Shallow Dive Daf Yomi

Shallow Dive Daf Yomi

By Eliyahu WeismanEducationSelf-Improvement
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Shallow Dive Daf Yomi episodes

  • Koheles 5:9-11
    One who loves Mitzvos will never be satisfied with them • Accumulation of wealth will not increase consumption, merely the flow of money through one's hands • Doing good brings blessings to all people and is pleasing to God • Sleep is sweet for one dedicated to serving God
    43 min
  • Pesachim 50b-52a
    When and why is boat travel prohibited due to Shabbos? • When and why is there a correlated custom to refrain from traveling by ship before Shabbos? • Why and on whom is this custom binding? • May one substitute a custom of leniency to embrace a custom of stringency? • When must one conform to the local custom? • When may one maintain and encourage a leniency against the broader custom, for themselves, their family and their followers? • Why is the custom of Yom Tov Sheini so strict?
    2 hr 29 min
  • Koheles Ecclesiastes 5:8
    The fulfillment of a human being necessitates social collaboration • An insightful lense to evaluate the merits of an occupation is the degree of ubiquitous benefit it brings offers • Civil stability is the ubiquitous benefit offered by a good ruler • Without the labor to bring forth the land's bounty a king and his kingdom are doomed
    43 min
  • Pesachim 43b-45a
    When can permitted substances complete the volume required for liability of prohibited substances? • How quickly must a food be eaten to qualify as a substantial consumption? • When is flavor adequate for liability?
    2 hr 4 min
  • Pesachim 36b-38a
    May one bake thick loaves on Pesach? • May one bake more than needed for Yom Tov? • Can one eat bran matzah to fulfill their obligation on Pesach? • May one mold matzah into shapes before baking? • What types of dough are exempt from the mitzvah of separating challah? • May one eat underbaked matzah? • Ma'aser Sheni: does dough from the second tithe require that challah be taken? May one eat such matzah to fulfill their obligation on Pesach?
    2 hr 10 min
  • Pesachim 30a-30b
    Nullification of prohibitions: within homogeneous mixtures, heterogeneous mixtures, chametz and prohibited wine • Bread must be baked neutral, not containing dairy or meat, unless certain steps are taken • Does this prohibition apply to wines? • May one use an oven for meat then dairy? • When can earthenware be kashered? • Which cold use earthenware may not be used on Pesach? • When is chametz collateral permitted or prohibited?
    2 hr 18 min
  • Derech Eretz Zuta 9,9 & Koheles Ecclesiastes 5:2-5
    Harness emotion to align with what is right • The power of peace • The prohibition of promoting strife is rooted in the prohibition of self-mutilation • Distinguishing between true peace and pseudo-peace • Deferred payment of vows can be catastrophic • Nullification of vows may exempt one from the letter of the law, yet a residue of liability may remain
    1 hr 31 min
  • Pesachim 23a-23b
    Understanding how the Torah conveys prohibitions of eating and prohibitions of deriving benefit • Is Orlah restricted if grown for the public? • Jews may derive benefit from Trumah; why does the Gemara equate Levites to Israelites regarding giving gifts to Kohanim? • One may not eat sheratzim, forbidden creatures, but one may sell them if obtained inadvertently • Chametz on Pesach may not be eaten, may one derive benefit from it? • One may derive benefit from Cheilev, forbidden fats. Does it transmit ritual impurity? • May one derive benefit from the sciatic nerve? The answer hinges on a debate of logical deduction • Non-sacrificial meat slaughtered in the temple: a biblical or rabbinic prohibition?
    1 hr 54 min

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