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Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Matmonim means "hidden treasures." In less than 20 minutes each episode highlights, develops and explains one actionable insight from the Daf Yomi Talmud study cycle. People around the world, from uninitiated seeker to seasoned scholar, are finding inspiration, meaning, and relevance in the wisdom that the Matmonim exposes from every page of Talmud. Matmonim will give you skills to deepen your own learning to get greater satisfaction from the effort you are investing. The podcast is given as a…
Episodes
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Nedarim 9a/b-10a Counter-Religiosity - טוב אשר לא תידור
How overzealousness can be counter-productive. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Nedarim 8b Familiarity breeds Familiarity - היראין להוציא שם שמים לבטלה
Overused words lose their meaning and their value just as overfamiliarity can erode awe. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Nedarim 6a-7a The Transformational Power of Words – יש יד לצדקה או אין
How words have the power to transform things and uplift them. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Nedarim 5a Linguistic Ambiguity - מודרני הימך לא משמע דאמר אסור
How unambiguous do we need to be? Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Nedarim 4b Categorizing Ideas - היקש ומה מצינו
The Torah expects us to master the arts of inductive reasoning and extrapolation. The Talmud teaches us how. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Nedarim 3a Linguistic Style - כל תנא תני כדבעי
Style is individual preference and doesn’t need to have a reason for it. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Nedarim 2a Language and its Power - כינויי נדרים
Language is more than a communication tool, it is also foundational to creativity. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 112a-b Quantity Also Counts - ר' חנינא הווי מתקל מתקליה
We invest our efforts into quality, but quantity can be a measure of our success. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 111b Bridging Social Chasms - כאילו מידבק בשכינה
We can connect to people who are out of our social league – we can even connect to Hashem. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 110b Cosmopolitan Life and Travel - מפני שהנוה יפה בודק
Routine is a virtue; glamor and wellbeing do not always go hand in hand. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 107b Unsolicited Loans and Gifts - הניח מעותיו על קרן הצבי
How unsolicited loans and gifts can create legal and moral indebtedness. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 106a Honoring by Prioritizing - עשה דכבוד תורה עדיף
How and what we prioritize shows what and who we value. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 105a-b The Two Biggest Leadership Flaws - ושחד לא תקח
Great judgement is a function not only of intention, but of true intellectual independence. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 103b-104a Rebbe's Last Days and High Quality Prayer - אמתיה דרבי
As in everything, quality counts. High quality prayer can achieve miraculous results. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 100b Fiduciary Responsibility - זיל לא עדיף מדידך
There are times when our responsibility for others exceeds our responsibility to ourselves. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 99b Transparency in Negotiation - דיינים שפיחתו או הוסיפו שתות
A Beit Din acts on behalf of all parties to the dispute and must therefore be particularly cautious with the accuracy of its evaluations. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 98b Capital and Labor - הוסיפו לו אחת יתירה
Exploring the relationship between a provider of capital and the entrepreneur who optimizes the returns on the capital. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 97b Caring About a Former Wife - גרושה לא איכפת ליה
Divorce concludes legal responsibility and formal relationship, but what about human caring? Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 93b Why Partnership Means Fifty-Fifty - השכר לאמצע
A partner’s contribution goes beyond the quantum of their investment. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 92b Reputation: An Invisible Asset - לא מצי אמר ליה לאו בעל דברים דידי את
Protecting reputation can give one a commercial interest in a case and the right to intervene. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 90a-91b Inheriting Indebtedness - שניה ויורשיה קודמין
While an heir does not inherit indebtedness from his father, he does inherit the obligation to repay his father’s debts from the assets he inherited. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 89a The Burden of Indebtedness - שמע מינה כותבין שובר
The moral indebtedness of a borrower to a lender continues even after the repayment of the debt. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 88b Trust and Micromanagement - מינוהו בית דין ושבע
Feeling trusted is an honor; being micromanaged is an insult. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 86a Legal, Moral and Religious Obligations - פריעת בעל חוב מצוה
There are obligations that would exist even without them being mitzvot. In fact, sometimes a moral or legal obligation is what makes them a mitzvah. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 84a Fear, Insecurity and Love - משום חינא
When an individual feels secure they can more easily dedicate themselves to a cause, to a mission, or to others. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 79a Whistle-blowing - חזי רב נחמן חקלאה
When is whistle-blowing a mitzvah and when is it terribly wrong? Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 78a Hybrids and Doubts - אימר בזכותה אימר בזכותו
Complexity comes either from something having many components or from our being unsure from which components it is constituted. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 77b Self-promotion and Self-discovery - ר יהושוע בן לוי
Self-promotion undermines the inner Self. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 76a A Fact or an Assumption? - חזקת ממון וחזקת הגוף
When engaging with people and with human situations, little is fact. Most things we know are assumptions. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 75a Messirut Nefesh for Integrity - כי נשבעו להם נשיאי העדה
Even when an individual’s behavior is merely perceived to be deceitful, it is prohibited Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 74b Can You Just Undo Your Vows? - חכם עוקר את הנדר מעיקרו
Understanding the Torah science of annulling vows. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 72a Women’s Hair Covering - יוצאה וראשה פרוע
A framework with which to understand the laws of a woman’s hair covering. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 68a Rich Man Poor Man - אין מחייבים אותו למכור
Should poverty be evaluated by cashflow or by assets? Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 67b Loss - אפילו סוס לרכוב עליו
The difference between a poor person who never had wealth and one who once did. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 65b-66a Love and Empathy - אשתו גופיה הואי
Empathy is the ability to feel another’s pain as if it were one’s own. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 64a A Woman has Autonomy Over Her Own Body - זיל לא מפקדת
The differences between men and women manifest in their respective obligations, particularly in the Mitzva of פרו ורבו – the obligation to have children…
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 63a The Accumulative Power of Consistency - הדר אזיל ויתיב
The consistent practice of anything accumulates exponentially not linearly. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 62b Playfulness in Marriage - רוצה אשה בקו ותפלות
When a husband acts like a man, his wife values his companionship more than anything. Quote from Ri Migash Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 59b & 61a Relationship Counseling - יושבת בקתדרא
Important relationship advice even (or especially!) in today’s world of shifting gender roles. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 60b Authority and Responsibility - לא מסתייא מלתא
Responsibility is supported by almost miraculous Divine guidance. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 58b Wealthy Wives - איני ניזונת ואיני עושה
A wife has the option of financial independence or dependence on her husband. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 56a Limits to Negotiation - מתנה על מה שכתוב בתורה
Anything can be negotiated in business, but not when it opposes natural law. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 55a Assumptions and Estimations - אומדנא
Assumptions and estimations avoid bureaucracy in halacha and in life. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 54b Subordinating the Self to Another - אם רצה להוסיף אפילו מאה מנה מוסיף
The Ketubah is more than a financial commitment, it is self-subordination of a man to his wife. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 53b Giving Tzedakka Intelligently - לא ניחא ליה דתיתזיל
We should protect those we love not only from harm but also from shame. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 51a-b Passion and Lust - יצר אלבשה
Passion can come from a physical, emotional or a spiritual source. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 41a Cancel Culture לא כל הימנו שיפגום בתו של פלוני
How the Torah’s relative importance of values differs from that of prevailing secular worldviews. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 30a Healthy Living - חוץ מצינים ופחים
Don’t always blame Hashem! Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 29a Rape and Seduction - אלו נערות שיש להן קנס
The Torah’s consequence for rapists seems trivial in a modern context. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 28a Women Learning Torah - אסור לאדם שילמד את עבדו תורה
The difference between teaching and learning Torah. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 27a How to Frame and Focus a Question - שני שבילין
Framing our questions in context facilitates greater innovation in our solutions. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 25b-26a Seeing Things as They Are - מסיח לפי תומו
Mostly we see things not as they are but as we are. This can damage our credibility. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 23b Conflicting Assumptions - אני טמאה ואמר עד אחד את טהורה
Your reality could be different from ours. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 22a Authorship and Authority - הפה שאסר הוא הפה שהתיר
With the authorship of a narrative comes authority. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 21b Data and Narrative - אין עד נעשה דיין
Stories, unlike data, carry within them the power of nuance. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 20a-b Self-Esteem and the Esteem of Others - ואי צורבא מרבנן הוא, אפילו עצמו
Reconstituting a memory. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 17a Diplomacy and Honesty - כלה נאה וחסודה
Where to draw the line between diplomacy and honesty? Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 18b-19a Rather Die than Lie - אין לך דבר העומד בפני פיקוח נפש
The extent and the limits of honesty. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 16b Nuances in Statistics - איתרע לה רובא
Axiomatic principles overpower empirical knowledge. Sources
- Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Ketubot 15a How We See Things Can Change What They Are - כל קבוע כמחצה על מחצה דמי
How we define dilemmas, influence how we resolve them. Sources