Daily Daf Differently

Welcome to the Hundred and Fourtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 141. Today we consider embracing Shabbat observance on the micro level. Martin S. Cohen is the rabbi of the Shelter Rock Jewish Center in Roslyn, New York, and served as senior editor […]

Welcome to the Hundred and Thirty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 140. This episode deals with the role of the rabbi in the community: first among equals or someone apart from the congregation? Martin S. Cohen is the rabbi of the Shelter […]

Welcome to the Hundred and Thirty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 139. Today we ask about the ultimate cause of Jewish suffering. Martin S. Cohen is the rabbi of the Shelter Rock Jewish Center in Roslyn, New York, and served as senior […]

Welcome to the Hundred and Thirty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 138. Today’s daf includes an interesting discussion regarding the question of whether the Torah will ever be forgotten by the Jewish people. Martin S. Cohen is the rabbi of the Shelter […]

Welcome to the Hundred and Thirty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 137. This episode deals with the question of when the laws of the Torah may be set aside for the sake of preserving an individual’s health in the context of a […]

Welcome to the Hundred and Thirty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 136. Today, we look at the rabbinical model for thinking about the question of when life fully begins. Martin S. Cohen is the rabbi of the Shelter Rock Jewish Center in […]

Welcome to the Hundred and Thirty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Martin S. Cohen looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 135. In this episode, we look at how the specific way the halakhah deals with conflicting obligations can serve as a reasonable model for the resolution of other kinds of conflicts […]

Welcome to the Hundred and Thirty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Marci Jacobs Aronchick looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 134. “From the mouths of babes…” or in this case, mothers. On our Daf, we see how folk wisdom handed down from mother to child and real life experience impact our […]

Welcome to the Hundred and Thirty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Marci Jacobs Aronchick looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 133. Today we discuss the role of kavanah – intentionality – in culpability. Is “But I didn’t mean to do it!” really a valid excuse? Rabbi Marci Jacobs Aronchick is the […]

Welcome to the Hundred and Thirty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Marci Jacobs Aronchick looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 132. The discussion on this Daf asks us to consider what we do when our obligations for potentially contradictory mitzvoth intersect. How do we decide which mitzvah takes precedence? And in […]