Take One Daf Yomi

By Tablet Magazine

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 dail... more

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Number 1: Chullin 113 and 114 - Spice Up Your Life
On today’s pages, Chullin 113 and 114, a discussion of how food absorbs flavor becomes a recipe for a meaningful Jewish life. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to consider three paths to experiencing the divine: the heat of passion, immersion in community, and the salt of life’s most difficult moments. Where do we find the flavor in faith? Listen and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 21, 20269min
Number 2: Chullin 119 - Shimon Says
On today’s page, Chullin 119, some supersized wheat leads us to the supersized integrity of Shimon ben Shetach. Whether returning a valuable jewel to its rightful owner or forcing a powerful king to answer before the law, the great sage had one rule: Put honesty above all else and fear only God. Listen and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 27, 20268min
Number 3: Chullin 122 and 123 - Skin in the Game
On today’s pages, Chullin 122 and 123, an unsettling discussion of human skin recalls one of the most gruesome stories in Jewish tradition: the martyrdom of Rabbi Yishmael at the hands of the Romans. Behind the horror lies a reminder of what the rabbis refused to surrender, even at the cost of their lives. What are the things we believe are worth dying—and therefore living—for? Listen and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 31, 20267min
Number 4: Chullin 127 and 128 - Life... Finds a Way
On today’s pages, Chullin 127 and 128, the rabbis contemplate the wonders of creation, from creatures of the sea and land to those of fire and air. Then some enterprising residents decide to improve on God’s handiwork by breeding two animals that shouldn’t be able to reproduce—and discover that not every miracle is a blessing. What happens when we ask whether something can be done without stopping to ask whether it should be? Listen and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 04, 20267min
Number 5: Chullin 126 - Like a Rolling Stone
On today’s page, Chullin 126, the rabbis encounter a mystery buried in two words: golel and dofek. Solving it takes us from Rashi and Maimonides to the burial caves of ancient Israel and the great stones once rolled across their entrances. What can the Talmud teach us about the lost burial practices of our ancestors? Listen and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 03, 20266min