […]
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Welcome to the Ninety First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jill Jacobs looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 92. Today we focus on what is “normal?” The rabbis debate whether the boundaries of usual practice are consistent across place and time, or determined by particular circumstances. Rabbi Jill Jacobs is the Executive […]
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Welcome to the Nintieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky takes a very different take then usual. Today we’ll talk not about a specific page of the Talmud but about the shape of the Talmudic page and how it came to look this way. After beginning in oral transmission and then […]
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Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a conversation about what’s going on in pop culture from a Jewish perspective and about Judaism through the lens of pop culture. The 90’s era Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan, […]
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Welcome to the Eighty Nineth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jill Jacobs looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 90. On Day 90 and 91, we move from the lofty vision of Matan Torah to the mundane details of the quantities of materials that one may carry from the public to the private […]
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Welcome to the Eighty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jill Jacobs looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 89. This episode focuses on the angels objecting to human beings taking the Torah back to earth, where surely it will be tainted. But this is a necessary condition of the Torah coming to […]
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Welcome to the Eighty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jill Jacobs looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 88. Continuing from yesterday’s topic, today the rabbis imagine the moment of Matan Torah as a moment when the supernatural happens, and when life and death sit in the balance. Rabbi Jill Jacobs is […]
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Welcome to the Eighty Sixth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jill Jacobs looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 87. Today we focus on the moment of Matan Torah (revelation), which represents the ultimate human-divine encounter. In this moment, God transfers some of the responsibility of the world to humanity. Rabbi Jill Jacobs […]
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After taking off last weekend for Memorial Day, “the Brad” and Steven are back, and they’re talking about the anti-police violence protests that have erupted around the country. This week’s a**hole of the week is pretty obvious, but the guys also have a new category that they unveil. You can listen to The Amen Corner […]
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Welcome to the Eighty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jill Jacobs looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 86. Today’s daf asks “When is a person ready to receive Torah?” According to the rabbis, one needs to be ready both spiritually and physically. And that leads to some fascinating speculation about sex […]
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