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 11, 2023
Dec 11, 2023
11 min
Can you buy your festival offerings from funds already dedicated to the temple?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatHagigah
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Dec 12, 2023
Dec 12, 2023
13 min
Are parts of the Torah really like "mountains hanging on a hair"?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatHagigah
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Dec 13, 2023
Dec 13, 2023
17 min
Are there issues which we are really forbidden to discuss?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatHagigah
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Dec 14, 2023
Dec 14, 2023
11 min
Separatist views on the date of Shavuot?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatHagigah
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Dec 17, 2023
Dec 17, 2023
16 min
Hierarchies of purity and care?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatHagigah
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Dec 18, 2023
Dec 18, 2023
16 min
Hierarchies of holiness? What about hierarchies of people?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatHagigah
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Dec 19, 2023
Dec 19, 2023
13 min
We trust the common people on matters of purity and impurity, even for the Temple vessels!
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatHagigah
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Dec 20, 2023
Dec 20, 2023
12 min
Because we trust the common people, we purify the Temple vessels on the first available day after the festival.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatHagigah
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Dec 21, 2023
Dec 21, 2023
21 min
Introduction to forbidden and permitted marriages, and to the tractate!
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatYevamot
For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Dec 24, 2023
Dec 24, 2023
20 min
More forbidden and permitted marriages! And we find that, even when we disagree, we can still get along!
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatYevamot
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.