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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: Horayot: Lesson 2: Daf 9-14 + Siyum
This week we will discuss the liability of the Sanhedrin and the community when an erroneous ruling is issued, focusing on whether communal or individual…
- 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…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Avoda Zara: Lesson 11: Daf 71-76 + Siyum
As we conclude Masechet Avoda Zara we will learn about yayin nesech mixed with permitted wine or with water. The Gemara also discusses how to kasher a…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Avoda Zara: Lesson 10: Daf 64-70
This week we will learn about mixtures and nullification. The Gemara explores cases where forbidden wine mixes with permitted wine, or other forbidden things…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Avoda Zara: Lesson 9: Daf 57-63
This week, we will continue to focus on yayin nesech (wine libated for idolatry), the extent of contact that makes wine forbidden, and whether a gentile merely…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Avoda Zara: Lesson 8: Daf 50-56
This week we will learn about the worship of specific pagan gods. The Gemara also teaches the laws of objects used tangentially for idolatry. We will then…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Avoda Zara: Lesson 7: Daf 43-49
This week the Gemara discusses objects associated with idolatry, including the prohibition of deriving benefit from ornaments or accessories of idols. We will…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Avoda Zara: Lesson 6: Daf 36-42
This week we will delve into the prohibitions surrounding food prepared by non-Jews, such as bishul akum (cooked food), cheese, and wine, with concerns about…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Avoda Zara: Lesson 5: Daf 29-35
Daf 29–35 of Masechet Avoda Zara explore the permissibility of benefiting from various items associated with idol worship, particularly food and drink. The…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Avoda Zara: Lesson 4: Daf 22-28
This week we will focus on prohibitions related to benefiting from or facilitating idolatry through animals and commerce. We will learn whether a Jew may allow…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Avoda Zara: Lesson 3: Daf 15-21
This week we will explore restrictions on transacting with idolaters around their festivals—including buying, selling, lending, or renting—to prevent…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Avoda Zara: Lesson 1: Daf 2-7
This week we will begin Masechet Avoda Zara by discussing the future judgment of the nations of the world, where they attempt to justify themselves before God…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Avoda Zara: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 2: Daf 8-14
This week, we will explore the significance of time and dates associated with idolatrous festivals. Due to concerns about strengthening idol worship, business…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Shevuot: Lesson 7: Daf 42-49
We will delve deeper into shevuat ha’pikadon (oath of collateral), analyzing cases where a person denies receiving a deposit or loan and then falsely swears…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Shevuot: Lesson 6: Daf 35-41
This week we will continue discussing the laws of shevuat ha’edut (the oath regarding testimony), focusing on who is obligated, when one is liable, and which…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Shevuot Lesson 5: Daf 28-34
This week, we will learn the concept of a vain oath and what a person would be liable for. The 4th chapter deals with an oath made by someone who may have…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Shevuot Lesson 4: Daf 21-27
This week we will continue to learn the various categories of oaths (shevuot), distinguishing between oaths regarding past or future actions and exploring…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Shevuot : Lesson 3: Daf 14-20
This week, we will explore key halakhic discussions related to tumah (impurity) and the Temple. The Gemara delves into the laws of entry to the Azarah (Temple…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Shevuot: Lesson 2: Daf 7-13
This week the Gemara explores distinctions between intentional and unintentional oaths, oaths related to past versus future actions, and how liability is…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Shevuot Lesson 1: Daf 2-6
Masechet Shvuot begins with an unusual feature: it doesn’t open with a direct definition of “shevuot” (oaths), but instead with a statement that lists…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Makkot: Lesson 3: Daf 16-24
This week we will focus on the laws of malkot (lashes), detailing when a person receives lashes, how many, and for which transgressions. It explains how lashes…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Makkot Lesson 2: Daf 9-15
This week we will explore the laws of ir miklat (cities of refuge), discussing who is eligible to flee there, how long they stay, and the symbolic role of the…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Makkot Lesson 1: Daf 2-8
This week we will begin Masechet Makkot by examining cases where false witnesses (eidim zomemim) are liable for punishment, including when their false…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Sanhedrin: Lesson 16: Daf 107-113
This week we will begin with discussions about King David’s sin with Batsheva and the consequences of his actions, followed by reflections on repentance and…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Sanhedrin: Lesson 15: Daf 100-106
This week we will discuss various aggadic and halachic topics, including the dangers of scoffing at Torah, the fate of different biblical figures in the World…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Sanhedrin: Lesson 14: Daf 93-99
This week we will discuss the Messianic era, the resurrection of the dead, and the rewards for the righteous. The Gemara describes the unique qualities of the…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Sanhedrin: Lesson 13: Daf 86-92
This week we will discuss the rebellious elder (zaken mamre), parental dishonor, and the authority of the High Court. The Gemara examines judicial power…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Sanhedrin: Lesson 12: Daf 79-85
This week we will discuss the distinctions between intentional and unintentional murder, cases of indirect killing, and the requirements for execution. We will…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Sanhedrin: Lesson 11: Daf 72-78
This week we will discuss various cases of self-defense, capital punishment, and rebellious behavior. THe Gemara explores the concept of rodef (a pursuer)…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Sanhedrin: Lesson 10: Daf 65-71
This week will begin learning about the rebellious son. We will learn what makes him rebellious and why he is punished even though he is a minor. For more info…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Sanhedrin: Lesson 9: Daf 58-64
This week we will learn about the prohibition of Idolatry, what actions are prohibited and what punishment one gets if he transgresses. We will learn the…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Sanhedrin: Lesson 8: Daf 51-57
This week we will continue learning about the other 3 types of capital punishment that the Sanhedrin was able to carry out. The Gemara teaches which sins were…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Sanhedrin: Lesson 7: Daf 44-50
This week the Gemara describes the process of stoning a person. The person is pushed off a structure by one of the witnesses that convicted him. If he doesn't…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Sanhedrin: Lesson 6: Daf 37-43
This week we will finish the fourth chapter and learn the entire fifth chapter of Masechet Sanhedrin. We will learn how a court of 23 judges capital cases. We…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Sanhedrin: Lesson 5: Daf 30-36
This week we will learn when a litigant can bring evidence to overturn the verdict. The Gemara teaches 10 differences between a monetary case and a capital…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Sanhedrin: Lesson 4: Daf 23-29
This week we will learn how courts of 3 judges are set up. We will also learn that each litigant has the right to disqualify the other’s judge or witnesses…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Sanhedrin: Lesson 3: Daf 16-22
This week, we will learn about the Great Sanhedrin, which consisted of 71 elders. We will also learn specific laws that apply to the High Priest and a King. We…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Sanhedrin: Lesson 2: Daf 9-15
This week, we will learn that we need three judges to extend a month or make a leap year. We will also learn the reasons for making a year a leap year. The…
- Daf Yomi with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz
Daf Yomi One Week at a Time: Sanhedrin: Lesson 1: Daf 2-8
As we begin Masechet Sanhedrin, we will learn how many judges are needed for every type of court case. Monetary cases need 3 judges, and capital cases need 23…