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, 12pm 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 4 Does the firstborn of a kohen (priest) receive a double portion in the sacrificial gifts given to his father? Does the firstborn receive a double portion of “enhancement” to the estate after the father died, like …
Chapter 8, Mishna 4 What is difference between sons and daughter’s inheriting? What is relevance of whether Zelophehad inherited his portion of land? Who is unfit to inherit? Does first-born son take double portion from mother as well as father? …
Chapter 8, Mishna 3 What were the most joyous days for the Jewish people? What is significance and specialness of Tu (15th) B’Av? When and why was Tu B’Av established as a special day? What is relevance of other tribes …
Chapter 8, Mishna 3 What is relevance of the order in which daughters of Zelophehad are mentioned? Do we defer to age or wisdom first? Who could daughters of Zelophehad marry? What is relevance of eating consecrated food in a …
Chapter 8, Mishna 3 How do we shake the lulav and esrog on Sukkos? Why did the daughters of Zelophehad merit to have their names associated with a question of inheritance in the Torah? Who was the wood gatherer? Who …
🛎 AT Daily! #1752 👁 Joseph vs. The Evil Eye 🪟 Bava Basra 118Chapter 8, Mishna 3 How was land apportioned after entering Eretz Yisroel (EY)? Based on census taken after leaving Egypt or upon entering the promised land? Are protests that succeeded only included in the Torah? What is the lesson from …
🛎 AT Daily! #1751 👨👦 Fathers and Grandfathers 🪟 Bava Basra 117Chapter 8, Mishna 3 How many portions of land in the Holy Land did the daughters of Zelophehad receive? How was this calculated? Can we learn principles of inheritance law from their story? Opening song: Hallel at Beis Medrash Hancock …
Chapter 8, Mishna 2 Why did the Sadducees claim a daughter inherits alongside a granddaughter? Who refuted this claim, and how? Why is it so important for men to have sons? What happens if they don’t? Between a surviving uncle …
🛎 AT Daily! #1748-1749 👨⚖️ Aid & Abet In Night Court 🪟 Bava Basra 114-115Chapter 8, Mishna 1, 2 What is the relevance of “on the day” re: distributing inheritances? When can visitors to dying person sign/witness the will? If three visit a dying person, can they convene a court to hear testimony? What …
Key Dafs
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Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 6, 7 KEY DAF! Putting our page in context. What have learned so far in our Talmud journey? Why does the concept of eruv matter? Because we transform space by creating an edifice in …
Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 2 Beis Shammai and Beis Hillel disagree on how to correct an alleyway so carrying is permitted there on Shabbos. A certain student gives his own interpretation of the dispute. Who is this student? …
Topics covered: Chapter 24, Mishna 3, 4 “Shatit” dip may be mixed on Shabbos, but its method of prep should be altered. Related teachings brought down from the notebooks of Zeiri and Levi, who learned before Rabbi Chiyya and …
Topics covered: Chapter 23, Mishna 6, Chapter 24, Mishna 1 R’ Abbahu says the souls of the righteous shuttle back and forth between this world and the World of Souls for a year after death. Rav says that if …
Topics Covered: Shevut ecompasses Rabbinic decrees designed either to protect us from committing Biblical transgressions or to enhance the sanctity, spirituality and beauty of Shabbos. The first Mishnah of Chapter 18 teaches that we may move some of our …
Topics covered: How the sages honored Shabbos! This page has too many great, classic teachings in one place, so it’s really worth reviewing and studying. Welcoming the Shabbat bride – source for the 16th century song Lecha Dodi which …
Topics covered: To be liable for writing on Shabbos, one must write two letters that endure, which generally means they spell a word. One example is Shem, a name made from the first two letters the longer name Shimon. …
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 🌎 …
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, 12pm Friday and about an hour after Shabbat ends every Saturday. For Jewish holidays, same schedule as Shabbat. All times Pacific.
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