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
Jan 21, 2023
Jan 21, 2023
12 min
The tractate of Shabbat closes with a discussion of acts which are required for the purposes of a mitzvah but are not, strictly speaking, acts of creation in line with the 39 archetypal categories of "work" outlined in Chapter 7.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaShabbat
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Jan 24, 2023
Jan 24, 2023
11 min
The tractate of Eruvin begins with definitions of "private"and "public" which are, intriguingly, slightly different from the legal definitions of "private" and "public" that we would recognise today.
For the source sheet, with its illustrations, look here: https://tinyurl.com/EruvinSources
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Jan 25, 2023
Jan 25, 2023
11 min
Poles, beams and bricks. Psychological boundaries between the public and the private.
For the source sheet, with photos, look here: https://tinyurl.com/EruvinSources
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Jan 26, 2023
Jan 26, 2023
12 min
Poles, beams and mathematics. Did the rabbis know the value of Pi and can you write a legal document on a cow?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/EruvinSources
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Jan 29, 2023
Jan 29, 2023
14 min
Camping in the desert and games with geometry.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/EruvinSources
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Jan 30, 2023
Jan 30, 2023
15 min
Bulls and cows and wells. Watering animals and creating private spaces.
For a source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/EruvinSources
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Jan 31, 2023
Jan 31, 2023
13 min
Wells and roads and area calculations, with more on creating private spaces.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/EruvinSources
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Feb 1, 2023
Feb 1, 2023
16 min
Finally, in Chapter 3, we learn how make an eruv! Or, at least, where we can make it - in a cemetery? And what we can make it out of - bread and salt?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/EruvinSources
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Feb 2, 2023
Feb 2, 2023
15 min
Playing in time and space - letting us go further on Shabbat.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/EruvinSources
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Feb 5, 2023
Feb 5, 2023
9 min
Two days or one? The Mishnah shifts from Eruvin into Rosh HaShanah!
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/EruvinSources
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.