Talmud Daily

Day 30: Rabbi Micha Shotkin: The Rabbi Who Builds Eruvin

Day 30 | Eruvin  The laws of eruvin can feel out of reach. Rabbi Micha Shotkin builds them into the streets where we live. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a

Day 29: The Eruv Wars

Day 29 | Eruvin  The laws of Eruvin often lead to sharp and harsh disagreements within communities. But maybe that is the point.  This episode is sponsored by Daniel an

Day 28: A Wall Made of Doorways

Day 28 | Moed  Eruvin teaches us to notice our boundaries and invite others inside.  Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give any

Day 27: The Boundaries of Truth

Day 27 | Eruvin  The Talmud teaches us how competing perspectives can become part of the same sacred conversation. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sp

Day 26: The Boundaries That Bring Us Together

Day 26 | Eruvin Jewish community is built not by putting up walls, but by creating doorways. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or g

Day 25: Shalom Rosner: How Shabbos Entered the Modern World

Day 25 | Shabbos  What electricity, cholent, and the Israeli army teach us about applying ancient laws to modern life. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day

Day 24: The Shabbos We Inherited

Day 24 | Shabbos What happens when Jewish practice can no longer simply be passed down? Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give a

Day 23: The Secret Ingredients of Shabbos

Day 23 | Shabbos Community, preparation, and acceptance transform Shabbos from a set of restrictions into a way of life. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a d

Day 22: Finding God Outside the Cave

Day 22 | Shabbos Shabbos teaches us that holiness is found not by escaping ordinary life, but by transforming it. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, spo

Day 21: Shabbos: The Temple in Time

Day 21 | Shabbos How the Talmud transforms 39 categories of prohibited work into a shared experience of sacred time. Scheduling Note: In observance of Yom Kippur, Talmu

Day 20: Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz: The Talmud as a Timeless Machine

Day 20 | Brachos Jewish time is about more than clocks and calendars. Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz explains how halacha gives purpose to our days—and how Talmud connects us acro

Day 19: The Siddur Wasn’t Written in a Day

Day 19 | Brachos Jewish prayer developed over centuries. But its central challenge remains the same: finding words for God when God seems absent. This week's learning i

Day 18: The Divine Is in the Details

Day 18 | Brachos Jewish blessings train us to move beyond general gratitude and recognize the particular gifts before us. This week's learning is sponsored by anonymous

Day 17: Blessings, Dreams, and Exile

Day 17 | Brachos Life can feel like a dream whose meaning is difficult to decipher. Berakhot offers an interpretation one blessing at a time. This week's learning is sp

Day 16: The Talmud’s Unwritten Introduction

Day 16 | Brachos While the Talmud begins without a preface, its opening question may tell us everything we need to know about its larger project. This week's learning i

Day 15: Ari Bergmann: How the Talmud Went from Conversation to Canon

Day 15 | Foundations How did generations of oral debate become Judaism’s foundational text? Ari Bergmann tells the story of how the Talmud became the Talmud. Put Your N

Day 14: The Rambam, Categorizer-in-Chief

Day 14 | Foundations The Rambam tried to distill the Talmud into one organized system. But instead of ending the conversation, he created an entirely new chapter of Tora

Day 13: How to Choose Your Talmud

Day 13 | Foundations Choosing the right edition can make the Talmud far more accessible. But the real breakthrough comes when its unfamiliar words stop looking like obst

Day 12: The Body and Soul of the Talmud

Today's learning is sponsored by The Canter Family in memory of M. Kenneth Canter - Moshe Koppel Ben Yehoshua v’ Sarah Dinah. Day 12 | Foundations What are we actually

Day 11: Choose Time

Day 11 | Foundations The structure of the Talmud teaches us not only to organize Torah, but to sanctify time. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor