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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 25. Just how strict should society be about rumors of adultery? Should society worry more about marital breakdown? Or how the rumors will effect the children from the first marriage? The opening and closing music for this podcast […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 24. What kind of motives should Judaism demand from conversion candidates? Must a new Jew’s motives be only a matter of faith in God and Torah? Or can a gentile convert for love and money? The opening and […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 23. Why does traditional Jewish law hold that Judaism is passed through the mother? On today’s page, one sage offers an answer. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead. […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 22. When a gentile chooses to become a Jew, what is the halakhic status of his or her biological family? Or, to put it bluntly, can new Jews marry their siblings? The opening and closing music for this […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 21. How Rabbenu Tam cancelled a misbegotten wedding in 12th century Provence. And the relative importance of sexual ethics and business ethics. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead. […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 20. Today’s tale: “The Curious Case of the Virgin Widow, or What Happens When Two Mitzvot Conflict.” The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead. This podcast is a collaboration […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 19. Today’s episode explores if a levirate marriage is like a regular marriage, in that it demands a woman’s consent? Or does the Torah demand that she marry the brother-in-law whether she wants to or not? The opening […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 18. This page brings a new mishnah, which mimics the one provided on 17a, but with one alteration at the end. It offers a dissent to say Levi, the third, non-contemporary brother may take either wife, whichever he […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 17. This time our rabbis discuss that even though the marriage between a Jew and and idolatrous tribe member might stand, it leaves the identity of their children in question. The opening and closing music for this podcast […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 16. The Jew in the Pew. The Gemara eventually leads to a conversation regarding accepting converts from certain tribes. It goes on to list a few, all of which are prohibited from converting to the Jewish people because […]
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