Episodes

  • Shabbat, Daf 157

    Shabbat, Daf 157
    Aug 10 2020
    Welcome to the Hundred and Fifty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Solomon Mowshowitz looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 157. Why aren’t you allowed to even touch certain things on Shabbat? Does precedent operate in Jewish Law? Is Shabbat a Queen, or a Bride? How do you celebrate completing a Tractate? Join […]
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    12 mins
  • Shabbat, Daf 156

    Shabbat, Daf 156
    Aug 9 2020
    Welcome to the Hundred and Fifty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Solomon Mowshowitz looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 156. Is Astrology bunk? If you have to do something on Shabbat that would ordinarily be forbidden, is there a special way to go about it? Why do Jews wear yarmulkes? Let’s learn […]
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    10 mins
  • Shabbat, Daf 155

    Shabbat, Daf 155
    Aug 8 2020
    Welcome to the Hundred and Fifty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 155. Shalom. Today we will continue our discussion of the ethical obligations to care for animals imposed upon us humans – specifically feeding them, before we worry about our own food. This […]
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    8 mins
  • Shabbat, Daf 154

    Shabbat, Daf 154
    Aug 7 2020
    Welcome to the Hundred and Fifty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 154. Shalom. Today will discuss a rabbi’s unusual name and consider the obligations of stewardship we humans have toward other animals. This week, our study is led by Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky of […]
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    8 mins
  • Shabbat, Daf 153

    Shabbat, Daf 153
    Aug 6 2020
    Welcome to the Hundred and Fifty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 153. Today we conclude the chapter we’ve been studying with a little more material on death, and begin a new chapter on how an observant Jew would both protect his/her property rights […]
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    11 mins
  • Shabbat, Daf 152

    Shabbat, Daf 152
    Aug 5 2020
    Welcome to the Hundred and Fifty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 152. Continuing our focus on the end of life, we consider the legends about hibbut hakever, the agony of the grave, and eschatological tales of what happens after death – including the […]
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    10 mins
  • Shabbat, Daf 151

    Shabbat, Daf 151
    Aug 4 2020
    Welcome to the Hundred and Fiftieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 151. As Tractate Shabbat closes, our focus turns to the end: the end of the 25-hour Shabbat and the end of life, as we reflect on how to handle dead bodies and aging […]
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    9 mins
  • Shabbat, Daf 150

    Shabbat, Daf 150
    Aug 3 2020
    Welcome to the Hundred and Forty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 150. Shalom. Is a thought a deed? Is intending to do an act the same as doing it? Today we’ll think about the theory of intention and action. This week, our study […]
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    11 mins