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Welcome to the Hundred and Thirty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 137. This episode deals with the question of when the laws of the Torah may be set aside for the sake of preserving an individual’s health in the context of a […]



Welcome to the Hundred and Thirty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 137. This episode deals with the question of when the laws of the Torah may be set aside for the sake of preserving an individual’s health in the context of a discussion about the proper time to circumcise a newborn boy.


Martin S. Cohen is the rabbi of the Shelter Rock Jewish Center in Roslyn, New York, and served as senior editor of The Observant Life, published by the Rabbinical Assembly in 2012.


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