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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 36.

Ketubot 36 contains a fascinating and troubling discussion of whether kidnapped women are assumed to have been raped. We see that two sages, Rabbi Yehudah and Rabbi Dosa, fight back against this presumption in order to prevent such women from being further victimized. This is a stunning example of the Talmud explicitly grappling with the social consequences of its laws.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

To view the text of Ketubot, Daf 36 on Sefaria, please click here.

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 35.

This daf discusses whether serious crimes committed accidentally, that result in property damage, are subject to repayment. We discover in the course of the Talmud’s consideration the relative importance of compensation for damages and maintenance of important social norms.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

To view the text of Ketubot, Daf 35 on Sefaria, please click here.

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 34.

Today’s episode continues with the topic of the collision of different punishments, monetary and corporal. In one particularly revealing sugya, we discover something unique about the nature of fines.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

To view the text of Ketubot, Daf 34 on Sefaria, please click here.

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 33.

Today’s episode tries to figure out the Biblical basis for why monetary compensation for victims in cases of assault is preferred to lashing the assailant. Along the way, we see some interesting psychological claims about the preference for a quick death over torture and a very stringent take on the applicability of the death penalty.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

To view the text of Ketubot, Daf 33 on Sefaria, please click here.

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 32.

This daf discusses, among other things, how we know whether to choose monetary fines or lashes to punish crimeshis that could receive either. In the course of discussing this question, we once again encounter a tension between analogical reasoning and Scriptural derivation, and I offer a possibility for how the latter can be seen as reinforcing, rather than replacing, the former.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

To view the text of Ketubot, Daf 32 on Sefaria, please click here.

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, William Friedman looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 31.

This daf discusses, among other things, how to think about whether two violations of different severities should both be punished. We unpack this debate and try to think about what the consequences of each side are.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

To view the text of Ketubot, Daf 31 on Sefaria, please click here.

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 30.

Conclusion of discussion about the difference of opinion between a woman who can become a wife and a woman who can remain a wife. Distinguishing the Mishnah, which requires a q’nas for sleeping with one’s sister, from the opinion of R. Nehunyah ben Ha-Qanneh who does not, with a focus on understanding the basis of R. Nehunyah’s opinion.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

To view the text of Ketubot, Daf 30 on Sefaria, please click here.

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 29.

Beginning of Chapter 3. The monetary penalty for sleeping with na’arot, women between the ages of 12 and 12 ½ against their will, in particular, those groups of women who are either not full members of the Jewish community and therefore invalid for marriage, or whose connection is incestuous. Derivation of the reason for the monetary penalty based on scriptural exegesis.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

To view the text of Ketubot, Daf 29 on Sefaria, please click here.

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 28.

End of Chapter 2. Restrictions on where a man may live after divorcing his wife. Restrictions on business dealings between a divorced man and woman to guard against sin. Mishnah and Talmud on what a person may testify about that he saw when he was young.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

To view the text of Ketubot, Daf 28 on Sefaria, please click here.

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Barry Chesler looks at Masechet Ketubot, Daf 27.

Exploration of when a captive woman or captive women may be returned to their husbands. What happens to the wives of kohanim when a city is conquered by siege. Who may testify about captive women.

The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

To view the text of Ketubot, Daf 27 on Sefaria, please click here.

This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.