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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Sarah Shulman looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 7.

In Moed Katan 7 we will look at the power of the priest to pronounce the status of someone with leprosy and the power of not saying anything. Additionally we will explore where the patient and we ourselves take refuge when we are physically or emotionally not at our best.

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, Sarah Shulman looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 6.

In Moed Katan 6 we will study ways we may and may not transfer water during the festival week and during the sabbatical year. Do we have a responsibility to sink nature to our Jewish calendar, or its it actually nature that sinks us with the Jewish seasonal calendar?

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, Sarah Shulman looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 5.

In Moed Katan 5 we will look at the responsibility the public has for repairing damaged works and waterways even during the festival week and how this is relevant for our cities today.

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.

In this week’s episode, Brad and Steven talk about Brad getting ghosted by the Jewish Daily Forward and opine on Steven’s new beard. The podcast welcomes its first guest — tune in to find out who it is. Enjoy!

You can listen to The Amen Corner in lots of ways. On iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, or your favorite RSS aggregator.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Sarah Shulman looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 4.

In Moed Katan 4 we will be exploring two paradigms: a) the distinction between taking care of plants to be eaten during the festival week vs. taking care of them to improve their appearance; and b) digging old vs. new trenches during the festival week. How can these be helpful paradigms in our own lives?

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 Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 3.

Is it possible that Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel would plan to have their rulings overturned by later generations? According to our daf, that’s exactly what they wanted! The chain of tradition depends upon it.

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 Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 2.

The rabbis send important messages in the proof texts they choose for even the simplest matters. Here, they are reminding us what an important privilege it is to be able to irrigate land of our own. It’s not just about Chol Hamoed… it’s also about Jewish history and Jewish destiny.

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.

When it originally came out, The Matrix trilogy was a pop culture phenomenon, changing the way movies were made, and influencing the way we think about technology, politics, gender, sexuality, violence — even the nature of reality itself. The new sequel, The Matrix Resurrections, attempts to, well, resurrect the franchise, but does it capture our imaginations like its predecessors? Free your mind, as Rabbis Knopf and Olitzky take the red pill and tumble down the rabbit hole of The Matrix Resurrections.

How do you listen to PopTorah? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 32.

That’s how we roll! Fittingly, the Tractate comes to an end with a discussion in part about the rolling of the Torah for its return to the ark. Why does the one who performs the rolling receive such a great reward? What is the proper way to roll the Torah in its cloth or casing? And how do we roll together the Torah with the fabric of our rituals occasions and our lives?

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 Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 31.

Blessings, curses, and Who Wrote these Verses? In the time of the Gemara there was a custom to read from various verses outlining curses and punishments on a fast day. The question is raised about when it is permissible to stop in the midst of this reading and why it matters if the curses being read come from those listed in Leviticus or from Deuteronomy.

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.