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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 56. This is the shortest page of Talmud you’ll ever see! But the reason the page is so short is that the commentary takes quite a while to explain the concepts behind it. Let’s review the idea of […]

Welcome to The Jewish Hour with Rabbi Finman, for June 6, 2021. In this episode, Rabbi Finman talks to Edee Franklin the Founder of Sanctum House. How do you listen to The Jewish Hour? 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 Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 55. The central act of the Yom Kippur purification ritual in the ancient temple involved sprinkling the blood of a bull and a goat near the Holy Ark. Perhaps that seems awfully strange to us, but the Sages […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 54. Are we really pagans? Today we study possibly the most radical, erotic Midrash in all Rabbinic literature. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 53. Why did Aaron’s son’s die when they offered improper incense (as reported in Leviticus 10)? According to our page, they understood the radical nature of ritual properly, but they were arrogant toward Moses. The opening and closing […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 52. Some Bible verses are clear, some are ambiguous. On today’s page, the Talmud considers five verses that cannot be definitively interpreted. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 51. We return to yesterday’s question: does the High Priest’s offering belong to him alone (since he paid for it)? Or do all priests have a share in this offering, even though they didn’t pay for it? The […]

Welcome to The Jewish Hour with Rabbi Finman, for May 30, 2021. In this episode, Rabbi Finman talks to Asher Lopatin about a Call To Action Against Antisemitism. How do you listen to The Jewish Hour? 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 Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yoma Daf 50. Who owns the sacrifices on Yom Kippur? Are they the personal property of the High Priest (a Korban Yachid)or do they belong to the public (Korban Tzibbur)? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros […]

This week, Brad and Steven continue to discuss the fallout from the recent conflagration in Israel/Palestine and how Steven became a “professional Jew” for a few days. Spoiler alert: he didn’t love it. They also talk about the state of American democracy and their fears that the Democrats aren’t going hard enough to protect our […]