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Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Jews around the world study the same page of Talmud each day as part of the 7-year cycle of the Daf Yomi. Join Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz for a weekly review of key topics in the previous week’s seven pages, gaining an overview of the entire Talmud while also doing a deeper analysis of one of the core issues in that week’s text. Whatever your background in Talmud, this shiur will allow you to connect to the worldwide phenomenon of Daf Yomi study.
Episodes
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Bechorot: Lesson 6: Daf 33-39
This week we will learn about the prohibition against deliberately inflicting a blemish on a bechor to permit its slaughter, with exceptions for blemishes…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Bechorot: Lesson 5: Daf 26-32
This week we will learn how long an owner must raise a bechor before giving it to the kohen, and warns that a kohen may not receive gifts as payment for his…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Bechorot: Lesson 4: Daf 19-25
This week we will learn about caesarean-born animals and the animal born after them: Rabbi Tarfon treats both as doubtful firstborns, while Rabbi Akiva says…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time:Bechorot: Lesson 3: Daf 12-18
This week we will learn about which animals are and are not obligated in bechor, the first born of a kosher animal, including animals born from cross-species…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time:Bechorot: Lesson 2: Daf 5-11
This week we will continue learning about the sanctity of the first-born donkey, and why the donkey requires redemption. We will also learn that one may not…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time:Bechorot: Lesson 1: Intro + Daf 2-4
We will begin Masechet Bechorot and learn that there are 3 types of firstborns: Kosher animals, Donkeys and Humans. Each type is redeemed in its own unique…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 21: Daf 139-142 + Siyum
This week we will finish Masechet Chulin with the twelfth perek on shiluach hakan (sending away the mother bird), establishing that the mitzvah applies only to…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 20: Daf 132-138
This week, we will learn about the laws of matnot kehunah, the priestly gifts (the foreleg, jaw, and stomach) that anyone slaughtering a kosher animal must…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 19: Daf 125-131
This week we will learn about tumat neveilah (the ritual impurity of animal carcasses) and tumat ochalin (the impurity laws governing food), including the…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 18: Daf 118-124
This week we will learn about the rules of tumat ochlin (food impurity), which requires a minimum egg-sized amount but can be supplemented by the animal’s…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 17: Daf 111-117
This week we will continue learning the laws of basar b’chalav by introducing two critical principles: first, nat bar nat (a secondary transferred taste), and…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 16: Daf 105-110
This week we will continue discussing the rules for separating meat and milk, establishing the requirements for transitioning from cheese to meat. The Gemara…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 15: Daf 98-104
This week we will continue learning the laws of bitul (nullification), establishing that the standard ratio for nullifying a forbidden substance in a mixture…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 14: Daf 91-97
This week we will learn about gid ha-nasheh (the sciatic nerve prohibition from Jacob’s injury). The Gemara continues with the concept of geneivat da’at, that…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 13: Daf 83-90
This week we will discuss the mitzvah of covering the blood of a slaughtered undomesticated animal or bird with earth or similar things that promote growth. We…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin:Lesson 12: Daf 76-82
This week we will learn which joint of the hind leg determines whether an animal that had its legs severed is a treifah and then discuss what happens if the…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin:Lesson 11: Daf 69-75
This week we will learn about the status of a fetus found inside a slaughtered mother, establishing that the mother’s shechita generally permits the fetus…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 10: Daf 61-68
This week we will learn how to identify kosher birds, since the Torah only lists the 24 non-kosher species rather than giving positive signs. We will also…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 9: Daf 55-60
This week we will continue learning about treifos, focusing on internal organs, debating whether missing or diseased kidneys render an animal a treifah, and…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 8: Daf 48-54
This week we will continue learning which injuries, diseases, and organ defects render an animal a treifah and which do not. The Gemara examines specific cases…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 7: Daf 41-47
This week we will begin to examine treifot (conditions that render an animal forbidden even after proper slaughter), particularly defects or injuries to…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 6: Daf 34-40
We will learn about the laws of purity as they apply to food, focusing on the requirement that food be “prepared” through contact with one of seven liquids…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 5: 27-33
This week we will begin Perek Ha’Shochet (the second chapter), establishing the foundational rules of how much of the simanim (windpipe and esophagus) must be…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 4: Daf 20-26
This week the Gemara contrasts shechita with melikah (nape-nicking of bird offerings), detailing what is kosher for one but invalid for the other. We will then…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 3: Daf 13-19
This week we will discuss three main areas within the laws of shechita: the role of intent (focusing on whether a minor’s actions and kavanah have Torah or…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 2: Daf 6-12
This week we will discuss issues of ritual slaughter, including the reliability of people performing shechita, invalid methods of slaughter, and the status of…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: Lesson 1: Daf 2-5
This week we will begin Masechet Chulin. We are going to learn the laws of Shchita, ritual slaughter, and what makes an animal kosher and what renders it not…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Menachot: Lesson 15: Daf 102-110
As we complete Masechet Menachot, we will learn the halachic details of who brings meal-offerings and how different formulations of vows determine one’s…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Menachot: Lesson 14: Daf 94-101
We will learn about the shtei halechem and lechem hapanim preparation, how the loaves are made and handled. The daf discusses kneading, shaping, and baking…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Menachot: Lesson 13: Daf 87-93
This week we will learn about the precise measurements and vessels for nesachim, clarifying how exact they must be and how sanctification of Temple utensils…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Menachot: Lesson 12: Daf 80-86
We will analyze how voluntary menachot vows function, whether multiple obligations can be combined, how wording defines the number of required offerings, and…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Menachot: Lesson 11: Daf 73-79
We will learn the entire 7th chapter of Masechet Menachot. We will learn which menachot are eaten by the Cohanim and which are completely burned on the altar…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Menachot: Lesson 10: Daf 66-72
This week we will continue learning about the Korban HaOmer. The Gemara teaches how it was harvested and processed. We will learn that the Omer permits new…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Menachot: Lesson 9: Daf 59-65
This week we will discuss which meal-offerings include or exclude oil and frankincense, focusing on exceptional offerings like the minchat choteh and minchat…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Menachot: Lesson 8: Daf 52-58
This week we will learn about the prohibition of chametz in grain offerings, examining when dough becomes halachically leavened and which processes (kneading…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Menachot: Lesson 7: Daf 45-51
This week we will analyze the Shtei HaLechem of Shavuot, the waving with the two sheep, and whether the loaves and sheep are mutually indispensable. We will…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Menachot: Lesson 6: Daf 38-44
This week we will continue our discussion of tefillin, detailing the structure of the batim, placement and order of the parshiyot, black straps, proper…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Menachot: Lesson 5: Daf 31-37
This week we will learn about the laws of tefillin and mezuzah, deriving the requirement to write the four parshiyot of tefillin on parchment, in proper…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Menachot: Lesson 4: Daf 24-30
This week, we will discuss the technical requirements of kemitza and the handling of the kometz, including what disqualifies it through improper placement…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Menachot: Lesson 3: 17-23
This week we will continue the analysis of invalid intent (pigul) in meal offerings, clarifying which actions are considered essential service acts and which…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Menachot: Lesson 2: Daf 9-16
This week we will examine the valid preparation of meal-offerings, focusing on the required amounts of oil, proper mixing, and the role of kemitza in…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Menachot: Lesson 1: Intro + Daf 2-8
This week we will learn that grain offerings must be prepared and offered with proper intent, and analyze which incorrect intentions invalidate the offering…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Zevachim: Lesson 17: Daf 115-120+ Siyum
This week, we will discuss the prohibition of slaughtering and offering sacrifices outside the Mishkan or Temple, explaining that liability depends on whether…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Zevachim: Lesson 16: Daf 109-114
This week we will learn what one is liable for “offering outside of the Temple”. This includes sacrifices that would be valid to offer inside. There is a…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Zevachim: Lesson 15: Daf 102-108
This week we will learn about the prohibition to sacrifice outside the confines of the Temple. The Gemara teaches which services are prohibited based on…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Zevachim: Lesson 14: Daf 94-101
This week we will learn that if the meat of a sin offering was cooked in an earthenware vessel, it must be broken. If it was cooked in a metal pot, it must be…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Zevachim: Lesson 13: Daf 87-93
This week we will learn the entire 10th chapter of Masechet Zevachim. This chapter deals with the order of priorities in the Temple. We will learn that any…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Zevachim: Lesson 12: Daf 81-86
This week we will begin the 9th chapter of Masechet Zevachim. We will learn that the Altar sanctifies things that are fit for burning. If something is placed…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Zevachim: Lesson 11: Daf 74-80
This week we will analyze cases of mixtures of sacrificial animals: valid offerings that became mixed with animals that can never be sacrificed (such as those…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Zevachim: Lesson 10: Daf 66-73
This week the Gemara finishes the discussion of bird offerings: which incorrect performance or placement makes them invalid, how that affects the laws of…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Zevachim: Lesson 9: Daf 58-65
This week we will learn about the sanctity and physical position of the alter (Mizbeach) in the courtyard (Azara) of the Temple. The Gemara then describes the…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Zevachim: Lesson 8: Daf 51-57
This week we will learn the sacrificial service of the communal and individual sin offerings (Chatat). We will also learn how the animal and bird burnt…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Zevachim: Lesson 7: Daf 46-51
This week, the gemara will establish through verses that blood is not subject to me’ilah, tumah, or notar, and they discuss how much one kohen’s invalidating…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Zevachim: Lesson 6: Daf 39-45
This week we will learn about the blood placement on the altar and in what context all the placements are essential and when only some are essential. The…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Zevachim: Lesson 5: Daf 30-38
This week we will continue analyzing pigul, teaching that it applies only when the improper intent occurs during an essential act of the same korban, with…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Zevachim: Lesson 4: Daf 22-29
This week, we will identify which unfit priests and improper intentions invalidate the avodah, distinguishing shelo lishmah (wrong type) from pigul (intending…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Zevachim: Lesson 3: Daf 15-21
This week we will detail which disqualifications (pesulei avodah – disqualifications of the sacrificial service) invalidate the Temple service—such as a zar…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Zevachim: Lesson 2: Daf 8-14
This week we will learn that certain sacrifices (notably chatat and pesach) are invalid if offered shelo lishman (not for its own sake), deriving this from…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Zevachim: Lesson 1: Daf 2-7
As we begin Seder Kodshim with Masechet Zevachim, we will enter the world of sacrifices of the Temple. We will learn about the differences between different…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Horayot: Lesson 1: Daf 2-8
Masechet Horayot deals with the laws of unintentionally performed sins—based on errant rulings by leading authorities and actions of entire communities—and the…