Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 15.

Today we try to determine if Hillel and Shammai actually followed their own rulings.

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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 14.

Today we continue with the idea of “Lo Titgodedu” which means to “don’t separate into factions”, different groups of Jews, giving the appearance of different Torahs – different Judaisms. Their concern is primarily over differing or even contradictory halahkic decisions.

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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 13.

Today includes a new Mishnah that is discussed that addresses different women one whose relationship to a man makes them subject to more stringent rule that the 15 before- Since they must be married to others and can never marry a man’s paternal brother, their co-wives are always permitted. They are: One’s mother, one’s father’s wife, one’s father’s sister, one’s paternal sister, the wife of his father’s brother, and the wife of his paternal brother.

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

This week, Steven reports in from the Dubai night while Brad catches him up on the latest news from the NY Yankees. They talk about how things are going in Dubai, who’s hanging out there, the shopping, and the kabobs. The guys also talk about AIPAC and its horrendous decision to support some anti-US democracy candidates just because of their support for Israel. Happy listening!

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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 12.

This episode continues it’s debate over which of the 15 women originally listed in the Mishnah are prohibited from yibum or chalitza. One element they bring up is the matter of zikah – a status in which the widow is now considered the wife of the brother prior to any yibum ceremony taking place.

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

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Ezra Balser looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 11.

Today we will be looking at and discussing the phrase “אין מקרא יוצאמידי פשוטו” that appears on today’s daf and its greater implications on our continued study of Torah.

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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Miri Fenton looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 10.

This daf is in the middle of a long sugiyah that deals with halachic limit cases of Levirate marriage. Reading a mahloket between Reish Lakish and Rabbi Yochanan illuminates some of the legal problems and potential solutions around the idea of “ervah” in this perek. Can a woman’s status as an “ervah” be changed? And if so how might the idea of “ervah” work as a halachic category?

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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Esther Israel looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 9.

In today’s learning we’ll be tasting the way the sages picked up on Biblical hints as part of the process of Halakhic Midrash, or, Midrash Halakha. This is part of a process one could view as Biblical archaeology, finding the hidden Divine layer that lays beneath the (seeminlgy) uncoverd divine layer in the text before us. We’ll briefly consider how committed is one person to a verse singled out for midrash by another? And, committed to what ?

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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joel Levy looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 8.

Today we look at the dangers of religion. Rabbi Levy considers why he needs to be taught not to sleep with his daughter.

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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Gail Diamond looks at Masechet Yevamot Daf 7.

In this podcast, Rabbi Gail Diamond talks about how this difficult first sugya of Yevamot shows the creativity of our sages in developing Jewish law.

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