Shallow Dive Daf Yomi

Channeling one's drives is more effective than suppressing them • Wisdom can supplant the need for weapons or enhance their utility when necessary • The benefits of wisdom are shared by many • The harms of foolishness are borne by many

Prenatal care • To nurse or not to nurse • A woman's household responsibilities

When trying to impact oneself, employ hushed and gentle words of wisdom to engrave truth in one's heart

Can the obligation of mezonos, to sustain a woman and her daughters, stand independently of the basic kesubah obligation? • Who is empowered to conclude the fulfillment of the kesubah and terminate continued mezonos payments, the widow or heirs? • Tosefes kesubah, additions to the kesubah are broadly considered like the kesubah itself

Explore familial relationships through diverse contexts in the parsha • The enticer par excellence; constructing a defense of the snake through Tosafos

What rights does a father have concerning his daughter? • What rights and obligations does a husband have concerning his wife?

A brief overview of the mitzvos in this week's parsha

At what ages are fines for assault issued? • At what ages may a father legally indenture his daughter? • When are confessions admissible? • Vigilante justice

The power of one witness • The power of casual talk • The Levites were fined by Ezra for not ascending to Israel • The marital status of a woman redeemed or ransomed

Witnesses may not alter their testimony once they have spoken • Can signatories authenticating a document ever undermine the validation of the document through subsequent testimony? • Must one be willing to give up his life rather than sign a false document which could then be used to rob another of his assets?

Tactics to combat oppression of women • Judean trickery • The priestly courts' alterations of kesubos • Do we believe the woman's claim to the detriment of her husband? • Do we believe the woman's claim of paternity? • In monetary matters, do we give greater credence to a claim of certitude or possession?

Various midrashic interpretations of "the small city"

When should marriages take place? • When are various seemingly mundane discussions permitted on Shabbos? • Why doesn't the Rambam codify directly the obligation to teach one's son how to earn a livelihood? • The great debate about Psik Raisha between the Aruch and the Ri: must the concurrent consequence be beneficial to be prohibited?

Welcome to the bizarre world that we all experience • Wisdom can prevail against all odds • Succumbing to the evil inclination will never bring peace

When a man and one of his wives travels abroad and dies, what is the widow to do? • Evaluating unknowns: When are we concerned about new developments that would alter the status quo? • When are we concerned for the minority? • Are we ever concerned about spiteful testimony?

Knowledge is power • The ability to do something can be seductive • Orienting oneself towards righteousness is critical to avoid stumbling

Biblical, rabbinic, and invalid marriages • Guardianship for the incapacitated • Can a minor ever set aside tithes? • Can a non-Jew ever set aside tithes?

What makes the angler's hook an evil snare? • By which plague did the spies die? • The perverse depravity of channeling one's humanity to speak with an evil tongue • Atheism underlies speaking ill of God, the righteous, and nature

Can a minor Yevamah do Chaltizah? • How should a person direct his eyes and heart during prayer? • The dangers of humiliating a Torah sage • When can Chaltizah performed under false pretenses be effective and even encouraged? • When can one reneg on an offer? • When and why can coercion of a divorce be effective?

Converts familial relationships within halacha; restrictions in marriage and testimony • What defines halachic maternity? • If a pregnant woman converts, is she related to her son biblically?

Men, like fish and birds, are vulnerable to the shockingly unexpected • This realization should weaken our confidence in schedules, and embolden us to be more opportunistic about actualizing our priorities

There are circumstances when the marriage was permitted yet the levirate marriage is prohibited • There are circumstances when the levirate marriage is permitted yet the initial marriage was prohibited • There are circumstances where both are permitted, and where both prohibited • A Kohenes may marry a Chalal, a disqualified Kohen• A Kohen should try to marry a Kohenes • Men and women are typicall...

As descendants from Ruth the Moabitess and Na'amah the Amonitess, why is the Davidic monarchy legitimate? • What is the quintessential trait of King David and his royal line? • What differentiates the sword of Esau from the scimitar of Yishmael? • May the daughter of an Amonite convert and an Israelite woman marry a Kohen? • May the daughter of a gentile and an Israelite woman marry a Kohen?

Priestly tithes may not be consumed in a state of ritual impurity • What type of uncircumcised are prohibited from consuming priestly tithes? • Does your boss own you?

The counterintuitive contrasting experiences of Jacob, Job, Joshua, and Moses • The Chofetz Chaim's prayer experiences