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Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 76. Today’s daf includes a further expansion of the discussion about certain principles relating to kashrut in general and Passover in particular. Two such examples are the important role of heat in […]
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Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 75. The Gemara continues its discussion about roasting the Korban Pesach. Today’s daf presents us with a possible contradiction between a stated law in the Mishnah and a narrative description of a […]
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Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 74. Today’s daf begins the seventh chapter of Massechet Pesahim, “Keitzad Tzolin”. This chapter focuses on the requirement to roast the Korban Pesach, prohibiting its cooking through any other means. The discussion […]
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Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 73. The Gemara continues the discussion about the invalidation of the Korban Pesach. A number of different scenarios are discussed, again focusing on the intention of the person bringing the sacrifice. An […]
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Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 72. If the 14th of Nisan fell on Shabbat, the Korban Pesach was still sacrificed, but the Gemara asked the question about what happens if the person offering the sacrifice had improper […]
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Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 71. When the Temple was in existence, the holiday experience for many Jews was centered around the offering of sacrifices in the Temple. There was an offering that was brought on every holiday […]
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Welcome to the Three Hundred Twenty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 70. Today we are learning from the Gemara how to deal with the situation when one feels personally opposed to the decision of one’s rabbi or of the rabbinic leaders of […]
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Welcome to the Three Hundred Twenty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 69. Today we weigh the relative values of three cardinal mitzvot: b’rit milah, korban pesach, and sh’mirat Shabbat. Martin S. Cohen is the rabbi of the Shelter Rock Jewish Center in […]
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Welcome to the Three Hundred Twenty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 68. This daf focuses on negotiating the rabbis’ teachings about the days of the Messiah and the World to Come, and particularly with reference to the doctrine of the resurrection of […]
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Welcome to the Three Hundred Twenty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 67. Today we will learn how to deal with people who behave poorly by contemplating the Torah’s laws regarding the way people who radiate tumah are to be banished from the […]
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