Matmonim means "hidden treasures." Each episode of less than 15 minutes highlights one insight from the Daf Yomi Talmud study cycle. Whether you are a seasoned scholar or an uninitiated seeker, this podcast will inspire you with the meaningful and relevant wisdom to be discovered in every page of Talmud. It will give you the skills to deepen your own learning to get greater satisfaction from the effort you are investing. The podcast is given as a live class each morning at the Raanana Kollel in Israel and focuses on the Daf of the day.
Integrating will and action by means of sacrifice.Source Sheet
What is important is not that we sacrifice but what we sacrifice, for who and for what we sacrifice. Source Sheet
Halacha, especially laws of Tum'ah and Taharah, define very subtle dimensions of relationship between ourselves and the world around us.Source Sheet
The intimacy of inner connection is damaged by outward facing publicity.Source Sheet
Some halachot are determined by norms and majorities. Some are specific to individual circumstances. Source Sheet
Some substances that are forbidden or temei'im can transmit their issur (forbidden status) to other substances.Source Sheet
Miracles don't just happen to get us out of situations we ourselves created. When difficult situations result from our observance of the Torah, miracles often intervene.Source Sheet
Holism is the idea that systems possess properties as wholes apart from the properties of their component parts. This is particularly so with respect to humans.Source Sheet
A mere thought can transform a commodity into a product giving it an entirely different set of halachot. Such a transformation is called tikkun, improvement. Source Sheet
IN MEMORY OF THE KEDOSHIM OF BONDI BEACH, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA When a person, ready to sacrifice his/her blood for Kiddush Hashem, is cut off before their life's purpose has been lived, their memory carries kedusha for ever. Source Sheet
Each of us is created with a specific purpose, but how do we discover what it is? Source Sheet
Sin that is motivated by instinct is wrong but natural, and it's process of Kappara (atonement) is different from sin that is motivated by flawed intellect and miscalculation.Source Sheet
Dedicated by David and Ofra Taback לעל"נ ר' סנדר ב"ר אברהםwho made it a point to always be a positive contributor in every part of his life and had a good word for anyone he met. Also for the 34th Yahrzeit of my father מו"ר ר' אברהם חיים ב"ר דוב ז"ל.Source Sheet
The Torah empowers us to use human logic to extrapolate and apply its laws in life, but just as all the laws of nature have their limits, so do the laws of logic have limits. Source Sheet
Our thoughts might not change the substance of matter, but they do indelibly impact the relationship between ourselves and that matter.Source Sheet
Choosing how to use what we own, is in itself an expression of ownership.Source Sheet
Every word of the Torah delivers an imperative of some sort that sets our lives up to fulfil Hashem's will.Source Sheet
Why are bird offerings always brought in pairs, and why specifically the species of torrim and benei-yonah? And why is the case of a voluntary korban, can a single bird be brought?Source Sheet
Sacrifice requires that we extend ourselves beyond the capacities we have as defined by where we are. We can project ourselves into places far beyond our current realities.Source Sheet
Understanding the difference between Kedusha (sanctity) and kavod (dignity): The former is absolute, the latter relative.Source Sheet
Tzeniut (privacy) is not an objective “one-size-fits-all”. Tzeniut is a character trait and is relative to situations and to circumstances.Source Sheet
We have learned how a different place can create a different individual, and different ambience can change a place.Source Sheet
Contrast provides clarity. The positive is often appreciated only through its negative. Source Sheet
Connection requires two opposire dynamics: reaching out and withdrawing, giving and receiving, positive and negative mitzvot, male and female - Avodah and Torah.Source Sheet
The Torah is not an instruction book for mitzvot. The Torah is a source of infinite living energy which we harness and activate when we translate it into physical action, mitzvot. The Torah is the music and the mitzvah the dance. Source Sheet
Often an objects place does nothing to define the object, but sometimes the place does define the object. In life as well, there are times and places that define who we are at that time or ion that place.Source Sheet
Reality listens most closely at the beginning. Intent, the silent spark in the genesis of action, whispers to possibility which way to turn. In Kodshim, the silent spark of intent, embedded in the action, becomes reality.Source Sheet
We are quick to discard leftovers. But in studying the laws of the leftover blood of a korban, we develop new sensitivity to the hidden status of leftovers Source SheetPlease use this link to register for the 50 Year Celebration on Oct 30 or to send Rabbi Lapin a message. https://Matmonimcelebration.com
When one views a legal/halachik problem through the lens of empathy and sensitivity to the human problems sometimes caused by halacha, one's view of the halachik issue can be different from viewing it purely academically. One sees the differences in learning between purely academic Roshei Yeshiva and those who were also active Rabbonim. This perspective might help understand the differences between the worldviews of Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel. Source SheetPlease use this link to register for the 50 Year Celebration on Oct 30 or to send Rabbi Lapin a message. https://Matmonimcelebration.com
Life exists when the material body, guf, and the spirit, nefesh, are linked and sutain one another. Human life, adam, like earth, adamah, is designed to produce. When human life ends it can no longer produce. When animal life ends, both its guf and its nefesh can still produce. Its body produces products, its nefesh produces kapparah.Source SheetPlease use this link to register for the 50 Year Celebration on Oct 30 or to send Rabbi Lapin a message. https://Matmonimcelebration.com
Infusing a spirit of volunteerism into duty and obligation is the ultimate service.Source SheetPlease use this link to register for the 50 Year Celebration on Oct 30 or to send Rabbi Lapin a message. https://Matmonimcelebration.com
We explore different methodologies of the Rishonim in Pesak (Halachik decisions)Source SheetPlease use this link to register for the 50 Year Celebration on Oct 30 or to send Rabbi Lapin a message. https://Matmonimcelebration.com
When an item becomes disqualified for use on the Mizbeach, it cannot requalify. However, disqualification must be due to a problem that the person is unable to fix.Source SheetPlease use this link to register for the 50 Year Celebration on Oct 30 or to send Rabbi Lapin a message. https://Matmonimcelebration.com
The effectiveness of an action depends on its physical specifications being correct and on the intent with which it is executed. It also depends on the authority of the person doing it. An action committed by one who lacks the authority to do so, is ineffective.Source Sheet
There is a reason why the second Avodah of Korbanot is called Kabbala – receiving. Who is the blood received from, and why?Source Sheet
There is a difference between acting on something or someone and connecting with them. The energy-flow in connection, is bilateral. Source Sheet
Readiness to serve is not only a requirement of Kehunah but its very essenceSource Sheet
When a king educates a person, he believes in himSource Sheet
Creating boundaries between Kodesh and chol needs clarity of mind, and separateness
Often, even after healing and repair, one needs a new start to fully reset
The same individual in a seated position is at times a different halachik persona from if he were standing. One is a person in service, the other is one being served
Thought entails energy and as such there are circumstances where, like any energy, the energy of thought can be amplified to have physical impact
Hashem bends the Torah according to the judgement of the Sanhedrin even when they appear to have erred. Yet this does not exonerate a learned individual from playing a part in the evolution of Halachik thought.Source Sheet
Atonement offers the opportunity to repair a wrong and avoid its consequences. But it goes further. When properly executed it also enables us to restore a fractured relationship with Hashem
An obligation such as indebtedness does not get cancelled by a gift, no matter how generous. Source Sheet
ntention and thought are both critical dimensions of a korban. They differ in that we can make assumptions about intentions and we can assign intention to action. Not so with respect to thought: We can never make assumptions about people‘s thoughts nor can we assign thoughts to their actions. A wrong thought can irretrievably damage the quality of an action – especially in korbanotSource Sheet
We explore the reason for and meaning of the study of Kodshim Source Sheet
In doing, our bias should be to action. In judging our bias should be to caution. When it comes to errors in judgement, fear of the full consequences of error is crucial. Source Sheet
Leadership has a level of responsibility beyond anything of the individual. However, their responsibility doesn't relieve the individual of his own accountability. We examine the balance between individual and leadership responsibility for errorSource Sheet
We express our true identities not by what we do but by what we refuse to do. What we do not do defines our boundaries, and our boundaries define our identities – as individuals, families, communities, nations and faiths. Source Sheet
How does the law of bittul - nullification (when something forbidden gets mixed with something permitted, if the quantities are small enough so that there is no felt experience of the forbidden substance, then it is nullified) work? Does the mixture take on the identity of the dominant, permitted substance, or does it retain its identity but may be ignored halachikly because its effect is not experienced?Source Sheet
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