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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#1816 – Sanhedrin 7 Chapter 1, Mishna 1 What are extenuating circumstances that prevented Aaron from stopping sin of golden calf? What is relevance of “beginning of strife is when one releases water”? What is relevance of certain man saying …
#1815 – Sanhedrin 6 Chapter 1, Mishna 1 What if there’s a single judge who made a mistake on a case? Is it possible that the judgment of one judge is binding but not two judges? When does judge have …
#1814 – Sanhedrin 5 Chapter 1, Mishna 1 Can a judge ever judge cases of monetary law as the lone judge? If judge didn’t get permission to be lone judge, does his judgement still stand? Who has greater authority, Exilarch …
#1813 – Sanhedrin 4 Chapter 1, Mishna 1 What is relevance of letters acting like vowels or consonants? Is the traditional vocalization of the Torah authoritative? How long is woman impure after giving birth to female child vs. male child? …
#1812 – Sanhedrin 3 Chapter 1, Mishna 1 How are cases of admissions and loans unlike cases of robberies and injuries? When are expert ordained judges required? Why/when does it have to be three judges? When can judge be a …
#1811 – Sanhedrin 2 Chapter 1, Mishna 1 How many judges are required for each kind of case that comes before a rabbinic court? Why does the Great Sanhedrin have 71 judges? Why does a lesser sanhedrin have 23 judges? …
#1809-1810 Bava Basra 175-176 Chapter 10, Mishna 10 Does creditor need promissory note to go after debtor’s property if he’s already sold it? Is IOU document signed by debtor without witnesses a valid promissory note? Can guarantor join lender-borrower relationship …
#1808 Bava Basra 174 Chapter 10, Mishna 9 What is the language of unconditional guarantee? What is difference between language of “give” and language of “lend”? What is law if someone says “give money to him and I am the …
#1807 Bava Basra 173 Chapter 10, Mishna 7, 8, 9 Can right to collect debt be transferred by handing over a promissory note? What if two men with same name owe money in the same town? If note of repayment …
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, 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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