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Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain

The Gemara discusses how significant the problem of טומאת מקדש וקדשיו (the impurity of the Temple and its sacraments) is. But why is it such a problem?

Shevuot 7b

Dr. Elana Stein Hain – [email protected]

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Let’s talk about oaths! Why are they so important—and why are we told to avoid them?

Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis and Rabbanit Hamutal Shoval explore the tension between the value of swearing an oath and the halachic preference to refrain from it. What’s the role of oaths in Jewish law, in the courtroom, and even in the army? And what did Rabbi Chaim David HaLevi have to say about it?

A Daf of Their Own – Thought-provoking Talmudic discussions in a friendly, accessible style with Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis and Rabbanit Hamutal Shoval

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Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain

The first mishnah in Shevuot discusses the korban oleh ve’yored, a korban chatat that is brought of different food material depending on one’s finances. For what averot can this korban be given, and what is the logic behind it? Does it offer us larger ideas about korbanot, avera or religious life generally?

Shevuot 2

Dr. Elana Stein Hain – [email protected]

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Let’s talk about lashes! Can it possibly be a good thing? How is it possible that people actually miss this punishment?

Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis and Rabbanit Hamutal Shoval discuss what atonement is achieved through the punishment of lashes, how many lashes are given, and why.

A Daf of Their Own – Thought-provoking Talmudic discussions in a friendly, accessible style with Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis and Rabbanit Hamutal Shoval

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Gefet- Gemara, Perushim, and Tosafot, an in-depth Iyun gemara shiur

In the Mishnah at the beginning of the chapter, there is a debate between Rabbi Shimon and the Sages regarding the concept of beriyah (a complete entity). Rabbi Shimon holds that eating even the smallest amount of a forbidden item—if it constitutes a complete entity—incurs lashes. The Sages disagree, requiring a minimum quantity (kezayit) for liability. Rabbi Shimon challenges them: if one who eats an ant is liable, then surely eating a single grain of wheat should also be. The Mishnah doesn't clarify how the Sages responded to this claim. Join us as we trace this fascinating dispute from the Talmud to the Shulchan Aruch.

Gefet Ep 109

Gefet with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz is in collaboration with Yeshivat Drisha.

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Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain

Some violations in the Torah are followed by positive commandments that apply even if one has already transgressed the violation. A prominent example, as understood by Chazal, is sending away a mother bird even AFTER one already violated the Torah by taking her along with her chicks (Devarim 22:6-7). The Gemara calls this kind of negative-followed-by-positive commandment a לאו הניתק לעשה or מצות לא תעשה שיש בה קום עשה, and it rules that one who violates such a commandment does not get lashes.

Why shouldn’t a person who transgressed get lashes even if they fulfill the positive commandment later? Does fulfilling the positive commandment somehow stem the damage of the original transgression? Are we giving people a second chance here, or does this open the possibility of people exploiting the law by violating it and just making up for it by doing the positive commandment later?

[לאו הניתק לעשה]

Dr. Elana Stein Hain – [email protected]

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Who runs to a city of refuge? Who isn't allowed in? And what does all this have to do with the Cohen Gadol (High Priest)?

Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis and Rabbanit Hamutal Shoval learn Masechet Makkot.

A Daf of Their Own – Thought-provoking Talmudic discussions in a friendly, accessible style with Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis and Rabbanit Hamutal Shoval

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What are eidim zomemim (plotting witnesses)? What's the difference between contradicting testimony and hazama (refuting the validity of witnesses)?

Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis and Rabbanit Hamutal Shoval dive into Masechet Makkot.

A Daf of Their Own – Thought-provoking Talmudic discussions in a friendly, accessible style with Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis and Rabbanit Hamutal Shoval

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Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain

What is the logic behind ignoring conditions made in an agreement that attempt to override the Torah? According to Chazal, the condition is void unless the context is financial, while the agreement stands without it. Why shouldn’t such conditions have the teeth to void the whole agreement or transaction? And why are conditions in monetary transactions valid even if they override Torah?

Dr. Elana Stein Hain – [email protected]

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We’re about to begin Masechet Makkot! Why is it called that? And why isn’t prison an option for punishment in the Torah?

Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis and Rabbanit Hamutal Shoval open the masechet with you.

A Daf of Their Own – Thought-provoking Talmudic discussions in a friendly, accessible style with Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis and Rabbanit Hamutal Shoval

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