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Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 12. May a non-Jw do work on Shabbat or Yom Tov that is forbidden for a Jew to do? Rabbi Yehudah Hanasi imagines a world where Jews and non-Jews do favors for one another, and where the […]

This week, the guys talk about anti-maskers, mask and vaccine mandates, and venturing back out into the world. They also talk about the death of the iconic singer Meat Loaf and how far people are willing to go to prove their anti-Covid restrictions bona fides. Happy listening! You can listen to The Amen Corner in […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 11. The concept of “Marit Ayin”– how things look to the eye of the observer– can be traced back to the idea on our daf. Even when we may be acting within the law, we have to […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Sarah Shulman looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 10. In Moed Katan 10 we will study the power of intention in actions during and beyond the festival week– what do our actions look like and how do we intend them? The opening and closing music for […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Sarah Shulman looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 9. In Moed Katan 9 we will explore what happened to the people of Israel when they broke Yom Kippur and the surprising response of the bat kol, a heavenly voice. The opening and closing music for this […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Sarah Shulman looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 8. In Moed Katan 8 we will explore the essence of simcha and how we mind find joy even in mourning. 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, Sarah Shulman looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 7. In Moed Katan 7 we will look at the power of the priest to pronounce the status of someone with leprosy and the power of not saying anything. Additionally we will explore where the patient and we […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Sarah Shulman looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 6. In Moed Katan 6 we will study ways we may and may not transfer water during the festival week and during the sabbatical year. Do we have a responsibility to sink nature to our Jewish calendar, or […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Sarah Shulman looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 5. In Moed Katan 5 we will look at the responsibility the public has for repairing damaged works and waterways even during the festival week and how this is relevant for our cities today. The opening and closing […]

In this week’s episode, Brad and Steven talk about Brad getting ghosted by the Jewish Daily Forward and opine on Steven’s new beard. The podcast welcomes its first guest — tune in to find out who it is. Enjoy! You can listen to The Amen Corner in lots of ways. On iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Sarah Shulman looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 4. In Moed Katan 4 we will be exploring two paradigms: a) the distinction between taking care of plants to be eaten during the festival week vs. taking care of them to improve their appearance; and b) digging […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 3. Is it possible that Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel would plan to have their rulings overturned by later generations? According to our daf, that’s exactly what they wanted! The chain of tradition depends upon it. The […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Moed Katan Daf 2. The rabbis send important messages in the proof texts they choose for even the simplest matters. Here, they are reminding us what an important privilege it is to be able to irrigate land of our own. […]

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. When it originally came out, The Matrix trilogy was a pop […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 32. That’s how we roll! Fittingly, the Tractate comes to an end with a discussion in part about the rolling of the Torah for its return to the ark. Why does the one who performs the rolling receive […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 31. Blessings, curses, and Who Wrote these Verses? In the time of the Gemara there was a custom to read from various verses outlining curses and punishments on a fast day. The question is raised about when it […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 30. Remember, then act. The ritual question of whether Parashat Zachor comes before or after Purim when it falls on a Friday highlights the importance of the commandment to Remember that which Amalek did, as well as to […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 29. Measuring the Divine presence. We are used to thinking of G*d as everywhere at all times, but we see here that the shekhina, the Divine Dwelling can be seen as resting and traveling in a particular way. […]

Happy New Year from your friends at the Amen Corner. This week’s episode is the first in 2022 and Brad and Steven are back from a short hiatus to talk about how Covid found its way to the Cook household while somehow managing to avoid Steven. Happy listening! You can listen to The Amen Corner […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Megillah Daf 28. Whose honor is greater? We will see how the hierarchy shifts from the honor due to the kohanim , the priests to the honor due to the scholar of Torah. And within the world of scholars how […]