Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 31.

Tu B’av: A Jewish Sadie Hawkin’s Day, a day of great joy.

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

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 30.

A comparative look at the laws of personal mourning and the laws of Tisha B’av.

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

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 29.

Discussion of the prohibitions against haircuts and laundry during the week in which Tisha B’av occurs.

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

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 28.

Analysis of the five causes of mourning and fasting on 17 Tammuz.

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

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 27.

How does the biblical quotation in the Mishnah prove its point? And, what were the Israelites of the Ma’amad fasting about?

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

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 26.

How is the Jewish community represented in relation to the communal daily sacrifices being offered at the Temple?

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

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 25.

When does fasting for rain end, and who deserves the credit when the rain actually comes?

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

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 24.

Whose fault is it when a communal leader fails to achieve the desired result, the leader’s fault or the community’s fault?

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

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Roth looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 23.

What does Honi HaMe’agel mean?  And are there limits to the acceptable behavior of a proven miracle worker?

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

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Avi Strausberg looks at Masechet Taanit Daf 22.

In today’s episode, we’ll continue to explore what it means to be holy and more specifically address the question, what does one have to do to secure a place in olam ha’ba, the world to come. We’ll eavesdrop on the conversation of Eliyahu Ha’Navi and Rabbi Broka as they stand in the marketplace pointing who gets a spot and who doesn’t. Through these exemplar figures that merit a spot, we’ll learn that holiness comes in all different shapes and sizes, sometimes from the people and places we least expect it.

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

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.