Daily Daf Differently

Welcome to the Four Hundred Twenty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 29. What’s worse — sinful deeds or sinful thoughts? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Welcome to the Four Hundred Twenty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 28. What kind of Judaism did the biblical patriarchs practice? Can the book of Genesis teach us about Mitzvot? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus […]

Welcome to the Four Hundred Twenty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 27. What may a zar, a non-kohen, do to participate in the sacrificial service? And how does the Gemara respond to blatant rabbinic brain cramps? David Wise has been rabbi of the […]

Welcome to the Four Hundred Twenty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 26. More on lotteries. And: what happens when someone who rejects your ritual infiltrates it? David Wise has been rabbi of the Hollis Hills Jewish Center in Queens, NY since 2005. Before […]

Welcome to the Four Hundred Twenty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 25. If you’re a kohen, how should you dress for a lottery? And if you’re a rabbi, living long after the destruction of the Temple, how can you know what it looked […]

Welcome to the Four Hundred Twenty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 24. Today we’ll explore some of the intricate details of the ritual of terumat hadeshen. And we’ll see why lotteries were such a common feature of an average day in the sanctuary. […]

Welcome to the Four Hundred Twenty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 23. What happens when zeal to perform a sacred act turns someone into a violent criminal? And what did the kohanim worry about most? David Wise has been rabbi of the Hollis […]

Welcome to the Four Hundred Twenty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 22. We launch into Perek Barishona, the second chapter of Yoma, with a look at the ritual of terumat hadeshen, the lifting up and removal of ashes from the sacrificial altar. And […]

Welcome to the Four Hundred Twenty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 21. As we complete the first chapter of Yoma, we learn about the miracles that were said to happen in the Temple. Let’s just say that the Temple must have been a […]

Welcome to the Four Hundred Twentieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 20. “Your laws were like poems to me in all my wanderings,” says Psalm 119. Today we talk about different phrasings of the Talmud texts that appeared in medieval manuscripts, and see how […]