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 1

Sanhedrin 2 - Introducing Tractate Sanhedrin, with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin

Today’s Talmud page, Sanhedrin 2, kicks off a brand new tractate, and a real page-turner at that. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain what we may expect to find in tractate Sanhedrin, the ultimate meditation about living a life of consequence. What does the Talmud tell us about the World to Come? Listen and find out.

9 min
EPISODE 3

Sanhedrin 3 and 4 - Holding Them Accountable

Today’s Talmud pages, Sanhedrin 3 and 4, deliver a meditation on jurisprudence. What are we moderns getting so wrong about justice and the law? And how does the rabbinic way of understanding the role of the courts can help us course-correct? Listen and find out.

7 min
EPISODE 5

Sanhedrin 5 and 6 - Should We Ever Compromise?

Today’s Talmud pages, Sanhedrin 5 and 6, raise a fascinating question: Why should we ever compromise? After all, if justice is a divine quality, shouldn't we always aspire to have a clear-cut verdict? Or is compromise itself just as heavenly? Listen and find out.

6 min
EPISODE 7

Sanhedrin 7 - Inner Space, with Josh Kross

Today’s Talmud page, Sanhedrin 7, argues that when people love each other, they can make do with very little physical space. Producer Josh Kross joins us to discuss how this rule applies to minuscule New York City apartments. Is a home made physically larger on account of joy? Listen and find out.

8 min
EPISODE 8

Sanhedrin 8 - Sweat the Small Stuff, with Sivan Rahav-Meir

Today’s Talmud page, Sanhedrin 8, introduces us to one of the most popular idioms in contemporary Hebrew, teaching us that we should be as diligent when passing judgment involving a very small amount of money as we would've been with a much larger sum. Israeli broadcaster and Torah teacher Sivan Rahav-Meir joins us to shed light on the profound moral principle at play here. How can we become more cautious and righteous people by sweating the small stuff? Listen and find out.

8 min
EPISODE 9

Sanhedrin 9 - Double the Kindness, with Erica Pelman

Today’s Talmud page, Sanhedrin 9, informs us that those of us who rush to help someone do a mitzvah are rewarded themselves as well. Erica Pelman, the founder and director of Jewish unplanned pregnancy support network Shifra, joins us to talk about her organization's sacred work. How can we change the way we talk about abortions for the better? Listen and find out.

9 min
EPISODE 10

Sanhedrin 10 and 11 - Just as the Prophecy Foretold, with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin

Today’s Talmud pages, Sanhedrin 10 and 11, ask a deeply troubling question: How come we no longer have prophets hearing and conveying the word of God? Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explore this complicated question. What's the Bat Kol, the Divine voice that some still continue to hear? Listen and find out.

9 min
EPISODE 12

Sanhedrin 12 and 13 - What are Rabbis For? with Rabbi Diana Fersko

Today’s Talmud pages, Sanhedrin 12 and 13, remind us that the role of rabbis used to be very different than what most of might recognize today. Rabbi Diana Fersko joins us to talk about this historic shift, and about whether the expectations we have of modern-day rabbis are still realistic. So what, exactly, is it that a rabbi does all day? Listen and find out.

7 min

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Liel Leibovitz

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Grandfather loves this!

4 days ago

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.
More Hudson

07/18/2024

Lailathecutestdog

Every day I watch and when Hudson comes on I feel like I learned two times the Talmud! More Hudson!!!!!

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.