Daily Daf Differently

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Miriam-Simma Walfish looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 42.

We see Bar/Bat Mitzvah time as an induction into religious obligation, but today’s daf will provide an alternative view, leaving us with a question: How do we know when it is time for children become participants in Jewish ritual life?

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

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Miriam-Simma Walfish looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 41.

Today’s daf explores the question of personal ownership of lulavim on Sukkot. Why is such ownership required? Why is giving a lulav to a friend as a temporary gift okay? What do these rules tell us about the purpose of the ritual?

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

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Miriam-Simma Walfish looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 40.

Today’s daf engages in the question of what sabbatical produce may be used for leading to the question of what the primary purpose of the ban on agricultural labor during the sabbatical year. Is it to give the land a rest or is it to serve as an economic equalizer?

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

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Miriam-Simma Walfish looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 39.

What assumptions should we make about the religious practice of others? In what ways should these assumptions inform our interactions with them? Today’s daf engages these questions through a discussion of purchasing a etrog in the shmitta (sabbatical) year.

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

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 38.

What happens if one is travelling and didn’t have time to wave the lulav – may one do so even late afternoon? Is a person exempt from Hallel by listening to someone else? And what if that someone happens to be a slave, minor or a woman? Is Hallel and Birkat Hamazon d’oraita or d’rabbanan?

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

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 37.

A kal v’chomer that starts out as a stringency but results in a leniency and why such a kal v’chomer is invalid. How to tie the four species and the different customs of various Jewish communities. The mishna about waving the four species during Hallel, when and when not to wave.

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

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 36.

The different parts of an etrog. What happens when an etrog gets damaged, how much of damage and what is the location of a damage that makes it pasul, or what happens if an etrog gets eaten by mice. How much scrutiny should we pay to pick the best etrog?

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

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 35.

An etrog that is Orlah or Ma’aser Sheni and the mahloket between Rabbi Hiya bar Avin and Rabbi Assi as to the reason an etrog is pasul: is it because of “heter achila” or because of “din mammon”?

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

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 34.

The laws of arava. The principle of “hilkheta gemirei lehu” and “halakha leMoshe meSinai”, although these principles have no actual scriptural source they are still considered of equal authority as laws that have a scriptural basis. The number of species required and can one add to them or is one considered ba’al tosif and finally, the Mishnah of the laws of etrog.

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

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 33.

What are the requirements for a kosher hadas and what species is meant when we are talking about a Hadas. What is meant with “dichuy etzel mitsvot” – the concept of “dichuy” (disqualification) in regards to mitsvot — can something that is unfit become fit again?

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