Short insights from the daily "daf yomi"
Is it better to give up a mitzvah opportunity than to get in a fight in order to do a mitzvah?
The fascinating halachot of gifts to kohanim for spouses married into kohanic families
Even those who are needy are required to give charity and gifts to kohanim
Is the concept of purity and holiness relevant in a world without a Beit Hamikdash?
What is harder to create a connection between parts: a loaf of bread that was cut into two or two pieces of dough combining for separating challah?
The status of the mouse which is half-flesh and half-earth vis-a-vis purity and impurity
The two ways for people to contract/become tameh and their spiritual message about influence/environment
Does corpse tumah via an "ohel" travel through pipes between houses?
What is the halachic mechanism that purifies an item by smashing it to pieces?
Which laws require a person to go "the extra mil" (4 to be exact) to fulfill that halacha?
The meat deal that got messed up between the butcher and his customer
The requirement that tefillin parchment be of the highest quality
The incredible story of the wheat kernels of Shimon ben Shetach's generation
Washing fruits and vegetables on Shabbat: Allowed or problematic?
Does the kohen gadol have to wear brand new white garments every year on Yom Kippur?
Can a chemist in a lab heat up/cook a piece of chocolate to check whether it contains a mixture of meat and milk?
How far does the prohibition of basar b'chalav extend: What is the law of chicken and milk? What if the mixture is soaked or roasted rather than cooked? What is the law of microwaving basar b'chalav?
What happens if I cut a sharp food like a radish or an onion with a dairy knife and then the food is put into a meat dish?
Are community members required to follow the stringencies of a newly installed Rabbi when the previous Rabbi was lenient?
Are we allowed to force (using force) our fellow Jews to observe positive mitzvot?
Everything Hashem created that is prohibited, Hashem also created a parallel that is permitted
What we can learn from the case of the drop of milk that fell into the meat
Can you give a Jew food if you know they won't wash/make brachot over that food?
If one washed netilat yadayim without intention to eat bread, have they lost the beracha? Can they still eat with that washing?
Does one have to wait between meat and milk after having merely tasted the food one is preparing for Shabbat?
Can I eat my burger at the same table that you are eating your pizza?
How broad is the prohibition of "eiver min hachai": Does it apply to non-kosher animals? Birds and wild animals as well as domesticated animals?
What happened when Yom Kippur fell on Shabbat at a time of religious persecution?
The eternal message of the gid hanashe and Yaakov's battle with the angel
Can you eat a non kosher burger that got mixed into a pile of 2 kosher burgers?
Can a gentile taste my food which had non kosher fall into it to check if the taste is discernible?
When can voice recognition be used as a proof/testimony of someone's identity in halacha?
The prohibition of "nichush"/divination and when using signs is permissible
What is the prohibition of "geneivat daat" and what is the source in the Torah?
Why Yaakov remained alone while crossing back into Eretz Yisrael and what he was looking for.
What is "daas Torah" and are Rabbis allowed to respond to questions that are about "mundane" matters?
What is the spiritual reasoning behind the prohibition of not eating the "gid hanashe"?
Is there a penalty for stealing someone else's mitzvah opportunity?
How is the whole world sustained through Rabbi Chiya while he himself only ate some carrobs as his main diet?
What are the Torah and Rabbis instructions for table manners, overeating, and excessive spending?
Introduction to the mitzvah of kisui hadam: why did Hashem give us this mitzvah? Why was it only commanded for non-domesticated animals/birds?
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