Shallow Dive Daf Yomi

Baking with unkilned tiles on Yom Tov: are we concerned about unnecessary exertion or completion of a vessel? • May one shecht animals likely to be mortally wounded on Yom Tov? • May one use a bellow or blow on a fire to fan flames on Yom Tov? • May one use matches on Yom Tov? • What is required to redesignate drying fruits for consumption on Shabbos or Yom Tov?

One must utilize the unconsecrated to discharge specific sacrificial obligations • Which offerings require Semicha, leaning one's full weight upon the sacrificial animal prior to slaughter? • Dicey halachic tactics in the struggle between Beis Shammai and Beis Hillel • The Etiquette of Deprecation: avoid unnecessary escalation • Vow offerings on Yom Tov

Burial on the first and second days of Yom Tov • Is an egg laid on the first day of Yom Tov Muktzah or not on the second day? • Are featherless chickens kosher?

The constellation of our unique circumstances offer the wise clues about our ultimate choices • The human super-organism is judged; each deed of the righteous and the wicked within a society as one • Divine enlightenment is perfectly straight; to fully integrate its truth requires straightening the crooked, which can be painful

How many Chatzotzros (bugle-like) blasts were performed in the Temple, and when? • May we adjust the Jewish calendar due to pragmatic considerations?

Toxic femininity: the pathological anti-helpmate buries her man alive, embittering him more than death • Death is temporary, yet the snare of dangerously false convictions can scar a soul forever

Do we sit in the Sukkah on Shmini Atzeres in the diaspora? • Do we make a Shehechiyanu on Shmini Atzeres? • If one only mentioned Sukkos in the prayers of Shmini Atzeres must he repeat the Amidah?

Acquisition of all wisdom is beyond even the most gifted individual's capacity • Cosmogony is elusive; Divine wisdom of creation qualitatively transcends human wisdom • Understanding the present requires tremendous depth • Government tends to be lumbering and frivolous - yet essential

In Mishnaic parlance, who can be called a friend? • When do we calculate Sabbatical year restrictions applicable to palm fronds and citrons? • What may one do with Sabbatical year produce? • How may the sanctity of Sabbatical produce be transferred?

Man is not unfailingly good; through Teshuva perfection is achievable • Be judicious in what you take to heart • Don't indulge your slave, the evil inclination, as it is never appeased only emboldened to subjugate you • Don't feel crestfallen by criticism, it can often be a reflection of our own negative judgments of others