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Daily Daf Differently episodes

June 29, 2021 Yoma, Daf 79
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 79.
On Yom Kippur you are forbidden from eating food the size of a date’s bulk. The sages set this standard – not because food becomes a technically prohibited substance, like pork – but to induce in us a feeling of mental discomposure, as a spur to penitence.
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
7 min
June 28, 2021 Yoma, Daf 78
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 78.
Yom Kippur is supposed to be a day of going barefoot. But going back to Amoraic times, in the 3rd or 4th centuries, Jews have been wearing non-leather shoes on the holiday.
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
10 min
June 27, 2021 Yoma, Daf 77
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 77.
On today’s page we examine the practice of not bathing on Yom Kippur.
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
9 min
June 26, 2021 Yoma, Daf 76
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 76.
Today’s page includes more aggada (lore) about Manna, and the theme of religious gratitude.
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
11 min
June 25, 2021 Yoma, Daf 75
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 75.
In an entirely aggadic (lore-based) page, we examine legends about the biblical food Manna, and see a classic example of the different rabbinic schools of thought, the mythic Rabbi Akiva and the rationalist Rabbi Ishmael.
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
11 min
June 24, 2021 Yoma, Daf 74
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 74.
At last turning from descriptions of the ancient temple, we begin the 8th and final chapter of Tractate Yoma by deriving the “afflictions” that the Torah commands Jews to undergo on Yom Kippur.
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
10 min
June 23, 2021 Yoma, Daf 73
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 73.
One of the High Priest’s duties involved using the oracles called Urim & Tummim, as described in Exodus 28. What were they and how were they used?
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
11 min
June 22, 2021 Yoma, Daf 72
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 72.
Is the Torah an elixir of life or a poison? According to Today’s page, that depends on the integrity of the person who studies it.
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
10 min
June 21, 2021 Yoma, Daf 71
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 71.
Real men study Torah! The Sages offer an image of masculinity that is not so macho, but asks males to be more like women.
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
11 min
June 20, 2021 Yoma, Daf 70
Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 70.
Today’s page reports liturgical and Torah reading practices that are still in use today.
The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.
10 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”.