Take One Daf Yomi

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As Jews around the world engage in a seven-and-a-half year cycle of Daf Yomi, reading the entire Talmud one page per day, Tablet Magazine's new podcast, Take One, will offer a brief and evocative daily read of the daf, in just about 10 minutes. New episodes will be released daily Monday through Friday.

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Bava Kama 31 and 32 – Impos...

12.04.2023

Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Kama 31 and 32, explore how running, unless you are trying to get home before the start of Shabbat, is an unnatural act. Tablet Senior Writer and avid runner Armin Rosen joins us to meditate on ...

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12.04.2023 Bava Kama 31 and 32 – Impossible to Inevitable to Easy Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Kama 31 and 32, explore how running, unless you are trying to get home before the start of Shabbat, is an unnatural act. Tablet Senior Writer and avid runner Armin Rosen joins us to meditate on ...
12.01.2023 Bava Kama 29 and 30 – Community, Ourselves, and the Divine Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Kama 29 and 30, ask whether to be pious we should follow the matters of tractate Nezikin, Avot, or Berakhot. Is it more important to study the laws of damages, the ethics of our fathers, or ...
11.30.2023 Bava Kama 28 – You Shall Take No Ransom Today’s Talmud page, Bava Kama 28, discusses whether a slave should be compensated if he is injured when resisting being freed. This same text can be interpolated to reflect that we are forbidden from taking ransom, from holding a person ...
11.29.2023 Bava Kama 27 – Glory to the Heroes Today’s Talmud page, Bava Kama 27, explains that if ten people beat a person to death, it is the one who threw the last blow that is liable for the death. While this may seem strange, it is intended to ...
11.28.2023 Bava Kama 26 – Twenty-Six Seconds Today’s Talmud page, Bava Kama 26, it explains, that while oxen may be either forewarned (dangerous) or innocuous (docile), and depending on which they are, the damages one must pay are different, when it comes to other people, they are ...
11.27.2023 Bava Kama 24 and 25 – Pay Close Attention Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Kama 24 and 25, spends time classifying what deems an ox forewarned, and what it must do to be re-classified as innocuous. Rabbi William Hamilton of Congregation Kehillath Israel in Brookline, MA joins us to consider ...
11.24.2023 Bava Kama 22 and 23 – Watch Your Back Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Kama 22 and 23, tells the odd story that if one incites an animal to attack, they are exempt from punishment, and instead the person who owns the animal is liable. To see how this type ...
11.23.2023 Bava Kama 21 – The Ruined House Today’s Talmud page, Bava Kama 21, asks whether a person who is living in an otherwise uninhabited house need to pay rent, with some saying that by living in the house, they are keeping it in good standing, and others ...
11.22.2023 Bava Kama 20 – Free Britney Today’s Talmud page, Bava Kama 20, continues the exploration of how animals should be treated, in the same way that so many of the recent pages have. In our modern times, we worry not about finding an ox in the ...
11.21.2023 Bava Kama 19 – Nothing Worth Doing Is Easy Today’s Talmud page, Bava Kama 19, talks all about animals, and what they eat, whether it is what they are expected to eat, or sometimes the unexpected. In these days, when animal euthanasia has grown by such a high percentage, ...
11.20.2023 Bava Kama 17 and 18 – Circumstances Beyond Our Control Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Kama 17 and 18, discusses the different amount of damages one must pay when your chicken directly impacts someone else’s vessels or bread, versus the amount of damages one must pay when it is the pebbles ...
11.17.2023 Bava Kama 15 and 16 – Who’s A Good Boy? Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Kama 15 and 16, discusses the prohibition of raising a vicious dog within your home in the same way that one should not have an unstable ladder. Dog owner, and Tablet Studios producer Josh Kross returns ...
11.16.2023 Bava Kama 14 – Edith’s Debut Today’s Talmud page, Bava Kama 14, discusses what damages should be assessed when two people share ownership for a piece of land which is meant to be used as both a place for produce and for livestock, when the animals ...
11.15.2023 Bava Kama 13 – Exercising Morality Today’s Talmud page, Bava Kama 13, includes the very complicated line that “one is liable only for damage caused to property that belongs to members of the covenant.” This is followed by a long conversation about how to parse that ...
11.14.2023 Bava Kama 12 – The Gig Economy Today’s Talmud page, Bava Kama 12, explores the difference between land, which is unmovable property, and slaves, which are moveable. The Talmud explores the difference in what must be done to demarcate ownership of each of these types of “property”. ...
11.13.2023 Bava Kama 10 and 11 – The Characteristics of Goodness Always Outweigh the Characteristics of Negativity Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Kama 10 and 11, explain that if a person deepens a hole making it more dangerous than it had been, they are now solely responsible for the damage that it can cause. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin returns ...
11.10.2023 Bava Kama 8 and 9 – Beautifying the Mitzvah Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Kama 8 and 9, asks how much additional money should be spent in the effort of beautifying a mitzvah. The long debate that follows explains that to spend money to make a mitzvah more beautiful enables ...
11.09.2023 Bava Kama 7 – Seasonal Fluctuations in Price Today’s Talmud page, Bava Kama 7, asks whether you should regard a person as poor because of their need to sell their land when it is of lower value, and thus make less money on the sale. Real estate agent ...
11.08.2023 Bava Kama 6 – Liable for Damages Today’s Talmud page, Bava Kama 6, discusses the circumstances for when a person is liable for destruction caused by a tree or wall on their property that falls and causes harm. Tablet Editor in Chief Alana Newhouse joins us to ...
11.07.2023 Bava Kama 5 – Evil Speech and Positive Speech Today’s Talmud page, Bava Kama 5, talks about speech that leads to action. Gila Sacks joins us to think about the war that we are facing right now. The war on the ground, and the war of words. Perhaps we ...
11.06.2023 Bava Kama 3 and 4 – Welcome to Tractate Bava Kama Today’s Talmud pages, Bava Kama 3 and 4, introduce us to a new tractate and a new order. In addition to beginning tractate Bava Kama, we are also starting the order of Nezikin, which is all about damages. Rabbi Dovid ...
11.03.2023 Kiddushin 82 and Bava Kama 2 – Concluding Tractate Kiddushin Today’s Talmud pages, Kiddushin 82 and Bava Kama 2, bring us to the end of Tractate Kiddushin. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to reflect on what is in and not in this tractate. He considers why a tractate about marriage ...
11.02.2023 Kiddushin 81 – A Fight With the Devil In today’s Talmud page, Kiddushin 81, we hear the story of Peleimu and Satan. In the story Paleimu tries to act kindly to the conniving Satan only to be repeatedly hurt and embarrassed. While the Talmud is full of stories ...
11.01.2023 Kiddushin 80 – The Manner of a Child In today’s Talmud page, Kiddushin 80, the Rabbis discuss whether dough touched by a child is pure or impure based on the other things that the child will likely have touched.. Hudson Leibovitz returns to explain the pleasures of touching ...
10.31.2023 Kiddushin 79 – Becoming Adults In today’s Talmud page, Kiddushin 79, the Rabbis ask when and how the transition between being children and young adults and full-fledged adults happens. This question is more important today as our children in Israel are being asked to take ...
10.30.2023 Kiddushin 77 and 78 – It’s So Easy To Sin In today’s Talmud pages, Kiddushin 77 and 78, we read that if someone is warned once not to do something, but they do it all day long, they are only punished once, however if they are repeatedly reminded not to ...
10.27.2023 Kiddushin 75 and 76 – The Rules of War In today’s Talmud pages, Kiddushin 75 and 76, we read that it was not allowed to question the lineage of any member of the army. When asked why, it was said that this was in order that they would be ...
10.26.2023 Kiddushin 74 – A Jagged Little Sentence In today’s Talmud page, Kiddushin 74, we read a line which might be uncomfortable to us in this modern day as it discusses “unflawed lineage” and the prohibition on who they can or cannot marry. Activist and content creator Hallel ...
10.25.2023 Kiddushin 73 – Jewish Peoplehood In today’s Talmud page, Kiddushin 73, we learn that if a child is abandoned in an area where people do not tend to be, that child should be considered a foundling, while if they are left in a place where ...
10.24.2023 Kiddushin 72 – A Joke About A Bear In today’s Talmud page, Kiddushin 72, the rabbis make an odd comment about the similarities between Persians and bears. Author, Ruby Namdar joins us to share his appreciation for the Talmud’s ability to include a good joke amongst the deep ...
10.22.2023 Kiddushin 70 and 71 – Spreading Loving Kindness In today’s Talmud pages, Kiddushin 70 and 71, the question is asked as to whether we will act like angels or like angry beasts. Ezra Seplowitz joins us to discuss his project in response to the “Day of Rage” promoted ...
10.20.2023 Kiddushin 68 and 69 – Ascended From Babylonia In today’s Talmud pages, Kiddushin 68 and 69, the Rabbis ask why it says that the Jews ascended from Babylonia when they went to Israel, and share their idea that the land of Israel, and the holy Temple are higher ...
10.19.2023 Kiddushin 67 – Finding Strength In today’s Talmud page, Kiddushin 67, the Rabbis discuss how to determine if a child is born Jewish. They explain what to do both when the father is Jewish as well as when the parents convert to Judaism. Rabbi Dovid ...
10.18.2023 Kiddushin 66 – Those Who Sow in Tears Will Reap in Joy In today’s Talmud page, Kiddushin 66, the story is told of how historically, the Jews would eat salty foods while they were building the Temple. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin returns to explore what the salty foods are meant to remind us ...
10.17.2023 Kiddushin 65 – Hold On to The Page of Talmud In today’s Talmud page, Kiddushin 65, the Rabbis discuss whether or not witnesses are needed for transactions to be legal. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to share his take on this question, but also to help ground our Talmud study, ...
10.16.2023 Kiddushin 63 and 64– Avoiding Enmity In today’s Talmud pages, Kiddushin 63 and 64, the Rabbis ask whether a betrothal that is set to take affect once another person has died, or has converted, or has emancipated, or had a sibling die, is a legal betrothal. ...
10.13.2023 Kiddushin 61 and 62– Fathering Sons In today’s Talmud pages, Kiddushin 61 and 62, we hear a parable that tells of how a father is to distribute his property to his sons, with the final son getting a portion of the others brothers allotment. We are ...
10.12.2023 Kiddushin 60 – A Row Of Bricks In today’s Talmud page, Kiddushin 60, we hear the story of one hundred men who each betroth themselves to the same woman, each setting different time periods as conditions for their betrothal, and thus allowing space for the other men ...
10.11.2023 Kiddushin 59 – Thoughts Versus Actions In today’s Talmud page, Kiddushin 59, Reish Lakish observes that a vessel can become impure merely by thought, while an action must be taken for a vessel to be imbued with purity. From this amazing story, we learn that it ...
10.10.2023 Kiddushin 58 – Bizarro Jerry In today’s Talmud page, Kiddushin 58, the question is asked as to whether one is allowed to derive benefit from something that is forbidden or otherwise frowned upon. Rabbi Dr. Ari Lamm returns to explain that there are certain items ...
10.09.2023 Israel's War: What's Happened, What's Next. Our hearts and minds are heavy right now, and we here at Unorthodox are working hard to bring you a special episode in the coming days. In the meantime, we know many of you have questions about how we got ...
10.09.2023 Join Tablet for a Zoom about Hamas’ War on Israel We, like you, are reeling from this weekend’s brutal attacks on Israel. We are working to bring you voices from survivors, and stories from Israel as people begin picking up the pieces, which you’ll hear soon. But in the meantime, ...
10.09.2023 Kiddushin 56 and 57 – Exegetical Exposition In today’s Talmud pages, Kiddushin 56 and 57, we hear the wild story of a torah scholar who stopped translating a simple word in the text when, for the first time, he was unable to understand its deeper meaning. Rabbi ...
10.06.2023 Kiddushin 54 and 55 – The Torah Was Not Given to Angels In today’s Talmud pages, Kiddushin 54 and 55, the Rabbis discuss what to do about the misuse of monies that were originally collected for the holy work of the upkeep of the Temple. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin returns to discuss the ...
10.05.2023 Kiddushin 53 – Priests Behaving Badly In today’s Talmud page, Kiddushin 53, we hear the story of the gluttonous priest who takes more than their share of the food offering, leaving others to have less. Rabbi Michael Paley and Briyah Paley hosts of Two Paleys On ...
10.04.2023 Kiddushin 52 – Hearing What We Need To Hear In today’s Talmud page, Kiddushin 52, we read the story of Rabbi Yehudah not wanting to allow the students of Rabbi Meir to enter the study hall as he thought that they were not there to study, but rather just ...
10.03.2023 Kiddushin 51 – A Situation of Uncertainty In today’s Talmud page, Kiddushin 51, the Rabbis ponder what is meant when a father indicates that his eldest daughter is betrothed to be married in the case where he has had more than one set of daughters, and thus ...
10.02.2023 Kiddushin 49 and 50 – To Be A Scholar In today’s Talmud pages, Kiddushin 49 and 50, the Rabbis discuss what level of a scholar one must be when the promise to be a scholar is in their request for betrothal. Surprisingly for the Talmud, the Rabbis do not ...
09.29.2023 Kiddushin 47 and 48 – The Value of Crafts In today’s Talmud pages, Kiddushin 47 and 48, the Rabbis begin by discussing when a wage needs to be paid, and whether a betrothal based on a loan is legitimate, but then moves on discuss the difference that should be ...
09.28.2023 Kiddushin 46 – Lessons From A Father In today’s Talmud page, Kiddushin 46, the Rabbis discuss the ways that a parent can fail to live up to their parental responsibilities, and thus make it as though the child were an orphan. Tablet Senior Editor Gabe Sanders joins ...

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Take One Daf Yomi episodes:

Bava Kama 31 and 32 – Impossible to Inevitable to Easy

Bava Kama 29 and 30 – Community, Ourselves, and the Divine

Bava Kama 28 – You Shall Take No Ransom

Bava Kama 27 – Glory to the Heroes

Bava Kama 26 – Twenty-Six Seconds

Bava Kama 24 and 25 – Pay Close Attention

Bava Kama 22 and 23 – Watch Your Back

Bava Kama 21 – The Ruined House

Bava Kama 20 – Free Britney

Bava Kama 19 – Nothing Worth Doing Is Easy

Bava Kama 17 and 18 – Circumstances Beyond Our Control

Bava Kama 15 and 16 – Who’s A Good Boy?

Bava Kama 14 – Edith’s Debut

Bava Kama 13 – Exercising Morality

Bava Kama 12 – The Gig Economy

Bava Kama 10 and 11 – The Characteristics of Goodness Always Outweigh the Characteristics of Negativity

Bava Kama 8 and 9 – Beautifying the Mitzvah

Bava Kama 7 – Seasonal Fluctuations in Price

Bava Kama 6 – Liable for Damages

Bava Kama 5 – Evil Speech and Positive Speech

Bava Kama 3 and 4 – Welcome to Tractate Bava Kama

Kiddushin 82 and Bava Kama 2 – Concluding Tractate Kiddushin

Kiddushin 81 – A Fight With the Devil

Kiddushin 80 – The Manner of a Child

Kiddushin 79 – Becoming Adults

Kiddushin 77 and 78 – It’s So Easy To Sin

Kiddushin 75 and 76 – The Rules of War

Kiddushin 74 – A Jagged Little Sentence

Kiddushin 73 – Jewish Peoplehood

Kiddushin 72 – A Joke About A Bear

Kiddushin 70 and 71 – Spreading Loving Kindness

Kiddushin 68 and 69 – Ascended From Babylonia

Kiddushin 67 – Finding Strength

Kiddushin 66 – Those Who Sow in Tears Will Reap in Joy

Kiddushin 65 – Hold On to The Page of Talmud

Kiddushin 63 and 64– Avoiding Enmity

Kiddushin 61 and 62– Fathering Sons

Kiddushin 60 – A Row Of Bricks

Kiddushin 59 – Thoughts Versus Actions

Kiddushin 58 – Bizarro Jerry

Israel's War: What's Happened, What's Next.

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Kiddushin 56 and 57 – Exegetical Exposition

Kiddushin 54 and 55 – The Torah Was Not Given to Angels

Kiddushin 53 – Priests Behaving Badly

Kiddushin 52 – Hearing What We Need To Hear

Kiddushin 51 – A Situation of Uncertainty

Kiddushin 49 and 50 – To Be A Scholar

Kiddushin 47 and 48 – The Value of Crafts

Kiddushin 46 – Lessons From A Father