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Shallow Dive Daf Yomi

by Eliyahu Weisman

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Episodes

  1. Mishlei Proverbs 3:7

    Rabbeinu Yonah's dual foundations of good character: Kindness and Truth • Strength through the fear of God is necessary to power complete mastery of character refinement

  2. Parshas Noach 5787

    The same spirit of mercy that preceded the creation of Man caused the flood waters to recede thus gifting Humanity another opportunity to recognize and glorify God • Perspectives on the creation of Man

  3. Bechoros 24

    How much do we rely on maternal behaviors to establish maternity? • When is a pig kosher? • When are actions that remove wool from consecrated animals permitted?

  4. Bechoros 17

    Laws pertaining to progeny that appear to be of a different species than the gestational mother • Are physical measurements fundamentally precise within the natural order? • Can human measurement achieve absolute precision?

  5. Mishlei Proverbs 3:7

    How can a person enhance personal receptivity to constructive criticism? • What are the Meiri's four levels of personal achievement?

  6. Bechoros 10

    May one derive benefit from his first born donkey before it is redeemed or after it is killed? • What is required for something to be considered edible to be subject to Tumas Ochlin, ritual impurity as a food?

  7. Mishlei Proverbs 3:6 בכל דרכיך דעהו

    What was the most consequential aspect of Noah's role in building the ark? • Understanding the paradox of how misguided self-reliance can sabotage even the most noble of goals • Before attemting a heist, why should a thief call out to the All-Merciful? • B'Chol Derachecha Da'eihu

  8. Bechoros 2

    Does non-Jewish ownership of the mother or fetus preclude the consecration of the first born animal? • According to Rashi and Tosafos, when buying an animal from a non-Jew, what consecration is achieved and why? • When and why is selling a large domesticated animal to a non-Jew prohibited? • Why…

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  9. Mishlei Proverbs 3:6

    Whatever you do, your occupation should be to know God - which will glorify Him

  10. Chullin 137

    How many sheep must one have sheared to be required to give a priestly gift from the wool? • How much, and of what quality, must be shorn for the wool to be subject to the requirement to give a priestly gift? • How much wool must be given?

  11. Mishlei Proverbs 3:5

    How self-reliant should we be? • What negative consequences would be expected for misplaced reliance? • Our most accurate understanding of Divine Enlightenment is achieved through collaboration

  12. Chullin 130

    Parameters of priestly gifts of kosher meats • When may a wealthy person take charity?

  13. Mishlei Proverbs 3:4

    By internalizing and sharing the values of Kindness and Truth, one also cultivates clarity of thought that will resonate with others • How to find grace in the eyes of God and man? • How Did Noah find grace in the eyes of God? • Why didn't Noah find favor in the eyes of man?

  14. Chullin 123

    When should one go the extra mile, or four? • Military magic commonly employs human skin • Skinning animals and transmission of ritual impurity • When does ripping the majority of a cloak render it purified?

  15. Mishlei Proverbs 3:3

    Internalize and cultivate the values of Kindness and Truth to become pleasing to your Creator

  16. Chullin 116

    Does the prohibition of meat and milk also restrict benefiting from it as well? • May venison be cooked with milk? • Who permits peacock head poached in milk? • How may animal rennet be used in making kosher cheese?

  17. Mishlei Proverbs 3:2

    Conscientious alignment with the Divine will is the ultimate means of optimizing ourselves • How to properly deal with a tormentor • A new home should be livable; Teshuva should be sustainable

  18. Chullin 109

    Once a piece of meat absorbs milk flavor and becomes prohibited, is it subject to being wrung out and becoming permitted again? • Preparation of udder meat and heart meat • Why was it important for Yalta, wife of Rav Nachman, to taste the permissible flavor of milk and meat?

  19. Mishlei Proverbs 2:22 - 3:1

    The Meiri interprets this passage as King Solomon's exposition of the Tragedy of Eden • The transformative impacts of internalizing Divine enlightenment and fulfilling Divine imperatives

  20. Chullin 102

    For Jews, what are the three opinions of which categories of animals are included in the prohibition of Eiver Min HaChai (consuming limbs severed while the animal was still alive)? • For non-Jews, which categories are uncontestedly included in the prohibition? • What is the controversy about the...

  21. Chullin 95

    Analysis of a feud with a butcher • Must meat remain under a watchful eye to be kosher? • Omens and divination • Dining practices of Torah scholars • Reliance on identifying markers and tacit identification in varied legal contexts

  22. Chullin 88

    To fulfill the command of Kisui Hadam, which types of blood must be covered? • What may be used as a proper covering? • What benefits do the Children of Israel enjoy as a result of four instances of Abraham's piety?

  23. Mishlei 2:18-20

    The femme fatale is at home with death • Her paramours are inexorably drawn towards death • To fully escape the corruption of heresy requires death • Divine Enlightenment spares misery and oblivion, but more importantly empowers actualization of goodness

  24. Chullin 81

    Does the prohibition of slaughtering a mother and her offspring on the same day apply to sacrificial animals? • What types of slaughter are adequate to make one subject to this prohibition? • What case does Rashi describe that a court would first administer lashes and then capital punishment to…

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  25. Chullin 74

    What is the halachic status of a crushed limb after the animal dies or is slaughtered? • Laws pertaining to a fetus whose mother was slaughtered

  26. Chullin 67

    In which contexts do aquatic creatures not require fins and scales to be kosher? • In which contexts may terrestrial creeping creatures be consumed? • Can laboratory grown beef be kosher?

  27. Chullin 60

    Deus Absconditus: the unseeable God • Deus Humilitis: providential healing of idolators • The mandate to sell with generosity • The paradox of creaturely desire to be created • The curious case of Divine atonement for the disgruntled moon • The value of polished expressions of truth • No…

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  28. Chullin 53

    The unique tereifa of derusa, a mortal wound by being clawed • Clawed by a fox or a dog? • When assessing a claw wound, it is the predatory thought that counts • A backscratch or a lion's swipe? • What to do when the mandates of preventing financial losses among our brethren and honoring the…

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  29. Chullin 46

    Where does severance of the spinal cord render an animal tereifah, mortally wounded? • How much healthy liver tissue must be intact, and where, for the animal to be kosher? • Evaluation of various lung wounds and discoloration

  30. Chullin 39

    When do improper intentions invalidate sacrificial offerings and non-consecrated slaughter? • Who is capable of invalidating slaughter with improper intentions? • When is it appropriate someone to hit there head on a mountain?

  31. Chullin 32

    Does kosher slaughter require intentionality to be valid? • What is required for valid slaughter of the Red Heifer? • When would a pause within the slaughter render it invalid?

  32. Chullin 25

    Divergent susceptibilities of earthenware and other vessels to ritual impurity • Divergent susceptibilities of wooden and metal vessels to ritual impurity • The controversy about boneware • Laws of tithing sweet and bitter almonds • Halachic treatment of an undivided inheritance estate

  33. Chullin 18

    Why must a butcher subject his knife to be examined by a Torah scholar prior to kosher slaughter? • What are the consequences for failing to do so? • Where on the trachea may kosher slaughter be performed?

  34. Chullin 11

    From where is the mandate to follow the majority derived?

  35. Chullin 4

    What is required to permit having a Jew who eats non-kosher meat perform kosher slaughter? • When is the slaughter of a Samaritan kosher? • Is the slaughter of a Jewish idolator permitted? • Why does the Rambam prohibit the slaughter of those who deny the authenticity of the Torah, yet permit the...

  36. Mishlei Proverbs 2:17

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  37. Menachos 106

    How does one fulfill ambiguous or incompletely remembered vows of consecration?

  38. Parshas Acharei Mos Kedoshim 5786

    What parts of Torah are permitted for non-Jews to learn? • Authentic Talmud Torah is inherently bound to actualization • How and why does the Rambam differentiate in his guidance about who one may teach the Noahide Covenant to?

  39. Mishlei Proverbs 2:16

    Torah offers equal opportunity protection from evil men and evil women • Torah saves from the snare of all consuming heresy, like the enchanting but deadly femme fatale

  40. Menachos 99

    How many tables and candelabras were in Solomon's temple and how were they utilized? • The fundamental importance of having pure intentions • Guarding the Torah • The constancy of the showbread and Torah study • The consumption of raw sacrificial meat: a complex perspective

  41. Mishlei Proverbs 2:15

    Do crooked paths engender twistedness? • What does the Nazir gain by abstaining from wine? • Is it ideal to seek medical care from a doctor? • What was the Netziv's exam before being willing to receive medical care for his eyes? • The greatest secret

  42. Menachos 92

    Which communal offerings require semichah, leaning one's weight on the animal prior to slaughter? • Which personal offerings do not require semichah?

  43. Menachos 85

    Where and how should grain be optimally cultivated for meal offerings? • What imperfections would invalidate the flour or grain from sacrificial use? • Are there lashes for consecrating invalid flour or logs for the altar? • Sourcing sacrificial olive oil • A simple olive rancher with vast stores...

  44. Mishlei Proverbs 2:14

    Recognizing the magnetic pull of perceiving something thoroughly enjoyed • What did Rav Moshe Feinstein write about the prevailing cultural emphasis on having a "good time"?

  45. Menachos 78

    How much fine flour is brought with Thanksgiving offerings? • Various meal offering components • What is required for the Thanksgiving offering loaves to become consecrated?

  46. Menachos 71

    How do we know that once grain has taken root the Omer offering will permit its consumption? • When may harvesting precede the Omer offering? • Jericho: a lesson in when to let mistakes slide and when to protest erroneous practices • What constitutes a differentiation of one field into two for…

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  47. Mishlei Proverbs 2:13

    What are the consequences of going off the derech? • The paths of darkness have poor visibility

  48. Menachos 64

    Laws of harvesting the first oats offering on Shabbos and weekdays • When is a person who is wantonly catching fish on Shabbos, due to the act, nonetheless exempt from liability? • When is one liable for harvesting dried figs on Shabbos? • Minimizing creative labor on Shabbos to save a life •...

  49. Mishlei Proverbs 2:12

    How to identify false ideologies • How to inure oneself from the magnetic influences of evildoers • Obfuscation of truth can be achieved by distortive crushing and perversity

  50. Menachos 57

    How is parcooking distinct from cooking within the laws of Shabbos? • What actions render one liable for leavening a meal offering? • Consecration of dry and liquid service vessels • The prohibition of bringing leaven, honey, and sacrificial remainders onto the altar

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