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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Episodes
Jul 19, 2022
Jul 19, 2022
11 min
The eighth chapter of Terumot flip-flops between existential uncertainty and questions of life and death. When confronted with two less-than-ideal choices, what do we do?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot
For a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot.
Jul 19, 2022
Jul 19, 2022
11 min
When confronted with two less-than-ideal choices, in a life-changing situation, what should we do? Chapter 8 of Terumot suddenly shifts focus from uncertainty about the status of a cask of wine to uncertainty about an attack by Gentile marauders.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot
For a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot, scrolling to the end.
Jul 20, 2022
Jul 20, 2022
10 min
What happens if we plant out terumah? Are the resulting crops terumah too? And what if the harvest is planted out in turn? Does the cycle ever stop?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot
For a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot, scrolling to the end.
Jul 21, 2022
Jul 21, 2022
10 min
Not all plants are alike and planting out terumah is not always a problem. Chapter 9 closes by identifying which plants have which consequences.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot
For a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot, scrolling to the end.
Jul 24, 2022
Jul 24, 2022
10 min
What if we cook terumah with ordinary food? It turns out that the rabbis, like some aesthetes today, are mainly interested in what the result tastes like.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot
For a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot, scrolling to the end.
Jul 25, 2022
Jul 25, 2022
13 min
What if we pickle terumah with ordinary food or drop terumah flavouring into wine? The Mishnah is mainly interested in what the result tastes like - taste is everything.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot
For a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot, scrolling to the end.
Jul 26, 2022
Jul 26, 2022
10 min
What about pickling different kinds of food together? The Mishnah is still interested in what the result tastes like - taste is everything - and in which kinds of food have enough taste or enough moisture to transmit their essence to the other pickles in the bucket.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot
For a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot, scrolling to the end.
Jul 27, 2022
Jul 27, 2022
8 min
Cooking and pickling are the same actions! And the Mishnah is still interested in what the result tastes like - taste is everything - and which kinds of food have enough taste or enough moisture to transmit their essence to other foods or to absorb from them.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot
For a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot, scrolling to the end.
Jul 28, 2022
Jul 28, 2022
12 min
Moving seamlessly from pressed figs in fish to boiling wine, the Mishnah closes with an enumeration of the special qualities of the grape and the olive.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot
For a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot, scrolling to the end.
Jul 31, 2022
Jul 31, 2022
11 min
The tractate of Terumot closes off with closing-off issues: what to do with leftovers, how to clean up grain in a silo.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/SourcesTerumot
For a set of slides which summarises the Mishnah, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/SlidesTerumot, scrolling to the end.
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.