Daily Daf Differently

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Aaron Alexander looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 58. Is there agreement on how that path ought to be paved? Shouldn’t there be, considering the implications?” The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 57. What’s the greater center of rabbinic culture, Babylonia or the Land of Israel? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 56. This is the shortest page of Talmud you’ll ever see! But the reason the page is so short is that the commentary takes quite a while to explain the concepts behind it. Let’s review the idea of […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 55. The central act of the Yom Kippur purification ritual in the ancient temple involved sprinkling the blood of a bull and a goat near the Holy Ark. Perhaps that seems awfully strange to us, but the Sages […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 54. Are we really pagans? Today we study possibly the most radical, erotic Midrash in all Rabbinic literature. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 53. Why did Aaron’s son’s die when they offered improper incense (as reported in Leviticus 10)? According to our page, they understood the radical nature of ritual properly, but they were arrogant toward Moses. The opening and closing […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 52. Some Bible verses are clear, some are ambiguous. On today’s page, the Talmud considers five verses that cannot be definitively interpreted. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 51. We return to yesterday’s question: does the High Priest’s offering belong to him alone (since he paid for it)? Or do all priests have a share in this offering, even though they didn’t pay for it? The […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 50. Who owns the sacrifices on Yom Kippur? Are they the personal property of the High Priest (a Korban Yachid)or do they belong to the public (Korban Tzibbur)? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 49. Today’s page includes the description of “the most difficult ritual” in the ancient Temple – the offering of incense in the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur, and some helpful info on when and how to violate […]

Welcome to the Four Hundred Forty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 48. Our daf is built on a series of questions! We’ll closely examine two of those questions, pertaining to the mental intentions of the priests as they offer incense. With the help of […]

Welcome to the Four Hundred Forty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 47. We will focus on an intriguing sequence of stories about a high priest named Ishmael ben Kimhit and his mother, Kimhit. Both Talmuds implicitly and surprisingly portray Kimhit as a sort of […]

Welcome to the Four Hundred Forty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 46. A small sugya toward the end of 46b will be our starting-point in an examination of how the Rambam read the Bavli in order to derive the halakhah in his Mishneh Torah […]

Welcome to the Four Hundred Forty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 45. The Bavli presents different ways by which it emphasizes that the Yom Kippur ritual is to be an awesome, eye-catching spectacle for the people. But why should it be? Through an examination […]

Welcome to the Four Hundred Forty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 44. The Bavli is clear that the high priest must be alone when he offers incense in the holy of holies on Yom Kippur, and that this offering atones for the sin of […]

Welcome to the Four Hundred Forty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 43. Today we will explore three principles of scriptural interpretation utilized on our daf. We will learn that these rules of reading appear late in the rabbinic period, and examine what they do […]

Welcome to the Four Hundred Forty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 42. Our study of this daf focuses on two ideas. The first is the interesting notion presented in passing that the deaths of the righteous atone for the people Israel. Our examination of […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 41. What do we owe to God? And does what we owe vary based on what we have? Maybe yes, maybe no. Is that a Talmudic answer or what? The opening and closing music for this podcast is […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 40. What happens when you want one result and the system you’ve established gives you another result? Can you change the system at that point? Or should you worry that doing so casts aspersions on the entire system? […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 39. When it comes to sinning, every little bit hurts. When it comes to being holy, every little but helps. Today the daf reminds that we have to sweat the small stuff, precisely because all stuff starts small. […]