Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin artwork

Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin

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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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Episodes

Yevamot 116a-b Seeing the World as We Are - טעמה דקטטא משום דאמרה בדדמי

July 01, 2022 05:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MB

How we distort evidence by preempting it with judgement. Sources

Yevamot 114b-115a Seeking Evidence and Making Judgements - משום דאמרה בדדמי

June 30, 2022 05:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MB

Evidence, unlike judgement,  must be fact not a statistical assumption.  Sources

Yevamot 113a Living With Uncertain Guilt - קרבן אשם תלוי

June 28, 2022 05:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MB

Uncertainty can be debilitating – especially with respect to wrong-doing. Sources

Yevamot 112a The Limits of Your Own Reality - וכי תיאסר צרה

June 27, 2022 05:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MB

The realities people create for themselves should not affect others. Sources

Yevamot 111b Resolving Conflicting Realities - שויתה לנפשה חתיכה דאיסורא

June 26, 2022 06:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

There are ways to act on irreconcilable facts.  Sources

Yevamot 109b Wisdom vs. Scholarship - ולמדתם ועשיתם

June 24, 2022 08:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MB

Torah wisdom goes beyond academic brilliance.  Sources

Yevamot 108a Child Psychology - אין לך מיאון גדול מזה

June 23, 2022 05:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MB

Actions don't always speak louder than words. Sources

Yevamot 107a Perceptions and Truth - אין אדם עושה בעילתו בעילת זנות

June 22, 2022 08:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MB

We are, and should be concerned not only with what we do but with what we are perceived to be doing.  Sources

Yevamot 106a Suffering and the Subconscious - עד שואמר רוצה אני

June 21, 2022 05:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MB

Tragically, sometimes only through suffering do we discover who we truly are.  Sources

Yevamot 105a Challenging Hashem's Decrees - גזר דין שיש עמו שבועה

June 20, 2022 04:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MB

We can challenge decrees even when they include an oath of permanence.  Sources

Yevamot 104a Cross Disciplinary Brilliance - חליצה כגמר דין דמיא

June 19, 2022 07:00 - 14 minutes - 9.99 MB

Gemara trains us to think cross-functionally to discover truth.  Sources

Yevamot 103a-b Human Devolution - כל טובתן של רשעים רעה היא אצל צדיקים

June 19, 2022 06:00 - 13 minutes - 9.34 MB

The effect of an experience depends on who initiates it.  Sources

Yevamot 102b Mindfulness - עד שיתכוונו שניהם כאחד

June 17, 2022 05:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MB

Mindfulness practices and the additional dimension.  Sources

Yevamot 101b Balancing Data and Reason - מפיקנא ממונא אפומיה

June 16, 2022 06:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MB

The use of reasoning in the face of data.  Sources

Yevamot 100a Ladies First - נותנים לאישה תחילה

June 15, 2022 05:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MB

Courtesy and dignity are not the same.  Sources

Yevamot 99b Inspired Leadership - אין הקב"ה מביא תקלה על ידן

June 14, 2022 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MB

Righteous leaders are divinely inspired.  Sources

Yevamot 98a DNA and Paternity - אין אב למצרי

June 13, 2022 05:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MB

Biochemistry and Sanctity.  Sources

Yevamot 97a Connection and Relationship - בנשואין איכא שאר

June 12, 2022 07:00 - 13 minutes - 9.49 MB

Two becoming one.  Sources

Yevamot 79a Shame - שלשה סימנים יש בעומה זו

May 25, 2022 03:00 - 11 minutes - 7.93 MB

We are not naturally sensitive to shame.  Sources

Yevamot 78b Our Weakness is Our Strength - באשר משפטו שם פעלו

May 24, 2022 04:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MB

Building relationships with difficult conversations.  Sources

Yevamot 74a Family Only - מאי קדשים פסח

May 20, 2022 08:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MB

Excluding toxic males from community.  Sources

Yevamot 73a Extrapolation - ערל מהו במעשר

May 19, 2022 05:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MB

How the Torah is “wired” for hyperlinking.  Sources

Yevamot 72a Healthy Life-Style and Halacha - שומר פתאים השם

May 18, 2022 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MB

Current health practices do not always dictate halacha.  Sources

Yevamot 71a Choosing to be Excluded - נתנכרו מעשיו לאביו שבשמים

May 17, 2022 08:00 - 14 minutes - 9.87 MB

Inclusiveness is positive – but not always.  Sources

Yevamot 70a Beyond One’s Control - הערל לא יאכל בתרומה

May 16, 2022 06:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MB

When is something truly beyond our control?  Sources

Yevamot 68-69 Character is Epigenetic - פסולין דפסלי בביאתן

May 15, 2022 07:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB

We inherit more than physical DNA. We also inherit character traits.  Sources

Yevamot 67a Status of a Frozen Embryo - חלקו של עובר

May 13, 2022 05:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB

Embryos have halachik status.  Sources

Yevamot 66a Risk and Ownership - אלמנה לכהן גדול

May 12, 2022 08:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MB

We own when we take on risk, not responsibility.  Sources

Yevamot 65a Projecting to the Past - איגלאי מילתא

May 11, 2022 12:00 - 13 minutes - 9.52 MB

Projections can create assumptions about the future, can they clarify the past retrospectively?  Sources

Yevamot 64b Projecting Future Behavior - חזקת שלש פעמים

May 10, 2022 04:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MB

Understanding patterns and directions in order to project into the future.  Sources

Yevamot 63a Relationship and Feedback - אינו אדם

May 09, 2022 04:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MB

How relationships and engaging in business build character.  Sources

Yevamot 60a Questions Without Answers - קשיא

May 06, 2022 05:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MB

Some questions cannot be answered.  Sources

Yevamot 59b Connection is not Connectedness - אין זנות לבהמה

May 05, 2022 08:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MB

Connections can be superficial and mechanical. Connectedness is deeper.  Sources

Yevamot 58a Anticipation and Disappopintment - שלא שטיתי שומרת יבם

May 04, 2022 04:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MB

The connection between a childless widow and her brother-in-law.  Sources

Yevamot 57b What is Chupah? - יש חופה לפסולות

May 03, 2022 04:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MB

Halachik Transitions: Exploring the impact of Chupah.  Sources

Yevamot 56b A Cohen's Wife - אשת כהן שנאנסה

May 02, 2022 06:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MB

A Cohen’s sanctity demands a higher level of purity.  Sources

Yevamot 54a Out of this World - ישן לא קנה

May 01, 2022 16:00 - 11 minutes - 7.76 MB

A sleeping person is a different and quite unique creature. Sources

Yevamot 53b Transaction or Investment - בין באונס בין ברצון

April 29, 2022 07:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MB

There is no romance in Yibbum. Why not?  Sources

Yevamot 52b Attachment and Ownership - כוונה בקנינים

April 28, 2022 05:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MB

Not everything we own are we attached to.  Sources

Yevamot 51b Conversation is Reciprocal - מאמר - קנין קידושון או יבום

April 27, 2022 05:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MB

One can act unilaterally but not communicate unilaterally.  Sources

Yevamot 50-51 Perfecting the Perfect - עשה מאמר ובעל

April 26, 2022 06:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MB

Understanding Rabbinic Law.  Sources

Yevamot 50b and 52a Perfecting the Perfect - עשה מאמר ובעל

April 26, 2022 06:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MB

Understanding Rabbinic Law. Sources

Yevamot 45a The Meaning of Fathering - הב לי ברתך

April 21, 2022 13:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MB

A father passes on more than genes to his child. Sources This shiur is sponsored by David Erez in honor of the Yahrzeit of his father  שלמה חיים בן נחום צבי נלב"ע יט ניסן תשפ"א  Selwyn Graham Resnick, beloved husband to Gail, and father to Anthony, Geniene, and Adriane, adored grandfather to Shani, Daniella, Nathan, Theo, Noa and Ava.

Yevamot 44a Environmentalism in Torah - לא ישפוך אדם מי בורו

April 20, 2022 13:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MB

Environmentalism is not about the environment; it is about fellow humans!  Sources

Yevamot 43a The Joy of a Future Focus - העם ממעטין בעסקיהם

April 19, 2022 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MB

Anticipating the future undermines Aveilut.  Sources

Yevamot 42a Know Who You Are - להבחין בין זרעו של ראשון לזרעו של שני

April 18, 2022 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MB

Part of our identities entail knowing our origins.  Sources

Yevamot 41b Predicting the Future - אם יבוא אליהו

April 17, 2022 19:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MB

Halacha is determined by intra-halachik information, not by extra-halachik information no matter how accurate it is.  Sources

Yevamot 40a Fueling Your Body - אכילה גסה

April 15, 2022 13:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MB

We gain energy from different forms of fuel.  Sources

Yevamot 39a Abuse of Power - שהויי מצווה לא שהינן

April 15, 2022 05:00 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MB

A particular focus on the use and abuse of power.  Sources

Yevamot 38a In Suspense - שומרת יבם

April 14, 2022 04:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MB

Sensitivity towards a woman waiting for a decision from a potential husband.  Sources