Text & Context: Daf Yomi

Rabbi Richard Hidary

Learn one page of Talmud each day with Daf Yomi, focusing on the contextual meaning and flow of the Talmudic arguments through manuscripts, literary structure, and historical background.

Shiurim

Nazir 41 - Cutting Corners: May a Bald Man Shave His Sideburns?
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Ḥullin 99 - Sinews Have No Taste
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Avoda Zara 64 - Who Is a Ger Toshav?
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Shevuot 3 - Why Are There Contradictions Across the Mishnah?
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Pesahim 109 - Measuring a Mikveh and a Winecup
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Pesahim 109 How big is a revi’it? Rav Hisda’s thesis: Reviit log = 2 x 2 x 2.7 fingerbreadths = 10.8 cubic fingerbreadths Proof from Baraita: 40 seah = 3 cubic amot 1 Seah = 6 kav = 24 log = 96 revi’it log volume measurements 40 seah = 3840
Zevaḥim 107 - Sacrifices Nowadays Without a Beit Mikdash
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Baba Batra 20 - He's Tied Up Right Now
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Yoma 32 - Deriving Dunking: An Explicit Example of Reading In
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A. Source for immersing between changing clothes R. Yehuda (bar Ilai) – verses 23-24 Rabbi (Yehuda ha-Nasi) – verse 4 B. Source for rinsing hands and feet Rabbi – verses 23-24 R. Elazar – kal vahomer + אשר לבש Morning Tamid, Yom Kippur, Mus
Yevamot 69 - Status of an Embryo Before 40 Days
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Dedicated by Joseph Dana in honor of his wife, Esther, for being his biggest supporter and the foundation of their beautiful family.
Ketubot 12 - He Said, She Said
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Dedicated by Morris and Julie Dweck in Honor of their children.
Zevaḥim 97 - A Matter of Taste
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Nazir 4 - How to Be Like Samson
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Baba Mesia 87 - Even God Prevaricates for Peace
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Zevaḥim 110 - Meat Up
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Baba Mesia 86 - Who Edited the Talmud?
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Sukkah 55 - How to Divide 70 by 24
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Gittin 3 - Leniencies to Prevent Agunot
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Megilah 22 - How Many Aliyot on a Fast Day?
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Dedicated by Dr. Edward J Gindi in memory of his parents Joseph and Grace Gindi A"H
Baba Mesia 6 - Up for Grabs
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Baba Mesia 83 - The Obese Rabbi Who Trusted His Gut to Catch Robbers
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Baba Kama 46 - Miscarriage of Justice
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Dedicated in memory of Ariel Eliyahu A"H who was killed Al Kiddush Hashem on Simhat Torah defending Medinat Yisrael. He completed Shas by the age of 19 and began with Baba Kama.
Menaḥot 48 - Make a Small Sin Now for a Greater Gain Later
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Baba Mesia 97 - Do Students Employ the Teacher or Vice Versa?
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Zevaḥim 76 - The Likely Leper
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Ḥullin 113 - No Prohibition to Cook Unkosher Meat and Milk
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Nedarim 23 - Why Do We Recite Kol Nidre? It's a Secret
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Dedicated by Mourad Shehebar for Refuah Shelemah of Chaya Sarah Bat Simcha
Baba Kama 87 - Does a Father Collect Damages for Injury to His Child?
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Dedicated in memory of Ariel Eliyahu A"H who was killed Al Kiddush Hashem on October 7, 2023 defending Medinat Yisrael. He completed Shas by the age of 19 and began with Baba Kama.
Baba Mesia 58 - Wrongdoing with Words
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Sukkah 35 - Edible Etrog
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Kiddushin 73 - Know Your Audience!
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Baba Kama 24 - Non-Virtue Signaling
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Dedicated in memory of Ariel Eliyahu A"H who was killed Al Kiddush Hashem on Simhat Torah defending Medinat Yisrael. He completed Shas by the age of 19 and began with Baba Kama.
Avoda Zara 47 - Are Instruments Essential to a Musical Offering?
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Baba Batra 9 - Blessings of Giving Charity
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Yevamot 36 - Waiting Period Before Marrying a Pregnant Woman
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Dedicated by Joseph Dana in honor of his wife, Esther, for being his biggest supporter and the foundation of their beautiful family.
Pesahim 11 - Is "Erroneous" Erroneous?: baduta or baruta
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Pesahim 11 - When to institute a Gezerah? Should you do bedikah on Pesah itself? · Rabanan – Yes · Rabbi Yehuda – No (may find bread and eat it) Challenge – May one pre-process New Grain Rabanan – No (may come to eat it) Rabbi Yehudah – Yes
Menaḥot 62 - Copy and Paste with Source or Destination Formatting
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Yevamot 106 - The Court Whips Him Until He Says, "I Want To"
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Yevamot 108 - The Question Rabbi Akiva Answered in Jail
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Avoda Zara 59 - Halacha for Ignoramuses and for the Learned
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Baba Mesia 36 - The Angel of Death Finds Its Victim No Matter Where It Is
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Yevamot 79 - Kiddush Hashem Can Uproot a Law of the Torah
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Menaḥot 42 - Reciting a Berakha on Tying Sisit
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Rosh Hashana 34 - Two Derivations for the Sandwich Rule
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A. Blow a Shofar, not trumpets B. Tekiah sandwich C. Three sets Derivations: 1. Vehaavarta of Yovel (Vayikra 25:9) 2. Wilderness trumpets a. First opinion – Bemidbar 29 is needed for gezera shava b. R. Yohanan – Vayikra 23 is needed for gez
Nedarim 30 - Head Coverings for Men, Women, and Children
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Dedicated by Mourad Shehebar for Refuah Shelemah of Chaya Sarah Bat Simcha
Ḥullin 108 - Milk Fell Into a Meat Stew
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Shekalim 15 - Giving Charity with Dignity
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Yoma 74 - How to Suffer Correctly
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Sotah 3 - "Jealous Of" Versus "Jealous For"
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Yevamot 17 - Can People Who Go Off the Derekh Lose Their Jewish Status?
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Kiddushin 61 - Double Conditions of Gad and Menashe
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Ketubot 41 - Are Half Damages a Fine or Compensation
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Rosh Hashana 20 - Calendrical Manipulation
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A. How long is Adar? 1. Jerusalem – 29 29 2. Prophets – decide both 3. Rav – 30 29 unless otherwise decided 4. Mar Ukva – last Adar always 29 a. Challenge to Mar Ukva b. Proof for Mar Ukva c. Challenge to Mar Ukva – conclusive B. Adjusting
Yevamot 80 - Sing It High Sing It Low
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Sanhedrin 68 - Death of Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus
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Pesahim 48 - Assembly Line
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Class on the Development of Halakha "Possessing Hames" https://youtu.be/VX2Ttvd7I6s Pesahim 48 Hallah – Tameh – Yom Yov Puzzle 1. R. Eliezer – separate after baking 2. Ben Betera – place in cold water 3. R. Yehoshua – not YOUR problem Cooki
Zevaḥim 106 - Inside Out
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Baba Kama 100 - To Dye For
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Dedicated in memory of Ariel Eliyahu A"H who was killed Al Kiddush Hashem on October 7, 2023 defending Medinat Yisrael. He completed Shas by the age of 19 and began with Baba Kama.
Sotah 27 - Rabbi Akiva's Exegetical Genius
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Ḥullin 123 - Get a Handle On It
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Shevuot 13 - Yom Kippur Atones Without Repentance
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