Welcome to the Three Hundred Fourtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 81.

Today we will explore the role of legal hermeneutical principles in extrapolating Jewish law from orally transmitted sources.

Matthew Goldstone is a three year PhD student in Talmud at New York University. He received his Masters degree from JTS and subsequently spent two years studying in Israel before beginning at NYU.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 80.

Today we will discuss the question of actively rendering an individual impure in order for the community at large to be able to offer their sacrifices. We will look at two different positions offered by the Amora Rav which present us with two different paradigms for thinking about the fulfillment of the mitzvot.

Matthew Goldstone is a three year PhD student in Talmud at New York University. He received his Masters degree from JTS and subsequently spent two years studying in Israel before beginning at NYU.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 79.

In today’s daf we discuss the connection between normativity and the community. As we shall see, the state of the community can have a direct impact on the permissibility of what was once forbidden.

Matthew Goldstone is a three year PhD student in Talmud at New York University. He received his Masters degree from JTS and subsequently spent two years studying in Israel before beginning at NYU.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 78.

Here we focus on three different topics that arise over the course of the daf: the difference between a mitzvah being pushed off entirely, or merely being placed into a state of potentiality; the question of whether G-d or the community has a greater hand in rendering impure sacrifices acceptable; and the question of whether eating sacrifices is essential.

Matthew Goldstone is a three year PhD student in Talmud at New York University. He received his Masters degree from JTS and subsequently spent two years studying in Israel before beginning at NYU.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 77.

One of the central steps in the offering of sacrifices was the spilling of blood on the altar. Today’s daf addresses different aspect of this requirement and possible reasons why this was understood to be so important.

Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky is the Rabbinics Curriculum Coordinator at the Academy for Jewish Religion and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Michael lives in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx with his wife and two children and is a member of CSAIR. He can be found blogging at menachemmendel.net/blog and on Twitter @mpitkowsky.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 76.

Today’s daf includes a further expansion of the discussion about certain principles relating to kashrut in general and Passover in particular. Two such examples are the important role of heat in the transference of taste and the importance of the placement and location of food when it comes into contact with a potentially problematic substance.

Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky is the Rabbinics Curriculum Coordinator at the Academy for Jewish Religion and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Michael lives in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx with his wife and two children and is a member of CSAIR. He can be found blogging at menachemmendel.net/blog and on Twitter @mpitkowsky.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 75.

The Gemara continues its discussion about roasting the Korban Pesach. Today’s daf presents us with a possible contradiction between a stated law in the Mishnah and a narrative description of a certain rabbi’s behavior. The Gemara attempts to reconcile the written law with the descriptive narrative of rabbinic behavior.

Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky is the Rabbinics Curriculum Coordinator at the Academy for Jewish Religion and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Michael lives in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx with his wife and two children and is a member of CSAIR. He can be found blogging at menachemmendel.net/blog and on Twitter @mpitkowsky.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 74.

Today’s daf begins the seventh chapter of Massechet Pesahim, “Keitzad Tzolin”. This chapter focuses on the requirement to roast the Korban Pesach, prohibiting its cooking through any other means. The discussion of the requirement of roasting introduces to us a number of important concepts in the laws of kashrut, among them “just as something is absorbed, so it is expelled” and the effect that the smoothness of a substance may have on its ability to absorb.

Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky is the Rabbinics Curriculum Coordinator at the Academy for Jewish Religion and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Michael lives in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx with his wife and two children and is a member of CSAIR. He can be found blogging at menachemmendel.net/blog and on Twitter @mpitkowsky.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 73.

The Gemara continues the discussion about the invalidation of the Korban Pesach. A number of different scenarios are discussed, again focusing on the intention of the person bringing the sacrifice. An additional topic discussed is the difference between destructive and constructive behavior on Shabbat. A person is only liable for punishment when they violate Shabbat in a constructive manner and the Gemara tries to further clarify this distinction.

Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky is the Rabbinics Curriculum Coordinator at the Academy for Jewish Religion and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Michael lives in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx with his wife and two children and is a member of CSAIR. He can be found blogging at menachemmendel.net/blog and on Twitter @mpitkowsky.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 72.

If the 14th of Nisan fell on Shabbat, the Korban Pesach was still sacrificed, but the Gemara asked the question about what happens if the person offering the sacrifice had improper intentions. Conversely, what happens when a person initially did not designate an animal to be a Korban Pesach, but then changes his mind. What is the status of the sacrifice in this scenario. A number of different opinions were brought in the Gemara, illustrating the lack of agreement regarding the power that human thought and intention had over the designation and status of sacrifices.

Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky is the Rabbinics Curriculum Coordinator at the Academy for Jewish Religion and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Michael lives in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx with his wife and two children and is a member of CSAIR. He can be found blogging at menachemmendel.net/blog and on Twitter @mpitkowsky.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.