Monthly Archives: October 2022

There is no doubt that if you’re a baseball fan, the World Series is the ultimate experience. As a public spectacle it has been displaced by the Super Bowl. It likely generates as much hoopla as it does because there … Continue reading →

The Mishnah understood the significance of intentions long before Wayne Dyer, so let’s take a look again at the words that helped begin this perek: הָאוֹמֵר לַחֲבֵרוֹ ״מוּדְּרַנִי מִמָּךְ״, ״מוּפְרְשַׁנִי מִמָּךְ״, ״מְרוּחֲקַנִי מִמָּךְ״, ״שֶׁאֲנִי אוֹכֵל לָךְ״, ״שֶׁאֲנִי טוֹעֵם לָךְ״ — … Continue reading →

As we begin atop דף ד עמוּד א, one of the parameters we identified for נְדָרִים is ״בַּל תְּאַחֵר״ – not to delay between the time that one makes the declaration of the נֶדֶר, and the first opportunity to abide … Continue reading →

As we head into דף ג עמוּד א, the Gemara brings various examples to illustrate that sometimes a sequence of laws are introduced, but the discussion that follows is not necessarily in the order that these laws were listed. Sometimes … Continue reading →

That the Philadelphia Phillies finished dead last in the NL East in 1992 was no surprise. Since their World Series loss to the Baltimore Orioles in 1983, they had been on one of their typical decade long swoons that characterizes … Continue reading →

As the Philadelphia Phillies get ready for their first World Series appearance in thirteen years, after an impressive 9-2 showing in their first playoff appearance in eleven years, it is natural to reflect on why this year feels so different … Continue reading →

There is no better way to describe the beginning of a new mesechta of the Daf as sumptuous, particularly when one is privileged to do so with the stunning art and arrangement of the Koren Talmud Bavli, Noé Edition with … Continue reading →

The כְּתוּבָּה is essentially a written document that represents Jewish wedding vows, hence a bridge between this mesechta (כְּתוּבּוֹת) and the one that follows regarding various vows (נְדָרִים). In secular weddings, the bride and groom exchange vows, one of which … Continue reading →

On דף קי״ב עמוּד א the Gemara related the episode of רַבִּי זֵירָא who, once having made the decision to make aliyah, was impatient in traversing the יַרְדֵן, the Jordan River, in order to make the transition from בָּבֶל to … Continue reading →

You may recall that in the previous blog I noted that it is considered a privilege to support and invigorate Torah scholars. An example of the extent to which this can occur is evident with MDY (Mercaz Daf Yomi) maggid … Continue reading →