Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
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Chullin 37a Kashrut is About Human Greatness - השוחט את המסוכנת
In matters of Kashrut we tend to zoom in on the object, the food, its contents and components, the way it has been processed, its technology etc. But the Torah’s concern is with the subject, the individual who observes these laws and how it ele...
Chullin 35b-36a The Unique Quality of the Blood of Korbanot - למשרי דמן דפסולי המוקדשין
How the blood of a korban transforms once the required avodah on the mizbeach has been performed with it.
Chullin 33a & 35b Food - שחיטתו מכשרת ולא דם
For an animal or plant, fueling a noble human life has greater “kedusha” than generating new life.Source...
Chullin 33a Jew and Gentile - מידי דלישראל שרי ולעכום אסור
Jews and Gentiles don’t differ genetically or racially. Their difference is a qualitative one of kedusha. The kedusha of Jewishness is available to any human being. The way a Jew engages with kedusha and with the worl...
Chullin 31a How Accountable is a Robotic Human - לא בענן כוונה לשחיטה
We are obsessed with robots that act like humans. But what about humans who act like robots? How accountable are they for their actions?
Chullin 28b When Advice is Law - עד שישחוט את הוורידים
When a talmid chacham gives advice or expresses an opinion, it is not just his personal view that he is expressing. His personal views infact totally merge with da’at Torah (the view of the Torah according to his understanding of it as...
Chullin 27b Untethered from Source - דגים הכשירם בלא כלום
An animal’s source of vitality is the oxygen it enhales and the food it eats. A fish’s source of vitality is the water in which it lives. Removing a fish from water is like severing an animal’s trachea and oesophagus. A human’s source of vitali...
Chullin 26b Harmony The Integration of Disparateness - סדר הבדלות הוא מונה
For there to be harmony and integration, there must first be the recognition of disparateness. Disparateness, and the abitlity to discern it, is the condition for beauty, harmony, wholeness and integrity. This is the power of havchannah
Chullin 25a Activity & Results - דחק קפיזא בקבא
In exploring differences between the laws of Shabbat and of Tum’ah, we highlight the differences between a focus on activity and a focus on results.
Chullin 20b-21a Preparing How to Answer - אשתומם כשעה חדא
Knowing what to answer is information mastery. Knowing how to answer is human mastery. Sou...
Chullin 20 a-b The Neck - אין עיקור סימנים בעוף
The neck houses three vital channels of life: the simanim, the trachea, oesophagus, and the carotid arteries. In Kodshim the focus is on the arteries, in Chullin on the simanim. Severing the simanim is the condition for ...
Chullin 18a-19a We Are Where Our Heads Are - כאשר ציויתיך
The quality of the things we do is a function of where our heads are in the moment of action. It is this quality that affects who we become through the things that we do.
Chullin 16b-17a Interface Between Kodshim & Chullin - בשר תאוה ונחירה
Shechita as the way to prepare chullin meat, was only instituted after the entrance of Benei Yisrael to Eretz Yisrael
Chullin 15a Halachik Context - כי דריש בפירקא
Halachik principle is broad and widely applicable. Halachik decisions are much more specific to individual, time and circumstance. Leaders calibrate their communications to their specific audiences. Interpreters should cautiously identify inten...
Chullin 14a Shabbat Observance - השוחט בשבת שחיטתו כשרה
Shabbat observance has a different quality to it than almost any other mitzva. Observing Shabbat is taking a position about Truth. Conversely deliberately profaining the Shabbat is also making a statement about Truth.
Chullin 12a Piano Tuning - מיעט המצוי
The laws of Issur veHeter (permitted and forbidden foods) are not only about the substance of the food. They are even more about the act of eating and the meaning attached to those actions.
Chullin 10a-12a Navigating Halacha Part 1 - יסודות אסור והיתר
These few daf contain within them most of the foundational principles we need to navigate the laws of issur ve’heter. Without understanding these foundations and what they teach us, our observance of halacha would bec...
Chullin 9a Writing - תלמיד חכם צריך שילמוד כתב
New technologies expand the powers of civilization but leave us with the souls of spectators. This has been the case for thousands of years.
Chullin 8a-b Taste & Flavor - סכין של עבודת כוכבים
The spiritual damage that non-kosher food can cause is more a function of its flavor than its substance. Chulin is less about chemistry than it is about the human experience.
Chullin 7b Shame & Social Pressure - יש שיש לו ואינו רוצה
We tend to consider doing things out of social pressure to be somewhat weak. We learn a different perspective on using social pressure as a tool for Kedusha.
Chullin 6a Life & Learning - נפק רב יזירא דק ואשכח
Torah is a commentary on life, but life is also a commentary on Torah. So much of Torah is understood and extrapolated through its intersection with real life situations.
Chullin 5b The Cosmic Power of Rabbinic Law - צדיקים עצמן לא כל שכן
Rabbinic Law is not merely behavioral governance, it actually affects the cosmic nature of the universe.Source Sh...
Chullin 2a Chullin Overture – פתיחה למסכת חולין
The line between kodshim and chullin is very fine. In giving, thought and thoughtfulness is primary. In receiving, gratitude is the key. This is the difference between Kodshim and Chullin.