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As Jews around the world engage in a seven-and-a-half year cycle of Daf Yomi, reading the entire Talmud one page per day, Tablet Magazine's new podcast, Take One, will offer a brief and evocative daily read of the daf, in just about 10 minutes. New episodes will be released daily Monday through Frid…

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    The Take One Daf Yomi podcast is an incredibly informative and entertaining show that I have been listening to daily for over three years. It has become a staple in my routine, providing me with valuable insights into Talmudic teachings and connecting them to the issues we face in the modern world. One of the highlights of this podcast is the simplicity and perspective brought by 10-year-old Hudson, which brings a sense of comfort and joy during these complex and worrisome times. The hosts, led by Liel Liebowitz, do a fantastic job of unpacking the Talmud through engaging conversations with guests, making it accessible and relatable to listeners.

    One of the best aspects of The Take One Daf Yomi podcast is its ability to connect ancient teachings with contemporary issues. The hosts excel at bridging the gap between traditional Jewish texts and our modern world, offering valuable insights that are relevant to our daily lives. Whether it's discussing political correctness or citing heroes like Nathan Sharansky, this podcast provides a fresh perspective on how Talmudic wisdom can inform our understanding of current events.

    Another notable aspect of this podcast is the high-quality production value. The episodes are well-paced and organized, making it easy to follow along with each day's teachings. The guest speakers are knowledgeable and provide valuable commentary that enriches the learning experience. Additionally, the podcast offers a variety of perspectives by featuring guest hosts, ensuring that each episode feels distinct from the others.

    While there are many positive aspects to The Take One Daf Yomi podcast, one potential downside is that sometimes only one or two sentences of the daily daf are covered. This might leave listeners wanting more in-depth analysis or discussion on certain topics. However, this can be supplemented by other resources such as the 5 Minute Daf Yomi podcast on Podbean mentioned by one reviewer.

    In conclusion, The Take One Daf Yomi podcast is an exceptional daily source of Talmudic wisdom and teachings. It offers a unique blend of historical explication, modernization, and thoughtful conversation that keeps listeners engaged and enlightened. Whether you are new to the world of Talmud or a seasoned learner, this podcast is highly recommended for its informative and entertaining content.



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    Shevuot 29 and 30 - Bullsh*t

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 7:55


    In today's Talmud pages, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Shevuot 29 and 30, the sages discuss the difference between and oath and a vow, and between and oath made in vain and a false oath. What, exactly, are the differences, and what are the moral implications of each? Listen and find out.

    Shevuot 31, 32, 33, and 34 - Talmud Storytime

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 5:56


    In today's Talmud pages, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Shevuot 31, 32, 33, and 34, the sages zoom out for a moment, discussing the bigger picture implications of distancing oneself from falsehoods. What are those implications? Listen and find out.

    Shevuot 28 - By Choice

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 35:33


    In today's Talmud page, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Shevuot 28, the sages discuss one of the most well-known cases of oath taking - the Nazir. What can these laws tell us about people who convert to Judaism ? Listen and find out.

    Shevuot 27 - Hand over Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 6:13


    In today's Talmud page, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Shevuot 27, the sages continue their discussion on oaths. Is promising to fulfill a mitzvah we are already obliged to fulfill is considered taking an oath in vain? Listen and find out.

    Shevuot 26 - Hunger Games

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 6:48


    In today's Talmud page, ⁠⁠⁠Shevuot 26, the sages discuss oaths of abstinence when you are really starving. Do you need to atone, or does Pikuach Nefesh cover you? Listen and find out. 

    Shevuot 24 and 25 - On My Oath

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 8:11


    In today's Talmud pages, ⁠⁠Shevuot 24 and 25⁠, our sages continue their discussion of oaths. What happens when somebody makes a promise too impossible to keep? We look back on an enlightening and vulnerable conversation we had with the singer Matisyahu, which beautifully illustrates this very idea. Listen to find out more. 

    Shevuot 22 and 23 - Why Kosher?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 6:22


    Today's Talmud page, ⁠Shevuot 22 and 23, our sages continue their discussion of oaths, this time pertaining to the laws of kashrut. What do the laws of oaths have to do with the purpose of Jewish dietary laws? Listen and find out.

    Shevuot 21 - The Birth of Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 8:05


    Today's Talmud page, Shevuot 21, our sages continue their discussion of oaths. The gemara discusses the difference between a false oath, and an oath taken in vain. What's the difference, and what can that teach us about maintaining hope during difficult times? Listen and find out.

    Shevuot 20 - Tzom Gedalia Blues

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 10:20


    Today's Talmud page, Shevuot 20, mentions the assassination of Gedalia ben Achikam. Who was he, why was he killed, and why does his death come as an urgent reminder to us quarreling Jews to insist on talking to those with whom we bitterly disagree? Listen and find out.

    Shevuot 19 - Unawares

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 8:25


    Today's Talmud page, Shevuot 19, concerns itself with a real brain-twister, a puzzle about what happens when there are two paths, one pure and one impure, and a man who can't quite remember which road he'd taken. What lesson do the rabbis teach us about how memory and responsibility intersect? Listen and find out.

    Shevuot 17 and 18 - Prohibited, Period with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 9:10


    Today's Talmud pages, Shevuot 17 and 18, find the rabbis discussing the prohibition on having intercourse with a menstruating woman. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain why religion sees fit to regulate matters that should remain personal and intimate, and how it helps us elevate ourselves above the animals. In what ways is the ancient Temple in Jerusalem similar to our modern bedrooms? Listen and find out.

    Shevuot 15 and 16 - Should We Stop Saying Tehillim for the Sick? with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 7:33


    Today's Talmud pages, Shevuot 15 and 16, raise a difficult challenge, claiming the one must not recite any incantations in an effort to heal the sick. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain why this prohibition does not mean we should stop reciting Psalms for the sick. In what way is each of us his or her own walking, living prayer? Listen and find out.

    Shevuot 14 - The Forbidden Mountain

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 5:43


    Today's Talmud page, Shevuot 14, warns us against climbing atop the Temple Mount, lest we accidentally defile its holiness. But if that's the case, why are we permitted to climb Mount Sinai? And how does Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel help explain this idea of making the world holier with our actions? Listen and find out.

    Shevuot 13 - A Tale of Two Goats

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 8:03


    Today's Talmud page, Shevuot 13, discusses one of the Torah's strangest rituals, one involving two goats on Yom Kippur. How does sacrificing one and launching one into the wilderness mirror the repentance each of us must make? And what does Satan have to do with it? Listen and find out.

    Shevuot 12 - Scapegoat Blues, with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 6:54


    Today's Talmud page, Shevuot 12, discusses the two goats offered up on Yom Kippur, one sacrificed and the other pushed off a cliff into the wilderness. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to discuss why this ceremony is an astonishing example of breaking the Fourth Wall and talking to God directly. Why do we sacrifice our own decision-making power? Listen and find out.

    Shevuot 10 and 11 - Feeding the Hungry

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 6:04


    Today's Talmud pages, Shevuot 10 and 11, explain what was done with the leftovers animals in the Temple, those fit to be sacrificed but never used. What insights can we learn from the rabbis to help us do better than the $160 billion worth of food we throw away every year while 50 million Americans go hungry? Listen and find out.

    Shevuot 8 and 9 - Mother's Day

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 7:20


    Today's Talmud pages, Shevuot 8 and 9, raise one of the most difficult questions to ever face the rabbis: Why is a woman giving birth considered a sinner? Is she required to bring a sin offering to repent for that first sin, so long ago, by the first mother, Eve, eating from the Tree of Knowledge? Or is there some deeper lesson here about hope, connection, and gratitude? Listen and find out.

    Shevuot 7 - Atonement Payment Plan

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 8:10


    Today's Talmud page, Shevuot 7, introduces us to a very special category of sins, those we enter into fully aware of what we're doing yet somehow lose all track of our wrongdoing the more we engage in it. How is that possible? And what brilliant and compassionate atonement payment plan does the Torah prescribe? Listen and find out.

    Shevuot 6 - "They Keep Dying on Me", with Dr. Tevi Troy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 6:13


    Today's Talmud page, Shevuot 6, finds the rabbis talking about what happens when you compare two great kings. Dr. Tevi Troy, our very own Presidentischer Rav, returns to explain how the Talmud's dual approaches to power informed Ronald Regan in his struggle with the Soviet Union. How to handle a global adversary and win? Listen and find out.

    Shevuot 5 - A White Shade of Fail

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 6:45


    Today's Talmud page, Shevuot 5, finds the rabbis talking about Tzara'at, the affliction that was punishment for slanderous gossip. What can this ancient disease teach us moderns about guarding our tongue? Listen and find out.

    Shevuot 2,3, and 4 - Introducing Tractate Shevuot, with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 6:44


    Today's Talmud page, Shevuot 2, kicks off a brand new tractate. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to tell us a little bit about what we have in store for the next few weeks. Why must we be careful when taking the name of God? Listen and find out.

    Makkot 24 - Saying Farewell to Tractate Makkot, with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 11:43


    Today's Talmud page, Makkot 24, brings our tractate to a close. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to sum up what we've learned, and explain Judaism's wonderful attitude to punishment and reward. Why did Rabbi Akiva laugh when he saw Jerusalem destroyed? Listen and find out.

    Makkot 23 - The Perils of Gossip

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 5:45


    Today's Talmud page, Makkot 23, issues a stern warning against lashon harah, or malicious speech. But hey, we all gossip, so what's so bad about that, anyway? And what great arguments did the rabbis give to convince us to think before we open our mouths? Listen and find out.

    Makkot 22 - Counting Down

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 5:45


    Today's Talmud page, Makkot 22, finally sheds light on one of the tractate's central questions, namely just how many lashes must a person sentenced to lashing receive. Why did the rabbis subtract one lash from the number indicated in the Torah? And what could their behavior teach us as we think of crime and punishment? Listen and find out.

    Makkot 21 - Tattoo You

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 7:29


    Today's Talmud page, Makkot 21, dives into the controversial issue of tattoos. Are tatted Jews really prohibited from being buried in Jewish cemeteries? And what surprisingly moving lesson do the rabbis teach us about finding compassion even as we falter and sin? Listen and find out.

    Makkot 19 and 20 - A Hairy Situation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 9:33


    Today's Talmud pages, Makkot 19 and 20, contain a long list of instructions pertaining to Jewish hair. Why can't men shave their beards with a razor, but scissors are fine? And how to address the anxieties around frizzy, curly hair? Listen and find out.

    Makkot 17 and 18 - Standard Operating Procedure

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 7:18


    Today's Talmud pages, Makkot 17 and 18, the rabbis warn us that there are times when we must follow very strict procedures or rob even life's most special and sacred moments of all meaning. How is this insight relevant for anyone trying to enjoy a meal these days at a fancy restaurant? Listen and find out.

    Makkot 16 - Bathroom Breaks

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 6:52


    Today's Talmud page, Makkot 16, informs us that if you have to go to the bathroom and fail to do so in a timely fashion you risk making your soul detestable. Why is that? And how is relieving ourselves not just of bodily waste but of emotional and spiritual baggage as well key to staying healthy? Listen and find out.

    Makkot 15 - Broken Promises

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 6:50


    Today's Talmud page, Makkot 15, asks a fascinating question: Are there any transgressions for which there's no punishment? It's a conundrum we've all faced when we vowed, say, to go to the gym and never did. What, if any, should be the consequences for promises unfulfilled? Listen and find out.

    Makkot 14 - Meaty Talk

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 7:20


    Today's Talmud page, Makkot 14, delivers a charming little story of three of the most important rabbis of the Talmud talking Torah while buying meat at the butcher shop. What can this slice of life anecdote teach us about the rabbis style of leadership? And what time management skill can we still learn by following their advice? Listen and find out.

    Makkot 12 and 13 - Sorry State, with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 9:33


    Today's Talmud pages, Makkot 12 and 13, take up the thorny question of why, precisely, courts do not absolve those who are truly repentant. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain why we may be forgiven for our sins in shul on Yom Kippur but not before an earthly judge. What was the most famous Talmudic discussion ever held in America, and how does it relate to the question at hand? Listen and find out.

    Makkot 10 and 11 - My way, with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 8:18


    Today's Talmud pages, Makkot 10 and 11, kick things off with a strange, spooky story about two murderers that soon blossoms into a gorgeous morality tale. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain the important insight the story delivers. What did the rabbis mean when they taught us that we must assist a person to walk down whichever path the person chooses? Listen and find out.

    Makkot 9 - Hate Has No Home Here

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 4:31


    Today's Talmud page, Makkot 9, delivers a subtle rebuke about the dangers of succumbing to hate. Why should we sometimes be much more attentive to those we hate than to the ones we love? Listen and find out.

    Makkot 8 - Hell is Other People

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 5:49


    Today's Talmud page, Makkot 8, delivers a stark reminder to watch the way we behave in public. Why should we be meticulously mindful when it comes to the general wellbeing of others? And how do we keep the public domain from becoming a public nuisance? Listen and find out.

    Makkot 5, 6, and 7 - The Quality of Mercy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 7:09


    Today's Talmud pages, Makkot 5, 6, and 7, contain a fierce debate of the death penalty. Should courts strive as much as they can to make sure we execute as few people as is possible, if not abolish capital punishment altogether? Or is the death penalty a necessary deterrent, without which we're sure to experience more chaos and crime? Listen and find out.

    Makkot 3 and 4 - The Eyes Have It

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 6:55


    Today's Talmud pages, Makkot 3 and 4, gives us a good lesson on how to deal with situations of great uncertainty. Should we just trust our gut and hope for the best? Should we analyze all available metrics instead? Or is there a third, wiser solution? Listen and find out.

    Makkot 2 - Introducing Tractate Makkot, with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 6:09


    Today's Talmud page, Makkot 2, kicks off a brand new tractate. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us with a rollicking preview of what lies in store. Why are the conspiring witnesses punished with the same fate they schemed to afflict on another? Listen and find out.

    Sanhedrin 113 - Bidding Farewell to Tractate Sanhedrin, with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 8:41


    Today's Talmud page, Sanhedrin 113, brings us to the end of our magical tractate. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to recap what we've learned, and share Judaism's unique and inspired view of the law. Why keep the commandments when we're already guaranteed a place in the World to Come? Listen and find out.

    Sanhedrin 112 - Bang! Pow! Batman! (Part II), with Jordan Gorfinkel

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 12:22


    Today's Talmud page, Sanhedrin 112, continues the discussion of an idolatrous city and whether or not it should be destroyed. Jordan Gorfinkel returns to help us parse what part, if any, do the residents of this evil town play in determining their fate. Why is Kevin Smith's Clerks a masterful Talmudic meditation? Listen and find out.

    Sanhedrin 110 and 111 - Bang! Pow! Batman! (Part I), with Jordan Gorfinkel

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 14:07


    Today's Talmud pages, Sanhedrin 110 and 111, kick off a discussion of an idolatrous city and whether or not it should be destroyed. Jordan Gorfinkel has thought about this question a lot, particularly as one of the leading creative forces behind Batman, whose native Gotham is an idolatrous city if there ever was one. Should Gotham be destroyed? Were there innocent people on the Death Star? And what can this Talmudic conversation teach us about, say, Gaza? Listen and find out.

    Sanhedrin 108 and 109 - This, Too, Is for the Best

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 6:57


    Today's Talmud pages, Sanhedrin 108 and 109, tell the great tale of Nahum Gam Zo, a man whose motto in life was "This, too, is for the best." How did this outlook save him from certain death? And what can it teach us on handling life's thorniest challenges? Listen and find out.

    Sanhedrin 107 - Our Own Personal Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 6:44


    Today's Talmud page, Sanhedrin 107, tells the heartbreaking story of how Jesus came to leave Judaism's fold. What was his great and wise teacher's sin? And what can it teach us about the need to always do much more to draw people near than we do to drive them away? Listen and find out.

    Sanhedrin 106 - Us and the Pig

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 30:57


    Today's Talmud page, Sanhedrin 106, dive deep into the story of Balaam, the wicked prophet who set out to curse the Jews and ended up blessing them instead. Courtney Hazlett, Rabbi Diana Fersko, and Josh Kross, the hosts of Tablet's How to Be a Jew podcast, are joined by Jordan Rosenblum, the author of the award-winning book Forbidden: A 3000-Year History of Jews and the Pig, to discuss about how this animal became such a strong and problematic part of Jewish identity. Why is it that sometimes it's the things that are least like us that define us? Listen and find out.

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