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 26, 2022
Dec 26, 2022
11 min
Combing wool or carding or dying on shabbat? Trapping? Is shutting the door on our house, with an animal inside, an act of creation?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat .
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com .
Dec 28, 2022
Dec 28, 2022
11 min
Trapping animals and creepy-crawlies. Injuring them? If two people block a doorway, with an animal inside, has either of them carried out a creative act?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat .
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com .
Dec 28, 2022
Dec 28, 2022
11 min
Taking medicine on shabbat? Is curing hide like grinding a drug?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat .
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com .
Dec 29, 2022
Dec 29, 2022
11 min
Tying knots on shabbat? Preparing for shabbat on Yom Kippur?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat .
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com .
Jan 1, 2023
Jan 1, 2023
14 min
Your house is burning down on Shabbat! What do you save first?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat .
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com .
Jan 2, 2023
Jan 2, 2023
12 min
Your house is burning down on Shabbat! Can you put out the fire? Can your non-Jewish neighbour help you? What can you save?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat .
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com .
Jan 3, 2023
Jan 3, 2023
12 min
Fire on shabbat! Scorpions! Assistance from Gentiles! And some stuff that you would or wouldn't touch.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat .
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com .
Jan 4, 2023
Jan 4, 2023
10 min
Moving and using stuff on Shabbat! What can we do?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat .
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com .
Jan 5, 2023
Jan 5, 2023
12 min
More about moving and using stuff on Shabbat! Broken things, things that aren't even a thing. What can we do?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Jan 8, 2023
Jan 8, 2023
14 min
Clearing out space that we need on Shabbat - for guests or for Torah study equally. Giving birth. Circumcision.
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.