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Daily Daf Differently episodes

August 28, 2021 Sukkah, Daf 52
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 52.
One of the talmud’s classic stories about sexual self-control. When the Babylonian sage Abbaye appoints himself as the “modesty police” and follows a couple to prevent them from engaging in appropriate conduct, he ends up learning an uncomfortable truth about himself.
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
8 min
August 27, 2021 Sukkah, Daf 51
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 51.
What does true celebration look like? And what is the original textual basis for the practice of separation of men and women in prayer?
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
10 min
August 26, 2021 Sukkah, Daf 50
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 50.
What is the right balance between vocal music and instrumental music? What was “Moses’ flute”? And should you be worried that a snake might have deposited some of its venom in your water?
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
11 min
August 25, 2021 Sukkah, Daf 49
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 49.
The Talmud’s classic discussion on the important question: What’s better: Tzedakah (financial generosity), or Gemilut Hasadim (acts of lovingkindness)?
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
12 min
August 24, 2021 Sukkah, Daf 48
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 48.
Why would the ritual of Nisuch Ha-Mayim (water libations) become a flash point for disagreements among different groups of Jews? Why would a misstep in such a ceremony so bother the people at the Temple that they would pelt a priest with their etrogs? And the peculiar story of the two heretics, Sasson and Simcha, and how they feel that the entire Bible is really about them.
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
12 min
August 23, 2021 Sukkah, Daf 47
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 47.
What is the holiday of Shmini Atzeret? What makes it different from the rest of Sukkot — and in what ways does it resemble the rest of Sukkot? (And should we even refer to “the rest of” Sukkot, if Shmini Atzeret is really its own separate holiday?)
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
12 min
August 22, 2021 Sukkah, Daf 46
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 46.
What are the blessings for dwelling in the sukkah, for using the lulav and etrog, and for lighting Hanukkah candles? How have these practices changed over time?
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
11 min
August 21, 2021 Sukkah, Daf 45
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Miriam-Simma Walfish looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 45.
What can Sukkot teach us about different ways of being in relationship with God? Today’s daf will explore this question through the ritual of hoshanot.
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
10 min
August 20, 2021 Sukkah, Daf 44
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Micha’el Rosenberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 44.
Why do things sometimes matter to us more than they’re “supposed” to? On Sukkah 44, we explore the tension between the official, authoritative sources for a practice, and the visceral, lived experience of performing that practice.
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
11 min
August 19, 2021 Sukkah, Daf 43
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Micha’el Rosenberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 43.
What value is there to having a single Temple? And what have we lost with its destruction? Thinking about the lulav might offer an answer that doesn’t require fundamentalist assumptions.
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
12 min

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Join a wonderful group of liberal rabbis and teachers as we take part in the cycle of the Daf Yomi. Each week a different teacher presents short episodes on the daily daf “differently”.