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Ten minutes of daily Mishnah in clear, simple English, focussing on the content and the structure of the text and following the global cycle, finishing the entire Mishnah in January 2028. Running five... more
FAQs about The Daily Mishnah with Benedict:How many episodes does The Daily Mishnah with Benedict have?The podcast currently has 745 episodes available.
July 24, 2022Terumot 10:1-4What if we cook terumah with ordinary food? It turns out that the rabbis, like some aesthetes today, are mainly interested in what the result tastes like.For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumotFor a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot, scrolling to the end....more11minPlay
July 21, 2022Terumot 9:5-7Not all plants are alike and planting out terumah is not always a problem. Chapter 9 closes by identifying which plants have which consequences.For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumotFor a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot, scrolling to the end....more11minPlay
July 20, 2022Terumot 9:1-4What happens if we plant out terumah? Are the resulting crops terumah too? And what if the harvest is planted out in turn? Does the cycle ever stop?For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumotFor a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot, scrolling to the end....more11minPlay
July 19, 2022Terumot 8:11-12When confronted with two less-than-ideal choices, in a life-changing situation, what should we do? Chapter 8 of Terumot suddenly shifts focus from uncertainty about the status of a cask of wine to uncertainty about an attack by Gentile marauders.For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumotFor a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot, scrolling to the end....more12minPlay
July 19, 2022Terumot 8:8-10The eighth chapter of Terumot flip-flops between existential uncertainty and questions of life and death. When confronted with two less-than-ideal choices, what do we do?For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumotFor a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot....more12minPlay
July 17, 2022Terumot 8:4-7What if our terumah has been sipped by a snake? The eighth chapter of Terumot closes with questions of life and death and gives us, along the way, a fascinating insight into Mishnaic medicine and zoology.For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumotFor a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot....more13minPlay
July 15, 2022Terumot 8:1-3Today's Daily Mishnah opens the eighth chapter of Terumot with more questions of existential uncertainty: what if the cohen is not a cohen, or a slave is no longer a slave?For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumotFor a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot....more12minPlay
July 13, 2022Terumot 7:5-7Today's Daily Mishnah closes the seventh chapter of Terumot with questions of existential uncertainty: if we have two piles of food, one of terumah and one of ordinary food, and we can't remember which is which, what do we do if there an accident?For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumotFor a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot....more14minPlay
July 12, 2022Terumot 7:1-4Today's Daily Mishnah opens the seventh chapter of Terumot with a mirror image of the first three mishnayot of Chapter 6. But, whereas Chapter 6 dealt with eating terumah by accident, Chapter 7 will look at eating it on purpose.For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumotFor a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot....more12minPlay
July 11, 2022Terumot 6:4-6Today's Daily Mishnah continues the sixth chapter of Terumot with accidents and more: what happens if we eat terumah by mistake or steal it or both?For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumotFor a slide which summarises the Mishnah, go to the end of the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot....more11minPlay
FAQs about The Daily Mishnah with Benedict:How many episodes does The Daily Mishnah with Benedict have?The podcast currently has 745 episodes available.