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
Oct 27, 2022
Oct 27, 2022
11 min
Does a convert bring first-fruits? Is a convert connected to the Land? What about a woman or a hermaphrodite?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaBikkurim .
Nov 1, 2022
Nov 1, 2022
11 min
What if you no longer own the field where the first-fruits grew? What if the well has dried up? Can the subsequent owner bring the first-fruits
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaBikkurim .
Nov 2, 2022
Nov 2, 2022
10 min
Can you bring bikkurim twice? Can you bring bikkurim from across the Jordan?
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaBikkurim .
Nov 3, 2022
Nov 3, 2022
10 min
Time-out for analysis: the Mishnah reminds itself of the similarities and differences between first-fruits, tithes, and terumah.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaBikkurim .
Nov 6, 2022
Nov 6, 2022
13 min
More analysis: the Mishnah reminds itself of the similarities and differences between first-fruits and other offerings, and then goes sideways into differences between etrog trees and other trees.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaBikkurim
Nov 7, 2022
Nov 7, 2022
11 min
Moving from etrogs to bipeds to a weird animal called a "koy", perhaps a relative of the goat or deer or mountain goat families, which does not exist any more.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaBikkurim .
Nov 8, 2022
Nov 8, 2022
11 min
More on the "koy", perhaps a relative of the goat or deer or mountain goat families, which is neither a true wild animal nor a true domestic. Perhaps to remind us that we never truly own the lands that we cultivate - one of the big themes of the order of Seeds that we are close to finishing.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaBikkurim .
Nov 9, 2022
Nov 9, 2022
10 min
Find out about how we brought first-fruits into the temple: the procession, the flutes, the reception in Jerusalem.
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaBikkurim .
Nov 10, 2022
Nov 10, 2022
7 min
Even King Agrippas walks with his own first-fruits on his shoulder. Find out about how the ceremony works!
For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnaBikkurim .
Nov 13, 2022
Nov 13, 2022
7 min
Questions of social status are followed by questions of intellectual and financial status, as we move towards the conclusion of the Mishnah of Bikkurim.
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.