Daily Daf Differently: Masechet Shabbat
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Shabbat, Daf 107
June 21, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes - 10.4 MBWelcome to the Hundred and Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Cahan looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 107. The Talmud shows a strong inclination to define the forbidden labors of shabbat using abstract concepts. But they find that sometimes a category can be as slippery as a fish. Rabbi Joshua […]
Shabbat, Daf 106
June 20, 2020 12:00 - 12 minutes - 13 MBWelcome to the Hundred and Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Adam Kligfeld looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 106. Within this page of Talmud we have the laws of how to react, substantively, to the death of a brother or a member of our group of friends. And we have an […]
Shabbat, Daf 105
June 19, 2020 12:00 - 13 minutes - 14.2 MBWelcome to the Hundred and Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Adam Kligfeld looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 105. Within this page of Talmud we have examples of numerous types of rabbinic argumentation, all centered around how much of a particular act or mlakha (labor) one must do in order to […]
Shabbat, Daf 104: Joshua to Joshua to Jocelyn
June 18, 2020 12:00 - 10 minutes - 11.5 MBWelcome to the Hundred and Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Dov Katz looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 104. We’ve been discussing Shabbat rules, specifically those related to the prohibition on writing two letters or more on Shabbat. Here, the Gemara offers several playful methods for imparting important messages and […]
Shabbat, Daf 103: Ktav Tam-A Meditation on Perfection
June 17, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes - 10.9 MBWelcome to the Hundred and Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Dov Katz looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 103. Over the last few days, we explored the Shabbat prohibitions of transferring objects from one domain to another and building. Today we look at writing, another category of prohibited work. Among […]
Shabbat, Daf 102: “Eats Shoots and Leaves” Meets The Laws of Shabbat
June 16, 2020 12:00 - 8 minutes - 9.73 MBWelcome to the Hundred and First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Dov Katz looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 102. The Mishna and Gemara explore the question of how much “building” do you need to do in order to be liable for breaking Shabbat. A tentative definition offered by the Mishna […]
Shabbat, Daf 101: Moshe- You Did Speak Well!?
June 15, 2020 12:00 - 7 minutes - 8.71 MBWelcome to the Hundredth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Dov Katz looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 101. Our daf continues a discussion about transferring objects from one domain to another. The specific question is the status of transferring from one ship to another. Along the way, Rav Safra suggests that […]
Shabbat, Daf 100: Out Of The Mist Of Complexity Emerges Clarity
June 14, 2020 12:00 - 7 minutes - 8.86 MBWelcome to the Ninety Nineth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Dov Katz looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 100. The gemara continues with a discussion of the laws of hotzaah, transferring from between public and private domains on Shabbat. Here in our chapter, the specific focus is in how throwing something […]
Shabbat, Daf 99
June 13, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes - 10.6 MBWelcome to the Ninety Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Steve Kane looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 99. Shabbat 99a-b begins with a midrashic comment on the difference between a wise hearted woman and a woman whose heart inspires wisdom. The rest of the page continues the discussion of transferring objects […]
Shabbat, Daf 98
June 12, 2020 12:00 - 8 minutes - 9.62 MBWelcome to the Ninety Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Steve Kane looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 98. Shabbat 98a-b contains a discussion about carrying an object four amot in a covered public domain and the boards found in the wagons that were used in the construction of the Tabernacle in […]
Shabbat, Daf 97
June 11, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes - 10.8 MBWelcome to the Ninety Sixth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Steve Kane looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 97. The discussion on Shabbat 97a-b centers on the dispute between R. Akiva and the Sages regarding an object thrown on Shabbat from one private domain to another private domain, through a public domain. […]
Shabbat, Daf 96
June 10, 2020 12:00 - 10 minutes - 11.1 MBWelcome to the Ninety Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Steve Kane looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 96. This episode ends chapter ten and begins chapter eleven of Masechet Shabbat. The new chapter discusses the legality of throwing an object from one domain to another on Shabbat. The end of the […]
Shabbat, Daf 95
June 09, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes - 10.2 MBWelcome to the Ninety Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Steve Kane looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 95. On Shabbat 95 the concept of what toladot, derivatives, of the 39 main categories of work is discussed relating to personal grooming of women on Shabbat. The page concludes with a discussion about […]
Shabbat, Daf 94
June 08, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes - 10.6 MBWelcome to the Ninety Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Steve Kane looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 94. Shabbat 94 continues the discussion of the prohibition of carrying on Shabbat. In this case the question of moving a dead body is discussed, along with the important principle that, “human dignity is […]
Shabbat, Daf 93
June 07, 2020 12:00 - 10 minutes - 11.2 MBWelcome to the Ninety Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Steve Kane looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 93. Today’s episode is a discussion about responsibility for our acts. When we act alone, we are clearly responsible. What is the level of our responsibility when we act along with others? Rabbi Steven […]
Shabbat, Daf 92
June 06, 2020 12:00 - 8 minutes - 9.56 MBWelcome to the Ninety First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jill Jacobs looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 92. Today we focus on what is “normal?” The rabbis debate whether the boundaries of usual practice are consistent across place and time, or determined by particular circumstances. Rabbi Jill Jacobs is the Executive […]
A Very Different Daily Daf “The Daf”
June 05, 2020 12:00 - 12 minutes - 12.9 MBWelcome to the Nintieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky takes a very different take then usual. Today we’ll talk not about a specific page of the Talmud but about the shape of the Talmudic page and how it came to look this way. After beginning in oral transmission and then […]
Shabbat Daf 90 and 91
June 04, 2020 12:00 - 7 minutes - 8.73 MBWelcome to the Eighty Nineth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jill Jacobs looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 90. On Day 90 and 91, we move from the lofty vision of Matan Torah to the mundane details of the quantities of materials that one may carry from the public to the private […]
Shabbat, Daf 89
June 03, 2020 12:00 - 6 minutes - 7.8 MBWelcome to the Eighty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jill Jacobs looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 89. This episode focuses on the angels objecting to human beings taking the Torah back to earth, where surely it will be tainted. But this is a necessary condition of the Torah coming to […]
Shabbat, Daf 88
June 02, 2020 12:00 - 7 minutes - 8.35 MBWelcome to the Eighty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jill Jacobs looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 88. Continuing from yesterday’s topic, today the rabbis imagine the moment of Matan Torah as a moment when the supernatural happens, and when life and death sit in the balance. Rabbi Jill Jacobs is […]
Shabbat, Daf 87
June 01, 2020 12:00 - 7 minutes - 8.36 MBWelcome to the Eighty Sixth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jill Jacobs looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 87. Today we focus on the moment of Matan Torah (revelation), which represents the ultimate human-divine encounter. In this moment, God transfers some of the responsibility of the world to humanity. Rabbi Jill Jacobs […]
Shabbat, Daf 86
May 31, 2020 12:00 - 6 minutes - 7.43 MBWelcome to the Eighty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jill Jacobs looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 86. Today’s daf asks “When is a person ready to receive Torah?” According to the rabbis, one needs to be ready both spiritually and physically. And that leads to some fascinating speculation about sex […]
Shabbat, Daf 85
May 30, 2020 12:00 - 8 minutes - 9.26 MBWelcome to the Eighty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Harry Pell looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 85. This episode continues with the theme of planting multiple species in a small garden, and in the process reminds us why the Talmud is more of an educational experience than a series of […]
Shabbat, Daf 84
May 29, 2020 12:08 - 6 minutes - 7.95 MBWelcome to the Eighty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Harry Pell looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 84. Masechet Shabbat, Daf 84 opens with the challenge of planting multiple species in a small garden, and ends by implicitly raising the question of how best to analyze the purpose of any given […]
Shabbat, Daf 83
May 28, 2020 12:00 - 7 minutes - 8.38 MBWelcome to the Eighty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Harry Pell looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 83. Masechet Shabbat, Daf 83 is chock full of great Talmudic material, form the question of whether a disassembled idol still imparts impurity, to the question of how we know that ocean-going ships do […]
Shabbat, Daf 82
May 27, 2020 12:00 - 6 minutes - 7.84 MBWelcome to the Eighty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Harry Pell looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 82. Masechet Shabbat, Daf 82 shares best practices for conduct in the bathroom, which I have taken the liberty of cross-checking with a medical doctor. It also gives us the chance to bid farewell […]
Shabbat, Daf 81
May 26, 2020 12:00 - 8 minutes - 9.27 MBWelcome to the Eightieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Harry Pell looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 81. Masechet Shabbat, Daf 81 is a tale of stones, of latrines, and of Kavod HaBriyot — human dignity, all in the context of Shabbat. Rabbi Harry Pell is Schechter Westchester’s rabbi-in-residence, as well as […]
Shabbat, Daf 80
May 25, 2020 12:00 - 7 minutes - 8.62 MBWelcome to the Seventy Nineth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Harry Pell looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 80. Daf 80 begins with a discussion of carrying on Shabbat, but winds up teaching lessons about the cosmetic uses of lime, and an even more important lesson about personal responsibility. Rabbi Harry Pell […]
Shabbat, Daf 79
May 24, 2020 12:00 - 6 minutes - 7.61 MBWelcome to the Seventy Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Harry Pell looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 79. In this episode, we focus on a page that asks the question whether Tefilin be written only on Klaf, or also on Duchsustus? The question is answered elegantly, in part by citing the […]
Shabbat, Daf 78
May 23, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes - 10.2 MBWelcome to the Seventy Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 78. In this episode, we explore the question of when is a piece of paper is not really a piece of paper, abd we have further adventures in the laws of carrying. Rabbi David […]
Shabbat, Daf 77: Jeremiah and the Kings of Israel
May 22, 2020 12:00 - 6 minutes - 8.25 MBWelcome to the Seventy Sixth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 77. In today’s episode, we try to make sense of the prohibition of “carrying”. Rabbi David Hoffman is an assistant professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture and serves as scholar-in-residence in the Development Department […]
Shabbat, Daf 76: Hadran Alakh
May 21, 2020 12:00 - 8 minutes - 9.72 MBWelcome to the Seventy Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 76. Today we will focus on thoughts about the language we use upon concluding a chapter of Talmud. Rabbi David Hoffman is an assistant professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture and serves as scholar-in-residence […]
Shabbat, Daf 75: Davening on Helios
May 20, 2020 12:00 - 8 minutes - 9.93 MBWelcome to the Seventy Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 75. Today we look at to what extent the rabbis were citizens of the larger Roman cultural world, focusing on one small case study. Rabbi David Hoffman is an assistant professor of Talmud and […]
Shabbat, Daf 74: Murky Categories As Opportunities For Thoughtful Religious Thinking
May 19, 2020 12:00 - 8 minutes - 9.6 MBWelcome to the Seventy Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 74. In this episode we consider the permitted and prohibited types of selection on Shabbat and the melacha of borer. Rabbi David Hoffman is an assistant professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture and serves […]
Shabbat, Daf 73: Counting with the Romans!
May 18, 2020 12:00 - 11 minutes - 12.1 MBWelcome to the Seventy Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 73. In this episode we look at one small example of how rabbinic Judaism was influenced by its Roman context. Rabbi David Hoffman is an assistant professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture and serves […]
Shabbat, Daf 72: Is Idolatry Permissible?
May 17, 2020 12:00 - 11 minutes - 12.2 MBWelcome to the Seventy First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Hoffman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 72. In this episode we explore a fascinating Rashi that complicates modern conversations of the role of the “acceptance of the commandments” as a requisite for conversion. Rabbi David Hoffman is an assistant professor […]
Shabbat, Daf 71
May 16, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes - 10.4 MBWelcome to the Seventieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Shai Cherry looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 71. On today’s daf, the gemara offers further permutations of combining different kinds of transgressions from the mishna and asking about the consequences. We conclude our study by asking again if the function of sacrifices […]
Shabbat, Daf 70
May 15, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes - 10.4 MBWelcome to the Sixty Nineth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Shai Cherry looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 70. Today we consider what happens when you’re lost in the dessert and lose track of time. When and how do you celebrate Shabbat? And, what happens when you combine transgressions? Do you also […]
Shabbat, Daf 69
May 14, 2020 12:00 - 8 minutes - 9.47 MBWelcome to the Sixty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Shai Cherry looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 69. On today’s daf, we look at three different descriptions of what it means to transgress “b’shogeg.” How much knowledge must an offender have before he is guilty of crimes with the most serious […]
Shabbat, Daf 68
May 13, 2020 12:00 - 11 minutes - 12.3 MBWelcome to the Sixty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Shai Cherry looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 68. We begin a new chapter today which focuses on what one knows and what one knew in determining the consequences of Shabbat violations. At stake here is the very function of sacrifices: are […]
Shabbat, Daf 67
May 12, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes - 10.7 MBWelcome to the Sixty Sixth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Shai Cherry looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 67. Shabbat 67 continues with therapies for all that ails you, from boils to bathroom demons. Along the way, the gemara allows for those practices that might actually have some benefit, even if those […]
Shabbat, Daf 66
May 11, 2020 12:00 - 8 minutes - 9.93 MBWelcome to the Sixty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Shai Cherry looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 66. Shabbat 66 begins with a continuation of those things that one can go out with on Shabbat. One of the things it allows is knots for boys. A discussion then ensues of ancient […]
Shabbat, Daf 65
May 10, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes - 10.9 MBWelcome to the Sixty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Shai Cherry looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 65. In this episode, the Talmud discusses those things that one may go out with on Shabbat without fear that they’ll be carried in such a way that would violate Shabbat. Along the way, […]
Shabbat, Daf 64
May 09, 2020 12:00 - 12 MBWelcome to the Sixty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 64. The first half of today’s page is concerned mostly with very specific rules of ritual purity as applied to different sorts of garments. It then turns to a homiletic exposition of Moses’ war […]
Shabbat, Daf 63
May 08, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes - 10.3 MBWelcome to the Sixty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 63. Today’s page is a mostly aggadic (homiletical) discussion, envisioning war and peace in messianic times, ethical guidance of how to be a good student of Torah, and a reflection on how to read […]
Shabbat, Daf 62
May 07, 2020 12:00 - 8 minutes - 9.86 MBWelcome to the Sixty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 62. Today’s page focuses on gender categories, and whether women and men are subject to comparable rules on Shabbat clothing. We will also learn the surprising reason why the Talmud thinks one should not […]
Shabbat, Daf 61
May 06, 2020 12:00 - 11 minutes - 11.9 MBWelcome to the Sixtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 61. Today we review an extremely picayune rule – whether you should put on your right shoe or left shoe first – and the Talmud’s own humorous jibes at itself over this obsessive rule-making. We’ll […]
Shabbat, Daf 60
May 05, 2020 12:00 - 8 minutes - 9.63 MBWelcome to the Fifty Nineth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 60. Today we will discuss the prohibition against wearing sandals held together with nails on Shabbat. The Talmud offers a somewhat farfetched explanation for this law, referring it to a fatal stampede that happened […]
Shabbat, Daf 59
May 04, 2020 12:00 - 8 minutes - 9.86 MBWelcome to the Fifty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 59. Today we will focus on the Talmud’s allusions to sages both famous and those you’ve never heard of, including a rabbi who is described here as the chief of the academy, but who […]
Shabbat, Daf 58
May 03, 2020 12:00 - 7 minutes - 8.63 MBWelcome to the Fifty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 58. On today’s page we state the principle that on Shabbat one should not wear any item that might plausibly have to be carried in public – either to show it off or to […]