Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Esther Israel looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 9.

In today’s learning we’ll be tasting the way the sages picked up on Biblical hints as part of the process of Halakhic Midrash, or, Midrash Halakha. This is part of a process one could view as Biblical archaeology, finding the hidden Divine layer that lays beneath the (seeminlgy) uncoverd divine layer in the text before us. We’ll briefly consider how committed is one person to a verse singled out for midrash by another? And, committed to what ?

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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Levy looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 8.

Today we look at the dangers of religion. Rabbi Levy considers why he needs to be taught not to sleep with his daughter.

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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Gail Diamond looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 7.

In this podcast, Rabbi Gail Diamond talks about how this difficult first sugya of Yevamot shows the creativity of our sages in developing Jewish law.

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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Daniel S. Kaiman looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 6.

This episode (and daf) is still dealing with whether a positive mitzvah can override a negative prohibition, let’s see how heksher mitzvah impacts this debate.

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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Daniel S. Kaiman looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 5.

Today we continue the exploration of if a positive mitzvah can override a negative prohibition. How do we balance a system that feels fragile?

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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Jeremy Tabick looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 4.

Too much emphasis is placed too often in the study of midrash on the literary methods our sages use in order derive the halakhah from the Torah. But today’s daf reveals a crucial argument between Ben Azzai and Rabbi Yehudah that shows not everyone thought like this. Rabbi Yehudah seems to think that at least equally important (if not more important) is our reasoning to work out by logical inference what the law should require.

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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Avi Killip looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 3.

In this daf, Abba Shaul give us his opinion of two biblical rituals: “Yibum” and “Chalitza.”

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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Avi Killip looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 2.

Today we begin Seder Nashim with Tractate Yemavot.

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