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 8, Mishna 5, 6, 7 What is salt used for in kosher process?What if jug of salt used for salting meat is next to jug of kutach/dairy dip?What about jug of vinegar next to kutach?What if uncooked bird meat …
Chapter 11, Mishna 6 Does a woman who annulled her marriage receive the ketubah payment?Does she receive any other payments?What about property she brought into the marriage?Does it matter if her husband used the property and diminished its value?What about …
Chapter 8, Mishna 5 Can liver be cooked with other meats?Can liver be roasted with other meats?How should liver be prepared for cooking/roasting?Can knife used for shechita be used for cutting cooked food?Can fish be served in a bowl previously …
Chapter 8, Mishna 5 Can one eat the udder of a slaughtered animal?What is difference between Torah law and rabbinic decree?What is and isn’t considered milk?What is prohibited ab initio?What if one ate heart of slaughtered animal without draining blood …
Chapter 8, Mishna 3, 4 Can two brothers eat meat/cheese at a single table in exigent circumstances?What is relevance of doing laundry on chol hamoed?When does one drop of milk render pot of meat forbidden?Can law be established by analogy …
Chapter 8, Mishna 2, 3 How did pig meat get fed mistakenly to a Jew?What is relevance of lentils on the mouth of a thief whose victims fooled his wife?What are examples of problems caused by failure to wash with …
Chapter 8, Mishna 2 How can wiping of mouth be performed?How long must one wait between eating meat and cheese?What about if there is meat between teeth?Why do we have to wait longer after eating meat than eating cheese?What does …
Chapter 8, Mishna 1 Can milk and meat from domesticated or undomesticated kosher animal ever be on the same table?If one takes a vow that meat is prohibited to him, can he eat fish or grasshoppers? What about birds?What is …
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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