The Daily Mishnah with Benedict
Ten minutes of daily Mishnah in clear, simple English, focussing on the content and the structure of the text and following the global cycle, finishing the entire Mishnah in January 2028. Running five days/week, the series covers between two and four Mishnayot on every episode. For source sheets and materials, go to www.thedailymishnah.com
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Seasons and Links to Sources
Episodes
Nov 28, 2022
Nov 28, 2022
10 min
Taking food and drink away from a stove or a heater on shabbat.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat
Nov 29, 2022
Nov 29, 2022
14 min
Today's Daily Mishnah examines how to keep food hot on shabbat and introduces the concept of "muktzeh", stuff that we don't handle on shabbat.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat
Nov 30, 2022
Nov 30, 2022
11 min
Animals need to rest too! How do they go out on Shabbat? The Mishnah teaches us about animals before it teaches about humans.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat
Dec 1, 2022
Dec 1, 2022
13 min
The Mishnah finishes its discussion of animals carrying on shabbat with a hint at the responsibilities of leaders to support moral standards in their communities. Then it moves to the kind of adornments that humans used to go out with in the time of the Mishnah.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat
Dec 4, 2022
Dec 4, 2022
9 min
What kind of things can we go out with on Shabbat? Spice-jars? Weapons? Garters? Find out more!
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat
Dec 5, 2022
Dec 5, 2022
12 min
Girls with pierced ears, women with cloaks and men with prosthetics. What do they do on shabbat?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat
Dec 6, 2022
Dec 6, 2022
11 min
Comfort objects? Bells? Foxes' teeth? What other kinds of things can be carried on Shabbat?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat
Dec 7, 2022
Dec 7, 2022
14 min
What are the 39 core activities that we refrain from carrying out on Shabbat?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat
Dec 8, 2022
Dec 8, 2022
10 min
Thinking of carrying pea-stalks on shabbat? Or eye-wash or ears of wheat?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat
Dec 11, 2022
Dec 11, 2022
10 min
Thinking of carrying eye-shadow on shabbat? Or sand? Or earth? What is the minimal critical quantity that is needed to define the archetypal creative act of "carrying in the public domain"?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat
Benedict Roth
Benedict Roth is a popular Talmud teacher who studied Mishnah at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem and at Oxford. His Daily Mishnah series is part of the semicha programme at Yeshivas Elimelech in Washington DC.
Benedict resides in London and, when he is not teaching Talmud, works in financial risk management.