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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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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Zevachim 97a Infecting & Inspiring – כל יום ויום נעשה גיעול לחבירו
Some substances that are forbidden or temei’im can transmit their issur (forbidden status) to other substances.
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Zevachim 96a When do Miracles Happen – שברי כלי חרס נבלעין במקומן
Miracles don’t just happen to get us out of situations we ourselves created. When difficult situations result from our observance of the Torah, miracles often intervene.
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Zevachim 95a Holism – מכניסו בפחות משלש על שלש
Holism is the idea that systems possess properties as wholes apart from the properties of their component parts. This is particularly so with respect to humans.
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Zevachim 93b-94a Tikkun Olam with a Thought – דבר שראוי לקבל טומאה
A mere thought can transform a commodity into a product giving it an entirely different set of halachot. Such a transformation is called tikkun, improvement.
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Zevachim 92a-93a A Purpose Unlived – דם חטאת שנתז על הבגד
IN MEMORY OF THE KEDOSHIM OF BONDI BEACH, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA When a person, ready to sacrifice his/her blood for Kiddush Hashem, is cut off before their life’s purpose has been lived, their memory carries kedusha for ever. &nb...
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Zevachim 88a Know Your Purpose – מזרקות מקדשין
Each of us is created with a specific purpose, but how do we discover what it is? Source Sheet
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Zevachim 81b Sin is Natural – דמים שנכנסו לכפר בהיכל פסולין
Sin that is motivated by instinct is wrong but natural, and it’s process of Kappara (atonement) is different from sin that is motivated by flawed intellect and miscalculation.
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Zevachim 80a Changing Identities – צלוחית שנפל לתוכה מים כל שהו
Dedicated by David and Ofra Taback לעל"נ ר' סנדר ב"ר אברהםwho made it a point to always be a positive contributor in every part of his life and had a good word for anyone he met. Also for the 34th Yahrzeit of my father מו"ר ר' אברה...
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Zevachim 69a-b The Limits of Logic – דיו לבא מן הדין
The Torah empowers us to use human logic to extrapolate and apply its laws in life, but just as all the laws of nature have their limits, so do the laws of logic have limits.
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Zevachim 68a The Power of a Thought - למיסק ליה לחובה מי אמר
Our thoughts might not change the substance of matter, but they do indelibly impact the relationship between ourselves and that matter.
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Zevachim 67a Ownership and Choice – נמשכת ונעשית חטאת
Choosing how to use what we own, is in itself an expression of ownership.Source Sheet
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Zevachim 66a The Torah as an Integrated System - לא יבדיל
Every word of the Torah delivers an imperative of some sort that sets our lives up to fulfil Hashem’s will.Source ...
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Zevachim 65a Loyalty & Connection - אפילו פרידה אחת יביא אל המזבח
Why are bird offerings always brought in pairs, and why specifically the species of torrim and benei-yonah? And why is the case of a voluntary korban, can a single bird be brought?
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