Daily Daf Differently

Welcome to the Three Hundred Fourtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 81. Today we will explore the role of legal hermeneutical principles in extrapolating Jewish law from orally transmitted sources. Matthew Goldstone is a three year PhD student in Talmud at New York University. He […]

Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 80. Today we will discuss the question of actively rendering an individual impure in order for the community at large to be able to offer their sacrifices. We will look at two different […]

Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 79. In today’s daf we discuss the connection between normativity and the community. As we shall see, the state of the community can have a direct impact on the permissibility of what was […]

Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Matthew Goldstone looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 78. Here we focus on three different topics that arise over the course of the daf: the difference between a mitzvah being pushed off entirely, or merely being placed into a state of […]

Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 77. One of the central steps in the offering of sacrifices was the spilling of blood on the altar. Today’s daf addresses different aspect of this requirement and possible reasons why this […]

Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 76. Today’s daf includes a further expansion of the discussion about certain principles relating to kashrut in general and Passover in particular. Two such examples are the important role of heat in […]

Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 75. The Gemara continues its discussion about roasting the Korban Pesach. Today’s daf presents us with a possible contradiction between a stated law in the Mishnah and a narrative description of a […]

Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 74. Today’s daf begins the seventh chapter of Massechet Pesahim, “Keitzad Tzolin”. This chapter focuses on the requirement to roast the Korban Pesach, prohibiting its cooking through any other means. The discussion […]

Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 73. The Gemara continues the discussion about the invalidation of the Korban Pesach. A number of different scenarios are discussed, again focusing on the intention of the person bringing the sacrifice. An […]

Welcome to the Three Hundred Thirty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Pitkowsky looks at Masechet Pesachim Daf 72. If the 14th of Nisan fell on Shabbat, the Korban Pesach was still sacrificed, but the Gemara asked the question about what happens if the person offering the sacrifice had improper […]