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Beshalach Beshalach: A Bunch of Whiners
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Table For Five Beshalach: Revealed Miracles
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AT Daily! is Sal’s live show based on the Daf Yomi cycle of Talmud study. The cycle began on January 5, 2020 and with God’s help, Sal will cover crucial highlights from each day’s page for seven and a half years!
Sal generally goes live on Facebook and YouTube at 6pm Sunday-Thursday, 12pm Friday and about an hour after Shabbat ends every Saturday. For Jewish holidays, same schedule as Shabbat. All times Pacific.
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Latest AT Daily! 🛎 AT Daily! #2218 🧂 Salted Groats 🍞 Menachot 19
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Humor The Firing Squad
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Afterlife Why Jews Don’t Cremate
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Articles God’s Very First Commandment
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Chapter 3, Mishna 2 Why are the limbs of a burnt offering salted, but not the blood?Why are the limbs treated like a meal offering, but not the blood?Does the altar wood need to be salted?And, does wood donated as …
Chapter 3, Mishna 1, 2 Does intent to burn something late invalidate the offering?Does intent only matter for items when planning to eat something that is normally eaten, or to burn something that is normally burned?Does intending to eat what …
Chapter 2, Mishna 6, Chapter 3, Mishna 1 What do the sharp people of Pumpadisa say?Does burning a permitting factor with intent to burn another permitting factor render offering pigul?What renders meal offering pigul?What if while burning handful there is …
Chapter 2, Mishna 6 When is a handful the only permitting factor for a meal offering?Does the first intent with respect to multiple permitting factors determine whether the meal offering is piggul?Does one priest’s intent re handful affect another priest’s …
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