Rabbi David Lapin

Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin

Matmonim means "hidden treasures." In less than 20 minutes each episode highlights, develops and explains one actionable insight from the Daf Yomi Talmud study cycle. People around the world, from uninitiated seeker to seasoned scholar, are finding inspiration, meaning, and relevance in the wisdom that the Matmonim exposes from every page of Talmud. Matmonim will give you skills to deepen your own learning to get greater satisfaction from the effort you are investing. The podcast is given as a live class each morning at the Raanana Kollel in Israel and focuses on the Daf of the day.

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Rabbi David Lapin

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Religion

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

Ketubot 92b Reputation: An Invisible Asset - לא מצי אמר ליה לאו בעל דברים דידי את 06.10.2022

Protecting reputation can give one a commercial interest in a case and the right to intervene.  Sources

Ketubot 90a-91b Inheriting Indebtedness - שניה ויורשיה קודמין 04.10.2022

While an heir does not inherit indebtedness from his father, he does inherit the obligation to repay his father’s debts from the assets he inherited.  Sources

Ketubot 89a The Burden of Indebtedness - שמע מינה כותבין שובר 03.10.2022

The moral indebtedness of a borrower to a lender continues even after the repayment of the debt.  Sources

Ketubot 88b Trust and Micromanagement - מינוהו בית דין ושבע 02.10.2022

Feeling trusted is an honor; being micromanaged is an insult.  Sources

Ketubot 86a Legal, Moral and Religious Obligations - פריעת בעל חוב מצוה 30.09.2022

There are obligations that would exist even without them being mitzvot. In fact, sometimes a moral or legal obligation is what makes them a mitzvah.  Sources

Ketubot 84a Fear, Insecurity and Love - משום חינא 28.09.2022

When an individual feels secure they can more easily dedicate themselves to a cause, to a mission, or to others.  Sources

Ketubot 79a Whistle-blowing - חזי רב נחמן חקלאה 23.09.2022

When is whistle-blowing a mitzvah and when is it terribly wrong?  Sources

Ketubot 78a Hybrids and Doubts - אימר בזכותה אימר בזכותו 22.09.2022

Complexity comes either from something having many components or from our being unsure from which components it is constituted.  Sources

Ketubot 77b Self-promotion and Self-discovery - ר יהושוע בן לוי 21.09.2022

Self-promotion undermines the inner Self.  Sources

Ketubot 76a A Fact or an Assumption? - חזקת ממון וחזקת הגוף 20.09.2022

When engaging with people and with human situations, little is fact. Most things we know are assumptions.  Sources

Ketubot 75a Messirut Nefesh for Integrity - כי נשבעו להם נשיאי העדה 19.09.2022

Even when an individual’s behavior is merely perceived to be deceitful, it is  prohibited Sources

Ketubot 74b Can You Just Undo Your Vows? - חכם עוקר את הנדר מעיקרו 18.09.2022

Understanding the Torah science of annulling vows.  Sources

Ketubot 72a Women’s Hair Covering - יוצאה וראשה פרוע 16.09.2022

A framework with which to understand the laws of a woman’s hair covering.  Sources

Ketubot 68a Rich Man Poor Man - אין מחייבים אותו למכור 12.09.2022

Should poverty be evaluated by cashflow or by assets?  Sources

Ketubot 67b Loss - אפילו סוס לרכוב עליו 11.09.2022

The difference between a poor person who never had wealth and one who once did.  Sources

Ketubot 65b-66a Love and Empathy - אשתו גופיה הואי 11.09.2022

Empathy is the ability to feel another’s pain as if it were one’s own.  Sources

Ketubot 64a A Woman has Autonomy Over Her Own Body - זיל לא מפקדת 08.09.2022

The differences between men and women manifest in their respective obligations, particularly in the Mitzva of פרו ורבו – the obligation to have children.  Sources

Ketubot 63a The Accumulative Power of Consistency - הדר אזיל ויתיב 07.09.2022

The consistent practice of anything accumulates exponentially not linearly.  Sources

Ketubot 62b Playfulness in Marriage - רוצה אשה בקו ותפלות 06.09.2022

When a husband acts like a man, his wife values his companionship more than anything. Quote from Ri Migash Sources

Ketubot 59b & 61a Relationship Counseling - יושבת בקתדרא 05.09.2022

Important relationship advice even (or especially!) in today’s world of shifting gender roles. Sources

Ketubot 60b Authority and Responsibility - לא מסתייא מלתא 05.09.2022

Responsibility is supported by almost miraculous Divine guidance.  Sources

Ketubot 58b Wealthy Wives - איני ניזונת ואיני עושה 02.09.2022

A wife has the option of financial independence or dependence on her husband.  Sources

Ketubot 56a Limits to Negotiation - מתנה על מה שכתוב בתורה 31.08.2022

Anything can be negotiated in business, but not when it opposes natural law.  Sources

Ketubot 55a Assumptions and Estimations - אומדנא 30.08.2022

Assumptions and estimations avoid bureaucracy in halacha and in life.  Sources

Ketubot 54b Subordinating the Self to Another - אם רצה להוסיף אפילו מאה מנה מוסיף 29.08.2022

The Ketubah is more than a financial commitment, it is self-subordination of a man to his wife.  Sources

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