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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…
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Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 118a Music and Intuition
Although we have not had access to prophecy for millennia, there are other ways the Divine communicates with us if we adequately prepare and open ourselves to…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 116b Haggada and the Art of Conversation
The Mitzvah of the Hagadah is not one of recitation but one of dialogue. This is why only one person reads the Hagadah. What do the others do? They engage in…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 115b - The Seder Plate
This episode clarifies the sources for various customs relating to the Seder Plate and the Seder itself.
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 114a - How Many Truths are There? אין משגיחין בבת קול
Once Rabbinic scholars were given the authority to determine Halacha, Hashem also aligns to their decisions even when they differ from the way He ideally sees…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 113b - Managing Attitudes: Ours and Others'
Character development is a primary function of the study and practice of Torah. This episode deals with character development and the mastery of our own…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 111b - Kavod, Kavanah and Mindfulness
Halacha goes beyond mindfulness in what it expects from the way we act. Kavanah is more than mindfulness, it means directiveness. There is meaning and…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 110b - Body-language and Witchcraft
There are invisible forces in the world that are potentially negative and even destructive. Our immunity to them depends on who we are and how we act. In this…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 109b - Zugot and Managing Polarity
There is a Kabbalistic idea that doing physical activities in even numbers can generate a negative spiritual energy. This episode explores the duality of even…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 108 - Women: Individual Geulah and the Four Cups
There are two themes of Geulah (Redemption) at the Seder: National and Personal. Each is separately identified with the mitzvah of the four cups of wine, each…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 107a Wine for Kiddush
There are various practices regarding using non-wine beverages for Kiddush on Shabbat morning. As we probe the sources we discover the importance of using wine…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 106b - Kidush Rabbah Simplified
The study of Talmud exposes us to the full spectrum of halachik discourse rather than just to the bottom line as stated in Shulchan Aruch. Knowing the bottom…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 104b Seeing is Believing
This episode exploes the Halachik process in the time of the Talmud and demonstrates the power of seeing Halacha in practice.
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 103b Havdalah: Inner and Outer Energy
Havdala is one of the most magical and mystical practices in our weekly calendar. Drawing from the fire-energy of Shabbat we infuse it into the week with the…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 102b Cost vs. Value
The way we package objects, ideas and even ourselves says a lot about whether cost is more important to us than value, or value is more important than cost…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 101b Upliftment: Hatov veHameitiv
In good wine we celebrate not only the wine's qualities but especially it's capacity to uplift the moods of people who feel low. We explore the value the Torah…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 100b - It's all in the Presentation
This episode traversing medieval greats like the Rashbam, the Mordechai and the Rosh as well as the 8th century Rav Achai Gaon, explores the reasons for…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 99a - Shhh- Listen!
On the last Daf dealing with Kodshim (Temple practice) the Gemarra demonstrates how even from the most technical details of Halacha one can extract life…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 95 - Not Eating Alone
In a somewhat technically complex discussion we understand the insistence of the Torah that the Korban Pesach Sheini is not practiced alone but rather in…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 96a - Diversity and Exclusion
Just as Cohanim with certain imperfections may not practice in the Temple Service, so too with respect to the Korban Pesach there are disqualifying features…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 94b - Concessions to Science
Science and Torah are two entirely different disciplines. It is important, when dealing with knowledge and wisdom to understand their origin. Torah is Divine…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 93b - Faith and Fact: When is Dawn
Using the discussion about when precisely dawn is, we explore the two categories of facts that Halacha deals with: Empirical facts based on observation and…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 92b Pesach Sheini
The emergence of Pesach Sheini, an opportunity for those unable to participate in the regular Pesach service, to do so a month later on the 14th of Iyar. Why…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 90 Sanctity and Currency
Other than by gambling money is always earned as a result of providing another with a product or service. As such money is an outcome of Chessed (acts of…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 89b Fair Share
Extrapolating from the laws of a group of people sharing a Korban Pesach (Pesach sacrifice) we explore the laws as they apply to social situations of people…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 88a - Should one pray outdoors or in a structure?
We are taught three different world views with respect to the design and function of a place of Tefilla (prayer). Each view innovated by one of the three…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 87 - Empathy and Prophecy
Unpacking a strange conversation between Hashem and Hosea, we gain insight into the way to empathize and the meaning of prophecy.
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 86b - Table Manners
A young guest is cross -examined by his host's family about his behaviors which they perceive to be arrogant. In reality though he shows how each of his…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 85a - Can one be both religious and wicked?
People are selective about which parts of the Torah they pay attention to. Some are meticulous in the ritualistic laws and negligent in the human laws. Others…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 83a - Applying first principles to new technologies
In this episode we learn how the great medieval minds of Halacha use our sources to extrapolate and apply principles to new situations and technologies. In…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 82a - The Power of Shame
This episode examines how Middot, character traits, are neither good no bad, but a point on a spectrum. Even shaming a person which is a terrible thing to do…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 81b - Are Angels Human?
This episode explores the idea of Halacha Lemoshe Misinai, the concepts that we would not be able to deduce from the Torah, were they not explicitly…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 80a - Time and Place
Analyzing a Tosfot this episode highlights the two most important capacities for learning Torah: 1) The capacity to distinguish between two ideas that seem to…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 79a Pesach Sheni - Individuals and Institutions
Rav makes a strange comment treating a 50-50 split (in the case of people who are spiritually unclean and therefore cannot participate in the Korban Pesach) as…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 78 - פסח מתחילה לאכילה בא - A Meal is not only about the Food
When a Korban Pesach is prepared for people unable to partake of it, it is invalid. The same applies if it is prepared when its meat is not fit for consumption…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 76 - Influence or Inspiration?
This episode demonstrates how we can apply foundational halachik principles to universal life lessons. The difference between heat as a point on a thermal…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 75a - Love Your Neighbor as Yourself: Really?
The most universally popular statement in the Torah, the Golden Rule, hits snags in the details of how to implement it. How does one fulfil this mitzvah? How…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 74 - First Principles: Kashering Glassware
THis episode highlights the Halachik methodology of extrapolating practical applications from forst principles in the Talmud. In this case dealing with the…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 73a מקלקל בחבורה פטור
A prohibited melacha on Shabbat only requires a korban chattat when it has a constructive impact. When the action is destructive and has no positive side…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 72a - Retaining and Recalling Wisdom
Information that is compartmentalized into disciplines and sections needs to be retained by memorization. But when wisdom is systemically integrated, engaging…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim Daf 71 פטור אונס - Unintentionality
This episode explores the effect an Aveira has on the neshama, and whether the same applies with unintentional wrongdoing.
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 69a - Systems Thinking and Halachik Relevance
The Shulchan Aruch and other codifiers mostly omit sections to do with Temple Laws not applicable in our times. The exception is the Rambam, who codifies the…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 68 - Personalizing the Study of Torah
The sudy of Torah has significant cosmic impact on the universe and humankind. But most significant to each individual is the impact it has on him or her…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 67a - לאו-הניתק-לעשה: Repairing the Cracks
Making choices that lead us to doing, thinking or saying things that cloud our souls and insulate us from the energetic source of Kedusha, can we repaired…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 66a- Hillel: Reason, Tradition and Character
The Talmud relates the seminal story of Benei Beteira (leaders of the Nation) and Hillel (the Nation's new leader). The methodology of halachik deduction is…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 65a - The Lazy Group
The third group of people to bring the Korban Pesach were known as the lazy group. The Gemarra points out that there was an halachik need for a third group…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 64a - Hallel: Scripted Praise vs Spontaneous Song
This episode deals with the laws and meaning of Hallel and the existence of two different forms of Hallel, one a read script, the other a spontaneous song…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 62b -R-Simlai-and-the-qualities-of-a-student
In the strange story of the great darshan (teachers of meaning, relevance and ethics in the Torah) Rabbi Simlai asking Rabbi Yochanan to teach him the…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinDaf 61 - מינויים ובעלים: Investors & Customers
The ownership of the Korban (sacrifice) is a key part of the Kohen's intention. For the Korban Pesach there is an additional dimension of the Minuyim, those…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 60 - Presence and Mindfulness: Intro to Kodshim
The study of Kodshim (sacrificial services in the Beit Hamikdash) uniquely synthesizes Right Brain capacities of imagination and intuition with Left Brain…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 59a Sequencing is a Value Choice
The deliberateness with which one sequences events is an expression of the values s/he attaches to each event. The sequencing of the various services in the…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 58a - Prioritization - Tamid and Pesach
The Tamid service in the Temple was a twice-daily occurrence. The Korban Pesach service happened only once a year. Both are meant to take place two and-a-half…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 57 - Abuse of Power
There are so many ways power can be abused, some blatant some subtle. There is physical power, power of status or of stature or even power of knowledge. We are…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 55a - Yuhara - Ostentation
According to Rav Shisha brei deRav Iddi, the Chachamim and Raban Shimon ben Gamliel both prohibit acts of ostentation but differ in how they define the idea…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 54 - י' דברים - The Unfinished Symphony
Some tasks are worthless if not completed. But sometimes completion is not an option when time is limited. In this episode, Hashem Himself teaches us about…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 53 - Todos of Rome - Plugging into Vitality
Torah is so much more than a body of data, and the study of Torah so much more than an academic activity. The study of Torah is a practice. The regular…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 53 - יו"ט שני - How Social Context can Define us
The Daf seems to deal with Shemita. However there is an overarching theme about the relationship between people and things, and the geographical, time and…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 51a-b - Imitation vs. Adoption
When unsure how to act in a way that is halachiclaly correct, we can: Innovate - If expert and qualified, we use our skills to extrapolate and reason the right…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 50a - Customs with no Reason
The reasons for many of the customs we still keep, no longer apply. This is partly because these customs have many other benefits that we wouldn't want to lose…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 48 - Efficiency as a Value
The Talmud does not usually provide advice about production efficiency. But in the production of Matzot efficiency is not just a factor of productivity, it is…
Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David LapinPesachim 47 - Two Days Yomtov
Other than Rosh Hashanah, in Israel we keep 1 day Yomtov whereas everywhere else we keep 2 days. According to some this distinction doesn't apply nowadays and…