Short insights from the daily "daf yomi"
100 blessings daily: nice idea, obligation, or pathway to fearing Hashem?
Do we make a blessing over the creation/tying of tzitzit (or tefillin/Sukkah)?
Is one required to put themselves into a mitzvah requirement even when there is no obligation to do so?
Is a garment made out of mesh/nylon obligated to have tzitzit tied on its corners?
The parameters and meaning behind the tzitzit coils that connect the 5 knots of the tzitzit
Are the white strings and the blue string of tzitzit one or two mitzvot?
How many pairs of tefillin does a two-headed person wear? How much money is paid for pidyon haben? Can this person get married?
What happens if the strap of the hand tefillin is torn; how long does the strap have to be to remain kosher?
Is a community required to fast when a Torah scroll falls on the floor?
Does one fulfill the mitzvah of writing a Sefer Torah with a Torah scroll that is torn?
Do the last 8 psukim of the Torah require a minyan to read them?
Why the chatzotzrot/trumpets of the mikdash needed to be fashioned anew in each generation
The rulings, worldviews and "middot" of Rabbi Eliezer & Rabbi Yehoshua
The power of a vessel to combine all the contents inside of it even if they are not touching one another
Why the chatat/sin-offering of a mincha does not include oil or frankincense
Can I donate my wooden cabinets as firewood for the mizbeach/altar?
Is a kohen allowed to be involved in the shechita of a korban?
When one's Torah learning goes from routine to beloved to "very" beloved!
Does a da'at rishona/initial intention carry through a series of actions over a few minutes or a lifetime?
What are the defining characteristics of Biblical "Kilaim" when it comes to the vineyard?
What is the deeper lesson behind the 2 loaves of Shavuot being considered a "guf echad"?
Can make hamotzi on Shabbat for "lechem mishneh" on 2 slices/pieces of bread?
What is the "levona" and what did it add to various offerings?
What is the halacha of an amputee regarding tefillin? Is there a difference between the right and left arm? What if a prosthesis is attached?
Were the kohanim allowed to eat sacrificial meat in the kodesh hakodashim during a time of danger?
What Rabbi Avimi taught us all when he went to study in his student's Yeshiva
What kind of "offerings"/personal avodat Hashem does Hashem want from us?
Why the Rabbis did not rule according to the opinion of Rabbi Shimon bat Yochai
How action-oriented is it to have "intention"? Is it enough just to think or does one need to enunciate their thoughts?
Introduction to the Masechet & discussion of whether a mincha offering is equal to an animal offering
The bracha made on shechita/slaughtering- before or after the action & 3 takeaways from the Masechet
The temporary "menucha" of Shilo and the eternal "nachala" of Jerusalem
Eating korban meat in view of the mishkan Shilo in the merit of Yosef
Living our spiritual lives with the "bamah" and "mizbeach" approaches
Why gentile nations may only offer an "olah" sacrifice but not a "shelamim"
A person may not "cancel" something or someone else, not even oneself!
Why the Kohanim became the spiritual leaders of Am Yisrael and why Aharon became the Kohen Gadol
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