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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 20.

Today’s tale: “The Curious Case of the Virgin Widow, or What Happens When Two Mitzvot Conflict.”

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

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

Steven returns from his Middle East excursion and the guys catch up on the week that was. They talk about Clarence and Ginny Thomas, the disgraceful, racist smearing of Ketanji Brown Jackson by Republican senators during Jackson’s confirmation hearings, the bad week that Mark Meadows had, and NYC District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s puzzling closing of the investigation against Trump. All in all, not a banner week for US democracy, but certainly a lot to discuss. Happy listening!

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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 19.

Today’s episode explores if a levirate marriage is like a regular marriage, in that it demands a woman’s consent? Or does the Torah demand that she marry the brother-in-law whether she wants to or not?

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

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

Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a conversation about what’s going on in pop culture from a Jewish perspective and about Judaism through the lens of pop culture.

The 94th Academy Awards are fast approaching, and Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky are here to talk about the Torah of this year’s Best Picture nominees. In this special episode, we discuss Licorice Pizza, CODA, King Richard, Nightmare Alley, West Side Story, and The Power of the Dog (and check out previous episodes on Dune and Don’t Look Up). Who should walk away with this year’s top prize? Who will win? And, most importantly, which movie has the deepest Torah? Join us and find out!

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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 18.

This page brings a new mishnah, which mimics the one provided on 17a, but with one alteration at the end. It offers a dissent to say Levi, the third, non-contemporary brother may take either wife, whichever he desires, and perform yibum or halitzah with her. It is within this scenario that there rabbis clarify that a woman bound to a man in zikah is considered like his full-fledged wife.

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

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

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 17.

This time our rabbis discuss that even though the marriage between a Jew and and idolatrous tribe member might stand, it leaves the identity of their children in question.

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

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

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Noam Raucher looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 16.

The Jew in the Pew. The Gemara eventually leads to a conversation regarding accepting converts from certain tribes. It goes on to list a few, all of which are prohibited from converting to the Jewish people because of some level of social status or because their ancestors took Jewish women by force.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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