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
Dec 12, 2022
Dec 12, 2022
12 min
How do we know that we are keeping the right halakha? In-between teaching quantities that are significant for carrying on Shabbat, the Mishnah takes a surprising turn.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat
Dec 13, 2022
Dec 13, 2022
13 min
How do we know that we are keeping the right halakha? Do we rely on tradition, on reason or on Biblical exegesis? In-between clarifying the quantities that are significant for carrying on Shabbat, the Mishnah brings a group of seven teachings that can each be associated with a verse from Tanach. Themes of holiness, impurity, and fertility run through them.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat
Dec 14, 2022
Dec 14, 2022
12 min
Today's Daily Mishnah goes back to minimal quantities for carrying on shabbat - pepper, spices, detergent and fuel, ending up with a children's toy.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat .
For other resources go to www.thedailymishnah.com .
Dec 15, 2022
Dec 15, 2022
10 min
Boundary cases - someone who changes his mind, who only completes half an action or who completes it in an unusual way. Are they carrying on shabbat?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat .
For other resources go to www.thedailymishnah.com .
Dec 18, 2022
Dec 18, 2022
12 min
Someone who completes carries with a partner or carries a human being or carries in an unusual way? Is this "carrying" for the purpose of keeping shabbat?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat .
For other resources go to www.thedailymishnah.com .
Dec 19, 2022
Dec 19, 2022
11 min
What if we throw something on shabbat? From a public space into a private one? Over a public space? Do the air rights count?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat .
For other resources go to www.thedailymishnah.com .
Dec 20, 2022
Dec 20, 2022
9 min
What if we throw something in the sea? From a boat? Without remembering that it was shabbat?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat .
For other resources go to www.thedailymishnah.com .
Dec 21, 2022
Dec 21, 2022
12 min
Building, ploughing, weeding, gathering, writing. Which one do you think will interest the rabbis most?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat.
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Dec 22, 2022
Dec 22, 2022
10 min
The pen is mightier than the sword and the rabbis spend more than half of the twelfth chapter of Shabbat on the question of writing - what works and what does not work to trigger liability?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat .
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com .
Dec 25, 2022
Dec 25, 2022
11 min
Making clothes on shabbat? Or tearing clothes? Is psychological healing a act of creation?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat .
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com .
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.