Daf Yomi Brachot
Join Rabbi Gidon Rothstein for a daily shiur of the Day Yomi given each morning from the Young Israel of Scarsdale, New York. Click HERE for the next course in this series, the Daf Yomi Shabbat course.
PLEASE NOTE: Classes are NOT held on Shabbat (Saturday) or Jewish holidays. For those days and any other days when the teacher may not be available at the regularly scheduled time, a pre-recorded lesson will be posted.
Daf Yomi Brachot: Daf Yomi Brachot Event
Daf Yomi Brachot: Daf Yomi Brachot Event
Daf Yomi Brachot: Quick Launched Event
Berakhot 22a and Berakhot 22b, issues of the ba’al keri, the man who has had relations with his wife and not gone to mikveh, Ezra’s rule against studying Torah while in such a state, how much water is needed to remove the impurity, and whether we still observe this rule.
Daf Yomi Brachot: Lesson
Daf Yomi Brachot: Lesson
Berakhot 41a and Berakhot 41b, what comes first in making blessings, especially if one of them is one of the shiv’at ha-minim, the seven species the verse singles out as special to Israel. At the end of the daf, we start with what the ha-motzi covers and what it does not cover, the reason berakhot on dessert are such an issue.
Daf Yomi Brachot: Lesson
Daf Yomi Brachot: Lesson
Berakhot 52a and Berakhot 52b, more of Beit Shammai and Bet Hillel’s disputes about ordering ceremonies at the meal. Today, a lot of time on the tum’a/tahara roots of their debate about the order of handwashing and diluting wine, as well as placement of the towel/napkin on the table or bench, with two underlying disputes about whether we use a ritually impure table and/or whether we employ a housekeeper who does not know to worry more about crumbs larger than an olive’s worth.
Daf Yomi Brachot: Lesson
Daf Yomi Brachot: Lesson
Daf Yomi Brachot: Lesson
Rabbi Dr. Gidon Rothstein has semicha from YU (RIETS) and a PhD from Harvard. He has worked in shul rabbinate, high school and adult education. He is the author of both fiction and non-fiction, most recently "As If We Were There: Readings for a Transformative Passover Experience". He lives in Riverdale, NY.