AT Daily!🛎️AT Daily! is Sal’s live show (Facebook and YouTube at Accidental Talmudist) based on the Daf Yomi cycle of Talmud study. The cycle began on January 5, 2020 and with God’s help, Sal will elucidate every page of the Talmud (2,711pp) over the next 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.
The Talmud is a vast reservoir of Jewish wisdom based on the oral tradition which stretches back to the Revelation at Mount Sinai, when God appeared to two million Jews and transmitted the Ten Commandments, the Written Torah and the Oral Torah.
-
Topics covered:Chapter 1, Mishna 10What is significance of “dwelling” in commandment to observe Shabbos in your dwelling? Are there Shabbos laws that are different for Jews living in EY (Eretz Yisroel) and not? For how long did the Jews eat …
Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 9, 10 What kinds of sprinkling can or cannot women perform? Who performs waving and what kind of waving and how? Does a naziress (female nazir) perform her own waving? Which land-dependent mitzvot only apply …
Topics covered:Chapter 1, Mishna 8Can daughter of a priest become impure for the dead? Can Jewish men remove beards? If a woman has a beard, can she shave it? What does “corners of the beard” mean? Is there a difference …
Topics covered:Chapter 1, Mishna 8Why are women exempt from positive time-bound mitzvahs? Why are there so many exceptions to this? Why are women exempt from studying Torah? Why do we derive this law from tefillin rather than sukkah? Why aren’t …
Topics covered:Chapter 1, Mishna 8What are our obligations to honor parents when it costs us monetary loss? Why stand for farmer bringing first fruits but not Torah scholar? Does one show reverence in a bathhouse? When is one obligated to …
Topics covered:Chapter 1, Mishna 8What is the difference between fearing one’s parent and honoring one’s parent? From whose funds does son care for parent? Can you give maaser ani (poor man’s tithe) funds to your father? How far do you …
Topics covered:Chapter 1, Mishna 8Why is honoring our parents so crucial? Which parent do we honor first? What does “words of your mouth” mean? Do you get a reward for doing something you’re not obligated to do? Is it disrespectful …
Topics covered:Chapter 1, Mishna 8Is grandfather obligated to teach grandson Torah? What does “you shall teach them diligently”? What does “you shall put these words upon your heart” mean? How is Torah compared to elixir of life? How can we …
Topics covered:Chapter 1, Mishna 7, 8What happens if price goes up before money is given to Temple? Can one pull out of a deal? What are differences between obligations of men and women in performance of mitzvahs? Why are there …
Key Dafs
-
Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 7 It is good to find a good spouse – many wisdom teachings today about creating and sustaining a good marriage! Also, on the importance to raising children with good values. #Judaism #halacha #Torah …
Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 6, 7 The lamentation of women is so powerful that it must be limited when a funeral occurs during a festival. Colorful stories of Sages who confronted the Angel of Death. Some of them reported …
Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 13 Where 48 prophets and seven prophetesses failed, the Jew-hater Haman succeeded. Why?! The seven prophetesses of Israel: Sarah, Miriam, Devorah, Hannah, Avigail, Huldah and Esther. Help us build the A.T. App in Memory of …
Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 3, 4, 5 How did the Book of Esther get incorporated into the Bible? Is it as sacred as other books in the Bible? How do we know that it was Divinely inspired? How does …
Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1 A story for the ages, literally! Honi the Circle-maker was a saintly miracle worker who nagged God on behalf of others. All his life he was puzzled by a verse from Psalms that compares …
Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1 The memorable Tale of Rabbi Elazar and The Ugly Man. “Go to Uman.” Don’t stand under a shaky wall, i.e. don’t place yourself in danger where you might need a life-saving miracle, and the …
Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 2 Rainfall is equivalent to the resurrection of the dead. Torah scholars sharpen each other. Rabbi Chanina said, I have learned much from my teachers and more from my friends, but I have learned the …
Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 2 Another Key Daf! We’ll be divided into three groups on the Day of Judgment. God tips the scales for most people in their favor because He is merciful, but there will be an accounting …
Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 2 Key Daf! Four times a year we’re judged for different purposes. Some say every day, some say every hour. How does Rosh Hashana connect to Yom Kippur? Which actions will cause us to be judged …
Load More Key DafsThe Talmud’s core is the Mishnah, written around 200 CE during a Roman persecution so intense that our sage Rabbi Yehuda the Prince feared the Oral Torah would be lost if not set down. The Mishnah is terse and coded, and thus requires interpretation and elucidation in order to be understood. The next layer of commentary was the Gemara, added around 500 CE in the Jewish community of Babylonia, where the centers of learning moved to escape Roman persecution. The Mishnah plus the Gemara equals the Talmud, but the oral tradition never stopped moving forward, with commentaries added in ever century since.
Now Salvador Litvak will attempt to add his own commentary via 40-60 minute live show every day for seven and 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.
Sign me up!
Our newsletter goes out about twice a month, with links to our most popular posts and episodes.