Daf Yomi

Avodah Zara 7 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-25 Is there order in the mishnah? Various opinions of how many days before a festival one can't do business with idolators. The order of an individual's prayer.

Avodah Zara 6 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-24 Does the time period include the day of the festival itself? Is the prohibition to do business because the idol worshipper will profit, or because the Jew is "putting a stumbling block in front of the blind"? If one did prohibited business with an idolator, are the proceeds prohibited? Short term pain vs long term benefit.

Avodah Zara 5 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-23 David and the sin of the golden calf were done to show the power of teshuva. Would death have existed if there wasn't the sin of the golden calf? When animals are purchased to be used for sacrifice vs. for meat.

Avodah Zara 4 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-22 Hashem punishes the Jewish people in a piecemeal way. The moment of Hashem's anger and how Bilaam tried to utilise it. This world is the place to perform mitzvot, the next world is to receive reward for them.

Avodah Zara 3 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-21 Who will testify that the Jews kept the Torah? The nations ask for a mitzvah but they disparage it. Why man is compared to fish.

Avodah Zara 2 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-20 Different spellings of "aydeyhem" in the mishna. The nations will come on the day of judgement to receive reward for the Torah, and give justifications for their behaviour. The Roman and Persian empire will be around until the Messiah.

Shevuot 49 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-19 The four types of guardians. A guardian's liability for a sacrifice is for when his false oath saved him from paying. An oath of utterance imposed by the Beth Din.

Can the lender's orphans swear and collect from the borrower's orphans? Certain people have to seat since they may justify taking more for themselves. Rolling back an oath for a Rabbinic oath.

Shevuot 47 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-17 If both parties are suspect, the "oath returns to its place". The employee takes an oath to the employer in front of the shopkeeper. If two pairs of witnesses contradict each other.

Shevuot 46 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-16 Can a worker swear and collect when the wage amount is disputed? When a victim of theft can swear and collect. When witnesses see someone enter another person’s house and hide utensils in his clothing and leave,

Shevuot 45 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-15 Why a hired worker can swear and collect his wages, unless it's long after. A worker hired without witnesses cannot swear and collect.

Shevuot 44 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-14 Does losing collateral mean losing the right to collect the loan? What level of responsibility does a guardian of a lost object have? Swearing and collecting money.

Shevuot 43 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-13 Partial admission requires admitting to a defined amount. In a dispute about the value of a lost collateral, “the lender swears”. The status of collateral (worth far less than the loan) which gets lost.

Shevuot 42 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-12 Claiming payment for a document was for a side debt. Swearing as it relates to a minor. No oath is taken on slaves, documents of debts, land, and hekdesh.

Shevuot 41 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-11 Differences between an oath imposed by the Torah vs the Rabbis. The principle of "if one lends his friend in front of witnesses, does the borrower need to repay him in front of witnesses?".

Shevuot 40 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-10 An oath obligated by one witness only requires a claim of a perutah. A partial admission of a different item from the one claimed. Shevuat hesset - an oath taken by one who completely denies a claim.

Shevuot 39 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-09 The severity of swearing falsely. Dispute whether the claim or the denial has to be for a certain amount.

Shevuot 38 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-08 Swearing to deny multiple claims. Admitting part of a claim.

Shevuot 37 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-07 Does one who is warned not to swear falsely receive lashes as well? Swearing about a document, and land.

Shevuot 36 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-06 Various types of curses with Hashem's name. From the inference of the negative you hear the positive. The oath of deposit.

Shevuot 35 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-05 Other exemptions from oaths of testimony. Which holy names (or parts thereof ) may not be erased. Various names in Tanach - are they holy or not?

Shevuot 34 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-04 Ruling on monetary or capital cases based on circumstantial evidence. A defendant caught lying about an incident which does not prove a debt. Difference between an oath of testimony and oath of deposit.

Shevuot 34 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-04 Ruling on monetary or capital cases based on circumstantial evidence. A defendant caught lying about an incident which does not prove a debt. Differences between oath of testimony vs oath of deposit.

Shevuot 33 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-03 Swearing about a penalty. Source for an oath of testimony is about a monetary matter.

Shevuot 32 : Marc Chipkin : 2025-06-02 Testifying simultaneously vs one after the other. The effect of an oath of one witness. The dilemma of the silver bar.