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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 29. Should Jewish norms treat every individual equally, demanding the same behavior of each person or should Jewish norms expect different things from different folks? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 28. Is rabbinic teaching primarily conservative, a project about maintaining the tradition we’ve received? Or is it about creativity, tapping as yet unexpected sources of meaning? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 27. How is Sukkot like Passover? And how many Sukkot should there be? Should we each have our own, or should all Israel share one gigantic Sukkah? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 26. What exempts us from sitting in the Sukkah? A little rain? An illness? An — in a tangential topic — why should a man not sleep in Tefillin? A hint: one answer is a little gross and […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 25. Today we explore the Rabbinic principle that “one who is busy with one mitzvah is exempt from other mitzvot.” The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/DDD/Sukkah/Sukkah025.mp3Podcast: Download
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 83. Saving a life, pikuach nefesh, is Judaism’s most important Mitzvah. If fasting on Yom Kippur would endanger your health, you should eat a minimum to stay safe. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 82. What’s worth dying for? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/DDD/Yoma/Yoma082.mp3Podcast: Download
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 81. Yom Kippur is a holiday without a feast. Or is it? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/DDD/Yoma/Yoma081.mp3Podcast: Download
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 80. Should there be universal measures for prohibited food consumptions, or should large people have different measures than smaller folks? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/DDD/Yoma/Yoma080.mp3Podcast: Download
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 79. On Yom Kippur you are forbidden from eating food the size of a date’s bulk. The sages set this standard – not because food becomes a technically prohibited substance, like pork – but to induce in us […]
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