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.
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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
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Topics covered: Chapter 24, Mishna 3, 4 “Shatit” dip may be mixed on Shabbos, but its method of prep should be altered. Related teachings brought down from the notebooks of Zeiri and Levi, who learned before Rabbi Chiyya and …
Topics covered: Chapter 23, Mishna 6, Chapter 24, Mishna 1 R’ Abbahu says the souls of the righteous shuttle back and forth between this world and the World of Souls for a year after death. Rav says that if …
Topics Covered: Shevut ecompasses Rabbinic decrees designed either to protect us from committing Biblical transgressions or to enhance the sanctity, spirituality and beauty of Shabbos. The first Mishnah of Chapter 18 teaches that we may move some of our …
Topics covered: How the sages honored Shabbos! This page has too many great, classic teachings in one place, so it’s really worth reviewing and studying. Welcoming the Shabbat bride – source for the 16th century song Lecha Dodi which …
Topics covered: To be liable for writing on Shabbos, one must write two letters that endure, which generally means they spell a word. One example is Shem, a name made from the first two letters the longer name Shimon. …
Topics covered: To be liable for carrying or throwing on Shabbos, one must first make a valid taking and finish with a valid placing of the object. If one draws water from water, or pours water into water, one …
Topics covered: Why can we make up a missed Amidah but not a Shema? Rabba’s insight could uproot mountains, Rav Yosef’s knowledge encompassed the entire tradition since Sinai. Which takes precedence? Torah scholars increase peace in the world 🌎 …
Topics covered: Three matters lengthen our years, three shorten, three things come only through great blessing: a good king, a good year, a good dream. A dream not interpreted is like a letter not read. Which dreams are fulfilled? …
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.
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