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Welcome to the Fifty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Rosenn looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 55. Today we follow the Talmud as it uses a discussion about shabbat laws as a launching pad for a teaching about a completely different topic: the responsibility we all have for speaking out […]
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Welcome to the Fifty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Rosenn looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 54. Today we’ll look at what happens when two factors in the laws of shabbat clash. Specifically, does our obligation to prevent the suffering of animals allow us to create a situation that may […]
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Welcome to the Fifty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Rosenn looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 53. Daf 53 of tractate Shabbat considers how an animal’s suffering factors into what it is allowed to carry on Shabbat. We also have the rabbis reacting to a story about a man who […]
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Welcome to the Fifty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Rosenn looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 52. Today’s daf looks at the issues surrounding the commandment that not only people, but also animals should have a day of rest on Shabbat. Rabbi David Rosenn is the Chief Operating Officer at […]
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Welcome to the Fiftieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Rosenn looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 51. In today’s episode, we look at the rules that surround the covering and uncovering of food once Shabbat has begun. Rabbi David Rosenn is the Chief Operating Officer at the New Israel Fund. A […]
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Welcome to the Forty Nineth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 50. Today we investigate how frame of mind can be a category of action and what that means for sitting in chairs and taking a bath. Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman is Assistant Rabbi at Beth […]
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Welcome to the Forty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 49. Riffing on feathers, Elisha the Winged One’s tefillin become doves and our mitzvot become our wings of safety and freedom in this episode. Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman is Assistant Rabbi at Beth Jacob Congregation […]
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Welcome to the Forty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 48. Focusing on handkerchiefs and feathers, today we enter the world of chapter four — the material culture of keeping things warm on Shabbat. Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman is Assistant Rabbi at Beth Jacob Congregation […]
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Welcome to the Forty Sixth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 47. In our discussion of muktze so far, we’ve focused on the objects to be (or not to be) carried. Today, we learn how the nature of an object is affected by the identity […]
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Welcome to the Forty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 46. Jewish communities have always encompassed a wide range of ritual practice. Today’s daf invites us to wonder how we behave when we are guests and hosts, holding respect for others as a higher […]
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