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Welcome to the Four Hundred and Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 4. In the most subtle and perhaps roundabout way, and in the guise of a discussion about sequestering a Kohen Gadol– the Talmud offers us an inspirational Yom Kippur sermon on the […]
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Welcome to the Four Hundred and Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 3. The Amora Reish Lakish suggests that the Kohen Gadol’s sequestration before Yom Kippur is derived from Moshe’s preparation to meet God on Sinai. In doing so, he teaches us how to […]
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Welcome to the Four Hundred and Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 2. The first mishnah of Masechet Yoma presents the preparation of the Kohen Gadol for the intense religious ritual of the Avodah service. The rabbis were careful about preparing for Yom Kippur, […]
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Welcome to a very speical episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at why have we left the Babylonian Talmud for a tractate of Jerusalem Talmud? This week, our study is led by Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky of Congregation Ansche Chesed in New York City. The opening and closing music for […]
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Welcome to the Four Hundred and First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 22. The Tractate ends as the rabbis finally face the truth; the Temple is no longer with us, and our discussions about Temple upkeep have been generally theoretical. So what are our […]
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Welcome to the Four Hundreth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 21. What a progression the daf makes! From spit on the streets of Jerusalem to the Parochet lying across the Temple Mount, it all depends on where we hold our gaze. Rabbi Abby Sosland […]
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Welcome to the Three Hundred Ninety Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 20. Continuing our conversation of the Kashrut status of food of uncertain ownership, and a glance at the later history of this issue in Halakhah. This week, our study is led by […]
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Welcome to the Three Hundred Ninety Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 19. What do you when you find money on the floor of the Temple, or find a cut of meat in the marketplace? We’ll discuss how to assign ownership of money and […]
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Welcome to the Three Hundred Ninety Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 18. Today we examine an important Talmudic concept: Breira, which does not mean – as in modern Hebrew – alternative, but retroactive determination. Can an object be of indeterminate status at one […]
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Welcome to the Three Hundred Ninety Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 17. Today’s page is very rich in lore and legend! We will learn about the Temple in Jerusalem being the source of the world’s water, and we’ll study a story of the […]
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