Shallow Dive Daf Yomi

Lotteries on Shabbos • Gambling • The ramifications of causing another's punishment • Nebuchadnezzar • Taking care of one's business on Shabbos • Thoughts and speech in Halachah: Business on Shabbos, Amira L'nochri, Torah, Shema • Articulation of transactions for Heaven are permitted

The destruction of Jerusalem: Healthy social inhibitions mark the precipice of societal oblivion • Obligatory Protest: For the protester, sharing one's humanity towards healing is more crucial than achieving change • Bar Cokhba as a false Messiah: destructive power unleashed silences the voice of Jacob

How to handle a Muktzah pebble on a barrel • Washing leather on Shabbos • Borrer/ acute selection on Yom Tov • When may a loaf or infant override the prohibition of Muktzah • Clearing the Shabbos table

Healthy inhibition: a quintessentially Jewish trait • Crushing suffering is designed to stir man's return to God, to be forgiven and to be healed • Man's inalienable dignity

Circumcision on the eighth day • Circumcision of Jewish slaves • Newborns in halacha

Sin makes one fearful • Lack of sin engenders awe • The supreme value of internalizing God's Word • The Declaration of Independence: A Jewish Perspective

Muktza: Raw meat and fish • Guiding animal movements • The imperative to alleviate unnecessary animal suffering • Birthing on Shabbos • Postpartum healing stages • Bloodletting

Sacrafice in pursuit of Divine enlightening • Judgment • Free will •

Graf Shel Re'i • Pikuach Nefesh • Trampling mildly dangerous creatures• Debt collection on Shabbos • Benefitting from Non-Jewish labor on Shabbos

Empathize: experience each person's perspective • Look deeply and perceive the Divine Image • Why can't blemished Priests serve in the Temple? • Good advice should be personal • Be forgiving to be forgiven • Nimrod: the first king and his contribution to civilization • Cosmic Justice: The wicked judge the righteous, and the righteous shall ultimately judge the wicked