Take One Daf Yomi

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As Jews around the world engage in a seven-and-a-half year cycle of Daf Yomi, reading the entire Talmud one page per day, Tablet Magazine's new podcast, Take One, will offer a brief and evocative daily read of the daf, in just about 10 minutes. New episodes will be released daily Monday through Friday.

EPISODE 2

Makkot 2 - Introducing Tractate Makkot, with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin

Today’s Talmud page, Makkot 2, kicks off a brand new tractate. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us with a rollicking preview of what lies in store. Why are the conspiring witnesses punished with the same fate they schemed to afflict on another? Listen and find out.

6 min
EPISODE 3

Makkot 3 and 4 - The Eyes Have It

Today’s Talmud pages, Makkot 3 and 4, gives us a good lesson on how to deal with situations of great uncertainty. Should we just trust our gut and hope for the best? Should we analyze all available metrics instead? Or is there a third, wiser solution? Listen and find out.

7 min
EPISODE 5

Makkot 5, 6, and 7 - The Quality of Mercy

Today’s Talmud pages, Makkot 5, 6, and 7, contain a fierce debate of the death penalty. Should courts strive as much as they can to make sure we execute as few people as is possible, if not abolish capital punishment altogether? Or is the death penalty a necessary deterrent, without which we're sure to experience more chaos and crime? Listen and find out.

7 min
EPISODE 8

Makkot 8 - Hell is Other People

Today’s Talmud page, Makkot 8, delivers a stark reminder to watch the way we behave in public. Why should we be meticulously mindful when it comes to the general wellbeing of others? And how do we keep the public domain from becoming a public nuisance? Listen and find out.

6 min
EPISODE 9

Makkot 9 - Hate Has No Home Here

Today’s Talmud page, Makkot 9, delivers a subtle rebuke about the dangers of succumbing to hate. Why should we sometimes be much more attentive to those we hate than to the ones we love? Listen and find out.

5 min
EPISODE 10

Makkot 10 and 11 - My way, with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin

Today’s Talmud pages, Makkot 10 and 11, kick things off with a strange, spooky story about two murderers that soon blossoms into a gorgeous morality tale. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain the important insight the story delivers. What did the rabbis mean when they taught us that we must assist a person to walk down whichever path the person chooses? Listen and find out.

8 min

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Liel Leibovitz

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Talmud for Beginners

Feb 26

DCBnDC

Great intro to Talmud for folks without a lot of background in how to break down the complex text. I love the insights - esp. from R. So if Boshevkin. While Tablet has really started to drift to some uncomfortable rightwing places, this pod is still a great place of enjoyment.
Grandfather loves this!

Feb 22

halmj

It is so nice to hear a real person discuss Judaism in the modern world for lay people. I have forward episodes to my five children. And hope that they will pick up the thread. Bless you for your work.
Wonderful

08/11/2024

Allisoney

Love this so much.
Religion is always political, but this is just haranguing

Feb 10

luthien13

I used to be a fan. I even bought the book. But the interpretations are now so politically predictable that I can guess the talking points in advance.

As Jews around the world engage in a seven-and-a-half year cycle of Daf Yomi, reading the entire Talmud one page per day, Tablet Magazine's new podcast, Take One, will offer a brief and evocative daily read of the daf, in just about 10 minutes. New episodes will be released daily Monday through Friday.