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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 […]





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 Brad Hirschfield serves as President of Clal – The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, and is the author most recently of You Don’t Have To Be Wrong For Me To Be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanacticism. A public ethicist and media commentator, he writes regularly for both the WashingtonPost.com and FOXNews.com.


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