Daily Daf Differently: Masechet Eruvin: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to the Two Hundred Sixtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 105. In today’s episode we follow a discussion of blemishes and Kohanim. Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg is the Associate Director of Rabbinic Services at the Rabbinical Assembly. She earned an MA in Talmud and […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 104. In this episode we focus on the importance of rabbinic authority over prophecy, especially in Exile Rabbi Michael Bernstein is the spiritual leader of Congregation Gesher L’Torah in Alpharetta, Ga. He […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 103. Today we ask what kind of obstacles get in the way of Divine Service? Rabbi Michael Bernstein is the spiritual leader of Congregation Gesher L’Torah in Alpharetta, Ga. He served as […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 102. The focus of todays podcast is the question “Are certain head coverings considered a violation of building a tent on Shabbat?” Rabbi Michael Bernstein is the spiritual leader of Congregation Gesher […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 101. What kind of protection do the Sages provide Rabbi Michael Bernstein is the spiritual leader of Congregation Gesher L’Torah in Alpharetta, Ga. He served as the senior Rabbi at Congregation Bnai […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 100. In this episode we find ourselves “up a tree without a clear ruling” Rabbi Michael Bernstein is the spiritual leader of Congregation Gesher L’Torah in Alpharetta, Ga. He served as the […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 99. Making sure not to cause others to hate Torah and its representatives Rabbi Michael Bernstein is the spiritual leader of Congregation Gesher L’Torah in Alpharetta, Ga. He served as the senior […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 98. Today we ask how do we treat sacred writings with respect while taking sometimes necessary risks? Rabbi Michael Bernstein is the spiritual leader of Congregation Gesher L’Torah in Alpharetta, Ga. He […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 97. Today we look at tefilin, amulets and the value of tradition. Rabbi Juan Mejia was born in Bogota, Colombia. After discovering the Jewish roots of his family, he embarked on a […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 96. Today we ask if women are obligated to wear tefillin? Rabbi Juan Mejia was born in Bogota, Colombia. After discovering the Jewish roots of his family, he embarked on a spiritual […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fiftieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 95. Today we focus on lost tefillin and the Torah of accesibility. Rabbi Juan Mejia was born in Bogota, Colombia. After discovering the Jewish roots of his family, he embarked on a spiritual […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 94. In this episode we consider rabbinic discourse: Keeping your own ground (respectfully). Rabbi Juan Mejia was born in Bogota, Colombia. After discovering the Jewish roots of his family, he embarked on […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 93. Toda we focus on how walls can create connections. Rabbi Juan Mejia was born in Bogota, Colombia. After discovering the Jewish roots of his family, he embarked on a spiritual journey […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 92. Today we look at the flexibility of space: when nine people in one room and one in another might make a minyan or not. Rabbi Juan Mejia was born in Bogota, […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 91. In this episode we look at the paradox of rabbinic space: is space infinitely flexible or does physicality determine the uses of a space. Rabbi Juan Mejia was born in Bogota, […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 90. What’s the worst answer you can receive to your question? How about not receiving an answer? And, what if, like Andy Samberg and Akon, “You’re on a Boat (on Shabbat)? David […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 89. Today we ask focus on the fact that memory is a cornerstone of the Talmudic enterprise. If a sage can’t remember the tradition, he’s in trouble. So what happens when memory […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 88. The question in today’s episode is “May I spill waste water on Shabbat?” Does the answer change when the weather changes? David Wise has been rabbi of the Hollis Hills Jewish […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 87. This episode asks what do we do when the words in the Gemara seem to merely echo what the Mishnah just said? How would modern scholarship deal with such repetition? David […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 86. Today we ask Why did the sages of the Talmud fawn over rich people? Is there something about visiting your married children on Shabbat that could lead to eruv issues? David […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Fourtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 85. Today we consider how far would you go to establish exactly what a teacher said? And what happens when Friday lunch goes so late it’s time for Shabbat? David Wise has been […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 84. In this episode, Rav and Shmuel differ about how to understand the Mishnah. Can either be proven correct? Can we “hang our hat” on either one? David Wise has been rabbi […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 83. This page exhibits the tension between the attempt to quantify legal rulings and the messiness of everyday life. Is this problem specifically tied to the breakdown of tradition in modern times, […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 82. The community building purpose of eruv is highlighted in special ways. It is a mitzvah to make an eruv to facilitate visiting and comforting mourners, even on Shabbat. Children, too, were […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 81. We encounter two seemingly conflicting propositions. The sages instructed that, in any legal dispute regarding an eruv, the lenient view should always be adopted. Yet the Talmud seems to accept the […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 80. The interconnections between family members and the role of women in maintaining or straining those connections becomes the subject of an intriguing narrative. David Greenstein serves as rabbi of Congregation Shomrei […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 79. Overcoming boundaries continues to be the theme. This question is germane to family groups as well as to communal spaces. How dependent or separate were adult children or wives in relation […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 78. There are various legal details discussed on this page. When does attention to detail lead to mundane pedantry and when does it evince the impulse to poetry? Which is more real […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 77. The discussion deals with dividers between two spaces. When can these dividers be breached and when do they retain their identity as separators? This leads us to examine a key aspect […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 76. Today is math day at Daily Daf Differently. What did the Sages know about pi? On our page they describe the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter as =3. […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 75. Today we’ll see an interesting example of how the Talmud was shaped by being the product of oral, not written, discourse. And we’ll see – perhaps – how the Talmud reports about […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 74. Rav and Shmuel disagree on whether an alley way requires multiple subsidiary courtyards before the residents are eligible to make a cooperative agreement. Shmuel takes a lenient position, but is – […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 73. Today we’ll study the concept of anan sahadei, or “we testify,” which means that even in the absence of specific articulation of a given person’s intention, the Sages consider it legitimate […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 72. There are different levels of authoritative teachings in Halakha. Sometimes, the Rabbis teach what everyone should do, as the best option. Other times we learn what is acceptable after the fact, […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 71. Can you take possession or renounce possession of property on Shabbat? Today we will see whether one can renounce ownership of a property on Shabbat for the purpose of creating an […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 70. The Talmud is written in a kind of short-hand, with many points hinted at, rather than explained fully. That was even truer in the early middle ages, when the first manuscripts […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 69. In the course of defining what level of observance is required to “relinquish rights” to allow others to carry, we end up wrestling with the question of whether there are certain […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 68. We see the case of two rabbis who didn’t make an eruv in their neighborhood. We have a window on the question of the role of rabbis in communal life. Are […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 67. Today’s daf starts with a picturesque description of the relationship between two rabbis, one gifted with subject matter knowledge, the other with analytic ability. Which is more valued? Along the way, […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 66. Today’s daf looks at the question of relinquishment of rights. If you lived in a courtyard and didn’t join the eruv, you might ruin it for all of the other residents, […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Twentieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 65. We can tell what kind of person someone is by Koso, Kisso and Ka’aso- by his or her drinking, by how he/she spends his money, and by how he/she handles anger. […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Nineteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 64. Is it fair to prefer one teaching over another? Is it right to say this Jewish text is more attractive than other? Anther major focus- may one drink before praying or […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Eighteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 63. On this daf, we explore the hierarchical nature of the teacher/student relationship. May a student offer an opinion in the presence of his or her master teacher, or even in the […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Seventeenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 62. In this episode, we see that like a good teacher, the Gemara takes every opportunity to teach an ethical value: in this case, to be sure to honor one’s teacher! Rabbi […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Sixteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 61. The beginning of chapter 6 poses the challenge of living among non-Jews. How do we build an eruv if we are sharing space with people outside of the Jewish community? Rabbi […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Fifteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 60. Today’s episode asks the important question “What is the worst insult one can throw at a Talmudic scholar?” And answers it thusly… “This is nothing more than prophecy!” Rabbi Abby Sosland […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Fourteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 59. Using a loophole like the Eruv only works if we remember the original law in the first place! The rabbis walk a fine line between the leniencies and the stringencies. It […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Thirteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 58. The rulings surrounding the Tchum Shabbat (the extended boundary in which we are permitted to travel on Shabbat) suggest a model of rabbinic leniency and expansiveness, allowing the boundaries of the […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Twelvth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 57. A simple idea– that a city should have a karpaf (open space) around it– shows a larger plan of the rabbis: to link our lives to our people’s history and to […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Eleventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 56. The rabbis’ science can sometimes seem strange to modern readers, but it reflects an approach to the natural world which is sacred and holy. Rabbi Abby Sosland is the Morah Ruchanit […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Tenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 55. We return to legal material on today’s page, defining the boundary of a city as the straight edge extending from the farthest usable human habitation on each edge of the town. […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 54. This page is full of great rabbinic homilies about the power of Torah study, including astonishingly erotic images of the Torah, and an imagined account of how Moses and Aaron taught […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 53. Today’s page is a mainly aggadic (non-legal) collection of homilies about successful Torah study. We learn that if people want to become successful students, they should be sure to articulate their […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 52. Talmudic law places a great deal of weight on a person’s intention. Merely we setting out a step or two down the stairs may be sufficient to establish the legal status […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 51. The Torah commands that one “keep far from falsehood. ” Yet today’s Talmud page proposes a strange compromise with the truth: Rabbah is said to invoke a teaching from Rabbi Yossi […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 50. The rules of rabbinic discourse hold that “Tannaim” – sages of the Mishnaic era, ending around 220 CE – are more authoritative than “Amoraim” – post-Mishnaic sages who appear in the […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 49. “Eruv” literally means that two domains are “merged.” And since the ritual of creating an eruv involves placing a quantity of food, we learn that the participants should be willing to […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 48. Today we return to the question of tolerance of diverse levels of observance and how hair-splitting over minutia can detract from genuine learning. Rabbi Ute Steyer received rabbinic ordination and a […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred and Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 47. Today we ask, do hefker (ownerless property) objects ‘acquire’ residence for Shabbat and what are the implications of the principle of ‘koneh shevita’? Rabbi Ute Steyer received rabbinic ordination and a […]
Welcome to the Two Hundred and First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 46. In this episode we focus on the majority principle and freedom of the Sages to sometimes decide against the majority. Rabbi Ute Steyer received rabbinic ordination and a M.A. in Jewish […]
Welcome to the Two Hundredth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 45. Today we look at the discrepancy between an account told in the Mishna and in a Beraita: Maybe they tell different stories and represent different approaches to halakha? Rabbi Ute Steyer received rabbinic […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Ninety Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 44. In this episode we ask if people can form a “wall” to enable objects to be moved on Shabbat? And may a person leave the t’chom Shabbat to perform a mitzvah? […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Ninety Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 43. This page shows us an example of respect for different views on the stringency of halakhic observance among the sages of the Talmud. Another question is will Messiah come on Shabbat […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Ninety Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 42. Today we focus on objects that were carried on Shabbat outside the t’chom Shabbat and their status depending on whether they were carried intentionally or unintentionally. Rabbi Ute Steyer received rabbinic […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Ninety Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noah Bickart looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 41. Today’s dad introduces a troubling piece of aggadah. Rabbi Noah Bickart is currently working on a PhD in Talmud at JTS, He and his family are living in Jerusalem this year […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Ninety Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noah Bickart looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 40. In today’s epside we discover that Jews have been arguing about saying Shehechianu for a very long time. Rabbi Noah Bickart is currently working on a PhD in Talmud at JTS, […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Ninety Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noah Bickart looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 39. In this episode, we ask that all important question “Is Rosh Hashanah also Rosh Hodesh?” Rabbi Noah Bickart is currently working on a PhD in Talmud at JTS, He and his […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Ninety Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noah Bickart looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 38. Today we see that the Ran and Ramban have very different views on how a rejected opinion of the Sages might play out with regard to pets and muksah. Rabbi Noah […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Ninety Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noah Bickart looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 37. Today we explore when and why is the Talmud willing to radically tamper with its sources? Rabbi Noah Bickart is currently working on a PhD in Talmud at JTS, He and […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Ninety First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noah Bickart looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 36. In this episode, we focus on a critical perspective on the construction of the Mishnah and how it helps us understand Rabbi Judah’s strange phrase. Rabbi Noah Bickart is currently working […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Nintieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noah Bickart looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 35. According to the Rabbis, an item is either prohibited or it isn’t. You can either pick it up and use it or you can’t. We don’t have to concern ourselves with thinking […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Eighty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 34. If the Talmudic rules about food in a deep cistern tell us anything it is this: there is a rabbinic Shabbat and a biblical Shabbat. What do we do in the […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Eighty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 33. Sometimes it is hard to see the forest for the trees, and on this daf about trees it is even hard to see the trees. A referenced debate between Rabbi Yehudah […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Eighty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 32. Who can we trust? That is the question of this daf. If we ask someone to do something for us, can we assume it is done? Perhaps the circumstances matter, or […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Eighty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 31. Have you dreamed of using your pet dromedary to deliver food to an agent who will then use that food to make an eruv for you? At some point we have […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Eighty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 30. We make use of legal fictions in Judaism all the time. We sell our chametz on Passover, and we carry on Shabbat in places wherein we would usually be forbidden from […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Eighty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 29. It can be dangerous to eat an onion. This may not seem like the greatest starting out point for a theological discussion of prayer and God’s protection, but it turns out […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Eighty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 28. Does the fact that I like to eat paper make paper into food? If I love unripe apples does everyone else have to love them too? Do the nutty Jews of […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Eighty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 27. The mishnah at the bottom of 26b opens with a general statement: Everything (food) may be used to establish an eruv or effect a shittuf mavo’y except for water and salt. Rishonim […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Eighty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 26. The Exilarch consults a rabbi to ensure that he is permitted to carry food and other meal necessities from his house to an abvarneka (small structure with seating) in his orchard. One […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Eightieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 25. Building a partition (mehitzah) 4 handbreadths into a karpef from a mound (tel) for residential purposes will suffice to allow carrying on Shabbat within the karpef, even if it is larger than 2 […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Seventy Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 24. The Gemara continues to explore issues involving the karpef, as well as the rehavah (fenced-in yard). A karpef greater in size than two bet se’ahs that was not hukaf l’dirah (enclosed for […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Seventy Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 23. Under what circumstances may one carry on Shabbat in a garden or a karpef? What is a karpef? Three Tannaim dispute about this; two holding that even a garden or karpef of […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Seventy Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 22. R. Yohanan says that people are not liable in the land of Israel on account of public domain; that is, they are not liable for carrying in the public domain on Shabbat. […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Seventy Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Alyssa Gray looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 21. In an interesting aggadic passage, the Bavli compares Torah and rabbinic law, and interestingly seems to consider the observance of the latter as a more serious matter than the former. What is […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Seventy Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 20. The stand-out line of our final page is, “Camels are different, because their necks are long.” Our preoccupation is still with the water-well barrier, and the limits of its efficacy for […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Seventy Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 19. We continue to study “aggadot” brought in the name of Rabbi Yirmiah ben Elazar, especially traditions about the nature of “Geihinnam” or hell. Alas, the text returns on Side B to […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Seventy Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 18. Chapter two of the tractate opens with a Mishnah that describes a special structure devised to allow use of a well on Shabbat. Its corner panels are called “deuomadim,” which is […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Seventy Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 17. They say that “military ethics” is an oxymoron, and our Mishnah on 17a seems to support the contention. Troops are allowed to violate both ritual and ethical norms when on a […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Seventy First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 16. Today we follow an argument between Rav Huna and Rav Pappa (which begins at the end of 15b) about the seemingly minor point of whether a barrier that has precisely the […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Seventieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 15. Today we consider the question of intent—must a “lehi” (a post used to designate the entrance to a “mavoi”) be designated for this function prior to Shabbat, or may one use any […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Danny Nevins looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 14. Welcome to the realm of rabbinic geometry. Our sages use a form of Π to describe the ratio of the circumference and diameter of a circle in discussing the possibility of […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 13. Is there ever more than one answer to a question? Is there a value to understanding the other side of the argument? Does being a religious person negate the possibility of […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 12. Is the Eruv creating a real physical barrier? Is it about a psychological indication that one is leaving a private area? Or is it about defining an area that constitutes a […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 11. “Tzurat Hapetach”- the form of a doorway is an essential concept in building eruvim today. Individual side-beams and cross beams will get you only so far. A Tzurat Hapetach lets you […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 10. On this daf, we encounter the concept of Omed Merubah al haparutz. If you have a space which has walls and gaps, at what point do we consider the walls to […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 9. On this daf, we look at when rabbinic measure says that something is “close enough”- Lavud– where we can consider small gaps to be closed, and chavut– where an object can […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 8. We start with the question of a street that is open to a thoroughfare in front, and to a courtyard, uninhabited space, trash heap, or body of water in the back. […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 7. On this daf, we start with a discussion of a street shaped like a U, and how we turn it into a private space for purposes of carrying on Shabbat. Along […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Sixty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Solomon Mowshowitz looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 6. Under what circumstances do the sages rule more stringently than the halacha requires? Who are the fools who walk in darkness? When do you have to obey a heavenly voice, and when […]
Welcome to the Hundred and Sixtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Solomon Mowshowitz looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 5. Is Jewish legal space quantized or continuous? Are two weak answers as good as one strong one? Can we be certain of anything in this world? We’ll ponder these questions and also take […]
Solomon Mowshowitz looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 4. Where do the standard measurements in Jewish Law come from? What ancient laws have no trace in the written Torah? When is a proof-text not a proof-text? (hint: When it’s an Asmachta). Learn about these and more on this daf. Solomon Mowshowitz is a past Chair of […]
Solomon Mowshowitz looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 3. Why are laws derived by pure logic considered Torahitic? Who is more trustworthy, individuals, or groups? Should the sages enforce Torahitic or Rabbinic laws more diligently? Can one hold an opinion and its opposite at the same time? These are just some of the themes touched upon […]
Solomon Mowshowitz looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 2, the first episode on Masechet Eruvin. Why do tractates start on page 2? Why is Masechet Eruvin feared by Yeshiva students? Why does the Talmud sometimes cite passages from scripture that don’t exist? We’ll discuss all this and introduce some of the basic concepts of Eruvin. Solomon […]