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.
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
Choices that are not motivated by any extrinsic factors are different from those that are made in response to an extrinsic eventSource Sheet
When managing people, it is essential to clarify the degree of their authority, ownership and responsibility Source Sheet
“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.” – Anaïs NinSource Sheet
When a religious person is careful about certain areas of halacha but not about others, it doesn't necessarily signify hypocrisy, it is more likely simply inconsistency, something we are all somewhat guilty of.Source Sheet
Sometimes two objects that look identical are defined differently. How does the Torah view these two objects, as similar or different?Source Sheet
The purpose of debate is not only to persuade others but also to reinforce our own ideas and beliefsSource Sheet
One who does not keep the Shabbat does not allow the space and the time to explore their soul. They deny its existence, much like the idol worshipper denies the existence of an inner spiritual world. Source Sheet
Disgust is often an instinctual reaction to something that repels us. But disgust can also be a conscious choice we make that is a reinforcement of our values Source Sheet
Some prohibitions (especially Rabbinic prohibitions) attach to the action of an individual. Others attach to the object. In the case of Avodah Zarah the object is so contaminated that even Rabbinic Prohibition can attach to the object. Source Sheet
We have an example of how the great Poskim solve human and social problems within the guardrails of Halacha by fully understanding the context of the circumstanceSource Sheet
Every choice we make entails a cost, a sacrifice. Some choices are made from an inner place of fear, others from a deeper place, from a place of soul, of Emunah. These are the choices that are transformationalSource Sheet
We explore how the differences between hands and feet extend beyond physiology and even halacha, to kabbalistic ideas as well Source Sheet
Medicine plays a critical role in health care – but there are other factors too, and science goes far beyond what we know in any given ageSource Sheet
Leadership greatness entails the combination of character and wisdom.Source Sheet
Defiling that which is holy, corrupting that which is authentic, is one of the most serious transgressionsSource Sheet
Seeing to the essence of things and discerning the differences between that which appears similarSource Sheet
The negative force of idolatry contained in an object cannot be transferred but it can contaminate other objects. Destroying the contaminated object can at times destroy the negative force in its entiretySource Sheet
Parents are obligated to do their best in how they raise their children. But if their children turn out bad, how responsible are they?Source Sheet
The source of idolatry is neither in the object of service, nor in the subject serving it. The source is in a corrupted value system.Source Sheet
There is so much sanctity in the words of torah that even thinking about them in inappropriate places is forbiddenSource Sheet
One can be attached to an object or to its commercial value. In the same way one can be attached to an idea embedded in that object. Idolatry is an added layer of value embedded in a worshipped objectSource Sheet
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