Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz

Daf Yomi One Week at a Time:Bechorot: Lesson 3: Daf 12-18

This week we will learn about which animals are and are not obligated in bechor, the first born of a kosher animal,  including animals born from cross-species unions, ani

Daf Yomi One Week at a Time:Bechorot: Lesson 2: Daf 5-11

This week we will continue learning about the sanctity of the first-born donkey, and why the donkey requires redemption. We will also learn that one may not derive any be

Daf Yomi One Week at a Time:Bechorot: Lesson 1: Intro + Daf 2-4

We will begin Masechet Bechorot and learn that there are 3 types of firstborns: Kosher animals, Donkeys and Humans. Each type is redeemed in its own unique way. We will b

Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 21: Daf 139-142 + Siyum

This week we will finish Masechet Chulin with the twelfth perek on shiluach hakan (sending away the mother bird), establishing that the mitzvah applies only to kosher bir

Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 20: Daf 132-138

This week, we will learn about the laws of matnot kehunah, the priestly gifts (the foreleg, jaw, and stomach) that anyone slaughtering a kosher animal must give to a kohe

Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 19: Daf 125-131

This week we will learn about tumat neveilah (the ritual impurity of animal carcasses) and tumat ochalin (the impurity laws governing food), including the special case of

Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 18: Daf 118-124

This week we will learn about the rules of tumat ochlin (food impurity), which requires a minimum egg-sized amount but can be supplemented by the animal’s skin, solidifie

Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 17: Daf 111-117

This week we will continue learning the laws of basar b’chalav by introducing two critical principles: first, nat bar nat (a secondary transferred taste), and second, dav

Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 16: Daf 105-110

This week we will continue discussing the rules for separating meat and milk, establishing the requirements for transitioning from cheese to meat. The Gemara teaches the 

Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 15: Daf 98-104

This week we will continue learning the laws of bitul (nullification), establishing that the standard ratio for nullifying a forbidden substance in a mixture is 60:1. The

Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 14: Daf 91-97

This week we will learn about gid ha-nasheh (the sciatic nerve prohibition from Jacob’s injury). The Gemara continues with the concept of geneivat da’at, that misleading

Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 13: Daf 83-90

This week we will discuss the mitzvah of covering the blood of a slaughtered undomesticated animal or bird with earth or similar things that promote growth. We will then

Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin:Lesson 12: Daf 76-82

This week we will learn which joint of the hind leg determines whether an animal that had its legs severed is a treifah and then discuss what happens if the placenta is f

Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin:Lesson 11: Daf 69-75

This week we will learn about the status of a fetus found inside a slaughtered mother, establishing that the mother’s shechita generally permits the fetus along with her

Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 10: Daf 61-68

This week we will learn how to identify kosher birds, since the Torah only lists the 24 non-kosher species rather than giving positive signs. We will also learn that eggs

Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 9: Daf 55-60

This week we will continue learning about treifos, focusing on internal organs, debating whether missing or diseased kidneys render an animal a treifah, and then transiti

Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 8: Daf 48-54

This week we will continue learning which injuries, diseases, and organ defects render an animal a treifah and which do not. The Gemara examines specific cases organ by o

Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 7: Daf 41-47

This week we will begin to examine treifot (conditions that render an animal forbidden even after proper slaughter), particularly defects or injuries to internal organs l

Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 6: Daf 34-40

We will learn about the laws of purity as they apply to food, focusing on the requirement that food be “prepared” through contact with one of seven liquids before it can

Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 5: 27-33

This week we will begin Perek Ha’Shochet (the second chapter), establishing the foundational rules of how much of the simanim (windpipe and esophagus) must be cut for val