Welcome to the Three Hundred Fourty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 84. Today we will consider why the Talmud may choose to follow up on one line of questioning while ignore the same issue in another case. Matthew Goldstone is a three year PhD […]

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Welcome to the Three Hundred Fourty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 83. Today we will look at the concept of objects which render the hands impure and those things which serve as a “base” for forbidden objects. Both of these ideas are intended as […]

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Welcome to the Three Hundred Fourty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 82. Based on today’s daf we will question the proper use of embarrassment as a disciplinary measure to be adopted by the community in order to promote future adherence to the law. Matthew […]

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Welcome to the Three Hundred Fourtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 81. Today we will explore the role of legal hermeneutical principles in extrapolating Jewish law from orally transmitted sources. Matthew Goldstone is a three year PhD student in Talmud at New York University. He […]

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Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 80. Today we will discuss the question of actively rendering an individual impure in order for the community at large to be able to offer their sacrifices. We will look at two different […]

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Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 79. In today’s daf we discuss the connection between normativity and the community. As we shall see, the state of the community can have a direct impact on the permissibility of what was […]

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Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 78. Here we focus on three different topics that arise over the course of the daf: the difference between a mitzvah being pushed off entirely, or merely being placed into a state of […]

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