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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Nedarim, Daf 4. By letting us know how certain vows can be understood, specifically or generally, distinct or related to something else, the Talmud reminds us that we should have intent behind our words. Not only do the words we […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Nedarim, Daf 3. On this page we address the differences between “equivalent terms” and “partial declarations.” Both hold weight within the concept of vows, but have different methods of enactment. To view the text of Nedarim, Daf 3 on Sefaria, […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Nedarim, Daf 2. Nedarim kicks off a discussion about different types of vows and their consequences. Here we introduce four different types of vows with overarching similarities. Words have a great deal of weight our tradition. They can obligate us, […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 18. This page brings a new mishnah, which mimics the one provided on 17a, but with one alteration at the end. It offers a dissent to say Levi, the third, non-contemporary brother may take either wife, whichever he […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 17. This time our rabbis discuss that even though the marriage between a Jew and and idolatrous tribe member might stand, it leaves the identity of their children in question. The opening and closing music for this podcast […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 16. The Jew in the Pew. The Gemara eventually leads to a conversation regarding accepting converts from certain tribes. It goes on to list a few, all of which are prohibited from converting to the Jewish people because […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 15. Today we try to determine if Hillel and Shammai actually followed their own rulings. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead. This podcast is a collaboration with The […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 14. Today we continue with the idea of “Lo Titgodedu” which means to “don’t separate into factions”, different groups of Jews, giving the appearance of different Torahs – different Judaisms. Their concern is primarily over differing or even […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 13. Today includes a new Mishnah that is discussed that addresses different women one whose relationship to a man makes them subject to more stringent rule that the 15 before- Since they must be married to others and […]
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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 12. This episode continues it’s debate over which of the 15 women originally listed in the Mishnah are prohibited from yibum or chalitza. One element they bring up is the matter of zikah – a status in which […]
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