Welcome to the Thirty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 36. This episode addresses the confusions created by the destruction of the Second Temple, and the Sages reassurance that in fact, both clarity and K’dushah can both be retained in a post-Temple world. Rabbi […]

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Welcome to the Thirty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 35. Explored today, is the tension between the need for specific and fixed boundaries in time, and the value of blurring those boundaries, as ways of making Shabbat more meaningful. Rabbi Brad Hirschfield serves […]

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Welcome to the Thirty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 34. In today’s podcast, we explore the importance of not simply observing Shabbat, but of preparing for Shabbat, and what that suggests about at least one understanding of what Shabbat is all about. Rabbi […]

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Welcome to the Thirty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 33. Today we explore the temptation, and ultimate failure, of explaining human suffering by means of simple calculations of reward and punishment. Rabbi Brad Hirschfield serves as President of Clal – The National Jewish […]

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Welcome to the Thirty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 32. On today’s daf, we explore why people die unexpected deaths, and how different Sages cope with the challenge of finding meaning in what they often experience as a dangerous and threatening world. Rabbi […]

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Welcome to the Thirtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 31. Today’s episode filnds us in the midst of classic stories about Hillel, Shammai, and their respective attitudes to prospective converts, when we discover a theory of education based on the primacy of relationships. Rabbi […]

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Welcome to the Twenty Nineth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 30. In this episode we focus on what defines purposeful activity, at least with respect to Shabbat, and what is the reason we light Shabbat candles? Rabbi Brad Hirschfield serves as President of Clal […]

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