Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
885 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 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 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
Bava Kamma 89b Blood and Money – תקנת אושא
January 29, 2024 20:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBAs close as a marriage might be, it takes work to make it as close as the blood relationships of siblings and children. Source Sheet
Bava Kamma 88a Disrespectfulness - במי שיש לו אחוה
January 28, 2024 20:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBRespectfulness is an expression of dignity and is unrelated to whether the other person feels the disrespect. Respect is a בין אדם לעצמו not a בין אדם לחבירו Sources
Bava Kamma 82a Discipline and Pleasure - שיהו קוראין שני וחמישי
January 22, 2024 22:00 - 13 minutes - 9.49 MBWe often resist doing things that we know are beneficial because we don’t enjoy them. However, imposing a disciplined routine on ourselves quickly translates into intrinsic motivation driven by pleasure Sources
Bava Kamma 79a The Tongue and the Ox - יש שליח לטביחה ומכירה
January 20, 2024 18:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBIf we employ a journalist (or anyone) to speak or write Lashon Hara (slanderous content)about another, the employer is responsible even though in almost every other case of wrongdoing we apply the principle of אין שליח לדבר עבירה – a person is always accountable for his/her own actions and cannot claim that he/she were following instructions. Sources
Bava Kamma 70a When Ownership is Challenged - לא כתבינן אורכתא אמטלטלי
January 11, 2024 22:00 - 12 minutes - 8.62 MBSources
Bava Kamma 69b Ownership - לפי שאינו ברשותו
January 08, 2024 20:00 - 12 minutes - 8.47 MBOwnership in Halacha is not a mere legal construct. It defines a relationship between an individual and his property, Sources
Bava Kamma 62a The Scheming Thief - הגונב אחר הגנב
January 05, 2024 11:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBThere is a difference between an opportunistic criminal and one who strategizes and schemes to avoid detection. The former is a גזלן the latter is a גנב Sources
Bava Kamma 58a Chasing Lions - מבריח ארי
December 30, 2023 21:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBOur responsibility to others goes beyond protecting them from financial loss, and includes emotional and psychological loss. Sources
Bava Kamma 56b-57 Lost and Found - שומר עבידה כשומר שכר
December 28, 2023 23:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBTo fulfil the Torah’s requirement that we return property of others that has been lost and found by us, we need to contract as a guardian of the property until we are able to execute on the obligation to return it. Sources
Bava Kamma 56a Personal Accountability - שליח לדבר עבירה
December 27, 2023 21:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MB"Following orders” is neither a legal nor a moral defense against wrong doing. An individual is always the ultimate authority over the choices he or she makes. Sources
Bava Kamma 55b Accountability to a Higher Authority -פטור גרמא בנזקין
December 26, 2023 20:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBMoral obligation is more than having a moral conscience. In Torah a moral obligation is full accountability to Hashem. Sources
Bava Kamma 53b Having and Doing – שור פסולי המוקדשין שנפל לבור
December 25, 2023 22:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBWe are responsible for the things we own and we are responsible for the things we do, but the nature of these responsibilities is different. Sources
Bava Kamma 52b Limits of Responsibility – מי אמרינן מגו דהוי פושע
December 24, 2023 14:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBCarelessness and its consequences. Sources
Bava Kamma 51a Your Guardian Angel – ולטעמך נעביד עשרה
December 23, 2023 17:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBWhen our guardian angels withdraw, our fate is left to random events and to nature. Sources
Bava Kamma 50a The Cost of Loss - וסביביו נשערה מאד
December 21, 2023 21:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBThe suffering and cost of loss is proportional to the value of gain. There is little value to an asset whose loss would entail little cost. Sources
Bava Kamma 49b Failure of Responsibility - על עסקי פתיחה וכריעה
December 20, 2023 19:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBIntroducing the unique category of damages known as Bor, creating an obstacle in a place accessible to others or to the public. Sources
Bava Kamma 48a Tzeniut: A Woman's Right – כיוון דבעיא היא צניעותא
December 19, 2023 19:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBWe gain a different perspective regarding how to frame tzeniut: It is not something imposed on women by men, but rather tzeniut is something to which women are entitled, and when necessary it is for men to provide them the space. Sources
Bava Kamma 47b Overriding Instinct – הוה לה שלא תאכל
December 18, 2023 21:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBUnlike animals, humans are expected to override their instinct when it conflicts with their values. It is much harder to override a strong rational argument even if it conflicts with our values. Sources
Bava Kamma 46a-b The Force of Intellect - ממון המוטל בספק
December 17, 2023 22:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBSound reasoning and intellectual proof create an Halachik reality Sources
Bava Kamma 27b Mind over Matter - אין דרכם של בני אדם להתבונן בדרכים
November 29, 2023 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBThought is not merely a process or a tool by which to get to a specific outcome. Thought is an elevated state of being נby which individuals can master their physical situations. Sources
Bava Kamma 27b Culpability and Responsibility - אדם מועד לעולם (ב)
November 28, 2023 16:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBWhen an individual causes damage to another through no fault of his own, he remains responsible as the agent of that damage even though he is not culpable for it. However, when another individual makes a choice that results in the first person causing the damage, the first person is no longer the agent, and as such אדם מועד לעולם no longer applies to him. Sources
Bava Kamma 26 a & b - No Excuse- אדם מועד לעולם
November 27, 2023 19:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBIn the case of damage caused by humans, we decouple responsibility from culpability. This decoupling though, has limits and applies only where the individual is the agent of the damage even if not its initiator. Sources
Bava Kamma 23a Humans are not Assets – כלו חיציו
November 24, 2023 12:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBThe phrase that “people are my most valuable assets” diminishes the very idea of what humanity is. Sources
Bava Kamma 22a Irreversible Consequence – אשו משום חיציו
November 23, 2023 21:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBWhen an action, in itself neither illegal or unethical, initiates irreversible consequences, these consequences associate to the initiator from the moment he triggered them. Sources
Bava Kamma 21b Responsibility for the Unpredictable – תחילתו בפשיעה
November 22, 2023 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBIs a person responsible for an outcome that he could not have predicted yet should have prevented? Sources
Bava Kamma 20b How Wisdom Flows - לכי תשמש לי
November 21, 2023 22:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBMind expansion often needs us to engage deeply with words of wisdom that at first seem contrary to our existing paradigms of thoughts or beliefs. But such engagement requires that we approach the wisdom with deep humility. Sources