Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin

Spiritual energy generates in quietude and radiates outward. Source Sheet

There is a third space 1 between public and personal spaces – the communal space. Source Sheet

Observing events, no matter how dramatic, does not transform people. Knowing the Torah alone also does not transform. Linking Torah to life events and perpetuating experience through observance has transformational impact on individuals and our nation. Source Sheet

Silence is not supression. Sometimes we process through expression and sometimes we process through silence. Suffering is best processed in silence. Source Sheet

Miraclesd are not only about what happens in our lives, they are also about how quickly things can happen in our lives. We should live with openness to the possibility of accelerated timelines for events that are not date-dependent. We should never limit our potential with “realistic” time-frames. Source Sheet

There are times to work with nature and times to defy it. But defying nature is not about the results we get but about the growth we achieve in the process. Source Sheet

Integrating will and action by means of sacrifice. Source Sheet

What is important is not that we sacrifice but what we sacrifice, for who and for what we sacrifice.  Source Sheet

Halacha, especially laws of Tum’ah and Taharah , define very subtle dimensions of relationship between ourselves and the world around us. Source Sheet

The intimacy of inner connection is damaged by outward facing publicity. Source Sheet

Some halachot are determined by norms and majorities. Some are specific to individual circumstances.  Source Sheet

Some substances that are forbidden or temei’im can transmit their issur (forbidden status) to other substances. Source Sheet

Miracles don’t just happen to get us out of situations we ourselves created. When difficult situations result from our observance of the Torah, miracles often intervene. Source Sheet

Holism is the idea that systems possess properties as wholes apart from the properties of their component parts.  This is particularly so with respect to humans. Source Sheet

A  mere thought can transform a commodity into a product giving it an entirely different set of halachot. Such a transformation is called tikkun , improvement.  Source Sheet

IN MEMORY OF THE KEDOSHIM OF BONDI BEACH, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA   When a person, ready to sacrifice his/her blood for Kiddush Hashem, is cut off before their life’s purpose has been lived, their memory carries kedusha for ever.   Source Sheet

Each of us is created with a specific purpose, but how do we discover what it is?  Source Sheet

Sin that is motivated by instinct is wrong but natural, and it’s process of Kappara (atonement) is different from sin that is motivated by flawed intellect and miscalculation. Source Sheet

Dedicated by David and Ofra Taback   לעל"נ ר' סנדר ב"ר אברהםwho made it a point to always  be a positive contributor in every part of his life and had a good word for anyone he met. Also for the 34th Yahrzeit of my father מו"ר ר' אברהם חיים ב"ר דוב ז"ל. Source Sheet

The Torah empowers us to use human logic to extrapolate and apply its laws in life, but just as all the laws of nature have their limits, so do the laws of logic have limits.  Source Sheet

Our thoughts might not change the substance of matter, but they do indelibly  impact the relationship between ourselves and that matter. Source Sheet

Choosing how to use what we own, is in itself an expression of ownership. Source Sheet

Every word of the Torah delivers an imperative of some sort that sets our lives up to fulfil Hashem’s will. Source Sheet

Why are bird offerings always brought in pairs, and why specifically the species of torrim and benei-yonah ? And why is the case of a voluntary korban , can a single bird be brought? Source Sheet

Sacrifice requires that we extend ourselves beyond the capacities we have as defined by where we are. We can project ourselves into places far beyond our current realities. Source Sheet