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 21, 2023
Mar 21, 2023
15 min
Stuff that might or might not be hametz, including cosmetics!
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatPesahim
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Mar 22, 2023
Mar 22, 2023
15 min
Boundary cases with hametz and hallah, clean and unclean.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatPesahim
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Mar 23, 2023
Mar 23, 2023
12 min
Hairline cracks in the dough! Puns! And Pesach falling the day after Shabbat.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatPesahim
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Mar 26, 2023
Mar 26, 2023
12 min
Hametz is like sacrifices which have gone past their sell-by date!
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatPesahim
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Mar 27, 2023
Mar 27, 2023
11 min
Seder night in Temple times!
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatPesahim
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Mar 28, 2023
Mar 28, 2023
16 min
The four questions in the Mishnah are not the same four questions that we ask today! But, otherwise, we can see today's Haggadah in the Mishnah of Temple times.
For the source sheet, look at: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatPesahim
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Mar 29, 2023
Mar 29, 2023
19 min
Do we drink four cups at the Seder? Or five?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatPesahim
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Mar 30, 2023
Mar 30, 2023
10 min
Closing the Seder: focus, intention, execution and speed.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatPesahim
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Apr 16, 2023
Apr 16, 2023
1 min
The Daily Mishnah is on holiday until Sunday, April 23. Looking forward to being back with you then!
Apr 23, 2023
Apr 23, 2023
12 min
What if we missed Pesah? Looks like we get a second chance!
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatPesahim
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.