Daily Daf Differently: Masechet Eruvin

Welcome to the Two Hundred Sixtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 105. In today’s episode we follow a discussion of blemishes and Kohanim. Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg is the Associate Director of Rabbinic Services at the Rabbinical Assembly. She earned an MA in Talmud and […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 104. In this episode we focus on the importance of rabbinic authority over prophecy, especially in Exile Rabbi Michael Bernstein is the spiritual leader of Congregation Gesher L’Torah in Alpharetta, Ga. He […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 103. Today we ask what kind of obstacles get in the way of Divine Service? Rabbi Michael Bernstein is the spiritual leader of Congregation Gesher L’Torah in Alpharetta, Ga. He served as […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 102. The focus of todays podcast is the question “Are certain head coverings considered a violation of building a tent on Shabbat?” Rabbi Michael Bernstein is the spiritual leader of Congregation Gesher […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 101. What kind of protection do the Sages provide Rabbi Michael Bernstein is the spiritual leader of Congregation Gesher L’Torah in Alpharetta, Ga. He served as the senior Rabbi at Congregation Bnai […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 100. In this episode we find ourselves “up a tree without a clear ruling” Rabbi Michael Bernstein is the spiritual leader of Congregation Gesher L’Torah in Alpharetta, Ga. He served as the […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 99. Making sure not to cause others to hate Torah and its representatives Rabbi Michael Bernstein is the spiritual leader of Congregation Gesher L’Torah in Alpharetta, Ga. He served as the senior […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Michael Bernstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 98. Today we ask how do we treat sacred writings with respect while taking sometimes necessary risks? Rabbi Michael Bernstein is the spiritual leader of Congregation Gesher L’Torah in Alpharetta, Ga. He […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 97. Today we look at tefilin, amulets and the value of tradition. Rabbi Juan Mejia was born in Bogota, Colombia. After discovering the Jewish roots of his family, he embarked on a […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Fifty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 96. Today we ask if women are obligated to wear tefillin? Rabbi Juan Mejia was born in Bogota, Colombia. After discovering the Jewish roots of his family, he embarked on a spiritual […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Fiftieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 95. Today we focus on lost tefillin and the Torah of accesibility. Rabbi Juan Mejia was born in Bogota, Colombia. After discovering the Jewish roots of his family, he embarked on a spiritual […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 94. In this episode we consider rabbinic discourse: Keeping your own ground (respectfully). Rabbi Juan Mejia was born in Bogota, Colombia. After discovering the Jewish roots of his family, he embarked on […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 93. Toda we focus on how walls can create connections. Rabbi Juan Mejia was born in Bogota, Colombia. After discovering the Jewish roots of his family, he embarked on a spiritual journey […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 92. Today we look at the flexibility of space: when nine people in one room and one in another might make a minyan or not. Rabbi Juan Mejia was born in Bogota, […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 91. In this episode we look at the paradox of rabbinic space: is space infinitely flexible or does physicality determine the uses of a space. Rabbi Juan Mejia was born in Bogota, […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 90. What’s the worst answer you can receive to your question? How about not receiving an answer? And, what if, like Andy Samberg and Akon, “You’re on a Boat (on Shabbat)? David […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 89. Today we ask focus on the fact that memory is a cornerstone of the Talmudic enterprise. If a sage can’t remember the tradition, he’s in trouble. So what happens when memory […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 88. The question in today’s episode is “May I spill waste water on Shabbat?” Does the answer change when the weather changes? David Wise has been rabbi of the Hollis Hills Jewish […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 87. This episode asks what do we do when the words in the Gemara seem to merely echo what the Mishnah just said? How would modern scholarship deal with such repetition? David […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 86. Today we ask Why did the sages of the Talmud fawn over rich people? Is there something about visiting your married children on Shabbat that could lead to eruv issues? David […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Fourtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 85. Today we consider how far would you go to establish exactly what a teacher said? And what happens when Friday lunch goes so late it’s time for Shabbat? David Wise has been […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 84. In this episode, Rav and Shmuel differ about how to understand the Mishnah. Can either be proven correct? Can we “hang our hat” on either one? David Wise has been rabbi […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 83. This page exhibits the tension between the attempt to quantify legal rulings and the messiness of everyday life. Is this problem specifically tied to the breakdown of tradition in modern times, […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 82. The community building purpose of eruv is highlighted in special ways. It is a mitzvah to make an eruv to facilitate visiting and comforting mourners, even on Shabbat. Children, too, were […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 81. We encounter two seemingly conflicting propositions. The sages instructed that, in any legal dispute regarding an eruv, the lenient view should always be adopted. Yet the Talmud seems to accept the […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 80. The interconnections between family members and the role of women in maintaining or straining those connections becomes the subject of an intriguing narrative. David Greenstein serves as rabbi of Congregation Shomrei […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 79. Overcoming boundaries continues to be the theme. This question is germane to family groups as well as to communal spaces. How dependent or separate were adult children or wives in relation […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 78. There are various legal details discussed on this page. When does attention to detail lead to mundane pedantry and when does it evince the impulse to poetry? Which is more real […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Greenstein looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 77. The discussion deals with dividers between two spaces. When can these dividers be breached and when do they retain their identity as separators? This leads us to examine a key aspect […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 76. Today is math day at Daily Daf Differently. What did the Sages know about pi? On our page they describe the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter as =3. […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Thirtieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 75. Today we’ll see an interesting example of how the Talmud was shaped by being the product of oral, not written, discourse. And we’ll see – perhaps – how the Talmud reports about […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 74. Rav and Shmuel disagree on whether an alley way requires multiple subsidiary courtyards before the residents are eligible to make a cooperative agreement. Shmuel takes a lenient position, but is – […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 73. Today we’ll study the concept of anan sahadei, or “we testify,” which means that even in the absence of specific articulation of a given person’s intention, the Sages consider it legitimate […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 72. There are different levels of authoritative teachings in Halakha. Sometimes, the Rabbis teach what everyone should do, as the best option. Other times we learn what is acceptable after the fact, […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 71. Can you take possession or renounce possession of property on Shabbat? Today we will see whether one can renounce ownership of a property on Shabbat for the purpose of creating an […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 70. The Talmud is written in a kind of short-hand, with many points hinted at, rather than explained fully. That was even truer in the early middle ages, when the first manuscripts […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 69. In the course of defining what level of observance is required to “relinquish rights” to allow others to carry, we end up wrestling with the question of whether there are certain […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 68. We see the case of two rabbis who didn’t make an eruv in their neighborhood. We have a window on the question of the role of rabbis in communal life. Are […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 67. Today’s daf starts with a picturesque description of the relationship between two rabbis, one gifted with subject matter knowledge, the other with analytic ability. Which is more valued? Along the way, […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred Twenty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 66. Today’s daf looks at the question of relinquishment of rights. If you lived in a courtyard and didn’t join the eruv, you might ruin it for all of the other residents, […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred and Twentieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 65. We can tell what kind of person someone is by Koso, Kisso and Ka’aso- by his or her drinking, by how he/she spends his money, and by how he/she handles anger. […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred and Nineteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 64. Is it fair to prefer one teaching over another? Is it right to say this Jewish text is more attractive than other? Anther major focus- may one drink before praying or […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred and Eighteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Joshua Heller looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 63. On this daf, we explore the hierarchical nature of the teacher/student relationship. May a student offer an opinion in the presence of his or her master teacher, or even in the […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred and Seventeenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 62. In this episode, we see that like a good teacher, the Gemara takes every opportunity to teach an ethical value: in this case, to be sure to honor one’s teacher! Rabbi […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred and Sixteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 61. The beginning of chapter 6 poses the challenge of living among non-Jews. How do we build an eruv if we are sharing space with people outside of the Jewish community? Rabbi […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred and Fifteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 60. Today’s episode asks the important question “What is the worst insult one can throw at a Talmudic scholar?” And answers it thusly… “This is nothing more than prophecy!” Rabbi Abby Sosland […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred and Fourteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 59. Using a loophole like the Eruv only works if we remember the original law in the first place! The rabbis walk a fine line between the leniencies and the stringencies. It […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred and Thirteenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 58. The rulings surrounding the Tchum Shabbat (the extended boundary in which we are permitted to travel on Shabbat) suggest a model of rabbinic leniency and expansiveness, allowing the boundaries of the […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred and Twelvth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 57. A simple idea– that a city should have a karpaf (open space) around it– shows a larger plan of the rabbis: to link our lives to our people’s history and to […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred and Eleventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 56. The rabbis’ science can sometimes seem strange to modern readers, but it reflects an approach to the natural world which is sacred and holy. Rabbi Abby Sosland is the Morah Ruchanit […]

Welcome to the Two Hundred and Tenth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 55. We return to legal material on today’s page, defining the boundary of a city as the straight edge extending from the farthest usable human habitation on each edge of the town. […]