Shallow Dive Daf Yomi
Shallow Dive Daf Yomi
Eliyahu Weisman
Join me for a dip into the daf.
Koheles Ecclesiastes 10:17
Good leadership • King Solomon's self-criticism
Mar 23, 2023
52 min
Nazir 56b-57b
When quoting a sourced tradition, the middle link may be omitted • When may a fortiori logic be employed within halacha? • How to manage two Nazirites with a questionable status of impurity • May a man shave the peyos hairs of minors? • May a woman shave the peyos hairs of males?
Mar 19, 2023
1 hr 9 min
Koheles Ecclesiastes 10:15-16
Brave the long short path to the city • The lad king and his cronies undermine a country • Justice is the primary objective of government • Even an inept leader can cause much harm if he is frivolous
Mar 15, 2023
29 min
Nazir 49a-50a
Comparing and contrasting paternal and maternal relationships • When and why is following the majority not applicable • Yeshiva rivalry • What forms of ritual impurities require the Nazir to restart his Nazirite vow
Mar 12, 2023
1 hr 8 min
Nazir 42a-42b
Deriving the general rule of treating the majority as the entirety and the exception of Nazir • The Nazir's mitzvah of shaving with a razor • The Nazir's restrictions of hair removal by other means • Multiple violations and liabilities
Mar 12, 2023
1 hr 9 min
Koheles Ecclesiastes 10:15
The fool expends his precious and fininte energy on follies, leaving himself exhausted and unable to invest in worthy endeavors • Absorbing the influence of a wise city, not just a wise individual, is the best means of recovering from foolishness • The fool's burden of endless and aimless choices are alleviated through foundational commitment to Torah
Mar 9, 2023
34 min
Nazir 35a-36b
Examining Torah hermeneutics • Consuming prohibited foods combined with permitted foods: two modalities of liability; a single hybrid consumption of an olive's volume, and the more broad liability for consumption of a full olive's volume spread out among other foods within a limited time frame
Feb 26, 2023
52 min
Koheles Ecclesiastes 10:14
The fool's idle chatter creates an echo chamber clouding his ability to accurately perceive genuine natural consequences • Unlike the fools, give yourself the gift of silence • Silence: a protective guard against harmful speech, and a critical component of cultivating proper understanding • Alexander the Great would like to know, Who is wise?
Feb 23, 2023
47 min
Nazir 28a-29a
Until when can a husband neutralize his wife's Nazirite vow? • May married women cover their hair with a wig? • A father may impose a Nazirite vow on his minor son, with caveats
Feb 20, 2023
1 hr 1 min
Koheles Ecclesiastes 10:13
Holistic grace is the impression of wisdom, whereas the fool's message is the madness of incoherent reductionism • The trajectory of foolishness is the spiraling descent into the most abhorrent evils
Feb 17, 2023
30 min
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