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, 12:00 pm 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 2, Mishna 4, 5 What if a slain man is found between two towns?Do both towns bring a heifer?Can two towns be exactly the same distance from the slain man?What does “the nearest town” mean in this case?Why not …
Chapter 2, Mishna 3, 4 When are offsprings owned by a gentile exempt from firstborn status?Why are the first offspring exempt but later offspring obligated?Why is a guaranteed investment from a Jew considered a loan?Why is the recipient’s additional profit …
Chapter 2, Mishna 2 How does the Torah compare disqualified consecrated animals to gazelles?What does the gazelle teach about firstborn status?What is a hart?What is the relevance of a hart?Which two mitzvot are disqualified consecrated animals exempt from?Why does the …
Chapter 2, Mishna 2 What happens when one consecrates a blemished animal?What obligations apply to the animal after it is redeemed?Why are its offspring and milk permitted after redemption?When is one exempt from karet for slaughtering animals outside the Temple?What …
Chapter 1, Mishna 7, 8, Chapter 2, Mishna 1 From when and until when may a bechor donkey be redeemed?When the Torah lists two ways to do a mitzvah, which way is preferable?When is a bechor kosher animal not a …
Chapter 1, Mishna 6 With what can firstborn donkey be redeemed?Can it be redeemed with lamb that was removed from mother’s womb after animal was shechted?Can a slaughtered lamb be used?What about lamb that resembles a goat?Can donkey bechor be …
Chapter 1, Mishna 5 Is there a minimum value for a lamb used to redeem a bechor donkey?If not redeemed with a lamb, can the bechor donkey be redeemed some other way?If I redeem your bechor donkey with my lamb, …
Chapter 1, Mishna 5 Is prohibited food susceptible to the tumah of food?What does “its prohibition serves as its intention” mean?Is it permitted to benefit from an unredeemed bechor donkey?What does one do who chooses not to redeem his bechor …
Key Dafs
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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, 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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