Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin

Episodios

• Chullin 33a & 35b Food - שחיטתו מכשרת ולא דם 03.06.2026 23m

  For an animal or plant, fueling a noble human life has greater “kedusha” than generating new life. Source Sheet
• Chullin 33a Jew and Gentile - מידי דלישראל שרי ולעכום אסור 01.06.2026 22m

  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 world through kedusha, is totally unique. Source Sheet
• Chullin 31a How Accountable is a Robotic Human - לא בענן כוונה לשחיטה 31.05.2026 18m

  We are obsessed with robots that act like humans. But what about humans who act like robots? How accountable are they for their actions? Source Sheet
• Chullin 28b When Advice is Law - עד שישחוט את הוורידים 27.05.2026 21m

  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 taught to him by his rabe’im). His opinions then are halacha. This is especially so when the gemarra itself quotes opinions. Source Sheet
• Chullin 27b Untethered from Source - דגים הכשירם בלא כלום 26.05.2026 19m

  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 vitality is the society in which he lives. What is a Jew’s source of vitality? Source Sheet
• Chullin 26b Harmony The Integration of Disparateness - סדר הבדלות הוא מונה 25.05.2026 24m

  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, discernment. This is the foundation of humanness and is represented in the structure of the letter aleph - א Source Sheet
• Chullin 25a Activity & Results - דחק קפיזא בקבא 24.05.2026 21m

  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. Source Sheet
• Chullin 20b-21a Preparing How to Answer - אשתומם כשעה חדא 20.05.2026 20m

  Knowing what to answer is information mastery. Knowing how to answer is human mastery. Source Sheet
• Chullin 20 a-b The Neck - אין עיקור סימנים בעוף 19.05.2026 19m

  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 removing the animal from tumat beveila whereas severing the arteries is the way to prepare the animal to be kosher for consumption by a Jew. In the human neck the trachea also serves as the channel for speech. Speech, רוח ממללא, distinguishes human from animal; for speec...
• Chullin 18a-19a We Are Where Our Heads Are - כאשר ציויתיך 18.05.2026 20m

  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. Source Sheet
• Chullin 16b-17a Interface Between Kodshim & Chullin - בשר תאוה ונחירה 17.05.2026 20m

  Shechita as the way to prepare chullin meat, was only instituted after the entrance of Benei Yisrael to Eretz Yisrael Source Sheet
• Chullin 15a Halachik Context - כי דריש בפירקא 14.05.2026 16m

  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 intended audiences, understand them and apply the halacha responsibly. Source Sheet
• Chullin 14a Shabbat Observance - השוחט בשבת שחיטתו כשרה 14.05.2026 20m

  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. Source Sheet
• Chullin 12a Piano Tuning - מיעט המצוי 12.05.2026 22m

  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. Source Sheet
• Chullin 10a-12a Navigating Halacha Part 1 - יסודות אסור והיתר 11.05.2026 17m

  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 become obsessive. Source Sheet
• Chullin 9a Writing - תלמיד חכם צריך שילמוד כתב 08.05.2026 20m

  New technologies expand the powers of civilization but leave us with the souls of spectators. This has been the case for thousands of years. Source Sheet
• Chullin 8a-b Taste & Flavor - סכין של עבודת כוכבים 07.05.2026 19m

  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. Source Sheet
• Chullin 7b Shame & Social Pressure - יש שיש לו ואינו רוצה 06.05.2026 23m

  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. Source Sheet
• Chullin 6a Life & Learning - נפק רב יזירא דק ואשכח 05.05.2026 19m

  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. Source Sheet
• Chullin 5b The Cosmic Power of Rabbinic Law - צדיקים עצמן לא כל שכן 04.05.2026 20m

  Rabbinic Law is not merely behavioral governance, it actually affects the cosmic nature of the universe. Source Sheet