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 3, Mishna 2 Does a dislocated thigh make an animal a tereifa?Is a dislocated thigh considered kosher?What is an Italian issar?How is an Italian issar’s size measured?Why is bringing first fruits so honored?Why is being a Torah scholar so …
Chapter 3, Mishna 1, 2 Is a small bird clawed by a hawk a treifah?Does it matter what kind of bird of prey clawed the bird?Can a non-kosher bird render another bird treifah through clawing?Can a fox’s claws be sharp …
Chapter 3, Mishna 1 How do you know if a fallen bird is a treifah?Does swimming upstream show the bird is not a treifah?What if a fallen bird swims downstream?How and when is a fallen bird inspected?Does falling on a …
Chapter 3, Mishna 1 What type of perforation of reticulum makes animal treifa?What if a needle is found in thickness of reticulum?What if spot of blood is found on needle?What if scab covers opening of wound?What if someone buys an …
Chapter 3, Mishna 1 Does kosher fat seal a perforation?Can fat prevent an animal from becoming a tereifa?Can sparing financial loss affect a Torah-law ruling?Is exposed honey safe to drink?Can exposed honey contain snake venom?Which liquids are subject to the …
Chapter 3, Mishna 1 Can an animal be a treifa and then become kosher again?When is a perforation considered temporary and when permanent?When are and aren’t cysts disqualifying?Is scab sufficient to heal a wound?What is relevance of perforated penis?What is …
Chapter 3, Mishna 1 What is relevance of whether lung’s inner membrane or outer membrane is perforated?Does outer membrane protect the lung?How to know if lung is perforated through both membranes?Why can’t lung be tested in cold or hot water?What …
Chapter 3, Mishna 1 When does cut windpipe render animal a treifa?What is requisite measure of hole in windpipe to render animal a treifa?When do small holes join to constitute requisite measure?What is an issar and what is relevance?Can an …
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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