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tl;dr Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi saves the day
馃馃馃悜馃悜馃槼 During a discussion about waving* loaves of bread and lambs, and which should be on top of the other, someone comes in with a compromise solution that is both perfect and terrible. But more terrible. Thank you, Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi, for shutting down that suggestion.聽#dafyomi *I have many logistical questions about the waving, but […]
Praying for the Government
One of the first things I learned in #dafyomi was the source for praying for the government. It seems particularly relevant today. 讚讘专 讗讞专 诪讛 讚讙讬诐 砖讘讬诐 讻诇 讛讙讚讜诇 诪讞讘讬专讜 讘讜诇注 讗转 讞讘讬专讜 讗祝 讘谞讬 讗讚诐 讗诇诪诇讗 诪讜专讗讛 砖诇 诪诇讻讜转 讻诇 讛讙讚讜诇 诪讞讘讬专讜 讘讜诇注 讗转 讞讘讬专讜 讜讛讬讬谞讜 讚转谞谉 专讘讬 讞谞讬谞讗 住讙谉 讛讻讛谞讬诐 讗讜诪专 讛讜讬 诪转驻诇诇 讘砖诇讜诪讛 砖诇 […]
If I Can Do It, You Can Do It
Over the last two weeks, I have read the most spectacular stuff in the Talmud: laws of the menorah, the writing and fixing of Torah scrolls, placement of mezuzot, structure of tefillin, and now tzitzit. In other words, items for which I had some (minimal!) familiarity, but now I know a lot more and have […]
Here’s hoping…
Siyum for Zevachim was yesterday. Today, we begin Masechet Menahot. I bet this one will have a lot less melikah.聽#dafyomi
Nearing the End of Tisha B’Av
1:24 remaining. When you鈥檙e so tired, hungry, and giddy that you start building something. Hmm, can you guess it?聽#dafyomi #tishabav
Not Hadran…
Um, perek 7 of Zevachim, I hope not to return to you, and it鈥檚 okay for you not to return to me. I鈥檓 ready to go back to bulls and goats. Can鈥檛 deal with the bird offerings.聽#dafyomi #sorrynotsorry #forthebirds
Anybody Else Wondering…
Anybody else wondering a) where did all these animals for sacrifices come from? b) if the meat from most of them couldn’t be eaten, or could only be eaten by a small subset of people, how much waste is that?!?!?! c) are we supposed to believe they were docile while somebody put hands on their […]
Happy International Women’s Talmud Day!
A few months ago, I started learning Talmud every day in my nonexistent spare time. Just a bit. One page per day. Here’s a little bit about how and why. #dafyomi https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/how-daf-yomi-became-part-of-this-working-moms-routine/ EDIT: Honored to have been part of the JOFA essays celebrating the very first International Women’s Talmud Day!