Episodes

  • A Very Special Daily Daf Differently: Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds

    A Very Special Daily Daf Differently: Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds
    Apr 12 2021
    Welcome to a very speical episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at why have we left the Babylonian Talmud for a tractate of Jerusalem Talmud? This week, our study is led by Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky of Congregation Ansche Chesed in New York City. The opening and closing music for […]
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    6 mins
  • Shekalim, Daf 22

    Shekalim, Daf 22
    Apr 12 2021
    Welcome to the Four Hundred and First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 22. The Tractate ends as the rabbis finally face the truth; the Temple is no longer with us, and our discussions about Temple upkeep have been generally theoretical. So what are our […]
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    10 mins
  • Shekalim, Daf 21

    Shekalim, Daf 21
    Apr 11 2021
    Welcome to the Four Hundreth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 21. What a progression the daf makes! From spit on the streets of Jerusalem to the Parochet lying across the Temple Mount, it all depends on where we hold our gaze. Rabbi Abby Sosland […]
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    11 mins
  • Shekalim, Daf 20

    Shekalim, Daf 20
    Apr 10 2021
    Welcome to the Three Hundred Ninety Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 20. Continuing our conversation of the Kashrut status of food of uncertain ownership, and a glance at the later history of this issue in Halakhah. This week, our study is led by […]
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    11 mins
  • Shekalim, Daf 19

    Shekalim, Daf 19
    Apr 9 2021
    Welcome to the Three Hundred Ninety Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 19. What do you when you find money on the floor of the Temple, or find a cut of meat in the marketplace? We’ll discuss how to assign ownership of money and […]
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    9 mins
  • Shekalim, Daf 18

    Shekalim, Daf 18
    Apr 8 2021
    Welcome to the Three Hundred Ninety Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 18. Today we examine an important Talmudic concept: Breira, which does not mean – as in modern Hebrew – alternative, but retroactive determination. Can an object be of indeterminate status at one […]
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    11 mins
  • Shekalim, Daf 17

    Shekalim, Daf 17
    Apr 7 2021
    Welcome to the Three Hundred Ninety Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 17. Today’s page is very rich in lore and legend! We will learn about the Temple in Jerusalem being the source of the world’s water, and we’ll study a story of the […]
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    11 mins
  • Shekalim, Daf 16

    Shekalim, Daf 16
    Apr 6 2021
    Welcome to the Three Hundred Ninety Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shekalim Daf 16. Today our page includes the deservedly famous Midrash that the Torah was given to the Jewish people as “black fire inscribed on white fire.” What does that mean? This week, our […]
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    9 mins