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Welcome to the Three Hundred Twenty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 70. Today we are learning from the Gemara how to deal with the situation when one feels personally opposed to the decision of one’s rabbi or of the rabbinic leaders of […]
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Welcome to the Three Hundred Twenty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 69. Today we weigh the relative values of three cardinal mitzvot: b’rit milah, korban pesach, and sh’mirat Shabbat. Martin S. Cohen is the rabbi of the Shelter Rock Jewish Center in […]
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Welcome to the Three Hundred Twenty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 68. This daf focuses on negotiating the rabbis’ teachings about the days of the Messiah and the World to Come, and particularly with reference to the doctrine of the resurrection of […]
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Welcome to the Three Hundred Twenty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 67. Today we will learn how to deal with people who behave poorly by contemplating the Torah’s laws regarding the way people who radiate tumah are to be banished from the […]
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Welcome to the Three Hundred Twenty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 66. Today we will focus on learning to learn from others. And also dealing with the vexing question of whether the obligation to offer up the paschal offering on the Eve […]
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Welcome to the Three Hundred Twenty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 65. Today we focus on setting modern attitudes towards animal sacrifice aside to find profundity and meaningful pageantry in the Gemara’s tales of the Temple in Jerusalem and its worship service. […]
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Welcome to the Three Hundred Twenty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 64. This episode focuses on the unity of the Jewish people as reflected in the Mishnah’s description of the actual way the zevach peisach was offered in ancient Jerusalem. Martin S. […]
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Welcome to the Hundred and Fourtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 141. Today we consider embracing Shabbat observance on the micro level. Martin S. Cohen is the rabbi of the Shelter Rock Jewish Center in Roslyn, New York, and served as senior editor […]
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Welcome to the Hundred and Thirty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 140. This episode deals with the role of the rabbi in the community: first among equals or someone apart from the congregation? Martin S. Cohen is the rabbi of the Shelter […]
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Welcome to the Hundred and Thirty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 139. Today we ask about the ultimate cause of Jewish suffering. Martin S. Cohen is the rabbi of the Shelter Rock Jewish Center in Roslyn, New York, and served as senior […]
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