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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Miriam-Simma Walfish looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 40. Today’s daf engages in the question of what sabbatical produce may be used for leading to the question of what the primary purpose of the ban on agricultural labor during the sabbatical year. Is it to give the […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Miriam-Simma Walfish looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 39. What assumptions should we make about the religious practice of others? In what ways should these assumptions inform our interactions with them? Today’s daf engages these questions through a discussion of purchasing a etrog in the shmitta (sabbatical) […]
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Welcome to The Jewish Hour with Rabbi Finman, for August 15, 2021. In this episode, Rabbi Finman talks to Jakir Manela, the new CEO of Hazon and Pearlstone. How do you listen to The Jewish Hour? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice! https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/JHour/08-15-2021.mp3Podcast: Download
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 38. What happens if one is travelling and didn’t have time to wave the lulav – may one do so even late afternoon? Is a person exempt from Hallel by listening to someone else? And what if that […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 37. A kal v’chomer that starts out as a stringency but results in a leniency and why such a kal v’chomer is invalid. How to tie the four species and the different customs of various Jewish communities. The […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 36. The different parts of an etrog. What happens when an etrog gets damaged, how much of damage and what is the location of a damage that makes it pasul, or what happens if an etrog gets eaten […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 35. An etrog that is Orlah or Ma’aser Sheni and the mahloket between Rabbi Hiya bar Avin and Rabbi Assi as to the reason an etrog is pasul: is it because of “heter achila” or because of “din […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 34. The laws of arava. The principle of “hilkheta gemirei lehu” and “halakha leMoshe meSinai”, although these principles have no actual scriptural source they are still considered of equal authority as laws that have a scriptural basis. The […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 33. What are the requirements for a kosher hadas and what species is meant when we are talking about a Hadas. What is meant with “dichuy etzel mitsvot” – the concept of “dichuy” (disqualification) in regards to mitsvot […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 32. Requirements of a lulav. Difference between a lulav that is “nisdak” “nifredu” and “nitzretu”, a lulav that is split, spread out or has torn off leaves. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from […]
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