Daf In-Sight

The story and lessons of when Nakdimon ben Gurion helped the Jews celebrate their festival and his prayer for rain

The celebration known as Yom Nikanor and its connection to the holiday of Chanuka

The concept that kohanim should not drink wine even after the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash perhaps it will be rebuilt any moment

Analysis of Rab Adda teaching of a person feels bad about a sin he has done but still does not fully repent he is compared to one who has gone in a mikva but is still holding a dead sheretz

The rule prohibiting Rabbis from establishing the first fast day in a series of fasts on a Thursday

The inclusion of a shofar/trumpet in the prayers of fast days and why we do not have this practice in contemporary times

The ideal time to daven mincha on a fast day, discussion about the blessing of the kohanim at mincha on a fast day

The laws of calculating when the fast days end, when to daven mincha/maariv, and how to navigate with saying shema- what if one travels from America to Israel on a fast day?

The debate about how Judaism views those who deny themselves physical pleasures: the Nazir, and one accepts voluntary fasts upon oneself

Learning Torah while one is travelling/driving- what kind of Torah learning is permitted?