Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 56. We conclude the tractate with the story of one priestly clan’s apostasy during the reign of Antiochus. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Daily Daf Differently: Masechet Sukkah

Sukkah, Daf 56

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 55. Today we review some liturgical “history” of the psalms recited in the Temple, and how the sacrifices are memorialized in today’s liturgy. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One […]

Sukkah, Daf 55

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 54. If you have two mitzvah-opportunities before you, something special and something prosaic and “everyday,” which should you do first? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Sukkah, Daf 54

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 53. Today’s page contains rich and mysterious lore about the divine name and primordial chaos. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Sukkah, Daf 53

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 52. One of the talmud’s classic stories about sexual self-control. When the Babylonian sage Abbaye appoints himself as the “modesty police” and follows a couple to prevent them from engaging in appropriate conduct, he ends up learning an […]

Sukkah, Daf 52

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 51. What does true celebration look like? And what is the original textual basis for the practice of separation of men and women in prayer? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus […]

Sukkah, Daf 51

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 50. What is the right balance between vocal music and instrumental music? What was “Moses’ flute”? And should you be worried that a snake might have deposited some of its venom in your water? The opening and closing […]

Sukkah, Daf 50

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 49. The Talmud’s classic discussion on the important question: What’s better: Tzedakah (financial generosity), or Gemilut Hasadim (acts of lovingkindness)? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Sukkah, Daf 49

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 48. Why would the ritual of Nisuch Ha-Mayim (water libations) become a flash point for disagreements among different groups of Jews? Why would a misstep in such a ceremony so bother the people at the Temple that they […]

Sukkah, Daf 48

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 47. What is the holiday of Shmini Atzeret? What makes it different from the rest of Sukkot — and in what ways does it resemble the rest of Sukkot? (And should we even refer to “the rest of” […]

Sukkah, Daf 47

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Robert Scheinberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 46. What are the blessings for dwelling in the sukkah, for using the lulav and etrog, and for lighting Hanukkah candles? How have these practices changed over time? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros […]

Sukkah, Daf 46

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Miriam-Simma Walfish looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 45. What can Sukkot teach us about different ways of being in relationship with God? Today’s daf will explore this question through the ritual of hoshanot. The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus […]

Sukkah, Daf 45

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Micha’el Rosenberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 44. Why do things sometimes matter to us more than they’re “supposed” to? On Sukkah 44, we explore the tension between the official, authoritative sources for a practice, and the visceral, lived experience of performing that practice. The opening […]

Sukkah, Daf 44

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Micha’el Rosenberg looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 43. What value is there to having a single Temple? And what have we lost with its destruction? Thinking about the lulav might offer an answer that doesn’t require fundamentalist assumptions. The opening and closing music for this podcast […]

Sukkah, Daf 43

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Miriam-Simma Walfish looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 42. We see Bar/Bat Mitzvah time as an induction into religious obligation, but today’s daf will provide an alternative view, leaving us with a question: How do we know when it is time for children become participants in Jewish […]

Sukkah, Daf 42

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Daily Daf Differently: Masechet Sukkah

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