Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin Rabbi David Lapin
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- Religion & Spirituality
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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.
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Bava Metzia 65a The Importance of Context - תרשא דרב נחמן
The intentions of deeds and transactions can sometimes be determined by words, agreements, and contracts. Often however, deeds need to be interpreted by the context in which they occur.
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Bava Metzia 63b - 64a Discounts and Credit - אגר נטר
Trade Finance presents interesting challenges in the laws of interest bearing credit.
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Bava Metzia 60 - 62 Interest Bearing Loans - איזהו נשך – פתיחה
Lending and borrowing with interest is a unique law that is foundational to faith and community.
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Bava Metzia 59b Truth or Opinion? - תנור של עכנאי
“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” – Marcus Arelius, Meditations. How applicable is this in Torah?
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Bava Metzia 58b Heart Attacks - אונאת דברים
We can cause damage to the property of others or to their persons. Perhaps the worst damage that we can cause though, is damage to their heart.
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Bava Metzia 56-57a Ethics and Commerce - אונאה וביטול מקח
The right to cancel a sale can stem either from one party having mislead the other, or from having transgressed the prohibition of אונאה
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