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.
Episodes
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Avodah Zarah 58b Thwarting the Anti-Semite - יין שמסכו עכום
We have an example of how the great Poskim solve human and social problems within the guardrails of Halacha by fully understanding the context of the circumstance
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Avodah Zarah 57a Transformational Choices - עד שתשקע עבודת כוכבים מפיהם
Every choice we make entails a cost, a sacrifice. Some choices are made from an inner place of fear, others from a deeper place, from a place of soul, of Emunah. These are the choices that are transformational
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Avodah Zarah 56b Hands and Feet - נסוך דרגל לא שמיה ניסוך
We explore how the differences between hands and feet extend beyond physiology and even halacha, to kabbalistic ideas as well
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Avodah Zarah 55a Medicine and Miracle -חלאים רעים ונאמנים
Medicine plays a critical role in health care – but there are other factors too, and science goes far beyond what we know in any given age
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Avodah Zarah 52a Leadership Greatness - דיין שאינו הגון כאילו נוטע אשרה בישראל
Leadership greatness entails the combination of character and wisdom.Source Sheet
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Avodah Zarah 51a Corrupting Holiness - בעינא כעין פנים
Defiling that which is holy, corrupting that which is authentic, is one of the most serious transgressionsSource S...
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Avodah Zarah 50a Discernment - בנן של קדושים
Seeing to the essence of things and discerning the differences between that which appears similarSource Sheet
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Avodah Zarah 49b Transference and Contamination - יוליך הנאה לים המלח
The negative force of idolatry contained in an object cannot be transferred but it can contaminate other objects. Destroying the contaminated object can at times destroy the negative force in its entirety
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Avodah Zarah 48a A Tree and its Branches - גדעו ופסלו לשם עכום
Parents are obligated to do their best in how they raise their children. But if their children turn out bad, how responsible are they?
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Avodah Zarah 45a The Hills are Alive with Idolatry - ההרים והגבעות
The source of idolatry is neither in the object of service, nor in the subject serving it. The source is in a corrupted value system.
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Avodah Zarah 44b Sanctity in Thought and Words - דברים של קודש בלשון חול
There is so much sanctity in the words of torah that even thinking about them in inappropriate places is forbidden...
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Avodah Zarah 43a The Dragon Ring - טבעת רבי אליעזר הקפר
One can be attached to an object or to its commercial value. In the same way one can be attached to an idea embedded in that object. Idolatry is an added layer of value embedded in a worshipped object
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Avodah Zarah 42a Ownership and Value - גזרה דלמא מגבה לה
There is a widely held assumption that if one is forbidden to benefit from a certain object, it has no value and therefore is not subject to the laws of ownership. However, probing more deeply we discover ownership is not determined by one’s ri...
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Avodah Zarah 41a Ideas and Objects - חומר וצורה_עכום שנשתברה מאיליה
Unlike other faiths, the Torah does not bifurcate the spiritual and the material, they are fused into one.Source S...
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Avodah Zarah 38a Food and Social Intimacy - בישולי עכום
Intimacy is not only about who is in the inner, intimate circle; it is also about who is not. Boundaries create social intimacy
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Avodah Zarah 37a Reputation as a Tool for Self-Awareness - קרו לן בית דין שריא
Truth and reputation are not always loving siblings. There are times when truthfulness can impair reputation thereby reducing an individual’s future effectiveness. But sometimes we have to listen tour reputation and challenge our inner beings a...
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Avodah Zarah 36a Tradition & Innovation - אין בית דין יכול לבטל דברי בית דין חבירו וכו
Faithfulness to tradition assures authenticity. Innovation avoids rigidity and fundamentalism. How do we balance the two?
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Avodah Zarah 35a-b Teachers and Angels - עלמות אהבוך
To be a nation of learners, as we are, we need first and foremost to be a nation of teachers. Teaching is not just a means of enabling the next generation with the knowledge and skills they need, teaching is also a form of learning by which the...
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Avodah Zarah 34a Time Dilutes Impact - קנקנים של עכום לאחר יב חדש מותרים
Time has a diluting effect both on memories and on the impact of events and even materials.Source Sheet
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Avodah Zarah 31b Beer and Wine - מפני מה אסרו שכר של עכום
Wine is a vehicle both of social connection and of connection to Hashem. Dilution of Jewish society through intermarriage dilutes our relationship to Hashem as well.
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Avodah Zarah 18 The Anatomy of a Sheila - ברוריא ברתיה דר' חנינא בן תרדיון
Have we paid too high a price for the release of our hostages or is no price too high?Source Sheet
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Shevuot 40b Good Character is Innate – אין אדם מעיז פניו
In some areas we are expected to master and overcome our natural urges. But there are areas, the areas of basic human character, where virtue is innate – we simply need to nurture and develop it.
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