Daily Daf Differently

Welcome to the Sixtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 61. Today we review an extremely picayune rule – whether you should put on your right shoe or left shoe first – and the Talmud’s own humorous jibes at itself over this obsessive rule-making. We’ll […]

Welcome to the Fifty Nineth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 60. Today we will discuss the prohibition against wearing sandals held together with nails on Shabbat. The Talmud offers a somewhat farfetched explanation for this law, referring it to a fatal stampede that happened […]

Welcome to the Fifty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 59. Today we will focus on the Talmud’s allusions to sages both famous and those you’ve never heard of, including a rabbi who is described here as the chief of the academy, but who […]

Welcome to the Fifty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 58. On today’s page we state the principle that on Shabbat one should not wear any item that might plausibly have to be carried in public – either to show it off or to […]

Welcome to the Fifty Sixth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Rosenn looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 57. We’re still looking at hotza’ah, and today’s daf shifts the focus from animals to people. We get a lesson in hairnets, head bangles, and other kinds of ancient Near Eastern jewelry, including the […]

Welcome to the Fifty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Rosenn looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 56. In today’s daf, we’ll look at the connections between sin and death, and hear the sages of the Talmud defend some of the Bible’s greatest sinners. We’ll also see that the Talmud has […]

Welcome to the Fifty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Rosenn looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 55. Today we follow the Talmud as it uses a discussion about shabbat laws as a launching pad for a teaching about a completely different topic: the responsibility we all have for speaking out […]

Welcome to the Fifty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Rosenn looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 54. Today we’ll look at what happens when two factors in the laws of shabbat clash. Specifically, does our obligation to prevent the suffering of animals allow us to create a situation that may […]

Welcome to the Fifty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Rosenn looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 53. Daf 53 of tractate Shabbat considers how an animal’s suffering factors into what it is allowed to carry on Shabbat. We also have the rabbis reacting to a story about a man who […]

Welcome to the Fifty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Rosenn looks at Masechet Shabbat Daf 52. Today’s daf looks at the issues surrounding the commandment that not only people, but also animals should have a day of rest on Shabbat. Rabbi David Rosenn is the Chief Operating Officer at […]