Shallow Dive Daf Yomi

Shiurim

• Koheles Ecclesiastes 10:10

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  With foresight, one sharpens the blade to achieve success with it • Organizing the ideal form will yield the ideal function, from preparing the individual mind to perceive Truth, to healing a broken society, and redeeming the world • Why sh

• Sotah 11b-13a

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Kalev and Miriam • Amram and Yocheved • Pharaoh's decrees • Moshe the Redeemer

• Mishlei Proverbs 3:2

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Conscientious alignment with the Divine will is the ultimate means of optimizing ourselves • How to properly deal with a tormentor • A new home should be livable; Teshuva should be sustainable

• Megillah 8a-9a

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Differences between restrictive vows • Differences between various impure discharges • Differences between a quarantined Metzorah and a definitively pronounced Metzorah • What languages and alphabets may be used in Sifrei Torah, Nevi'im, Ke

• Bava Basra 96b - 97b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  When should the blessing borei peri hagafen be recited over wine dreg extract? • What types of wine should not be used for libations but may be used for kiddush, consecration of the hallowed day?

• Koheles Ecclesiastes 7:1

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Good oil can be a source of valuable illumination, but even better is a good name that provides an illuminating example for the world • The day of death for the righteous is better than the day of birth for the wicked

• Mishlei Proverbs 1:20

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Wisdom is a source of paternal protection • Should Torah be taught in the marketplace?

• Koheles Ecclesiastes 10:1

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  A little folly goes a long way • Hallmark of the universal struggle

• Mishlei Proverbs 1:13

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  The unknown provides a heightened sense of excitement • Contrasting perspectives on wealth

• Chullin 109

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Once a piece of meat absorbs milk flavor and becomes prohibited, is it subject to being wrung out and becoming permitted again? • Preparation of udder meat and heart meat • Why was it important for Yalta, wife of Rav Nachman, to taste the p

• Nedarim 27a-28a

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  When does mild duress counter a vow? • When is a conditional divorce valid in spite of duress? • When may one make a vow to prevent exploitation? • Who is a legitimate tax collector from whom tax evasion constitutes theft? • Are progressive

• Rosh Hashanah 2a-3a

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  The Mishnaic imperative of dating bills of divorce according to the years of the local reigning government is no longer necessary - why not? • How can the 3 years of Orlah be as short as 2 years and 44 days? • What is the crown worn by an E

• Gittin 40b-42a

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  For Tikkun Olam, the court requires a creditor with a lien on a slave who was subsequently freed by his master to additionally free him as "shidduch insurance" for his children • The master who frees this slave must compensate the lien-hold

• Derech Eretz Zuta 9,9 & Koheles Ecclesiastes 5:2-5

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Harness emotion to align with what is right • The power of peace • The prohibition of promoting strife is rooted in the prohibition of self-mutilation • Distinguishing between true peace and pseudo-peace • Deferred payment of vows can be ca

• Bava Basra 19b - 21a

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  What objects can constitute a barrier that prevents ritual impurity spreading from one house to another through a shared window? • Must one bury a stillborn? • Distancing a mill from a wall owned by a neighbor • When one neighbor takes step

• Mishlei Proverbs 3:3

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Internalize and cultivate the values of Kindness and Truth to become pleasing to your Creator

• Nedarim 75b-76b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  The Kol Nidrei controversy • Pseudo Kal-Vachomers • The window of Hafarah: calculating when the husband can negate his wife's vows

• Mishlei Proverbs 2:15

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Do crooked paths engender twistedness? • What does the Nazir gain by abstaining from wine? • Is it ideal to seek medical care from a doctor? • What was the Netziv's exam before being willing to receive medical care for his eyes? • The great

• Koheles Ecclesiastes 7:2-3

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Confronting mortality can be a catalyst for self correction • In giving the final kindnesses to the dead, we recognize our own dependence on the kindnesses of others • If one feels targeted by Divine Judgment, instead of feeling discouragem

• Mishlei Proverbs 2:2-3

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Becoming worthy children of God • How can we enhance our receptivity to Divine enlightenment? • Gleaning the nuances of moral valence requires revelation, whereas the discernement of Truth and Falsehood can be achieved through independent i

• Koheles Ecclesiastes 6:7-8

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Consider the power and limits of exertion • When are the wise better off than the fools? What should the pauper do to enrich himself?

• Netziv on Antisemitism

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  What is the purpose of antisemitism?

• Eruvin 98b-99b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Remote transportation • Relieving oneself and spitting across domains • Drinking across domains • Collecting rainwater across domains • Phantom structures: heaps and barriers that might move • Utilizing tree branches and roots on Shabbos

• Bava Kama 46a - 46b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Does the responsibility to protect against damage exceed liability for damage? • Why does the burden of proof to extract money surpass the proof necessary to convict for capital offenses?

• Bava Basra 89b - 91a

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  When is it permissible to repurpose and maintain a faulty measure? • Limits on altering measures and currency values • Limits on profit margins • No intervention can be more effective than a calculated intervention towards maintaining lower

• Shabbos 23a-24a

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Daf Yomi

• Menachos 43

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Checking Tefillin • Testing for authentic Techeiles • What risks are associated with selling a Tallis to idolators? • May one purchase Tzitzis from Walmart? • Are women obligated in Tzitzis? • 100 blessings each day

• Koheles Ecclesiastes 10:13

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Holistic grace is the impression of wisdom, whereas the fool's message is the madness of incoherent reductionism • The trajectory of foolishness is the spiraling descent into the most abhorrent evils

• Bava Kama 66a - 67b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Can a stolen object be acquired by the thief through its physical transformation? • Can a stolen object be acquired by the thief through the owner's despair of ever recovering it? • Can a stolen object be acquired by the thief through a cha

• Kesubos 25b-27a

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  The power of one witness • The power of casual talk • The Levites were fined by Ezra for not ascending to Israel • The marital status of a woman redeemed or ransomed

• Teshuva 5784

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Teshuva for non-Jews • Teshuva for minors • Two facets of repentance: Mitzvah (command) and Chovah (obligation)

• Zevachim 77b - 79a

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  What happens if sacrificial blood is mixed with various liquids? • Can one prohibited item nullify a different prohibited item?

• Zevachim 14b -15b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  What is required for valid transport of the sacrificial blood? • If transport was done inadequately, can it be rectified? • Who is ineligible to perform sacrificial service? • How do we derive the exclusion of a non-kohain?

• Koheles Ecclesiastes 9:2

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  It is the thought that counts • Successful results are not a function of righteous intent, but rather depend on the resonance of our strivings with the Divine Will • A degenerative consequence of the tragedy of Adam and Eve, exacerbated by

• Nedarim 68b-69b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  The father and husband of a betrothed maiden may validate, or in partnership negate her vow • If the father alone negated her vow, and the husband dies, according to Beis Hillel the vow is impaired, meaning the restriction is in force, yet

• Nedarim 55a-55b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Analysis of various terminologies used to restrict oneself from consumption of grains • The hotly contested interpretation of an endowment • Humility is crucial even for one whose grasp of Torah is profound • Rabbinical guidance should be s

• Mishlei Proverbs 1:32

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Making ethical choices is good for longevity • The stressful inner turbulence of sin kills • Don't be lured to sin by the external gloss of serenity for the sinful

• Derech Eretz Zuta & The Declaration of Independence : A Jewish Perspective

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Sin makes one fearful • Lack of sin engenders awe • The supreme value of internalizing God's Word • The Declaration of Independence: A Jewish Perspective

• Rosh Hashanah 16a-17a

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  When and how are we judged? • How can this knowledge be applied to benefit farmers or commodities traders in their investment strategies? • When can prayers annul a decree?• How do God's commands coincide with His judgements to our benefit?

• Derech Eretz Zuta 5

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Derech Eretz Zuta (5, 4-5)

• Avodah Zarah 33a - 33b, 34a

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  When and why is one permitted to sell to a non-Jew, yet prohibited from selling to a Jew? • How can uncooked wine be poured by an idolater without generating a prohibition for a Jew? • A three day purification plan for vessels used to store

• Bava Basra 103b - 104b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  When selling an unmeasured field, when is the estimated yet imprecise parcel size binding on both parties, and when are adjustments needed? • Do the same parameters apply to larger transactions? • Price gouging on real property • When adjus

• Menachos 64

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Laws of harvesting the first oats offering on Shabbos and weekdays • When is a person who is wantonly catching fish on Shabbos, due to the act, nonetheless exempt from liability? • When is one liable for harvesting dried figs on Shabbos? •

• Berachos 8b-9b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Daf Yomi Yom Rishon

• Sanhedrin 97

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  What events will precede the messianic era? • What features of the Messiah's generation are anticipated? • The unique path to uncompromising truthfulness • The world epochs • Anticipating the Messiah

• Mo'ed Katan 18b-19b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Are Tefillin required or prohibited during the intermediate days of the festival? • Are there any restrictions on how to make tzitzis for oneself during the intermediate days of the festival? • Biblical and rabbinic aspects of mourning • Ma

• Koheles 8:8-9

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  There's no silver lining in sinfulness; the miser will go broke pursuing his passions • Human brutality often cycles viciously, falsely elevating might to right

• Zevachim 42b - 43b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Which parts of an offering cannot become Pigul? • When something invalid is brought on the altar and subsequently removed, when should it ascend to be offered on the altar?

• Pesachim 120a-121b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  To eat or not to eat: drifting in and out of sleep as the Seder winds down • When may the Pascal Offering be eaten? • The blessings over the Pascal and Chagigah Offerings • Blessings over the Redemption of the Firstborn • Afikomen in commem

• Bava Kama 31b - 33a

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Liability for damages while on the road • There is greater liability for inadvertent physical harm than for inadvertent property damage • When is speeding permitted and exempt from liability for property damage? • One who engages in gross n

• Mo'ed Katan 26

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  When is one required to rend their garment? • After his ascension, was Eliyahu HaNavi's rebbetzin permitted to remarry? • Were the eighty men on their way to Jerusalem after Gedalia was assassinated permitted to gash their flesh? • Was Rabb

• Shavuos 17b - 18b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Sacrificial consequences of errors in national guidance and errors of personal negligence • What are positive imperatives within the niddah prohibition of intimacy with a ritually impure woman? • Is one liable for forbidden flaccid relation

• Eruvin 70b-72a

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Understanding the mechanism of inheritance, and the implications for Eruvin • When may one member of a courtyard nullify his share to permit carrying in the courtyard? • When do business partnerships obviate the need for Eruvin? Do the same

• Kesubos 18b-19b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Witnesses may not alter their testimony once they have spoken • Can signatories authenticating a document ever undermine the validation of the document through subsequent testimony? • Must one be willing to give up his life rather than sign

• Nedarim 40b-41b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Basic necessities • The purifying effects of healing • The toll of illness • When the time for death comes one is vulnerable to even the most innocuous messenger • One visiting the sick must alleviate their plight, not burden them • Practic

• Koheles Ecclesiastes 9:4

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Don't allow attainment of power to undermine humility before God • Strive to engender humility even for ulterior motives • Acceptance of Divine wrath brings Divine forgiveness

• Koheles Ecclesiastes 9:11

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Wisdom and wealth are not necessarily correlated • Leadership means service to the community

• Koheles Ecclesiastes 6:3-5

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Although pitiful, the stillborn's ignorance is blissful, whereas the gifted who toil without gain are tragic • A fulfilled life requires pursuit of enlightenment, justice, and charity • The soul is like a refined princess for whom coarse pl

• Chullin 123

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  When should one go the extra mile, or four? • Military magic commonly employs human skin • Skinning animals and transmission of ritual impurity • When does ripping the majority of a cloak render it purified?

• Derech Eretz Zuta 7,1 & Koheles Ecclesiastes 3:11-12

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  • Wisdom and Refinement: seven traits to cultivate • Human nature primes us to perceive and achieve elements of the Divine Symphony • The beauty of God's timing • What is a satisfying life well lived?