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
Mar 7, 2023
Mar 7, 2023
9 min
Reading on the roof on shabbat, from a sefer torah?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/EruvinSources
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Mar 8, 2023
Mar 8, 2023
12 min
Mirror-image mishnayot about passing water into and out of a private domain!
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/EruvinSources
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Mar 9, 2023
Mar 9, 2023
15 min
More interplays between public and private domains! And questions of height.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/EruvinSources
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Mar 12, 2023
Mar 12, 2023
11 min
The Mishnah will segue from keys to bolts to Temple behaviour on Shabbat and will use these issues to close off the tractate with its memories of the Temple service.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/EruvinSources
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Mar 13, 2023
Mar 13, 2023
12 min
Closing the Mishnah of Eruvin with memories of the Temple: salt, water and creepy-crawlies.
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Mar 14, 2023
Mar 14, 2023
12 min
Darkness and light! The Mishnah of Pesahim opens with light!
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatPesahim
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Mar 15, 2023
Mar 15, 2023
15 min
Dates and times! Connections between hametz and leftover sacrifices.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatPesahim
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Mar 16, 2023
Mar 16, 2023
13 min
Burning hametz and burning sacrifices that have become unfit. Is matza that has fermented not like sacrificial meat that is time-expired?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatPesahim
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Mar 20, 2023
Mar 20, 2023
9 min
Ownership and responsibility. Is the hametz that we don't own hametz that we are responsible for?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatPesahim
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Mar 21, 2023
Mar 21, 2023
15 min
Mirrors reflecting mirrors: hallah, matzah, hametz, herbs.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatPesahim
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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.