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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 […]

This week, Brad and Steven talk about the leaked Supreme Court draft decision that will overturn Roe v. Wade and make abortion illegal in many states around the country. The guys are reightly angry and upset, and review the broken nominations process that has allowed the court to be taken over by right-wing extremists. The guys […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 61. Today we learn one of the Talmud’s ugliest teachings: are only Jews really human? What about gentiles? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead. This podcast is a […]

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 HBOMax series ‘Winning Time: The Rise of […]

This week, without jinxing anything, Brad and Steven talk about how well their favorite baseball team has been playing recently and contemplate the nature of the no-hitter. They also talk about Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition and talk about the outsized influence that oligarchs have come to have over our society and what that means for […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Mordechai Silverstein looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 55. In today’s episode we ask “does every action really count?” 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 Mordechai Silverstein looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 54. Today we ask do unintentional actions count for anything? 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 Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 53. Is a second get needed once a halitza was performed and then the Yibum does ma’amar? A proper halitza and a deficient halitza and its consequences and can there be a condition to a halitza? The gemarra […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 52. The proper way of acquisition is “betrothal” and then one may have intercourse. Even though we know that intercourse itself is also a valid form of betrothal the rabbis prohibited this and made it a punishable offense. […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 51. Two yevamot that fall to one levir – which are the forbidden relationships resulting from it once halitza has been performed? Does it matter with which sister halitza was done? The opening and closing music for this […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 50. We will discuss various aspects of the validity of a get, a divorce document in connection with Yibum. In the case of two sisters-in-law does each sister require a get and does each sister need halitza? The […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ute Steyer looks at Masechet Yevamot, Daf 49. This daf discusses the very difficult topic of a mamzer: “A mamzer shall not enter the congregation of the Lord…” our mishna discusses who falls under the category of mamzer and what are the implications of it. […]

This week, Brad and Steven wonder when everyone got so angry. From airplanes to Costco to Yankee Stadium, the guys share their recent experiences with unbridled anger. They also revisit their youth, talking about Happy Days and other TV shows, some of which have held up and others that were actually really awful. Happy listening! You […]