Shabbat, Daf 125

Daily Daf Differently: Masechet Shabbat

English - July 09, 2020 11:00 - 9 minutes - 10.4 MB
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Welcome to the Hundred and Twenty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Adina Lewittes looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 125. This page in Massechet Shabbat shows us the compassionate spirit of Jewish law in that it’s not based upon the lives and means of the majority of the community, but is informed by the lives and means, or lack thereof, of those who live at the margins of community. It also teaches us of the powerful role of mental intent in establishing halachah.

Rabbi Adina Lewittes is the founder of Sha’ar Communities in Bergen County, New Jersey, a groundbreaking suburban network of small, inclusive, and accessible Jewish communities connected by a broad vision of Jewish renaissance. An entrepreneur in her rabbinate, Rabbi Lewittes earlier founded Congregation Kol HaNeshamah in Englewood, New Jersey, and served as the first female Assistant Dean of the Rabbinical School at JTS during which time she participated in the rethinking and restructuring of the program’s curriculum.

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