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 1, Mishna 1 What if animal is slaughtered with knife that turns out to not be smooth?What if it’s not clear if knife had been non-smooth before the slaughter?What is presumptive status of any animal?How is status of animal …
Chapter 1, Mishna 1 Is slaughter with a white hot knife valid even though the knife burns the throat?What are simanim?Is a tzaraas mark from a white hot skewer considered a boil or a burn?What difference does it make whether …
Chapter 1, Mishna 1 How do we know that mishaps do not occur to the righteous with respect to unwitting transgressions?Who was Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair?What was the incident of the white mules?What was the incident of the donkey that …
Chapter 2, Mishna 1 Can we eat meat slaughtered by an idolatrous Jew?Which slaughterers can we eat from?When does a slaughterer not being circumcised not invalidate the animal?Who is considered a Jewish transgressor?What is a transgressor of convenience?Can we eat …
Chapter 2, Mishna 1 Who is qualified to perform ritual slaughter?Why is the slaughter of a deaf mute, imbecile, or minor invalid?Can it become valid if supervised by others?When is supervision required for a slaughterer?Why mention a ritually impure person …
Chapter 2, Mishna 1 Who is generally disqualified from slaughtering unless supervised?Why does the mishna first imply slaughter is allowed from the outset, then say it is only valid after the fact?Does the word “everyone” in mishna always mean something …
Chapter 13, Mishna 8, 9 What are two possible actions that could disqualify a priest from ever serving again?What is considered a sacrificial rite?If a priest bowed to an object of idol worship and then repented can he be reinstated?What …
Chapter 13, Mishna 5, 6, 7, 8 Can redemption money from one animal be used to buy a different type of offering?Why can redemption money for one bull buy two bulls?And, why can’t a vow for one bull be fulfilled …
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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