Daily Daf Differently: Masechet Shabbat

Welcome to the Fifty Sixth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Rosenn looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 57. We’re still looking at hotza’ah, and today’s daf shifts the focus from animals to people. We get a lesson in hairnets, head bangles, and other kinds of ancient Near Eastern jewelry, including the […]

Welcome to the Fifty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Rosenn looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 56. In today’s daf, we’ll look at the connections between sin and death, and hear the sages of the Talmud defend some of the Bible’s greatest sinners. We’ll also see that the Talmud has […]

Welcome to the Fifty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Rosenn looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 55. Today we follow the Talmud as it uses a discussion about shabbat laws as a launching pad for a teaching about a completely different topic: the responsibility we all have for speaking out […]

Welcome to the Fifty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Rosenn looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 54. Today we’ll look at what happens when two factors in the laws of shabbat clash. Specifically, does our obligation to prevent the suffering of animals allow us to create a situation that may […]

Welcome to the Fifty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Rosenn looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 53. Daf 53 of tractate Shabbat considers how an animal’s suffering factors into what it is allowed to carry on Shabbat. We also have the rabbis reacting to a story about a man who […]

Welcome to the Fifty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Rosenn looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 52. Today’s daf looks at the issues surrounding the commandment that not only people, but also animals should have a day of rest on Shabbat. Rabbi David Rosenn is the Chief Operating Officer at […]

Welcome to the Fiftieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Rosenn looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 51. In today’s episode, we look at the rules that surround the covering and uncovering of food once Shabbat has begun. Rabbi David Rosenn is the Chief Operating Officer at the New Israel Fund. A […]

Welcome to the Forty Nineth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 50. Today we investigate how frame of mind can be a category of action and what that means for sitting in chairs and taking a bath. Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman is Assistant Rabbi at Beth […]

Welcome to the Forty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 49. Riffing on feathers, Elisha the Winged One’s tefillin become doves and our mitzvot become our wings of safety and freedom in this episode. Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman is Assistant Rabbi at Beth Jacob Congregation […]

Welcome to the Forty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 48. Focusing on handkerchiefs and feathers, today we enter the world of chapter four — the material culture of keeping things warm on Shabbat. Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman is Assistant Rabbi at Beth Jacob Congregation […]

Welcome to the Forty Sixth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 47. In our discussion of muktze so far, we’ve focused on the objects to be (or not to be) carried. Today, we learn how the nature of an object is affected by the identity […]

Welcome to the Forty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 46. Jewish communities have always encompassed a wide range of ritual practice. Today’s daf invites us to wonder how we behave when we are guests and hosts, holding respect for others as a higher […]

Welcome to the Forty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 45. Rabbinic discourse requires that we engage in conversation with those who disagree. Through disagreements about muktze, in this episode we consider how we learn from and represent the perspectives of others. Rabbi Emma […]

Welcome to the Forty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 44. Today’s daf introduces us to the theme of the rest of the chapter — muktze, the objects we might set aside for Shabbat. We learn some of the particulars of carrying, and how […]

Welcome to the Forty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ben Kramer looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 43. The Talmud often explores the parameters of the law by addressing cases where two different values come into conflict. Today we look at the case of death on Shabbat and see how the […]

Welcome to the Forty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ben Kramer looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 42. Today’s episode looks at Rav Chisda, and the fact that he decides the law based on his extensive knowledge of the egg-laying habits of hens, demonstrating the importance of scientific knowledge for those […]

Welcome to the Fortieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ben Kramer looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 41. In this episode we ask the question “Is making aliyah forbidden?” Rav Yehudah says yes! And wait until you see what we can learn from him by watching him take a bath! Rabbi Ben […]

Welcome to the Thirty Nineth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ben Kramer looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 40. Today we focus on three halakhic (legal) concepts that answer three important questions: Yad Soledet Bo (or, How Hot is Hot?), Ki’l’achar YadKli Sheni.   Rabbi Ben Kramer works as a congregational rabbi […]

Welcome to the Thirty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ben Kramer looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 39. Today’s episode is a discussion about mediating disputes, the danger of making inferences, and how, when it comes to the law, the stam (the Talmud’s anonymous voice) is more interested in discussions than […]

Welcome to the Thirty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ben Kramer looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 38. Today we are continuing the discussion of the prohibition of bishul b’shabbat (cooking on Shabbat) and how the legal consideration of intentionality can open the door to leniency as well as deception. Rabbi […]