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Temurah – Textual Issues

We began a new mesekhet this week – Temurah. This mesekhet continues the theme of smaller topics in kodshim, sacrifices and sanctified items, and nicely completes the previous mesekhet Arakhin, in that...

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NYC Community-Wide Siyum haShas and Leil Iyyun – Monday, August 6, 7:00 –...

Join us for a celebration of the 12th Daf Yomi cycle of Talmud study! Monday, August 6th from 7:00 pm to 10:15 pm Congregation ShearithIsrael,8 West 70th St,Manhattan Early Bird: $18 individual/ $36...

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Resources for Learning the Daf

For the upcoming Siyum HaShas and Leil Iyyun this Monday night, I have put together a list of helpful resources for those learning the daf.  This list is selective, not comprehensive. Daf Yomi...

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New Daf Calendar Import – European Format

A new calendar import for the next cycle of the Daf yomi for Google and Outlook has been added. These files have the dates in European format (dd/mm/yyyy) and can be found on the sidebar of the home...

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Berakhot 28a – White Casks filled with Black Ashes

In today’s daf, Berakhot 28a, we are treated to an aggadata regarding the ongoing conflicts between Rabban Gamliel, the nasi, or patriarch, and Rabbi Yehoshua, who was clearly his superior in Torah...

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Berakhot 33b: “Your Mercy Extends to the Bird’s Nest”– We Silence Him

In yesterday’s daf (Berakhot 33b) we saw the somewhat shocking opinion that explains that a person who says in prayer: “Your – God’s – mercy extends to the bird’s nest” is silenced because this makes a...

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Jacob Katz, Rabbenu Tam, and the Early Ma’ariv

We now transition from the first half of Berakhot, which deals with Shema and tefillah, to the second half, which deals with berakhot.  It is worth taking a moment to consider a topic that both began...

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Ri’s position on the Time for Nighttime Shema and Ma’ariv

I updated my previous post with an expanded discussion of Ri’s position on the nighttime Shema and ma’ariv and what it teaches us about the nature of the these two mitzvot.  For those who would not...

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NEW MESEKHET – Shabbat 002!

Hear the audio or watch the video for Shabbat 002. Check us out on YouTube, too!

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The Influence of Astrology

This Shabbat, the daf yomi finishes mesekhet Shabbat, which we have been learning for the last 5 months.  I haven’t posted in a good long while, but thought I would use this opportunity of finishing...

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