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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Esther Israel looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 103. Today we’ll learn a barraita and the g’mara’s discussion of it, in which we are testing how far one can stretch what we understand to be the reality the torah was describing, regarding a certain commandment and the […]

Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a conversation about what’s going on in pop culture from a Jewish perspective and about Judaism through the lens of pop culture. The new FX/Hulu miniseries Pistol tells the true story of The […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 94. Although in most cases Jewish law demands two witnesses, with respect to marital law, one witness is enough. Why? To prevent women from being “agunot” or chained to absent husbands. The opening and closing music for this […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 93. Can you buy and sell something that doesn’t exist? Or do you have to hold it to sell it? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead. This podcast […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 92. What happens when the court makes a mistake? Must the parties to the case suffer if the judges err? Or is it the judges own fault? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 91. The Mishna and early post-Mishnaic authorities ruled somewhat leniently, permitting some mistakenly re-married women to return to their first husbands. But post-Talmudic authorities took a stricter stance, requiring double divorces in every case. Today’s page documents the [&#82...

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 90. We continue our discussion of whether the Sages have the power to “uproot a law from the Torah.” The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead. This podcast is […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 89. The Talmud’s sad story of a woman who remarries, mistakenly believing her husband is dead will become a modern Hebrew classic in Agnon’s novella “The Crooked Will be Made Straight.” In our page we begin discussing whether […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Josh Buchin looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 88. A plug for people to buy and read The Story Of My Wife, by Milan Fust. Also, what happens if a woman, whose husband is overseas and presumed dead, remarries, only to discover that her first husband […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Josh Buchin looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 87. A woman who returns to her Priestly family can once again eat Teruma. This is a great example of the Gemara’s concern for and the Jewish tradition’s ability to mark transitions, and to offer support for those […]

Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a conversation about what’s going on in pop culture from a Jewish perspective and about Judaism through the lens of pop culture. Do you seek better work-life balance? Tired of taking […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Josh Buchin looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 86. We’ve inherited a Prophetic tradition that asks us to be better and to make the world a better place. The Gemara talks about this chain of transmission and the interpretation of Biblical verses in the context of […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Josh Buchin looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 85. Who can priests marry? Who can anyone marry, for that matter? The Gemara weighs in on communal anxieties around marriage. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead. This […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Josh Buchin looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 84. Is it possible for the Mishnah or the Gemara to ever be completely comprehensive? Any act of inclusion is also an act of exclusion. A discussion about the editing of the Gemara. The opening and closing music […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Josh Buchin looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 83. Everything belongs to God. Agriculture laws, duties towards neighbors, and accepting God’s sovereignty. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead. This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative […]

In the last Amen Corner episode of the season, Brad and Steven spend most of the time talking about the latest incident of senseless gun violence, this time in Uvalde, Texas. It’s hard to remain positive with the endless onslaught of bad news, and the guys are really struggling with how to react to what’s […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Josh Buchin looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 82. Is Torah still relevant? Terumah, Seder Olam, and problematic mixtures. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead. This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

This week, Brad and Steven talk about how the endless onslaught of insanity is making us immune to the slow-motion destruction of our democracy — which is exactly what the radical right wants! The guys also reminisce about their own graduations as Brad gets ready for his son Jordan’s college graduation. They then look at Pennsylvania politics […]

Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a conversation about what’s going on in pop culture from a Jewish perspective and about Judaism through the lens of pop culture. The new Hulu series ‘Under the Banner of Heaven,’ […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 67. Is a fetus enough of a person to own something? Or enough of a person to impart a right to another person? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 66. Husbands have two different kinds of property obligations regarding their wives pre-marital property: “iron sheep” are debts he must pay to her no matter what happens to the property, and “pluckings, ” property rights the wife retains […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 65. Are women obligated to “be fruitful and multiply?” The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead. This podcast is a collaboration with The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 64. What happens if a couple cannot have children? Should they stick it out, even if they will never have kids, or divorce so they can have children with others? The opening and closing music for this podcast […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 63. Today the Sages expound the idea that full human life requires marriage, not celibacy, and claim that failing to have children is like shrinking God’s presence on earth. The opening and closing music for this podcast is […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 62. Today we study the commandment to procreate. Can you ever have enough children? Or should you always try for more? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead. This […]