Daf Yomi

Menachot 53 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-03-05 Hashem only shows gratitude to the Avot. Avraham in the Temple during the destruction. Why the Jewish nation is compared to an olive.

Menachot 52 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-03-05 Me'ilah with the ashes of the parah adumah. Doubling of the flour - did that mean that the francinscence and oil was doubled as well?

Menachot 51 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-03-03 How much oil does the chavitin offering need? Who funds the chavitin of the Kohen Gadol until a new Kohen Gadol is appointed?

Menachot 50 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-03-02 Inauguration of the altars. The chavitin of the Kohen Gadol if he died after the first half was brought. The baking and frying of the chavitin of the Kohen Gadol.

Menachot 49 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-03-01 Is an erroneous uprooting still considered an uprooting? If there are insufficient animals for today’s mussaf and tomorrow’s tamid? The supply of six checked lambs, and requirement to examine the tamid offering for four days prior to the sacrifice.

Menachot 48 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-02-28 Extra loaves with the sheep. Extra sheep with the loaves. What sacrifice is the best comparison to the two sheep?

Menachot 47 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-02-27 Are both the slaughter of the sheep as well as the throwing of the blood required to sanctify the breads? Throwing the blood with a piggul intention for breads outside the courtyard. If the bread was lost after slaughter, can the blood be deliberately sprinkled not for it's own sake in order to permit the meat?

Menachot 46 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-02-26 The connection between the bread and the sheep. Which is considered primary? If you hold the bread is able to be brought by itself why does it have to be left "until it's appearance changes" and then burned?

Menachot 45 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-02-25 Various verses in Ezekiel that seemingly contradict the Torah, but are reconciled. What is primary on Shavuot- the loaves or the sheep? The offerings on Shavuot mentioned in Vayikra are not the same as those mentioned in Bamidbar.

Menachot 44 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-02-24 Description of the chilazon. The man whose tzitzit prevented him from sinning. The order of a mincha with nesachim.

Menachot 43. : Marc Chipkin : 2026-02-23 Seeing the tzitzit and being reminded. Being surrounded by mitzvot. Saying 100 blessings a day.

Menachot 42 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-02-22 Blessings on making tzitzit and other mitzvit. Tzitzit made by a non-Jew. Preparation of techelet.

Menachot 41 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-02-21 Are tzitzit an obligation on the garment or the person? At a time when there is Heavenly anger, there is punishment even for those who do not fulfill mitzvot such as tzitzit. The required number of threads and the placement on the garment.

Menachot 40 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-02-20 Putting tzitzit on a linen garment. Is the tzitzit obligation determined by the material of the main garment or the corners? "You shall make [tzitzit],” and not use that which was already made.

Menachot 39 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-02-19 The allowance of shatnetz in tzitzit. Composition of the tzitzit - windings and strings. Wool and linen tzitzit exempt all garments.

Menachot 38 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-02-18 The white and blue strings of the tzitzit. The white should precede the blue ideally. Stubs of tzitzit.

Menachot 37 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-02-17 Sources for tefillin being placed on the left hand. Where exactly to place the tefillin on your body. Are the for tzitzit one mitzvah or separate mitzvot - practical differences.

Menachot 36 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-02-16 Speaking between putting on the arm tefillin and the head tefillin. Whether tefillin are worn at night, or on shabbat. A person is obligated to touch his tefillin constantly to remain mindful of them.

Menachot 35 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-02-16 Structural aspects of tefillin. Requirements of the straps. The awe of the nations due to tefillin. Moshe saw the back part of Hashem.

Menachot 34 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-02-14 Only one mezuzah on a doorpost. The making of tefillin. The order of the parshiot of the tefillin.

Menachot 33 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-02-13 Determining which side of a door is correct to affix the mezuzah. The proper height for placing a mezuzah. The protection provided by the mezuzah.

Menachot 32 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-02-12 Are the paragraphs of a mezuzah written "closed" or "open"? Differences between mezuzah and tefillin - what they are written on, etching on the parchment etc. Sitting on a bed which has a Torah on it.

Menachot 31 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-02-11 A large barrel is impervious to tumah. Taking ma'aser from tevel mixed with chullin. Number of words on a line of a mezuzah.

Menachot 30 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-02-10 Who wrote the last eight verses of the Torah? The merit of one who purchases, writes, or merely corrects a sefer Torah. Spaces between columns, lines and words in a sefer Torah.

Menachot 29 : Marc Chipkin : 2026-02-09 Deficiencies of a single letter in mezuzah or tefillin, asking a child. Moshe sees Hashem tying crowns to letters, and Hashem shows him Rabbi Akiva. The two Worlds were created with a yud and hei.