Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 22. This episode includes a clarification of the mishnaic term sukkah mduvlelet and application of the principle of havot rami, lower and cast, by which a roof composed of beams at different levels is said to collapse into […]

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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 21. Is an ohel any structure or must it be a man-made structure. Exploration of this issue, in particular the ramifications of R. Yehudah’s opinion, and its limitations with reference to a practice related to the red heifer […]

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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 20. This episode begins with the conclusion of a sugya about large and small reed mats being used for s’khakh; as well as a sugya about mats of different materials and whether or not they constitute vessels for […]

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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 19. This episode includes the conclusion of a sugya about the columns of a covered porch being used a wall for sukkah; explanation of a baraita which notes that a sukkah whose kosher s’khakh extends beyond the sukkah […]

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