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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 56. We conclude the tractate with the story of one priestly clan’s apostasy during the reign of Antiochus. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
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31 Aug 11:00
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 55. Today we review some liturgical “history” of the psalms recited in the Temple, and how the sacrifices are memorialized in today’s liturgy. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One […]
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30 Aug 11:00
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 54. If you have two mitzvah-opportunities before you, something special and something prosaic and “everyday,” which should you do first? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
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29 Aug 11:00
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 53. Today’s page contains rich and mysterious lore about the divine name and primordial chaos. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
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28 Aug 11:00
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 52. One of the talmud’s classic stories about sexual self-control. When the Babylonian sage Abbaye appoints himself as the “modesty police” and follows a couple to prevent them from engaging in appropriate conduct, he ends up learning an […]
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27 Aug 11:00
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 51. What does true celebration look like? And what is the original textual basis for the practice of separation of men and women in prayer? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus […]
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26 Aug 11:00
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 50. What is the right balance between vocal music and instrumental music? What was “Moses’ flute”? And should you be worried that a snake might have deposited some of its venom in your water? The opening and closing […]
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25 Aug 11:00
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 49. The Talmud’s classic discussion on the important question: What’s better: Tzedakah (financial generosity), or Gemilut Hasadim (acts of lovingkindness)? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
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24 Aug 11:00
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 48. Why would the ritual of Nisuch Ha-Mayim (water libations) become a flash point for disagreements among different groups of Jews? Why would a misstep in such a ceremony so bother the people at the Temple that they […]
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23 Aug 11:00
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 47. What is the holiday of Shmini Atzeret? What makes it different from the rest of Sukkot — and in what ways does it resemble the rest of Sukkot? (And should we even refer to “the rest of” […]