Daily Daf Differently

Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 75. Today we’ll see an interesting example of how the Talmud was shaped by being the product of oral, not written, discourse. And we’ll see – perhaps – how the Talmud reports about […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 74. Rav and Shmuel disagree on whether an alley way requires multiple subsidiary courtyards before the residents are eligible to make a cooperative agreement. Shmuel takes a lenient position, but is – […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 73. Today we’ll study the concept of anan sahadei, or “we testify,” which means that even in the absence of specific articulation of a given person’s intention, the Sages consider it legitimate […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 72. There are different levels of authoritative teachings in Halakha. Sometimes, the Rabbis teach what everyone should do, as the best option. Other times we learn what is acceptable after the fact, […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 71. Can you take possession or renounce possession of property on Shabbat? Today we will see whether one can renounce ownership of a property on Shabbat for the purpose of creating an […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 70. The Talmud is written in a kind of short-hand, with many points hinted at, rather than explained fully. That was even truer in the early middle ages, when the first manuscripts […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 69. In the course of defining what level of observance is required to “relinquish rights” to allow others to carry, we end up wrestling with the question of whether there are certain […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 68. We see the case of two rabbis who didn’t make an eruv in their neighborhood. We have a window on the question of the role of rabbis in communal life. Are […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 67. Today’s daf starts with a picturesque description of the relationship between two rabbis, one gifted with subject matter knowledge, the other with analytic ability. Which is more valued? Along the way, […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 66. Today’s daf looks at the question of relinquishment of rights. If you lived in a courtyard and didn’t join the eruv, you might ruin it for all of the other residents, […]