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!
If you’re new to Talmud study, Key Dafs are a good place to start (scroll down.) Key Dafs feature fascinating Sage stories and explanations of important concepts.
Sal generally goes live on Facebook and YouTube at 6pm Sunday-Thursday, 11:30 am 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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Chapter 6, Mishna 8, 9 What are the five grains?When may they be harvested in any particular year?What if they are being harvested for animal fodder?What is pe’ah?When does a rectangular field have more than four corners for the purpose …
Chapter 6, Mishna 7, 8 Do grains found in dung become susceptible to impurity?Can grains found in dung be used for a meal offering?Is a basket still valid after passing through an elephant?Does the basket lose impurity if it remains …
Chapter 6, Mishna 6, 7 What exactly becomes permitted when the omer offering is brought, and when does it become permitted?Does the new crop of barley become permitted on the 16th of Nissan?If so, at what time?What is different about …
Chapter 6, Mishna 4, 5 Was the barley flour of the omer offering subject to tithes and challah?Did Rabbi Akiva really disagree with the majority on this issue?At what stage does dough become obligated in challah?At what stage does grain …
Chapter 6, Mishna 3, 4 Do the Boethusians say Shavuot must fall on Sunday?What argument did Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai use against the Boethusians?Is Shavuot set by counting seven weeks or by counting fifty days?Does “the morrow after Shabbat” mean …
Chapter 6, Mishna 1, 2, 3 Do we desecrate Shabbos to save life?If someone saves a life accidently, but only intended to desecrate Shabbos, is he liable for the sin?How does this relate to reaping barley for the Omer offering, …
Chapter 5, Mishna 7, 8, Chapter 6, Mishna 1 Must you bring a meal offering cooked in the exact type of pan you vowed?Why does Rabbi Yosei say one pan is covered and the other is not?And, is his distinction …
Chapter 5, Mishna 6 What is difference between waving and lifting offerings?When and what do we wave and lift?Who waves first fruits?Do priest and owner wave first fruits together?What is meaning of “and you shall place it” in Deut 26:10?Do …
Key Dafs
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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, 11:30 am Friday and about an hour after Shabbat ends every Saturday. For Jewish holidays, same schedule as Shabbat. All times Pacific.
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