Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
861 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago -Matmonim means "hidden treasures." In less than 20 minutes each episode highlights, develops and explains one actionable insight from the Daf Yomi Talmud study cycle. People around the world, from uninitiated seeker to seasoned scholar, are finding inspiration, meaning, and relevance in the wisdom that the Matmonim exposes from every page of Talmud. Matmonim will give you skills to deepen your own learning to get greater satisfaction from the effort you are investing. The podcast is given as a live class each morning at the Raanana Kollel in Israel and focuses on the Daf of the day.
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Bava Metzia 52a-b Master Your Grievances - אין לו עליו אלא תרעומת
April 19, 2024 14:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBThe Torah expects high levels of personal mastery from us. Even to having a grievance against one who wronged us needs us to have an Halachik basis that permits such a grievance. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 51a Sentimental Value - לוקח מבעל הבית אין לו עליו אונאה
April 18, 2024 21:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBAn item sold by an individual from his or her personal collection has a narrative attached to it unlike a generic item bought in a store. The narrative attaches a different value to the item. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 49b-50 Exploitation - האונאה שתות למקח
April 17, 2024 18:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBThe feeling of having had our trust exploited, is one of the most soul-destroying feelings we can endure. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 49a Actualize Your Intention - שיהא הין שלך צדק
April 16, 2024 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBStanding by your word even when there is no contractual obligation, even when it entails loss. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 48a A Word is a Word - מי שפרע מאנשי דור המבול
April 15, 2024 19:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBLack of integrity, even when no crime is involved, can be more destructive for society than criminal activity. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 47b Skin in the Game - תקנו משום שאינם מהוגנים
April 14, 2024 18:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBIt is human nature that when we have an interest in a given outcome, we take on greater responsibility than when we don’t . Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 44a-b Value People for Who They Are – חשיב וחריף
April 12, 2024 09:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBIntroduction to HaZahav: Some things are valued for their activity and others for their essence. It is the same with people. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 38a-39a Ownership and Hope Drive Investment - אי מורידין קרוב לנכסי שבוי
April 05, 2024 12:00 - 21 minutes - 15.2 MBTo maximize long term value growth it is crucial to align the interests of all stakeholders. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 37a Attention to Detail - לצאת ידי שמים
April 04, 2024 17:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBWhen lack of attention to detail indirectly causes a loss to others we are morally responsible for the loss. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 36a Volunteering - דהא מסרה לבן דעת
April 03, 2024 11:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBResponding to a call for help is a fundamental human capacity. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 35b When the Law is Unfair - הלה עושה סחורה עם פרתו של חבירו
April 02, 2024 19:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MBPeople have the capacity to reason for themselves and also to trust in the Torah. Both capacities are needed as well as the strength of conviction to live according to our reason and not according to the fads of the day. This is essential to our Jewishness. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 33a Originality and Authenticity - ורבו שלמדו חכמה
April 01, 2024 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MBThere is a tension between authentic Torah – that which comes from an original source - and original Torah, that which is innovative and new. How are these two poles reconciled? Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 31a Animal Rights vs Ritual – שלח תשלח לדבר מצווה מנין
March 30, 2024 20:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBIn a theo-centric world animal rights will never take precedent over Divine Laws for humankind. Yet we see cases where the Divine Law seems to be set aside for kindness to animals. Why would this be? Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 30a & b Humanism vs Ritual - זקן ואינה לפי כבודו
March 28, 2024 19:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBIn a fundamentalist religion, ritual trumps humanism. In a humanistic faith, humanism trumps ritual. How does the Torah deal with the tension that often exists between human dignity and the observance of the mitzvot? Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 29b Limits to Generosity – ניחה ליה לאיניש דתיעבד מצווה בממוניה
March 27, 2024 19:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBPeople are generally generous about others using their belongings to do a mitzva with them. But there are exceptions. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 28b Manipulating the System - משרבו הרמאים
March 26, 2024 23:00 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MBSystems are introduced into society to enable its functioning. But systems too can be manipulated by unscrupulous individuals. Judges need to look beyond the system and consider character. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 26b Missed Opportunities - מתנה הוא דיהיב ליה ואיסורא דעבד עבד
March 25, 2024 20:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MBMany wrongdoings can be corrected. But there are cases where the missed opportunity for correction never returns. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 23b & 24a Peace and Privacy – עבדי רבנן דמשני במילייהו
March 23, 2024 22:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBSource Sheet
Bava Metzia 22b Timeless and Timely – תיובתא דרבא תיובתא
March 21, 2024 18:00 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MBCritical thinking is the key to a tradition not becoming a dogma. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 21b Faith and Despair - יאוש שלא מדעת
March 19, 2024 19:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MBAcknowledging the loss of control one has over an object one owned can effect its transfer to another. However, we cannot give up hope of control when the control was never ours to start with. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 20b Teacher and Student - פוק עין בה
March 18, 2024 17:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBEducational methodology: When questioning an expert, do so to clarify not to criticize. And, when explaining an idea, be sure to clarify its underlying principle, not just its detail. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 17a When Trust is Lost - הוחזק כפרן לאותו ממון
March 16, 2024 20:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBLoss of trust can be absolute and affect all areas of one’s credibility. However, sometimes people are deceitful in specific areas only to protect themselves, their families or their assets. In these cases the loss of trust is limited to the case at hand. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 15b-16a Opportunity Cost - מאי גזילנא מינך
March 14, 2024 22:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBTheft of an object can be rectified by returning the object. Theft of opportunity never can be rectified because it cannot be quantified. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 15a Unlocking Potential and Creating Value– מתנה לא טריף בעל חוב שבחא
March 13, 2024 19:00 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MBThere are two dimensions to value creation: One is that we use our resources to create something that wasn’t there before, the other is that we simply unlock the potential that always was there. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 14a Ownership and Authority – אחריות טעות סופר במקח וממכר
March 12, 2024 20:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBOne needs more than ownership to be entitled to sell a property. One also needs the authority to do so. Source Sheet 1 Source Sheet 2
Bava Metzia 10a Stillness and Movement - ארבע אמות של אדם קונות לו
March 09, 2024 21:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MBBeing in one’s personal space even when in the public domain requires that we stop, and are still. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 9a-b Comfort in Mastery - שאין דרכן של בני אדם לרכוב בעיר
March 07, 2024 21:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBExhibiting mastery and ownership should be done with confidence, not reticently. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 8b Status vs. Mastery - רכוב ומנהיג חד קני וחד לא קני
March 06, 2024 18:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBOwnership is about more than the status of the owner. Ownership is the status that results from the capacity to effect change. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 7a Severance – כריתות בעינן וליכא
March 05, 2024 21:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBUnconditional giving can be the least generous form of a gift. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 5b-6a Character and Trust – חשיד אממונא לא חשיד אשבועתא
March 04, 2024 22:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBSometimes we won’t act on the word of another because we do not trust them. Sometimes even if we believe they are telling the truth we will not take their word - because of their character not because of their dishonesty. Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 3a Peace vs Fairness - ודאי איכא רמאי
March 02, 2024 19:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBThe pursuit of peace should never be at the expense of fairness, דין Source Sheet
Bava Metzia 2a-b Overture: From a Blurred Past to a Focused Future - שנים אוחזין בטלית
February 29, 2024 19:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBLitigation blurs the present. Law clarifies the future. Source Sheet
Bava Kamma 119a Finale: A Philosophy of Money - כל הגוזל את חבירו
February 28, 2024 21:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBWe tend to think of money as an instrument of finance. But we should also look at money with a human, artistic eye. We should see the sweat, blood and tears that go into the creation of wealth. Source Sheet
Bava Kamma 118a What Rights do we Really Have to Israel? - ברי ושמא במקום חזקה
February 27, 2024 17:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBOur claim to Eretz Yisrael is a complex one that is important to understand. It entails not only our rights to the land but also our obligations arising from the land. Source Sheet
Bava Kamma 117a The Optic Fiber of Divine Energy – ארי עלה מבבל
February 26, 2024 18:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBEvery opportunity has an expiration date – and we don’t know when it is. Source Sheet
Bava Kamma 109a Recovery – וצריך שיאמר זה גזל אבי
February 18, 2024 20:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBTeshuva requires confession, וידוי. For a sin against Hashem the confession is in private, but for a sin against another individual the confession must be made to him. Theft is both a sin against G-d and against man and needs an interpersonal confession even when the victim is no longer alive. Source Sheet
Bava Kamma 107a Indebtedness - אין אדם מעיז פניו
February 17, 2024 22:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBIt is counter-instinctual to deny indebtedness. Source Sheet
Bava Kamma 106a Select Partners Cautiously - כיוון שקיבלו בעלים שבועה
February 15, 2024 23:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBClaims can be settled but suspicion cannot, it lasts forever. The onus of preventing suspicion falls on the suspect but the damage of suspicion affects both parties. Be cautious with whom you associate! Source Sheet
Bava Kamma 105b Risk and Responsibility - ממונא קא כפר
February 14, 2024 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MBResponsibility must entail risk for which there is accountability. Taking responsibility transfers risk from one to another. Denying responsibility robs the other of the “insurance” he had. Source Sheet
Bava Kamma 104a When Trust is Broken - עד דמטי לידיה
February 14, 2024 00:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBThe way we present ourselves to the outside world creates trust. We can recover from the damage we do to others, but it is much harder, and sometimes not possible, to recover lost trust. Source Sheet
Bava Kamma 103a Trading in Futures - עושים אמנה בפירות ולא בדמים
February 12, 2024 21:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBProfiting from trading in commodities or equities is encouraged in the Torah. Profit from debt is forbidden. Is trading in futures considered trading in debt or in commodities? Source Sheet
Bava Kamma 100a Beyond the Letter of the Law - לפנים משורת הדין
February 10, 2024 21:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBGoing beyond the letter of the law is more than voluntary, at times it is required. However, there are guidelines as to where it applies and where not. Source Sheet
Bava Kamma 99a Independent Contracting – אומן קונה בשבח כלי
February 08, 2024 22:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBMastery over our own time is the greatest gift of freedom. Not only does a slave lose this, but even an employee does. There is another way to work and remain independent: An independent contractor. Source Sheet
Bava Kamma 98a Vision and Visualization – הזורק מטבע של חבירו לים הגדול
February 07, 2024 20:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBVisibility and a person’s reality are linked. Damage occurs not only through destruction but also through removing an object from visibility. Source Sheet
Bava Kamma 97b The Parasite - זה נהנה וזה לא חסר
February 06, 2024 21:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBBenefiting at the expense of another is parasitic, and all the benefit belongs to the other individual even if the cost to him was minimal. Source Sheet
Bava Kamma 96b Flexibility in Halacha - האי איניש גזלנא עתיקא
February 05, 2024 21:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBHalacha is not a rigid bureaucratic system but a dynamic, flexible one that adapts and evolves for the time and place in which it is applied. Source Sheet
Bava Kamma 93b Transformation - גזלן קונה בשינוי
February 02, 2024 12:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBTransformation occurs not only when someone’s or something’s essence changes, but also when their purpose changes. Source Sheet
Bava Kamma 92b Beauty in Actions - בירא דשתית מיניה
February 01, 2024 21:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MBEach of our actions should be a work of art, of harmony, of self-expression and connection with something higher. Actions that deny indebtedness, even to inanimate objects, lack artistic harmony and are dissonant. Source Sheet
Bava Kamma 91b Violence - החובל בעצמו
January 31, 2024 21:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBViolence is ugly irrespective of the resultant damage. Even violence against oneself is forbidden. Source Sheet
Bava Kamma 90b Shame and Vulnerability - שהן בני אברהם יצחק ויעקב
January 30, 2024 21:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBWe use our images to protect our inner beings, our identities, from judgement and ridicule. In some situations, especially in trusting, intimate relationships, we are willing to lower our images. But stripping another of an image they choose to preserve, causes them shame. Source Sheet