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 live class each morning at the Raanana Kollel in Israel and focuses on the Daf of the day.
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Menachot 22a - 23b Diversity Strengths & Weaknesses - מין במינו בתר חזותא אזיל
When a Ben Torah looks at sameness and difference, he views it through the lens of conceptual similarity and difference not an empirical one. Conceptual similarity and difference manifests through how each is treated in Halacha.
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Menachot 20a Covenant - ברית אמורה במלח
What we do in life is ever-changing and needs to be attuned to circumstance and environment. How we do it is never-changing; it is governed by our covenant with Hashem. The Korban Oleh veYor...
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Menachot 18b-19a Offering- שחיטה כשרה בזר
The service of G-d is not about self-sacrifice, it is about elevating one’s life to the higher purpose of the service of Hashem (Korban). Self-sacrifice is just a necessary means to being able to offer one’s life to the service of G-d....
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Menachot 17a Misers & Menachot Part 2 – הקומץ את המנחה (ב)
The term Kometz has connotations both of abundance and scarcity.Source Sheet
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Menachot 17a Misers & Menachot Part 1 - הקומץ את המנחה (א)
Clarifying the term Mincha and its relationship to the prayer of Mincha. Source Sheet...
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Menachot 11a The Lie of The Compromise - היכי קמצי
A compromise between two positions, denies the validity of both. Source Sheet
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Menachot 10b Demanding Higher Standards - לא נצרכה אלא לקומץ דמנחת חוטא
Demanding higher standards of a person is a compliment for that individual, not a criticism.Source Sheet
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Menachot 6a Sacrifice Punitive or Transformative – שלא יהא קרבנו מהודר
In giving gifts to Hashem our intention is not to change His mind but to transform ours.Source Sheet
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Menachot 5a Counting the Days – אין מחוסר זמן לבו ביום
We explore the degree to which units of time – hours, days etc. – are absolute ideas or relative to human experience.
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Menachot 4a Suspicion Breaks Connection – מנחת קנאות
Taking steps to prevent people from viewing us with unfounded suspicion is a uniquely human quality. It is not about being sensitive to other people’s opinions of us, it is about building and preserving connection.
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Menachot 3b Inconsistency & Falsehood - תורה אחת לכל המנחות
There are two ways to view statements that contradict reality. They could be seen as irrelevant and void, or as blatantly false.
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Menachot 2a-b Gifting & Sacrificing a Overture to Menachot -שאין המנחות דומות לזבחים
We often say “the thought is what counts.” But this is not always so. Sometimes the action is what counts. S...
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Zevachim 118a A Place of Rest - משכן שילה
Spiritual energy generates in quietude and radiates outward.Source Sheet
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Zevachim 117a The Third Space – קרבן ציבור, ויחיד, וקרבן פסח
There is a third space1 between public and personal spaces – the communal space.Source Sheet
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Zevachim 116a Personal Transformation - מה שמועה שמע ובא
Observing events, no matter how dramatic, does not transform people. Knowing the Torah alone also does not transform. Linking Torah to life events and perpetuating experience through observance has transformational impact on individuals and our...
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Zevachim 115b Silence - שתק וקבל שכר
Silence is not supression. Sometimes we process through expression and sometimes we process through silence. Suffering is best processed in silence.
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Zevachim 114a The Future is Now – גלגל לגבי שילה מחוסר זמן הוא
Miraclesd are not only about what happens in our lives, they are also about how quickly things can happen in our lives. We should live with openness to the possibility of accelerated timelines for events that are not date-dependent. We should n...
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Zevachim 110b-111a Overcoming Inertia - שיריים תחילת עבודה הן
There are times to work with nature and times to defy it. But defying nature is not about the results we get but about the growth we achieve in the process.
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Zevachim 109a Misplaced Sacrifice Part 2 - (חלק ב) המעלה כזית מן העולה ומן האימורין בחוץ
Integrating will and action by means of sacrifice.Source Sheet
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Zevachim 109a Misplaced Sacrifice Part 1- (חלק א) המעלה כזית מן העולה ומן האימורין בחוץ
What is important is not that we sacrifice but what we sacrifice, for who and for what we sacrifice.
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Zevachim 108a Halacha Defines Relationships Between Subject & Object – אין איסור חל על איסור
Halacha, especially laws of Tum’ah and Taharah, define very subtle dimensions of relationship between ourselves and the world around us.
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Zevachim 107b Primacy and Primality - לצניעותא בעלמא
The intimacy of inner connection is damaged by outward facing publicity.Source Sheet
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Zevachim 98b Sensitivity is Relative - אם טבח הוא אינו חוצץ
Some halachot are determined by norms and majorities. Some are specific to individual circumstances.
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