Pesachim, Daf 35

Welcome to the Two Hundred Nintey Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 35. What kind of flour can you use to make Matzah? What are the implications of this on what substances can become Hametz? What about rice – why don’t some Jews eat […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Nintey Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 35.

What kind of flour can you use to make Matzah? What are the implications of this on what substances can become Hametz? What about rice – why don’t some Jews eat it on Pesach? Why is there such a thin line between the definition of Matzah and the definition of Hametz – between what is absolutely required on Pesach, and what is categorically forbidden on Pesach?

Rabbi Robert Scheinberg, a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary, is the rabbi of the United Synagogue of Hoboken, New Jersey. He has taught Liturgy at the Jewish Theological Seminary and the Academy for Jewish Religion and served on the editorial committee for Mahzor Lev Shalem, the new High Holiday prayerbook for Conservative Judaism, and for the forthcoming Siddur Lev Shalem. He plays piano and guitar and is a choral arranger and conductor. He lives in Hoboken with his wife, Rabbi Naomi Kalish, a hospital chaplain and chaplaincy educator, and their three daughters.

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