Shallow Dive Daf Yomi

Temple curtains: The mind altering impact of beauty • Blessings over striking aesthetics require the element of novelty • How the artistic curtains facilitated experiencing heightened awe for God in the Temple Mount • Guzma: Does the perfect Torah ever express anything imprecisely? • Where should impure sacrificial meat be burned? • Sanctification in a post-temple world

Experiencing appreciation for one's gifts is critical to maximizing them • A glamorous life brimming with pleasure falls short; each individual must strive towards the fulfillment of their purpose

God gives us all the wealth we need to thrive from here and now to eternity • Be good humored about your toil • Value each day as the precious gift that it is • A Divine Whisper: allow your heart's satisfaction from doing good to resonate and bear witness to its eternal worth

How are Jews are meant to relate towards idolaters? • The requirement to engage in peaceful overtures towards idolaters • Divine abhorrence for duplicity • Is God concerned with the human dignity of idolaters?

To eat or not to eat: drifting in and out of sleep as the Seder winds down • When may the Pascal Offering be eaten? • The blessings over the Pascal and Chagigah Offerings • Blessings over the Redemption of the Firstborn • Afikomen in commemoration of the Pascal Offering: what happens if it was forgotten? ~ Who is the real leader of the Seder?

A life focused on blindly amassing wealth is a tragic existence • A person's mazal incorporates the secrets of his purpose - embrace it! • Each day is a counted gift from God, every choice should consider the economy of time • As food and drink sustain our bodies, Torah and good deeds sustain our souls • What strategies work to help us achieve our long-term goals? • How to console a mourner • Even a great Torah scholar can wither in blissful solitude

Whom does God love? • Whom does God dislike? • Whose life is not experienced as living? • When is the prohibition against harboring hatred towards a fellow Jew permitted? • When and how must we hate a fellow Jew? • The lost art of rebuke • In what order do we make the blessing over wine and the blessing of sanctification of the day? • When if ever is a heavenly voice relevant to halachic discourse? • Charoses: A mitzvah without a blessing

The blessing of wealth can foster arrogance and destruction, a sickening evil • A festering illness: wealth that is acquired but not utilized for good • Illusion of security: wealth is always moving • Bright or bleak? A glimpse into a world ripe for redemption • Teshuva & good deeds: the path towards redemption is in our hands

When is it permitted to wash one's hands before kiddush? • When may one wash with intent to eat bread hours later? • May one make kiddush or havdalah on beer or bread? • May one use tasty beer that causes digestive problems for kiddush? • May one make a blessing over unhealthy foods? • How much of the cup of benediction must be imbibed to discharge one's obligation?

How does eating matza with gusto beautify the mitzvah? • Why should a pauper be exempt from eating while leaning? • Poreis mapah u'mekadeish: when transitioning from a weekday meal to a Shabbos meal, should Hamotzei be repeated?