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Shabbat 48

In today’s Daf Yomi page, learning to love new stuff

April 23, 2020

Today’s Daf Yomi page, Shabbat 48, is all about pillows. Are you allowed to stuff yours on Shabbat? The rabbis’ decree is fascinating: If the pillow is old, go right ahead, but if it’s new, no dice. To understand this principle of interior design, we called on the one and only Simon Doonan, author and judge on the Emmy-nominated show Making It. Why do some of us have trouble getting used to the new stuff we buy? Listen and find out.