Take One Daf Yomi

Today’s Talmud page, Nazir 29, talks about the ways that fathers have different types of control over sons versus daughters. Rabbi Diana Fersko joins us to reframe the discussion from that over gender, to that of different models of parenting. In what ways should we try to control our children? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and...

Today’s Talmud pages, Nazir 27 and 28, talks about the ways that fathers can and cannot make decisions for their sons. Tablet producer Josh Kross and his son Miles sit down to discuss how much control a father can have over his son. Is parental control based on age, or just the power of the purse? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, a...

Today’s Talmud page, Nazir 25 and 26, asks us to think about what is important. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to shed light on how through self-reflection, we get a better sense of who we are, and can thus, can help the world make sense. How does abstaining from drink and letting our hair grow help us to become our best selves? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The sho...

Today’s Talmud page, Nazir 24, asks how finances are shared in marriage. Stephanie Butnick, co-host of the Unorthodox podcast, joins us to discuss the tensions that can exist between partners in relationship to personal finance, how money is spent, and saved, and shared and kept. Can a couple share everything except their checking account? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios producti...

Today’s Talmud page, Nazir 23, asks what to do with a woman who rebels against the rules of the Nazir. How should we respond when a person acts out in a rebellious manner? Do we embrace with a loving arm or punish with a forceful one? Perhaps both! Can the combination of embracing and punishing change the behavior of the rebel? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show...

Today’s Talmud page, Nazir 22, brings up the thorny issue of peer pressure. Educator Vicki Messler joins us to discuss whether peer pressure could ever be a force for good, and give parents and teachers some tips on harnessing the mighty power of other people's opinions. What's the one question you can ask to figure out if peer pressure is playing a positive or negative role in a certain situation...

Today’s Talmud pages, Nazir 20 and 21, talks about the building blocks of communication. The Unorthodox hosts join Liel in conversation with divinity student SueAnn Shiah about her road towards religion and a deeper understanding of herself. How does a Taiwanese, Queer musician and filmmaker find her way to divinity school? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is...

Today’s Talmud pages, Nazir 18 and 19, talks about the importance of pleasure and joy! Tablet producer Josh Kross sits down to discuss the pleasures of life. the ways that society encourages moderation, and the pleasure that he feels when he creates and shares the things that he loves. Does creating a ritual help to make things more pleasurable? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios pr...

Today’s Talmud page, Nazir 17, talks about the need to be committed to a goal, but not overzealous about and it. Tablet producer Darone Ruskay discusses his determination to walk each and every day, while not feeling the need to push too hard to the point where it feels unattainable. Can one set goals for themselves without overdoing it? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production...

Today’s Talmud page, Nazir 16, asks a tough question about a Nazir who decides to spend the entire term of his vow in a cemetery. Rabbi Lauren Tuchman joins us to talk about sacred spaces, unholy ground, and what the Talmud has to teach us about the physical and metaphysical world. Can a space truly be sacred? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel...

Today’s Talmud page, Nazir 15, tether the Nazir vow to another complicated station in life: parenthood. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain the connection, and wax poetic on what it teaches us for parents' expectations for their children. What does the page teach us about Samson's dad? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is...

Today’s Talmud pages, Nazir 13 and 14, discuss, in great detail, the Nazir's obligation of shaving his or her head. Why is hair so crucial to our self-confidence? And how can a simple haircut boost our confidence and make us feel like different people? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay, Qu...

Today’s Talmud pages, Nazir 11 and 12, are all about the sauce. Novelist Ruby Namdar joins us to talk about the Talmud's approach to drunkenness, and why so much of our trouble--and our inspiration--comes when we've had a few. What was the real fruit Adam and Eve tasted in Eden? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and...

Today’s Talmud page, Nazir 10, finds the rabbis in a pet-friendly mood, talking about cows and other animals. Cat therapist Carole Wilbourn joins us to explain how she can read the feline mind, and why humans should pay attention to what animals are saying. What does "meow" really mean? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produ...

Today’s Talmud page, Nazir 9, kicks things off on a complicated note, challenging us to think about the connection between Nazirs and priests. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to shed light on this intricate connection and what it might teach us moderns. What do fig cakes have to do with spirituality? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz,...

Today’s Talmud page, Nazir 8, asks what's the correct way to tell time. Do we measure the days? The weeks? The months? The years? Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson joins us with an insightful story about the biblical Jacob, and what it tells us about setting our priorities straight. So what should we say when someone asks how old we are? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show...

Today’s Talmud pages, Nazir 6 and 7, stress the importance of keeping your streak going. A.J. Jacobs joins us to break down our obsession with doing the same thing over and over without interruption, and why it gives us such a sense of purpose. What happens when you mess up your crossword puzzle streak, or neglect to play the daily Wordle? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios producti...

Today’s Talmud pages, Nazir 4 and 5, tell us a charming story about Shimon HaTzadik, the High Priest, and a handsome young shepherd. What does this tale teach us about the relationship between body and soul? Can it lead us to coming up with a better diet? And why do Jews rock back and forth while praying? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leib...

Today’s Talmud page, Nazir 3, jumps right into the heart of the matter. Or, should we say the hair of the matter? Stephanie Butnick, co-host of the Unorthodox podcast, joins us to discuss why the Talmud spent so much time thinking about Jewish hair, curly hair in particular. Is straightening your hair a statement on your Jewish identity? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production...

Today’s Talmud page, Nazir 2, introduces us to a new tractate that’s all about the Nazir, the person who'd taken a very specific and powerful vow. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us with a preview of what to expect, and a meditation on why dedicate an entire tractate to a specific vow after already discussing vows at great length. If every part of our body corresponds to a distinct group of Jews, then...

Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 91, brings us to the end of Tractate Nedarim. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to recap what we've learned, and what powerful lessons the tractate still offers us today. Why did the rabbis conclude the tractate with a reunion of sorts of man, woman, and snake? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produ...

Today’s Talmud pages, Nedarim 89 and 90, tell us a story about a canny rabbi who told a bold lie to protect a bumbling congregant. Rabbi Sari Laufer joins us to ponder whether or not rabbis are permitted to fib when the spirit, if not the letter, of the law so permits. Can a good rabbi save us from ourselves? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel...

Today’s Talmud pages, Nedarim 87 and 88, teach us a beautiful lesson about mindfulness, grief, and belonging. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain what the rabbis understood about love and mourning, and how their ancient insights continue to inspire us today. Why do we rend our garments when losing a loved one? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted b...

Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 86, informs us that forbidden things tend to have an inherent sanctity. Which, for those of us who started keeping kosher later in life, hits close to home. How did one kosher-keeper grapple with losing his most beloved breakfast meat? And can parting with bacon really be considered a spiritual triumph? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The...

Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 85, asks whether or not we can consecrate things that don't technically exist yet. Rabbi Mordechai Lightstone joins us to talk about the halachic status of digital assets, like crypto currency, that aren't, at least strictly speaking, really real. What's an NFT, and how is it a little like a mitzvah? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The sho...