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
Nov 27, 2023
Nov 27, 2023
14 min
What about people who should not fast, or times when no-one should?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatTaanit
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Nov 28, 2023
Nov 28, 2023
11 min
Price inflation in the time of the Mishnah! Will the rabbis support or oppose it?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatTaanit
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Nov 29, 2023
Nov 29, 2023
10 min
If rain doesn't fall in our town but it does fall elsewhere, who is responsible?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatTaanit
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Nov 30, 2023
Nov 30, 2023
10 min
What if war comes?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatTaanit
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Dec 3, 2023
Dec 3, 2023
21 min
Does prayer work? Two fierce critiques of the theology of the first part of the tractate, one in the Mishnah and one in the Gemara.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatTaanit
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Dec 4, 2023
Dec 4, 2023
15 min
What if the drought breaks and it starts raining and before the fast has ended?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatTaanit
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Dec 5, 2023
Dec 5, 2023
17 min
Public Torah reading leads to communal wood cutting!
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatTaanit
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Dec 6, 2023
Dec 6, 2023
14 min
What happened on the 9th of Av and the 17th of Tammuz?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatTaanit
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Dec 7, 2023
Dec 7, 2023
12 min
The 15th of Av and Yom Kippur represent antidotes, cures, for the historic mistakes or disasters that we commemorate when we fast on the 9th of Av and the 17th of Tammuz!
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatTaanit
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Dec 10, 2023
Dec 10, 2023
12 min
Who is obliged to go up to Jerusalem and how much do they need to bring?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatHagigah
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.