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
Sep 19, 2022
Sep 19, 2022
11 min
Can we transfer ownership over commodities at a distance? Find out how the rabbis traded commodities while on a long sea voyage.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheni
For a set of slides which summarises the principles of tithes, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheniSlides, scrolling to the end.
Sep 20, 2022
Sep 20, 2022
13 min
Turning halakha into poetry, the final sections of Maaser Sheni present a midrash from the Sifrei on the "confession of the tithes" in Deuteronomy 26:12-15.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheni
For a set of slides which summarises the principles of tithes, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheniSlides, scrolling to the end.
Sep 21, 2022
Sep 21, 2022
12 min
The final section of Maaser Sheni presents an historical update from the times of the Hasmoneans and then moves seamlessly into the new tractate of Hallah.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheni and here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaHallah
For a set of slides which summarises the principles of tithes, go to the presentation here: https://tinyurl.com/MaaserSheniSlides, scrolling to the end.
Sep 22, 2022
Sep 22, 2022
9 min
Today's Daily Mishnah explores the nature of the five species of grain and focuses on parallels between Pesach, maaser, and Hallah.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaHallah
Sep 28, 2022
Sep 28, 2022
11 min
How do mixtures of ownership or mixtures of oil and flour and water affect the mitzvah of hallah?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaHallah .
Sep 29, 2022
Sep 29, 2022
12 min
What about dog-food? Do we need to take hallah from it? And how is hallah similar to teruma?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaHallah .
Oct 2, 2022
Oct 2, 2022
11 min
Summary of Chapter 2 - where does Hallah apply and what are the important quantities?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaHallah .
Oct 3, 2022
Oct 3, 2022
10 min
Summary of Chapter 3 of Hallah - taste, timing, life and death.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaHallah .
Oct 25, 2022
Oct 25, 2022
10 min
How do we deal with the first-fruits? Tune in here for an introduction to the tractate of Bikkurim
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaBikkurim .
Oct 26, 2022
Oct 26, 2022
12 min
Who is eligible to bring the first-fruits? Turns out that you need to be rooted on the land and, perhaps not by coincidence, the first mishnah does talk about roots.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaBikkurim .
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.