In today’s page of #Talmud, the sages use The Hillel Special (matzah, bitter herbs, pascal lamb) as a legal case study. Welcome to #DafReactions Zevachim 79: Celebrity
Shalom, friends! We are BACK for a SHOCKING citrus-based altar-cation in the Temple courtyard. Welcome to #DafReactions Zevachim 62: The Great Etrog Battle! 😱🍋 #dafreactions #Talmud #dafyomi
Shalom, friends! So there we were, puzzling out the laws around sacrifices when suddenly Rava asked a very meta question: Wait, why are we doing this? We don’t even have a temple!
Welcome to #DafReactions Zevachim 45: Out of Time
Shalom friends!
There has been a big question in my mind (and also in some of your minds as per the comments section) as we learn #Zevachim:
With all these messy sacrifices, WHO the hell was doing the all the priestly laundry?? Welcome to #DafReactions Zevachim 35: Spin Cycle 🧺
#talmud #DafYomi
Shalom friends! Time for a rapid-fire #Talmud catchup video. Especially because these #dafyomi convos are about FASHION and I’m not missing that! Welcome to #DafReactions Zevachim 18, 19, and 20: Avant-garde in the Temple Yard! 🔥💅
Shalom friends!
TBH, I do not want to talk about a tractate of #talmud all about sacrifices. But if there’s one thing I’ve learned by now, it’s that #DafYomi isn’t for weak b*tches! And I REFUSE to be a weak b*tch! So tell your doves to look away and welcome to #DafReactions Zevachim 15: Sacrificial Cringe 💀
Shalom, friends! The infamous #Talmudic tale of a sinner driven to an existential crisis by the keen observations of a lady of the night…and her farts. Welcome to #DafReactions Avodah Zarah 17: The Fart of True Repentance 🍑💨 #dafyomi #talmud #AvodahZarah #Teshuva
#Tush-uvah
Shalom friends!
Where do we get the idea that on #RoshHashanah we are judged, and on #YomKippur our fate is sealed? Because it’s not from the #Torah!
In honor of Elul, welcome to throwback #DafReactions Rosh Hashanah 16: Judgement Day
Shalom, friends! Welcome to a #DafReactions minisode for #BavaBatra 7: Elijah Hates Gates
In which we add to our list of Elijah the Prophet’s likes and pet peeves! 🐕💗🎇🚫
#elijahtheprophet #Talmud #DafYomi #Jewish
What you just saw is part of The Daf Reactions Project, where I share my daily practice of studying the Babylonian Talmud (Daf Yomi) from the viewpoint of a formerly Orthodox, now secular, Millennial feminist.
Shalom friends! Welcome go #dafreactions Bava Kamma 27: The Man Who Falls D!ck-First Off Of A Roof 😱
Just when you thought it was safe to leave the house again… IT’S NOT! 😬🍆😱 #talmud #dafyomi
Shalom friends!
As we go through the whole 7.5 year #Talmud learning cycle, I have been pretty shook by how deeply relevant to current events this learning has turned out to be.
This daf is no exception.
Welcome to #DafReactions Avodah Zarah 4: Hell On Earth
#nokings
Shalom, friends! Welcome to #dafreactions Bava Kamma 113: You’ve Been Served. In which Rav Kahana has some opinions about women, and I have some opinions about Rav Kahana. 😤 But on the upside, a Barliman Butterbur reference! 😂 #dafyomi #talmud #women
Shalom, friends! Welcome to #dafreactions Bava Kamma 117: Resting Smirk Face
In which the Rav Kahana impersonates a chiropractor 🪦 #dafyomi #talmud #rabbiyochanan
Shalom, friends! It’s #DafReactions Bava Metzia 42: Mad Stacks! Best practices on how to safeguard your hard-earned retirement fund! Because we DON’T ACTUALLY CONTROL THE BANKS! SADLY 😭.
Shalom friends! This is arguably THE most famous, most quoted story in the #talmud. But have you heard it like this before? Gehennom, no! Welcome to #DafReactions Bava Metzia 59: The Oven of Akhnai. 🔥
Shalom friends! Welcome to #Daf Reactions Bava Metzia 83: Vinegar, Son of Wine
This #Talmud tractate has lulled me into a false sense of security, only to turn around and serve up the first slice of an unsettling body horror tale - a sequel, no less, to the story of Shimon Bar Yochai. #LagBOmer #BurnOfferings
Shalom friends! Welcome to #DafReactions Bava Metzia 84: The Real Beauty Queen of Jerusalem
Bridgerton can sit down and hold my beer. Let me tell you the epic, tragic love story of the beautiful Rabbi Yochanan, and bad boy of the #Talmud Reish Lakish.
#DafYomi
Shalom friends! Welcome to #DafReactions Bava Metzia 84: The Body in the Attic. The nausea-inducing conclusion to the nightmare tale of Rabbi Elazar. 🫣 Don’t complain to me about it! I warned you! 😱 #dafyomi #talmud