Daily Daf Differently

Welcome to the Two Hundred and Tenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 55. We return to legal material on today’s page, defining the boundary of a city as the straight edge extending from the farthest usable human habitation on each edge of the town. […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred and Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 54. This page is full of great rabbinic homilies about the power of Torah study, including astonishingly erotic images of the Torah, and an imagined account of how Moses and Aaron taught […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred and Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 53. Today’s page is a mainly aggadic (non-legal) collection of homilies about successful Torah study. We learn that if people want to become successful students, they should be sure to articulate their […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred and Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 52. Talmudic law places a great deal of weight on a person’s intention. Merely we setting out a step or two down the stairs may be sufficient to establish the legal status […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred and Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 51. The Torah commands that one “keep far from falsehood. ” Yet today’s Talmud page proposes a strange compromise with the truth: Rabbah is said to invoke a teaching from Rabbi Yossi […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred and Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 50. The rules of rabbinic discourse hold that “Tannaim” – sages of the Mishnaic era, ending around 220 CE – are more authoritative than “Amoraim” – post-Mishnaic sages who appear in the […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred and Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 49. “Eruv” literally means that two domains are “merged.” And since the ritual of creating an eruv involves placing a quantity of food, we learn that the participants should be willing to […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred and Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 48. Today we return to the question of tolerance of diverse levels of observance and how hair-splitting over minutia can detract from genuine learning. Rabbi Ute Steyer received rabbinic ordination and a […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred and Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 47. Today we ask, do hefker (ownerless property) objects ‘acquire’ residence for Shabbat and what are the implications of the principle of ‘koneh shevita’? Rabbi Ute Steyer received rabbinic ordination and a […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred and First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 46. In this episode we focus on the majority principle and freedom of the Sages to sometimes decide against the majority. Rabbi Ute Steyer received rabbinic ordination and a M.A. in Jewish […]