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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Lewis Warshauer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 8. The discussion about the validity of a circular sukkah continues, with mathematical calculations about how to achieve a circular area large enough to fulfill the requirement that a sukkah have dimensions of at least four by four […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Lewis Warshauer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 7. The Gemara continues the discussion of the required dimensions of the third wall of a sukkah, and raises the issue of a sukkah built in an alleyway. Among other considerations, is the validity of a sukkah built […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Lewis Warshauer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 6. Exploring the topic of oral teachings transmitted by God to Moses at Sinai, the Gemara questions whether certain other halakhic measurements are determined by such teachings or rather from a Torah verse listing the seven fruits of […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Lewis Warshauer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 5. Based on the teaching that the ten handbreadth minimum height of a sukkah derives from the Torah’s stated measurements of the ark of the covenant, the Gemara discusses the idea of the ark’s cover as the meeting […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Lewis Warshauer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 4. Continuing a discussion begun on the previous page, the Gemara discusses the possible remedies for a sukkah that exceeds the maximum permissible height of twenty cubits: what is effect of raising the flooring or lowering the roofing. […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jan R. Uhrbach looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 3. Big-tent Judaism: are super-small personalized sukkot ok? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/DDD/Sukkah/Sukkah003.mp3Podcast: Download
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jan R. Uhrbach looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 2. How high can your sukkah be? Masechet Sukkot opens with a discussion of what makes a sukkah kosher, and quickly takes us to a lesson about learning itself. The opening and closing music for this podcast […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jan R. Uhrbach looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 88. What happens when our limits and flaws – our humanity –reassert themselves just on Yom Kippur, the day when we’re striving to be like the angels? Masechet Yoma draws to a close with a discussion of […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jan R. Uhrbach looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 87. We know we need to ask for and grant forgiveness before Yom Kippur, and we know how complicated that can be. Here, the rabbis offer themselves as role models – or cautionary tales – to illustrate […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jan R. Uhrbach looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 86. We look to Yom Kippur to give us a clean slate, but the ritual observance of the day can only do so much; we also have some personal work to do. Today’s daf explores the role […]
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