Take One Daf Yomi

Today’s Talmud page, Ketubot 14, gives us an assertion that sounds like something straight out of an episode of Law and Order: If you're not guilty of something, never remain silent. Rabbi Lauren Tuchman joins us with wise words of advice about when it's a good idea to shout and proclaim your innocence, and when you should just keep quiet. Why is being on social media often a very bad idea? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud page, Ketubot 13, talks in great detail about the ruin, the sort of place that existed in every town for the explicit purpose of fornication. What surprisingly modern insight into what we sometimes call "the nightlife" did the rabbis have, and how does it relate to Studio 54, the legendary New York club whose owner, Mark Fleischman, passed away last week? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud pages, Ketubot 11 and 12, tell us that it's ancient Jewish custom to insist that a bride and a groom take a moment, before stepping under the wedding canopy, to get to know each other. Kylie Unell joins us to parse the wisdom of this tradition, and explain why getting to know the person you're dating is no easier today than it was in Talmudic times. What constituted for small talk back then? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud pages, Ketubot 9 and 10, tells us that Jewish soldiers were instructed to prepare a bill of divorce before going to war, in case they were killed or went missing in action. Jacob Siegel, Tablet editor, writer and US Army veteran, joins us to talk about what goes on in a soldier's mind as he prepares to leave civilian life behind and go into battle. Can anything ever prepare you for the possibility of not returning home? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud page, Ketubot 8, charmingly insists that whenever a new guest enters a party, the attendees must recite all blessings anew in his or her honor. Mark Oppenheimer, our very own Corduroy Rav and a seasoned host, joins us with a touching story from his own childhood as well as some Talmudic hosting tips on how to make all of your guests feel welcomed and loved. Should you ever ask your guest to take off her shoes? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud page, Ketubot 7, teaches us the blessing we recite at Jewish weddings. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain why this ancient text begins by mentioning all of the other people who are now forbidden to us, and why Judaism conceives of matrimony as a one-two punch. How is a Jewish wedding like studying Torah?Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud page, Ketubot 6, tells us that a mourner is obligated to fulfill all of the Torah's commandments, except the one requiring him to put on tefillin. Marco Greenberg, who started putting on tefillin at 57 after losing his mother to COVID-19, joins us to share his unlikely spiritual journey and what his mornings feel like now that they begin with the ritual of tefillin. Why did the Talmud choose the strange and mystical word, splendor, to describe the experience? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud pages, Ketubot 4 and 5, focus on the evils of lashon hara, gossip and rumor. The Rabbis discuss the shape of our fingers and the softness of our earlobes in connection to our ability to keep evil speech from our ears. Does this mean that we should shun the news and stop following our favorite social media and blogs? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Ketubot 2 and 3, kick off a brand new Talmudic tractate, this one dealing with the Ketubah, or marriage contract. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to preview some of the great questions the tractate will cover, and ponder why Judaism opted for a marriage contract that reads like a corporate merger rather than a more personal, intimate, and heartfelt vow. Why do so many people hang their Ketubah on the wall? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud page, Yevamot 122, brings us to the end of Tractate Yevamot. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to review some of its key insights, and tell us why the rabbis chose to begin their discussion of marriage and family with the grim question of a man dying childless. What does it truly mean to be a member of a family? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud page, Yevamot 121, teaches us a lesson in Jewish martial arts. Rabbi Hillel Norry, who also holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, joins us to share the Talmud's philosophy on fighting, and why sometimes it's better to know how to roll with the punches. Why should picking a fight be your last resort? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud page, Yevamot 120, tells us that the only real way to identify a Jew is by looking at the...nose? Filmmaker Gayle Kirschenbaum shares her journey of coming to terms with her own nose, and her own mother. Why is the nose such a subject for obsession for so many Jews? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud pages, Yevamot 118 and 119, shares Reish Lakish’s popular idiom that “it is better to sit as two, then to sit lonely as a widow.” Show editor and associate producer Quinn Waller joins to share her thoughts on this hot take and shares some of her own experiences navigating the waters of being single in New York, and tells tales of bad dates past. Is it better to be with any spouse, or can you be happy on your own? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud pages, Yevamot 116 and 117, make the case that the hardest relationship to endure is between a man and his mother-in-law. Show producer Darone Ruskay joins to explore his own tumultuous relationship with his wife's mother, and help listeners navigate through the thicket that is family ties. Why can your in-laws be so frustrating? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud page, Yevamot 115, asks what to do in case a husband is missing in action and the wife seeks to marry another man. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to talk about Judaism's approach to agunot, or women left tethered to marriages they cannot annul, and why the Talmud spends so much time exploring the issue, especially when it comes to men missing in a time of war. How did this question come into very practical consideration in the aftermath of September 11, 2001? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud page, Yevamot 114, talks about what happens when world events make us feel, well, like we can't quite cope. Rabbi Yael Hammerman joins us to tell us what pulpit rabbis do when the news seems too awful to bear. How do you reconcile your emotional and spiritual life with an external reality that is too often too harsh? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud page, Yevamot 113, makes an audacious claim: Women want to get married so badly they'll say yes to almost anyone. Lisa Ann Sandell, children book author and editor and also wife of host Liel Leibovitz, joins to explore this question and explain why she was far less eager than her husband to say I Do and tie the knot. What changed since Talmudic times when it comes to getting hitched, and what remains the same? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud pages, Yevamot 111 and 112, have the rabbis asking whether a person who can neither hear nor speak is capable of cognition. Rabbi Lauren Tuchman, the first blind person to be ordained as a rabbi, joins us to talk about Judaism's idea of da'at, or reason, and how the rabbis viewed the mental state of people with disabilities. Why does the Talmud differentiate between the blind and the deaf-mute? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud pages, Yevamot 109 and 110, teach us that even a life of studying Torah non-stop is meaningless unless one also commits oneself to the mitzvot, or righteous deeds. Rabbi Mordechai Lightstone joins us to talk about Judaism's attitude to the relationship between body and soul, and explain why real sanctity is impossible unless it's embodied in deed as well as spirit. Why did the High Priest in the ancient Temple had to be married to serve in his exalted role? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Yevamot 108, delivers relationship advice from the rabbis: Beware your ex, for he or she knows exactly what makes you tick. Comedy writer Jen Spyra joins us to talk about what to do when relationships go bad, and about the most infuriating thing about breakups. What's the one thing you should always do immediately after being dumped? Listen and find out.

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Today’s page of Talmud, Yevamot 107, gives us a rousing bit of girl power. Kylie Unell joins us to talk about the Talmud's surprisingly progressive view of women's rights. How does Judaism's emphasis on human dignity continues to inspire us today? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud page, Yevamot 106, delivers an impassioned plea against price gouging. Why does the gig economy, with its reliance on algorithms, ignore the rabbis' wisdom? And what happens, in the long term, where parents and other desperate people are forced to pay exorbitant prices for basic needs? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud pages, Yevamot 104 and 105, raise a question that's been in the news a lot lately: Do thoughts and prayers actually work? Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us with insights into this contested phrase, from the Talmud to the Civil War and beyond. What did Lincoln have to teach us about thoughts and prayers in times of tragedy? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud pages, Yevamot 102 and 103, make an astonishing claim: The Biblical heroine Yael fornicated no less than seven times with the evil king Sisra, but she was forgiven as she did so in the service of a righteous cause. Dr. Erica Brown joins us to speak of sin, pleasure, and duty, and whether it's ever ok to do bad, bad things for the best of reasons. What profoundly modern lesson does Yael have to teach us today? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud page, Yevamot 101, tells a story about a wayward son as a way of asking a major theological question about doubt, certainty, and their role in the believer's life. The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks addressed this question in one of his memorable talks, and we are privileged to share his insights on the value of radical uncertainty. What is the secret and often misunderstood essence of faith? Listen and find out.

The audio of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks was originally found on The Rabbi Sacks Legacy Trust website.

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Today’s Talmud page, Yevamot 100, asks whether it's rude or polite to live by the adage of “Ladies First”. Unorthodox co-host Stephanie Butnick joins us as a professional lady to talk about how to treat a woman. Is chivalry dead? Should it be? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud page, Yevamot 99, asks whether it's possible for the wise and the righteous to stumble in their judgement. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to talk about construction of truth, the relationship between scholarship and reality, and other crucial measures of figuring out what's right. What do pets have to do with justice and peace?Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud pages, Yevamot 97 and 98, offer us a heart-warming line about Torah, and writing, and the ways we mere mortals could achieve eternal life. What is the secret to immortality, and what does it have to do with writers?Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud pages, Yevamot 95 and 96, deliver a zany tale about a man who married again and again. Mark Oppenheimer joins us to talk about his own grandfather, who sped through no less than six marriages, and how the old man's example shaped his family's attitude to wedded bliss. What crucial relationship advice is the Talmud offering us today?Listen and find out.

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Today’s Talmud page, Yevamot 94, gives us a rare glimpse into how two of the Talmud's giants approached their craft. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to shed light on these wise men and their divergent intellectual traditions, and explain why their differences still matter to us today. How does a person's upbringing influence the way he or she sees the world? Listen and find out.

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Today’s page of Talmud, Yevamot 93, finds one of the rabbis musing about currency, exchange rates, and the precise nature of our economy. Cryptocurrency expert and writer Ben Samuels joins us to explain what the rabbis would've made of Bitcoin, and why the Talmud is surprisingly forward-thinking when it comes to thinking about money. What's money worth anyway? Listen and find out.

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Today’s pages of Talmud, Yevamot 90, 91, and 92, deliver one of the most poetic evocations of justice in all of Judaism, instructing us that the law must always pierce the mountain, meaning that we should never abandon our inquiry into what is right in an effort to fashion a more perfect world. One hundred and six years ago this week, Louis Brandeis became the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court. Twelve years and one day later, he wrote what would become one of the most famous dissents in court history, arguing that the government had no right to use advanced technology to invade the privacy of its citizens. It's as rousing a defense of the Talmudic principles of justice as has ever been written, and one that is painfully and acutely relevant today, when all of us are constantly surveilled by the government and corporations alike, often without our knowledge and consent. We reproduce Justice Brandeis's opinion nearly in full here. How can we defend the Constitution against pernicious new technologies? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Yevamot 88 and 89, teach us that judges and leaders are like fathers to us and therefore deserve special rights and privileges. Producer Josh Kross joins us to talk about being a member of an early stay-at-home dad group, the looks he got from moms in the park, and why our modern understanding of fatherhood changed a bit since Talmudic times. How's the patriarchy doing these days? Listen and find out.

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Today’s page of Talmud, Yevamot 87, introduces a surprising legal ruling intended to release agunot, literally meaning women chained to their marriages. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to speak of this still deeply painful and, sadly, relevant subject, and offer an inspiring story from a recently departed American rabbi who devoted his life to helping agunot. What did the Talmudic rabbis do to help women extricate themselves from untenable marriages? Listen and find out.

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Today’s page of Talmud, Yevamot 86, kicks things off with a hilarious story of two of the Talmud's most famous rabbis quibbling with each other. Our very own Presidentscher Rav, historian and former official in the George W. Bush administration Dr. Tevi Troy joins us with an amusing story from the Ford White House that shows that this kind of rivalry among the powerful and influential is still alive and well. Who is the future vice president who bested his opponent by boarding up his office and shutting down his access to the president? Listen and find out.

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Today’s page of Talmud, Yevamot 85, raises thorny questions about the rights and responsibilities men and women face when it comes to marriage, childbirth, sin, and other human pursuits. Yeshiva University's Dr. Shaina Trapedo joins us with a riveting tale of Henry VIII and how his very Talmudic understanding of these questions shaped world history. How did Shakespeare forever change the historical record and our understanding of the famous king? Listen and find out.

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Today’s pages of Talmud, Yevamot 83 and 84, tell us a maddening story about a rabbi shouted down by a group of his peers. Is the Talmud trying to warn us about so-called "cancel culture"? Or is it teaching us a deeper lesson about how to argue, and, more importantly, how to educate our children? Listen and find out.

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Today’s pages of Talmud, Yevamot 81 and 82, give us an accounting of several non-binary gender experessions. Shoshanna Wechter, a woman of trans experience, joins us to talk about how reading the rabbinic deliberations makes her feel, and what this hotly debated modern subject can learn from Judaism's ancient wisdom. What does being in the women's section of the synagogue feel like for Shoshanna? Listen and find out.

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Today’s page of Talmud, Yevamot 80, raises the painful subject of infertility. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to offer a reflection from a wise Hasidic master on having and not having children and on finding hope in dark places. Why did so many of the Bible's heroes struggle with fertility issues? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Yevamot 79, gives us a beautiful passage about the essence of the Jewish people, suggesting that at the core of our spirituality is a commitment to mercy and compassion. Rabbi Sari Laufer joins us to unpack this lovely meditation, and explain what it has to teach us today. Are shy people particularly holy? Listen and find out.

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Today’s page of Talmud, Yevamot 78, warns us against judging our historical heroes too harshly. Douglas Murray, author of the bestselling The War on the West, joins us to explain our recent appetite for tearing down statues of our heroes, and why seeing the past through the very narrow lens of current ideological convictions is a very bad idea. Does Thomas Jefferson still represent the values of the United States of America? Listen and find out.

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Today’s pages of Talmud, Yevamot 76 and 77, tell us about a man named Barzilai who was so licentious, he would get aroused merely by looking at a woman's dress. What can this Talmudic dude teach us about the pitfalls of Internet pornography? And what dangers do we face when we turn the holy work of sexual arousal into something fast, flat, cheap, and dirty? Listen and find out.

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Today’s pages of Talmud, Yevamot 74 and 75, deliver a master class in how to have difficult conversations about controversial subjects. What can those of us who spend so many hours each day engaged in heated exchanges about politics learn from the wise rabbis? Listen and find out.

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Today’s page of Talmud, Yevamot 73, gives us a lesson in purity. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to talk about coming to terms with our own imperfections, and why only those who have stumbled can help others rise. What should we be looking at when we gauge holiness? Listen and find out.

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Today’s page of Talmud, Yevamot 72, introduces a moving image of a cool breeze blowing every night at midnight to give the Israelites erring in the wilderness some comfort. Poet Maya Pindyck joins us to meditate on this passage and read out one of her recent and relevant poems. Is there such thing as a magical moment in time? Listen and find out.

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Today’s page of Talmud, Yevamot 71, brings up a piercing question: What happens when a MAN who was already circumcised as an infant decides to convert to Judaism as an adult? Writer and artist Christopher Noxon joins us to share his own journey, and tell us about a strangely moving ceremony at the home office of a doctor friend in Los Angeles. What's the circumcision ceremony like for the already circumcised, and is it mandatory to follow it up with Chinese food? Listen and find out

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Today’s pages of Talmud, Yevamot 69 and 70, remind us that we're all converts to Judaism, which means that even if we come from the most pristine lineage we still have to choose and do Jewish, rather than merely be Jewish, a choice we're asked to make again and again every day. What does that teach us about being kind to others, and about forgiving ourselves? Listen and find out.

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Today’s page of Talmud, Yevamot 67 and 68, contain what is likely the first recorded instance of the disclaimer that retweets do not equal endorsements. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to talk about what the Talmud teaches us about having an argument, and why agreement isn't necessary but acknowledgment is. What other useful bits of Twitter etiquette did the rabbis have in store? Listen and find out.

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Today’s page of Talmud, Yevamot 66, dives into the painful and traumatic topic of slavery. Activist Charles Jacobs joins us with a frightening reminder that there may be more people enslaved today than at any other moment in human history, and a report on some of the good work being done to free those in bondage. Which countries still openly support modern-day slavery? Listen and find out.

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Today’s page of Talmud, Yevamot 65, makes a controversial claim: Because conquest is not in the nature of a woman, the commandment to be fruitful and multiply applies exclusively to men. Writer, podcaster, and mother of six Jordana Horn joins us to try and make sense of this baffling argument, and offer her take on the Bible's first--and, arguably, most important, mitzvah. What does this rabbinical riff teach us about the nature of male sexuality? Listen and find out.

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