Daf Yomi

Bechorot 27 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-10-15 Receiving money from an Israelite to give terumah to a specific Kohen. Various leniencies of terumah from outside of Israel. A firstborn's first year is counted from its birth.

Bechorot 26 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-10-14 Further discussion about the hair of a firstborn which fell out. Will a person delay offering an olah? How long must an owner care for a firstborn?

Bechorot 25 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-10-13 Trimming off the black hair tips of a parah adumah. Hair of a blemished firstborn which fell out, and the firstborn was then shechted, or died. Blemished animals which became mixed with unblemished ones.

Bechorot 24 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-10-12 Does a nursing mother indicate a birth, and that this is its child? An animal would not nurse another’s offspring if its own is present. Moving and plucking hair of a bechor.

Bechorot 23 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-10-11 Ashes of the parah adumah can impurify via carrying even though not via touching. A neveilah can impurify until no longer for for consumption. Mixing water into fish brine.

Bechorot 22 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-10-10 A disintegrated fetus doesn't make one impure since it is nullified in the majority. Impure water can be purified in a mikveh. Impure terumah falling into 100 parts of non-holy produce.

Bechorot 21 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-10-09 Can a goat give birth before 5 months? Does a “premature” animal enters the pen to be tithed? Is an animal purchased from a Jew presumed to be a firstborn?

Bechorot 20 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-10-08 The status of a discharge which could be a miscarriage. Does lactation provide evidence of a prior birth?

Bechorot 19 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-10-07 An animal born via a cesarian section followed by a natural birth. Until when a purchased animal’s offspring is assumed to be a bechor. Being concerned for a minority.

Bechorot 18 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-10-06 Which lamb the Kohen receives when it is unknown which was born first. Is the lamb kept by the owner obligated in gifts? What to do if the lamb dies?

Bechorot 17 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-10-05 A sheep the offspring of a goat, or a goat the offspring of a sheep. Two animals born simultaneously. Can items be exactly measured when it comes to human intervention?

Bechorot 16 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-10-04 A temurah of a redeemed sacrifice is left to die. The five chatat offerings left to die. Accepting a guaranteed investment from a non-Jew will result in bechor being not applicable.

Bechorot 15 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-10-03 Animals that have a blemish and then get consecrated. What is done with offspring born after the mother’s redemption? What is done with unborn offspring?

Bechorot 14 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-10-02 Redeeming sacrificial animals whose blemish preceded its consecration. The offspring of such animals. The prohibition of slaughtering blemished animals on a private altar.

Bechorot 13 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-10-01 Why the late of firstborn donkeys were taught before those of firstborn kosher animals. Acquiring from, and selling to, a non-Jew is finalised through money.

Bechorot 12 : Marc Chipkin : 2926-09-30 What may be used for redeeming a firstborn donkey? Kohanim may not be trusted to redeem a firstborn donkey. If one sets aside a sheep to redeem the firstborn donkey and the sheep dies.

Bechorot 11 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-09-29 A firstborn donkey can be redeemed for full value with any item. Redeeming someone else's firstborn donkey. Separating terumah from the field of a non-Jew.

Bechorot 10 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-09-28 After decapitation the donkey is forbidden for benefit. A firstborn donkey is killed if it is not redeemed because the owner caused a loss to the Kohen . A firstborn donkey is redeemed immediately and for any amount.

Bechorot 9 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-09-27 Simultaneous births of multiple donkeys. Can multiple births occur at exactly the same moment? Can a donkey be used before it is redeemed?

Bechorot 8 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-09-26 Procreation of various creatures. Gestation periods of various creatures. The questions of the Sages of Athens.

Bechorot 7 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-09-25 Kosher animals producing non-kosher looking offspring. Urine of a donkey. Why bee's honey is permitted.

Bechorot 6 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-09-24 An animal that gives birth to something that looks different from them. Eating offspring of a kosher animal which resemble a non-kosher animal . How do we know that milk from a kosher animal is permitted?

Bechorot 5 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-09-23 Calculation of the "missing" Levi'im. Why are donkeys specifically sanctified as firstborn? A firstborn which resembles a different animal .

Bechorot 4 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-09-22 Kohanim and Levi I'm are exempt from redeeming their firstborn sons as well as firstborn donkeys.

Bechorot 3 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-09-21 How much must partnership must a non-Jew have to exempt a firstborn? A sheep resembling a goat is considered a defect.