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Welcome to the Four Hundred Thirteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 13. Understudies are necessary for any important performance, but they can destabilize the primary performer. What happens to a priest who is temporarily elevated to the role of high priest? We segue then […]
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Welcome to the Four Hundred Twelvth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 12. The city of Jerusalem has a special ritual status-parts of it belong to the entire people of Israel and therefore never become impure. Other parts belong to the tribes of Judah and […]
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Welcome to the Four Hundred Eleventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 11. Rabbinic literature often assumes an idealized reality in which the rabbis and their regulations govern the Jewish people with minimal interference by outside authorities. On this page we confront the reality of […]
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Welcome to the Four Hundred Tenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 10. The sages speculate about biblical prophecies of exile and redemption, and when the messiah will finally come. Then they get back to practical matters- does the apartment used by the high priest […]
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Welcome to the Four Hundred and Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 9. Judaism has three cardinal sins- idolatry, sexual crime, and murder. These were apparently rampant in the First Temple, and for them it was destroyed. But, in a famous aggadah, we learn […]
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Welcome to the Four Hundred and Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 8. Religious leadership may be a sacred calling, but over time it can also become just a job. What were the consequences of the sale of the office of high priest as […]
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Welcome to the Four Hundred and Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 7. “Be smart and keep your mouth shut.” This surprising instruction is addressed to a priest who finds a flaw that cannot be fixed in the middle of a service. We learn […]
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Welcome to the Four Hundred and Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 6. What is worth exploring for the rabbis? While the past can sometimes be considered irrelevant, a discussion of Torah verses is always deemed worthwhile. Rabbi Abby Sosland is the Morah Ruchanit […]
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Welcome to the Four Hundred and Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 5. After two pages of exploring the original Inauguration of the Mishkan, the Gemara is suddenly aghast at the question of how the Kohanim were dressed. The Ramban helps us to find […]
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Welcome to the Four Hundred and Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 4. In the most subtle and perhaps roundabout way, and in the guise of a discussion about sequestering a Kohen Gadol– the Talmud offers us an inspirational Yom Kippur sermon on the […]
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