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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Megillah 10, includes a rousing discussion of one classic biblical word, vayehi, and it came to pass. Rabbi Sari Laufer joins us to explain why the word sometimes foreshadows doom and sometimes blessings, and unearth its deeper theological meanings. So were our teachers wrong when they told us never to write in the passive voice? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Megillah 9, recounts a strange incident involving an evil king imprisoning 72 rabbis and demanding that each of them translate the Bible. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain why each of them translated it in precisely the same way, and why, historically, biblical translations were frowned upon. What famous rabbinic joke did the incident inspire? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Megillah 7 and 8, explain that Esther, making the rabbis uncomfortable, insisted that her story be written down and passed from generation to generation. Yeshiva University's Dr. Shaina Trapedo joins us to talk about what motivated the Biblical queen, and how writing still has the power to transform us and history alike. What writing tips can we take from the Megillah? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Megillah 5 and 6, teach us that the Jewish people refused a prohibition on working on Purim. Michael Eisenberg, one of Israel's most successful investors and the author of The Tree of Life and Prosperity: 21st Century Business Principles from the Book of Genesis, joins us to talk about what labor meant back in Talmudic times and what it means now, and whether universal basic income is an idea we should consider. Why plant saplings on Purim? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Megillah 4, gives us a bright moment of compassion when laws take a back seat to charity. Rabbi Sari Laufer joins us to talk about what happens when halacha comes up against pressing human needs, and why we should always keep the neediest in mind. What do the poor have to do with Purim? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Megillah 3, kicks things off with warnings of talking to demons at night. Keith Thomas and Rafi Margules, the director and producer of the Jewish-themed horror movie The Vigil, join us to talk about finding bone-chilling inspiration in Jewish tradition. Why is Judaism so rich in ghost, ghouls, and creepy-crawlies? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Megillah 2, launches a brand new tractate, devoted to Megillat Esther. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us for a preview of what's ahead. What to make of the only book in the Bible that doesn't mention God? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Taanit 30 and 31, bring to a close Tractate Taanit. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to sum it all up. What did we learn about mourning and yearning, together and apart? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Taanit 28 and 29, tell us a heartbreaking story of the priests mourning the destruction of the Temple. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain why they tossed the Temple's keys heavenward, and what this heartbreaking gesture can still teach us today. What does this story tell us about our relationship with God? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Taanit 27, informs us that, on Shabbat, we're gifted with just a touch of extra soul. Rabbi Yosie Levine joins us to explain this mystical concept, and how it can inspire even the most ardent rationalists among us. Why should you never fast on a Sunday? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Taanit 26, advises us that we should never give thanks to God when we're hungry. Magazine editor and author Dorothy Kalins joins us to talk about what she learned about living, loving, and believing from watching some of the world's greatest cooks in action. What is the connection between stomach and soul? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Taanit 25, gives us a lovely domestic miracle, making vinegar burn as long as oil throughout Shabbat in a scene reminiscent of the famous story of Hanukkah. What does this little tale teach us about the Festival of Lights? And why did the rabbis change a bloody story of military victory into an intimate one that takes place indoors? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Taanit 23 and 24, introduce us to the magical Choni Ha'Me'agel, one part Gandalf and one part Rip van Winkle. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to discuss Choni's super-sized character, and what this Talmudic hero still has to teach us today. Did Choni really force God to make it rain? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Taanit 21 and 22, tell us the gruesome story of Nahum of Gam Zu, who prayed to God to amputate his limbs, make him blind, and cover him with boils. Rabbi Mordechai Lightstone joins us to shed some light on this tale, and teach us what we, too, can learn from Nahum about the true meaning of charity. What does God expect us to do when it comes to kindness? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Taanit 20, gives us a deeply moving story about beauty, pride, and sin. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to parse this magical tale and remind us that, often, our toughest critics are we ourselves. Why should we learn the subtle art of being as soft as a reed? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Taanit 19, tells us a beautiful legend about a man whose charitable heart was so great God himself rewarded him with not one miracle but two. Who was Nakdimon Ben Gurion, and why was he only one of three people in the Bible to make time itself flow backwards? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Taanit 18, kicks things off with a story of a vanquished enemy of the Jews, the general Nicanor, and his brutal end. Jonathan Schanzer, vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the author of a new book about Israel's 2021 conflict with Hamas, joins us to talk about war, moral obligations, and Israel's military and political choices. Why so much criticism of the Jewish state in the international press? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Taanit 16 and 17, inform us that God is suffering when we suffer. Rabbi Leon Wiener Dow joins us to explain this difficult idea, and why two different interpretations give us two radically different accounts of the Divine. Is God merely by our side, or does God, too, suffer? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Taanit 14 and 15, give us an extraordinarily powerful image that unleashes a deep theological discussion. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to speak about the nature of prayer, how it works, and when we need it most. Is prayer a special occasion or a daily occurrence? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Taanit 13, compels unmarried women to make themselves attractive even when mourning the death of a loved one. Shira Hecht Koller joins us to make sense of this uncomfortable exhortation, and explain what it says about the rabbis' concept of living life to the fullest. Is it a good idea to try and set up romantic matches at a shiva? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Taanit 12, finds the rabbis debating that most pressing of all halachic questions: What, exactly, does one mean by "taking a nap"? Stephanie Butnick and Mark Oppenheimer, co-hosts of Unorthodox, join us to parse the difference between napping, dozing, and closing your eyes, and discuss the metaphysical importance of shut-eye. What, exactly, is a "ha-shoo"? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Taanit 11, instructs us that the righteous always choose to suffer together with their fellow Jews, even when they can extricate themselves and escape into comfort. Justin Hayet, host of a new podcast searching for modern-day tzadikim, or righteous people, joins us to talk about community, compassion, and making the world a kinder place. Are there really 36 hidden tzadikim who keep the world from imploding? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Taanit 9 and 10, make us a strange financial promise: Give ten percent of your wealth to charity, and you'll become rich quick. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain this strange idea, its origins, and why it remains the best piece of financial advice you'll ever get. Why is God asking us to test Him? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Taanit 7 and 8, warn us that studying Torah alone makes you foolish. What is the Hevruta method, and what advantages does it have, according to a recent Korean study about education? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Taanit 6, tells us that rain is at its most blessed when it is not angry but compassionate. Adit Romano, the founder of Israel's Freedom Farm Sanctuary, joins us to discuss why we should listen to today's daf and refrain from eating meat. What does a vegan lifestyle have to do with being Jewish? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Taanit 5, shares a charming little story about one rabbi blessing another that he may be like a tree. Shuli Karkowsky, Executive Vice President at Hazon, joins us to explain this blessing, and what it means to Jewish environmental activists today. How is caring about the earth essential to Judaism? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Taanit 4, asks us a thorny question: Can studying Torah make you angry? Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky joins us to unpack this problematic provocation, and deliver a lesson that feels particularly timely. How can anger be a good motivator for righteous change? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Taanit 2 and 3, usher in a new tractate, Tractate Taanit. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain what this unfortunately named tractate is about, and how it is acutely relevant for us moderns. Why pray for rain? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Rosh Hashanah 34 and 35, bring us to the end of Tractate Rosh Hashanah. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to sum up what we've learned, and give us a moving lesson about the sun and the moon, being and becoming. What's the holiest Jewish object you have in your house? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Rosh Hashanah 33, ponders our responsibility to teach our children how to perform mitzvot. Producer Josh Kross joins us to tell a moving story of his son's second Bar Mitzvah. Why the do-over? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Rosh Hashanah 32, invites us to think about the true meaning of Rosh Hashanah. Rabbi Willie Balk joins us to shed light on the complicated nature of the holiday, and why it's both demanding and deeply joyous. How is Rosh Hashanah like a high school test? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Rosh Hashanah 31, kicks things off on a heavy note, discussing the end of the world. What does it look like? When will it come? How do we know? And what can we do to prepare? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Rosh Hashanah 29 and 30, inform us that one may say some blessings on behalf of others. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain how the system works, and why it's soulful and inspired. Does this mean you can simply engage someone else to recite all of your brachot for you? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Rosh Hashanah 27 and 28, ponder which shofar shape is right for which holiday. Jeff Cahn, the executive director of Romemu in New York and a master shofar blower, joins us to share what goes through his mind and his heart when he's standing in front of the congregation and getting ready to blow his shofar. How do you practice with such an instrument? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Rosh Hashanah 26, waxes poetic about the shofar. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to riff on the majestic role the shofar, and music in general, play in Jewish spiritual life. What is the shofar blast supposed to make us feel? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Rosh Hashanah 25, shares an astonishing story of two feuding rabbis learning to set aside their differences for the sake of communal unity. Rabbi Leon Wiener Dow joins us to expound on this heartwarming tale and the very urgent lessons it has for us today. What should our modern-day leaders learn from the wise, ancient rabbis? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Rosh Hashanah 24, tells us that when the new moon was sanctified by the rabbinic court, the entire Jewish people had to answer "Amen" in unison. Can collective prayer really impact the world today? Dr. Gary Onik joins us to share his own experience as a long-time cancer doctor who was diagnosed with incurable cancer himself. A lifelong atheist, he nonetheless took to the Internet and asked strangers all over the world to pray for him. What happened next? Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Rosh Hashanah 22 and 23, ask a thorny question: Is there a real structural difference between wisdom and prophecy? Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin returns to entertain this conundrum, and explain what it has to do with truth, knowledge, and justice. What did King Solomon get wrong about human affairs? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Rosh Hashanah 20 and 21, get to the bottom of the Jewish calendar, a complicated creation that's one part lunar and one part solar. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to talk about the meaning of Jewish time, and how its symbolism continues to inspire us today. Why did the rabbis refer to the calendar as "the secret of pregnancy"? Listen and find out.

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Today's Daf Yomi page, Rosh Hashanah 19, begins by discussing Tzom Gedalia, a day of mourning for a high-ranking Jewish official assassinated by a Jewish zealot.  Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin joins us to argue that in these times of combustible politics and rampant division, we should double down on the lesson of Tzom Gedalia by instituting a day of fasting for the late slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin. Do we really need more modern-day Jewish commemorations?  Listen and find out. 

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Rosh Hashanah 18, reminds us that studying Talmud is a pursuit that contains multitudes. Martin Gaynor, a survivor of the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh, joins us to tell the story of how he and a fellow survivor decided to start studying Daf Yomi to honor the memory of their friend, Jerry Rabinowitz, who was murdered in the attack. How does reading one page of Talmud a day helps keep the memory of a beloved fallen friend alive? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Rosh Hashanah 17, contains a stark warning about flaunting our expertise and authority, and a heartwarming story about finding wisdom in unexpected places. What can the rabbis teach us as we snipe at each other on social media? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Rosh Hashanah 15 and 16, remind us that we're judged not just on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur but every hour of every day, which also means we have constant opportunities to mend our ways and heal the world. As today marks the yahrzeit of the late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, we are pleased to share a recent recollection from former prime minister Tony Blair, recalling how the rabbi embodied this principle of constantly working to bring healing to the world. How to keep the faith in a broken world? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Rosh Hashanah 13 and 14, deliver a surprising moment when one rabbi rebukes another for asking a difficult question and posits the non-too-Talmudic sounding advice of simply taking things on authority every now and then. What does this advice have to do with our contemporary culture wars, and what can we learn from it as we struggle to fix our broken political and cultural systems? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Rosh Hashanah 12, reminds us that our actions can literally change the world. But how? In a TED Talk he gave in 2017, the late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks addressed just this question, and as the anniversary of his passing approaches, we are honored to share it again. How can we all work together, without fear, and bring about real, sustainable change? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Rosh Hashanah 11, gives us a moving meditation on infertility, and why the Torah equates conceiving a child with memory. Naomi Korb Weiss, who sits on the board of the Jewish Fertility Foundation, joins us to talk about her own struggle to conceive, and the stigma that still surrounds so many aspects of having and not having kids. How must we learn to fine-tune the way we talk to each other about infertility? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Rosh Hashanah 10, asks a deep question: On what month was the world created? Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to answer this cosmic conundrum with a meditation on time, the calendar, and the ways we shape the months just as the months shape us. What does the creation of Man have to do with how we tell time? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Rosh Hashanah 8 and 9, pore over the meaning of liberty, the word and the concept. Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern joins us to talk about the liberty-themed biblical verse that inspired the Liberty Bell, and the ways the American icon stirred hearts and minds even as Americans were divided like never before. Did Muhammad Ali really put the crack in the Liberty Bell? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Rosh Hashanah 6 and 7, entertain the bonds between coercion and community. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explore these seemingly disparate notions and their surprising relevance to Jewish life today. Is it really free will if one is forced into doing something for others? Listen and find out.

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Today’s Daf Yomi page, Rosh Hashanah 5, invites us to think of Judaism's three main holidays as one cohesive unit. We here at Take One were inspired, and looked fondly at the other podcast we produce at Tablet Magazine, Unorthodox. Today, in a special crossover episode, it's the story of the shaggy-haired Jewish man who inspired one of the most famous and beloved characters in popular culture. Who are we talking about? Listen and find out.

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