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 4, Mishna 5 What is difference between tahor/tamei and permitted for consumption?Does flesh of fetus that extends its foreleg outside womb before mother was slaughtered have tumah from contact with treifa?Does slaughtered treifa impart impurity to sacrificial animals?Is there …
Chapter 4, Mishna 4, 5 If someone swallowed a ring that was impure due to contact with human corpse, can he partake of terumah after immersing in mikveh? Does he need seven day purification?Can ring inside a person contract impurity …
Chapter 4, Mishna 3, 4 How do we know that the carcass of a kosher/non-kosher domesticated animal imparts impurity?Do kosher and non-kosher domesticated animals transmit impurity in the same way?What is the difference between a haya and a beheima?Is a …
Chapter 4, Mishna 2, 3 Can animal’s owner benefit from a bechor?What about a pregnant animal about to give birth to bechor?Can pregnant animal be sold to non-Jew to prevent calf from having bechor status?What happens if a bechor dies?If …
Chapter 4, Mishna 1 Why is flesh that leaves its boundary forbidden?Does returning the meat make it permitted again?What does “flesh in the field” teach?Why did Ulla follow Rabbi Yoḥanan’s opinion?Why is a sin offering treated more strictly?Why is meat …
Chapter 3, Mishna 6, Chapter 4, Mishna 1 What does “every” swarming thing include?Are worms found in cucumber attached to ground forbidden?What if worm emerges from produce but dies before it leaves the earth?What is considered normal manner of growth …
Chapter 3, Mishna 6 Is grasshopper with distinctive head shape kosher?Are grasshoppers that are similar to named species in two aspects kosher?What is relevance of generalization/detail/generalization?Do grasshoppers have to have all the signs of named species to be kosher?How do …
Chapter 3, Mishna 6 Can you buy eggs from non-Jews?Do eggs from a tereifa bird pose a concern?Why are eggs from gentiles generally permitted?Is saying “these are kosher eggs” enough?Why must the gentile identify the bird species?Can appearance determine whether …
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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