Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Give me forty minutes or so and I'll give you a daf or so
121 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsI know that all the cool kids are jumping on to the daf yomi bandwagon. However, if you are looking for something a bit more mellow, a bit more curated, less a part of the rough and tumble of the daf yomi speedway—I invite you to daf shvu'i, a weekly page of Talmud. In about 40-50 minutes you can learn a page of Talmud. No previous experience required.
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Daf Shvui / Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 119a-120a
March 01, 2024 00:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBThere's more to talk about and learn about. The seemingly endless tale of the daughters of Zelophehad and Moshe. Including in this week's episode—what happened in the study hall? All in this week's daf. This week's daf can found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or witticisms at thewidowandthe...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 117b-119a
January 30, 2024 23:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBWe're still working through the halakhic details of the case of the daughters of Zelophehad, and we've added working through the details of the Josephites and their claim for more land, and others who were denied a portion in the Land of Israel. Fascinating stuff here. All in this week's daf. Join us. This week's daf can found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries ...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 116b-117b
January 15, 2024 18:00 - 27 minutes - 19.3 MBIts a tour of Tannaitic texts, a veritable a Mishnah, Midrash, and Tosefta fabula in this week's daf. We focus on the daughters of Zelophehad and their inheritance and how that intertwines with the detailed discussions of inheriting the Land. Its all in this week's daf! This week's daf can found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in...
Daf Shuvi/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 116a-116b
December 25, 2023 16:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBThis week, within the continuing discussion of the line of inheritance we visit one of the most awful stories in the book of Judges, we check in on Solomon's worthiness to rule, we get some rules to live by and we bring to an end, the discussion of the mishnah. All in this week's daf. This week's daf can found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba 115a-116a
November 28, 2023 16:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBWe finish the Talmudic discussion of the first mishnah and begin the discussion of the second mishnah. We also witness a throw down between Sages and Sadducees. (Spoiler alert: the Sages win.) All in this week's daf. This week's daf can found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or witticisms at...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 115a-116a
November 28, 2023 16:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBWe finish the Talmudic discussion of the first mishnah and begin the discussion of the second mishnah. We also witness a throw down between Sages and Sadducees. (Spoiler alert: the Sages win.) All in this week's daf. This week's daf can found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or witticisms at...
Daf Shvui / Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 114a-114b
November 12, 2023 07:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBTwo new questions this week: 1. How long following an acquisition, a qinyan can one renege from the acquisition? 2. Why does the mishnah twice note, in different ways, that a woman does not inherit from her son even though she may bequeath to them. All in this week's daf. This week's daf can found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please b...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 113a-114a
October 27, 2023 21:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBStill trying to figure out the order of inheritance. You'd be surprised how many different paths to bequeath and inherit there are. And then a short conversation about the judicial mechanics of inheriting, and a jaunt into "the rabbis don't know everything." All in this week's daf. This week's daf can found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org P...
Daf Shvui / Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 112a-112b
September 29, 2023 00:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBOnce again into the breach. Can a husband inherit from his wife from the Torah? Or can only a son inherit from his mother? Three versions of the conversation in this week's daf. Also the two poems that I read this week were from Leah Naomi Green's first book of poetry The More Extravagant Feast available through Graywolf Press. This week's daf can found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Arama...
Daf Shvui / Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 110b-112a
September 08, 2023 15:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBStill trying to figure out the patriarchal precedence in inheritance. Zecharyah ben Haqatzav putting up futile resistance to the patriarchal hegemony. A fun little story about a rabbi on rabbi beatdown. And, of course, the gemara is worried about the estate slip-sliding away from the father's tribe/family to the mother's. It's all in this week's daf. This week's daf can found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefari...
Daf Shvui / Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 110a-110b
August 21, 2023 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBThis week we dive into a discussion of the idol of Micah which somewhat/somehow clarifies what the importance or significance of inheritance lines is. Then we get back into about who inherits—son or daughter? All in this week's daf. This week's daf can found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Batra 109a-110a
August 04, 2023 00:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBWe are continuing our discussion of who inherits whom, and why is it the male? We also dip our toes into a more spiritual or ethical understanding of inheritance. All in this week's daf. This week's daf can found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or witticisms at thewidowandthebrothers@gmail...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 108a-109a
July 20, 2023 22:00 - 38 minutes - 26.9 MBIt's a new chapter and a new conversation in which the Mishnah and then the Talmud takes on the question of inheritance—where did possession all start? Is that good or bad? Who gets to inherit? (Spoiler alert, on the whole, inheritance is another way to preserve the patriarchal line.) Well, let's get started. This week's daf can found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commen...
Another Daf Shvui classic; our conversation with Charlottee Fonrobert
July 12, 2023 12:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBTo celebrate the completion of the second chapter of Baba Batra, I invited Charlotte Fonrobert, a professor in the Religious Studies department at Stanford University whose current research focuses on the rabbinic eruv, or Shabbat boundary, and the way that the laws and culture of eruv define Jewish identity. Our wide ranging conversation delved into the 2000 plus years of eruv—from the Qumran community to the Hamptons and the Daily Show. Following the conversation we study together a bit—th...
Rerun of the amazing conversation with Prof. Alyssa Gray
July 05, 2023 16:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MB(the original description:) In order to mark and celebrate the completion of the first chapter of Baba Bathra, we invited Prof. Alyssa Gray to discuss her new book Charity in Rabbinic Judaism: Atonement, Rewards, and Righteousness. Our conversation illuminates some of the poverty relief material that we saw in the first chapter, in addition to putting that material in a larger context. And then we study a passage together. Its a blast. Pull up a chair, pour a libation, and join the celebrati...
Daf Shvui / Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 107a-108a
June 28, 2023 20:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBThis is a hadran episode! We are finishing the seventh chapter and wishing it "see you soon" (what hadran means). This week we continue the conversation about dividing land and how to do that fairly. This week's daf can found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or witticisms at thewidowandthebr...
Daf Shvui / Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 106a-106b
May 30, 2023 20:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBOnce more unto the breach. Can we nail down what is intended in the sale of a piece of property? How much off the mark can the assessment be before it is fraud? And what about the original division of the Land of Israel? All in this week's daf. This week's daf can found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Denise Levertov's poem "Making Peace" c...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 104b-105b
May 12, 2023 23:00 - 35 minutes - 24.8 MBThis week we delve into another case of saying things with words, and then finding out that perhaps it is not the words but the possession. We also look at an example of the artistry of the stam. Its wild; and its all in this week's daf. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, critic...
Daf Shvui / Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 103b-104b
April 28, 2023 21:00 - 27 minutes - 19.3 MBAnd … we're back. We're still talking about what the language of buying and selling means. When is a little more or less land in a deal a mistake or a fraud? Its all in this week's daf. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or witticisms at thewidowandthebrothers@gmai...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 102b-103b
March 17, 2023 23:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBIts a new chapter! Its more of the same amazing conversation! What do words mean? Legally? Is a kur a kur? Is the hole part of the field? Part of the whole? Its all in this week's daf. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or witticisms at thewidowandthebrothers@gmail....
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 101b-102b
February 25, 2023 01:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBWe finish the Sixth Chapter this week in a discussion of found graves and abandoned graveyards. We also start the seventh chapter. just a bit. All in this week's daf. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or witticisms at [email protected] Become a Patro...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 100b-101b
February 10, 2023 23:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBBurial caves, the space of death, ground zero of space and place, in this week's daf. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or witticisms at [email protected] Become a Patron of Daf Shvui @ Patreon.
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 99b-100b
January 28, 2023 00:00 - 38 minutes - 26.9 MBWe continue this week with an interesting discussion of the ways that the people's perogatives impinge on private property. And the final space—the grave. All in this week's daf. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or witticisms at [email protected] B...
Daf Shvui / Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 99a-100a
January 13, 2023 04:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBThis week we conclude the conversation about the magical, mystery ark and cherubs. Then we are back with a discussion of place and ownership, and whether or not and how individual ownership intersects with or confronts public claims. All in this week's daf. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with ...
Daf Shvui / Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 97b-98b
December 30, 2022 14:00 - 48 minutes - 33.7 MBOne more conversation about wine fragility, at least in market exchanges. Who is responsible for my wine going bad? A surprising mussar interjection from the Meiri, and Ben Sira also makes an appearance as we move away from wine and toward place and space. All in this week's daf. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org P...
Daf Shvui / Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 96b-97b
December 16, 2022 04:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBSo this week we continue asking after what makes wine, wine and not water. Water into wine being a seasonal theme and all. We also ask after the thingness of wine. And other stuff. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or witticisms at [email protected] ...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 95b-96b
December 02, 2022 20:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBWine, gross wine, and really gross wine, and its historical or, at least legal implications. We continue our discussion of buying, and defining wine, and asking whether it is the fault of the stars that wine spoils. It'll be a blast. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms...
Daf Shvui / Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 94b-95b
November 23, 2022 01:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBWe are continuing with our conversation about how much stuff which isn't the stuff i bought should I be expected to accept along with the stuff I bought. When we finish with that we move on to discuss the knotty problem of what level of wine do I expect when I buy wine. (Also Rashbam is up in his feels about store bought wine…) Its a hoot. Trust me. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 93b-94b
November 04, 2022 16:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBHey, we're back. Missed y'all. In this week's daf we ask the evergreen question: "How much crap can you put in my wheat and I'll still pay full price it?" Its a question that will take us through a discussion of definitions and boundaries. Buckle up, grab a beverage and join us. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org P...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 92b-93b
September 23, 2022 21:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBOne last daf before Rosh Hashanah. We continue to interrogate the tension between rov/majority and hazaqah/the assumption of fact. And we end up with a couple of interesting principles of hosting. Its all in this week's daf. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or wi...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 91b-92b
August 23, 2022 22:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBThis week we finish the fifth chapter and start the sixth. The fifth chapter ends as it started with a midrashic flourish, and the sixth chapter begins diving in right away with the parameters of legitimate commerce. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or witticisms...
Daf Shvui / Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 90a-91a
August 05, 2022 17:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBThis week we follow the logic of guarding against criminal overcharging - taking advantage of drought conditions - (not) selling basic necessities - is wine a basic necessity? - exporting foodstuffs out of the Land of Israel - all the characters in the Ruth story - and in the "news you can use" category, what was Abraham's mother's name? All in this week's daf. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and Engli...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 89a-90a
July 26, 2022 20:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBThis week we go further into the weeds of measures, measurements, and measuring implements and then take a step back to talk about how the "just scales" of Rabbinic discourse is different than the "scales of justice" of contemporary discourse. Its all in this week's daf. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 88a-89a
July 09, 2022 01:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBThis week we dive into and interrogate the slippery idea of accurate weights and measure, and fair trade in the marketplace. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or witticisms at [email protected] Become a Patron of Daf Shvui @ Patreon.
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 87b-88a
June 03, 2022 20:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBClear mishnaic text will be amiguified and then disambiguified in this weeks daf which follows and queries the tale of a child whose father sent him to buy some oil and then drama erupts. The ambiguity is where this text lives. So come, pull up a beverage and blintz (or other dairy delicacy) (for shavuot) and join us as we try to make clarity out of chaos. Hag sameach. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew a...
Daf shvui / Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 86b-87b
May 16, 2022 04:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBSo… it's been a minute, but we're back. This week we go down a bit of an interesting rabbit hole about rural day labor in late antiquity. We also look at how our sugya was constructed. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or witticisms at thewidowandthebrothers@gmail...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 85b-86b
April 12, 2022 00:00 - 30 minutes - 21.4 MBSeveral facets of acquisition are interrogated in this week's daf. What completes acquisition—measuring? agreeing on a price? introducing the stuff into one's domain? Then, what type of acquisitive choreography should be employed—picking up an item? pulling an item? Is one better than the other? Then, is the item bought all at once (in the case of grain or oil, for example), or a bit at a time as it is poured into the measuring vessel? All this is in the week's sugya. This week's daf can be...
Daf Shvui / Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 84b-85b
March 16, 2022 16:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBThis week's sugya dance deftly on the private/public/shared domain-- buyer/seller matrix, in the process interrogating what all that means. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or witticisms at [email protected] Become a Patron of Daf Shvui @ Patreon.
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 83b-84b
February 24, 2022 23:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBWhen defrauding is not defrauding, but its non not defrauding. The narrow space of ona'ah, in the larger space of fraudulent selling and buying. Also, the role of the flowers of paradise and the fires of hell in the color of the sun. Its all in this week's daf. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch ...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 82b-83b
February 04, 2022 00:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBWhat is a vineyard? What constitutes a piece of land? What is the connection between the prohibition of planting mixed crops and deciding if you bought the land with the trees? More fascinating definitional questions and we end with a somewhat theoretical beginning to a conversation about fraud. All in this week's daf! This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic wit...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 82a-82b
January 19, 2022 02:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBWe're back!! We continue the conversation around buying trees and land, and how the traditions about the trees and land went from Palestine to Babylonia and back again, perhaps. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or witticisms at [email protected] Be...
Daf Shvui / Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 81a-82a
December 24, 2021 19:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBThere are still more ways to think about owning land. In this week's daf and pod we consider how first fruits/bikkurim works and how it impacts our understanding of land ownership. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or witticisms at [email protected] ...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 80a-81a
December 14, 2021 22:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBApiary and Aviary ho ho! We do a moderately deep dive into beekeeping and dove keeping this week, continuing the dual streams of what you buy when you buy stuff, and can you buy or sell stuff that does not yet exist (i.e. futures)? It's all in this week's daf. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch ...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 78b-79b
November 23, 2021 20:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBSo… is selling stuff like dedicating stuff to the Temple? What is sacrilege? How does this daf question the legality of futures trading? This and more in this week's daf. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or witticisms at [email protected] Become a...
Daf shvui / Weekly Daf: Baba bathra 77b-78b
November 05, 2021 22:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBSo … fraud. What do you do about it? Is it fraud? Also what comes with that donkey? Are donkeys essentially riding animals or pack animals? These questions and more in this week's daf. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or witticisms at [email protected]...
Daf Shvui / Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 77a-77b
October 21, 2021 18:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MB"Words cannot be bought with words." This is the principle that the Talmud uses to navigate the thorny issue of a secondary market in debt. Can you buy acquire something which is basically just words on a piece of paper? Well, probably, but how? and why? In this week's daf. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 75b-76b
October 14, 2021 22:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBFrom the fantastical world of sea monsters we dive back into the constructed world of law. First, how does one buy a ship? But then, even more problematic, how does one buy something that cannot be touched—such as debt? We are also going a bit into the weeds of later Sages editing and rewriting earlier Sages and other such anomalies. All in this week's daf. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English fr...
Daf Shvui/Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 74b-75b
October 06, 2021 01:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBLeviathan, Sukkot made of the skin of the Leviathan, a dispute between angels about the meaning of a verse, rabbinic resentment and reward, and then back to buying ships. Its all in this week's daf! Please join us. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch with any comments, criticisms, or witticisms at...
Daf Shvui / Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 73b-74b
September 06, 2021 20:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBLast podcast of 5781. More stories of the travels of the Rabbis down to the sea, out to the desert, to meet monsters, to see those who died in the Desert, to hear God lament at Sinai, to hear the wailing of Korach and his community. Its quite a trip. Join us. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please be in touch wi...
Daf Shvui / Weekly Daf: Baba Bathra 73a-73b
August 27, 2021 21:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBThree hundred foot talking waves? Yes sir. Humongous charging bison doing balancing tricks on the city's battlements? Yes ma'am. We have it all in this week's daf, as we start the fifth chapter and delve into the Talmud's version of Sinbad the Sailor—Rabbah bar bar Hannah. This week's daf can be found in the following places: 1. Vilna page (Hebrew and Aramaic) from Hebrewbooks.org 2. Hebrew and English from Sefaria.org 3. Hebrew and Aramaic with many commentaries from Alhatorah.org Please ...