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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Chap 8, Mishna 1-4 What happens when there is uncertainty with respect to firstborn status due to:twins and one is a girl?twins and one dies?twins and the father dies?What happens when the case shifts to half-brothers who share a father?What …
Chap 8, Mishna 1 Who is first-born in some ways and not others?What if gentile woman gives birth and then becomes Jewish and has another son?What if woman converted while she was pregnant?Canaanite slave with is freed while pregnant?What if …
Chap 7, Mishna 7-9 How much of a skeleton must be present for it to impart tumah of a tent?Which bones constitute a majority of the skeletal structure?What is a majority of the number of bones?Why does the tanna need …
Chap 7, Mishna 3-7 Which abnormalities of the eye would constitute disqualifying blemish in a kohen (priest) and prevent him from serving in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem?Which abnormalities of the ear?Which abnormalities of the foot?Which abnormalities of the hand?Which …
Chap 7, Mishna 1-3 If a blemish is disqualified in sacrificial animal, bechor or kohen, is it disqualifying in all three?What is the difference between a true blemish and appearance of blemish?What are the appearances of blemish that disqualify priest …
Chap 6, Mishna 15, Chap 7, Mishna 1 Is a tumtum a distinct entity or an uncertain male?What is the practical difference between these outcomes?What legal difference does it make if this condition appears in an animal vs. in a …
Chap 6, Mishna 14-15 What are the blemishes that one does not slaughter the bechor due to them?Are boils considered blemishes?Is it necessary to exclude animals that are old, sick or have foul odor?What about animals that were involved in …
Chap 6, Mishna 7-13 What is the relevance to a bechor of missing testicles?How is it determined that an animal has one or two testicles?What would count as a blemish?What is a shahul?What is a kasul?What is a saru’a?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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