Welcome to the Three Hundred and Tenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 51.

Local custom has great meaning in Judaism, and long staying power, because it helps bind us to each other and to our past.

This week, our study is led by Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky of Congregation Ansche Chesed in New York City.

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

Today’s page includes some thoughts on the relative importance of motivation for religious practice, and a very profound teaching on our intentional mispronunciation of God’s name.

This week, our study is led by Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky of Congregation Ansche Chesed in New York City.

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

Welcome to the Three Hundred and Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 49.

On today’s daf we read some almost unbelievably extreme language about the am haaretz. How are we to understand this sort of discussion?

Rabbi Ethan Linden is the rabbi of Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the author of the (made-up) book: Tractate Mardis Gras: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Parades. Prior to coming to New Orleans, Ethan was the Assistant Director of Camp Ramah in New England and the Rabbinic Advisor for the Student Conservative Minyan at the Harvard Hillel.

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

Welcome to the Three Hundred and Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 48.

Does one size fit all? Maybe, at least according to Rabban Gamliel. But Rabbi Akiva disagrees. On today’s daf, we ask the age-old question: are all ovens created equal?

Rabbi Ethan Linden is the rabbi of Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the author of the (made-up) book: Tractate Mardis Gras: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Parades. Prior to coming to New Orleans, Ethan was the Assistant Director of Camp Ramah in New England and the Rabbinic Advisor for the Student Conservative Minyan at the Harvard Hillel.

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

Welcome to the Three Hundred and Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 47.

Are all things possible? And if they are, do we have to consider them when we’re making the rules of our system? Or can we just worry about the things that actually happened, and move on from there?

Rabbi Ethan Linden is the rabbi of Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the author of the (made-up) book: Tractate Mardis Gras: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Parades. Prior to coming to New Orleans, Ethan was the Assistant Director of Camp Ramah in New England and the Rabbinic Advisor for the Student Conservative Minyan at the Harvard Hillel.

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

Welcome to the Three Hundred and Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 46.

How far must we go to find a place to pray? What is “deaf dough”? How can these two questions possibly be related? Find out today.

Rabbi Ethan Linden is the rabbi of Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the author of the (made-up) book: Tractate Mardis Gras: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Parades. Prior to coming to New Orleans, Ethan was the Assistant Director of Camp Ramah in New England and the Rabbinic Advisor for the Student Conservative Minyan at the Harvard Hillel.

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

Welcome to the Three Hundred and Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 45.

Today, some dough stuck on the side of a kneading trough occasions a fairly big question: What happens if we have two versions of a similar text that seem to contradict each other? Should we assume that one is wrong and the other is correct? Or do we have a responsibility to make an alternate assumption: that both are legitimate positions?

Rabbi Ethan Linden is the rabbi of Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the author of the (made-up) book: Tractate Mardis Gras: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Parades. Prior to coming to New Orleans, Ethan was the Assistant Director of Camp Ramah in New England and the Rabbinic Advisor for the Student Conservative Minyan at the Harvard Hillel.

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

Welcome to the Three Hundred and Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 44.

Today we learn about the possibility that our kashrut laws are a slight expansion from the Biblical rules. As we learn today: it’s all out taste!

Rabbi Ethan Linden is the rabbi of Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the author of the (made-up) book: Tractate Mardis Gras: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Parades. Prior to coming to New Orleans, Ethan was the Assistant Director of Camp Ramah in New England and the Rabbinic Advisor for the Student Conservative Minyan at the Harvard Hillel.

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

Welcome to the Three Hundred and Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ethan Linden looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 43.

Today we ask the question: Is it possible that women can eat chametz even during Pesach? Probably not, but let’s find out!

Rabbi Ethan Linden is the rabbi of Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the author of the (made-up) book: Tractate Mardis Gras: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Parades. Prior to coming to New Orleans, Ethan was the Assistant Director of Camp Ramah in New England and the Rabbinic Advisor for the Student Conservative Minyan at the Harvard Hillel.

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

Welcome to the Three Hundred and First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 42.

The laws of taarovet chametz (mixtures that might have chametz in them) point to the differences between the chametz prohibition on Pesach and other forbidden foods in our tradition.

Rabbi Abby Sosland is the Morah Ruchanit (Spiritual Advisor) for the high school at Solomon Schechter Westchester, where she teaches Talmud, Bible, Philosophy and Prayer. Her chapter “Crime and Punishment” — about the laws of capital punishment and incarceration– appears in The Observant Life: The Wisdom of Conservative Judaism for Contemporary Jews (Martin Cohen and Michael Katz, Rabbinical Assembly, 2012). She runs a free High Holiday service at Town and Village Synagogue in downtown Manhattan.

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