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Welcome to the Hundred and Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Cahan looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 109. The ban on healing on Shabbat is both well-established and porous as a sieve. Why do the Rabbis have such a hard time getting this straight? Rabbi Joshua Cahan received his Ph.D. […]



Welcome to the Hundred and Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Cahan looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 109. The ban on healing on Shabbat is both well-established and porous as a sieve. Why do the Rabbis have such a hard time getting this straight?


Rabbi Joshua Cahan received his Ph.D. in Rabbinic Literature from the Jewish Theological Seminary. He teaches rabbinics at the Schechter High School of Westchester. Previously he was the founder and director of the Northwoods Kollel Talmud program at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin and Director of the Jewish Theological Seminary’s Beit Midrash study center. In 2009 Rabbi Cahan published Yedid Nefesh, a traditional, egalitarian bencher (book of sabbath songs & blessings) with commentary.


The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.