| Tractate |
Column Date |
|
| Berachot |
August 7, 2012 |
A Talmudic Journey Begins |
| Berachot |
August 14, 2012 |
The Talmud's Many Demons |
| Berachot |
August 21, 2012 |
Talmud’s Warriors and Scholars |
| Berachot |
August 28, 2012 |
Let's Get Physical |
| Berachot |
September 5, 2012 |
Talmudic Rebbe-llion |
| Berachot |
Septermber 11, 2012 |
The Right Way To Pray |
| Berachot |
September 25, 2012 |
Talmudic Pride and Prejudice |
| Berachot |
October 16, 2012 |
The Rabbis' Mental World |
| Shabbat |
October 23, 2012 |
Of Lice and Men |
| Shabbat |
November 6, 2012 |
Standing on One Foot |
| Shabbat |
November 13, 2012 |
First-Century Technology |
| Shabbat |
November 19, 2012 |
Eggs and Babies |
| Shabbat |
November 27, 2012 |
The Power of Positive Thinking |
| Shabbat |
November 30, 2012 |
Testing My Faith |
| Shabbat |
December 3, 2012 |
The Badness of Good Stories |
| Shabbat |
December 11, 2012 |
Does God Care About Shoes? |
| Shabbat |
December 18, 2012 |
Why the Shabbath Is Everything |
| Shabbat |
January 8, 2013 |
Intention Versus Action |
| Shabbat |
January 15, 2013 |
The Pretenders |
| Shabbat |
January 23, 2013 |
Things Broken and Repaired |
| Shabbat |
January 29, 2013 |
Rabbinic Mind Games |
| Shabbat |
February 5, 2013 |
Queen for a Day |
| Shabbat |
February 12, 2013 |
Can't Touch This |
| Shabbat |
February 19, 2013 |
Birth Right |
| Shabbat |
February 26, 2013 |
Ancient Laws for Modern Times |
| Shabbat |
March 5, 2013 |
Leave the Jewish People Alone |
| Shabbat |
March 12, 2013 |
Written in the Stars (Or Not) |
| Eruvin |
March 18, 2013 |
Navigating the Talmud’s Alleys |
| Eruvin |
March 29, 2013 |
Close Encounters with Talmud |
| Eruvin |
April 9, 2013 |
Are Truffles Food? |
| Eruvin |
April 16, 2013 |
Crossing the Line |
| Eruvin |
April 23, 2013 |
When Messiah Is an Afterthought |
| Eruvin |
April 30, 2013 |
The Talmud’s Absolute Value |
| Eruvin |
May 7, 2013 |
You Only Live Once |
| Eruvin |
May 14, 2013 |
The Irrelevance of Pleasure |
| Eruvin |
May 21, 2013 |
Who Can Follow These Rules? |
| Eruvin |
June 4, 2013 |
The Talmud Paints a Vivid Picture of Jewish Family Life |
| Eruvin |
June 11, 2013 |
Why the Talmud Draws Imaginary Lines All Around Us—and Over Our Heads |
| Eruvin |
June 18, 2013 |
How the Talmud Maps Behavior by Exploring Definitions, Not Listing Rules |
| Eruvin |
June 25, 2013 |
In the Talmud’s Timeless Laws, a Vast Temple of the Mind |
| Pesachim |
July 2, 2013 |
The Talmud’s Abstractions Live in Concrete Examples About Candles and Weasels |
| Pesachim |
July 9, 2013 |
Math Lessons and Quantum Physics in Studies of Rabbinic Stringency and Leniency |
| Pesachim |
July 16, 2013 |
Appreciating the Talmud’s Sublime Devotion to Torah for Its Own Sake |
| Pesachim |
July 23, 2013 |
In the Shadow of the Divine, Reaping Unintended Benefits at the Edges of the Law |
| Pesachim |
July 30, 2013 |
The Talmud, in Seeking To Eliminate Ambiguity, Maps the Invisible Onto the Visible |
| Pesachim |
August 6, 2013 |
How the Talmud Has Bridged the Gaps Between Various Jewish Cultures for Ages |
| Pesachim |
August 13, 2013 |
Are American Jews Creating a New Jewishness, or Just Abandoning the Real Kind? |
| Pesachim |
August 20, 2013 |
Good Jewish Fences Once Made Good Jewish Neighbors. Do They Still? |
| Pesachim |
August 27, 2013 |
In the Talmud, Minds Full of Torah Instead of Bowls Full of Sacrificial Blood |
| Pesachim |
September 10, 2013 |
When Talmud Is the Focus of Jewish Observance, Theology Comes to Life |
| Pesachim |
September 17, 2013 |
When the Rabbis Do Things by the Book, They Give the Talmud Its ‘Talmudic’ Qualities |
| Pesachim |
September 24, 2013 |
In the Talmud, Jews in Exile Are Considered Defenseless Before Their Enemies |
| Pesachim |
October 1, 2013 |
We No Longer Live in the World of Talmudic Rabbis. What’s a Modern Jew to Do? |
| Pesachim |
October 8, 2013 |
When the Rabbis Got Together for Shabbat Dinner, Drama—and Law—Ensued |
| Pesachim |
October 15, 2013 |
Magical Thinking, Superstition, and Incantations in Jewish Oral Law |
| Pesachim |
October 22, 2013 |
On the Origin of Passover’s Four Questions and the Renewal of Miracles |
| Shekalim |
October 29, 2013 |
There Are Thieves in the Temple. Or Are They Sacred Messengers? |
| Shekalim |
November 5, 2013 |
Reconstructing the Life of the Temple and Its All-Too-Human Denizens |
| Shekalim |
November 12, 2013 |
The Importance of Cubits and Shewbread and Everything That Makes Your Eyes Glaze Over |
| Yoma |
November 19, 2013 |
The Talmud’s Yom Kippur, With Sacrifice and Blood, Is Nothing Like Jewish Ritual Today |
| Yoma |
November 26, 2013 |
The Talmud Says God Can’t Protect Jews From Persecution; They Must Take Precautions |
| Yoma |
December 3, 2013 |
Miraculous Architecture of the First Temple Leads to Religious Sectarianism in the Second |
| Yoma |
December 10, 2013 |
What the Talmud Would Say About the Pew Survey of American Jews: Stop Counting |
| Yoma |
December 17, 2013 |
Which Came First: Abraham and the Patriarchs or Moses and the Torah? |
| Yoma |
December 24, 2013 |
In the Talmud, the Fall of a Priestly Upper Class Is Just Deserts |
| Yoma |
January 7, 2014 |
The Talmud Pays Little Attention to What Jews Believe, Yet Asks Them To Have Faith |
| Yoma |
January 14, 2014 |
What Happens When the Talmud Asks, ‘What If?’ |
| Yoma |
January 21, 2014 |
Some Jewish Acts Seem Meaningless. The Talmud Says You Should Do Them Anyway. |
| Yoma |
January 28, 2014 |
Too Much, Too Little: Talmudic Rabbis’ Creativity Shines When Interpreting Prohibitions |
| Yoma |
February 4, 2014 |
In the Talmud, One Sin Is Beyond Repentance: Giving God and Jews a Bad Name |
| Sukkah |
February 11, 2014 |
How Large Must a Sukkah Be To Be Called a Sukkah—And Yet Still Be Far From Heaven? |
| Sukkah |
February 19, 2014 |
Math Problem for Talmudic Rabbis: Building the Right Size Sukkah |
| Sukkah |
February 25, 2014 |
In the Talmud, Jews Losing Touch With the Everyday Words of the Holy Land |
| Sukkah |
March 4, 2014 |
Rationalism, Mysticism, Slaves, and a Sukkah Made From an Elephant |
| Sukkah |
March 11, 2014 |
Jewish Culture Was Not Always a Response to Non-Jewish Culture |
| Sukkah |
March 18, 2014 |
The Talmud Is a Training Manual for Jews Preparing for the Next Holy Era |
| Sukkah |
March 25, 2014 |
Why Read Daf Yomi? To Rediscover an Older Way of Imagining the Jewish Spirit. |
| Sukkah |
April 1, 2014 |
Jugglers, Acrobats, a Magnificent Temple—and Notably No Political Strife |
| Beizah |
April 8, 2014 |
Which Came First: The Chicken, the Egg, or the Divine Law That Governs Their Use? |
| Beizah |
April 29, 2014 |
Why Did God Choose the Jewish People To Receive the Torah? |
| Beizah |
May 6, 2014 |
Talmudic Rabbis, All Men, Admit They Cannot Bring Women Under Their Power |
| Beizah |
May 13, 2014 |
Which Is More Sacred: a Festival or Shabbat? A Mitzvah or Money? |
| Rosh Hashanah |
May 20, 2014 |
On the Impossibility of Over-Interpreting the Bible |
| Rosh Hashanah |
May 28, 2014 |
Can God Be Tricked Into Forgiving Unethical Behavior? |
| Rosh Hashanah |
June 3, 2014 |
Talmudic Rabbinical Thought Was Part Lunatic, Part Moon Shot |
| Rosh Hashanah |
June 10, 2014 |
Talmudic Rabbis Debate the Practice of the Law Versus the Intention Behind It |
| Rosh Hashanah |
June 17, 2014 |
When the Talmud Replaced the Temple as the Structure at the Heart of Jewish Life |
| Ta’anit |
June 24, 2014 |
In the Rains, Talmudic Symbols of Goodwill, Punishment, and a Deep Covenant |
| Ta’anit |
July 1, 2014 |
Better To Suffer or Better To Live? Eating—and Not Eating—as a Meritorious Jewish Act |
| Ta’anit |
July 8, 2014 |
Why Even The Greatest Rabbis Can't Be Trusted |
| Ta’anit |
July 15, 2014 |
Why Early Jews Didn’t Care at All About Christians |
| Megilla |
July 22, 2014 |
Is the Book of Esther—a Story Told in Human Terms, Not Miracles—a Holy Book? |
| Megilla |
July 29, 2014 |
When the Talmud Offers Close Readings of Sacred Fictions |
| Megilla |
August 5, 2014 |
American Jews Speak English, but Our Sacred Texts Are in Hebrew |
| Megilla |
August 12, 2014 |
How Can We Respect Both the Sanctity of Jewish Things and the Practical Needs of the Jews? |
| Moed Katan |
August 19, 2014 |
Are Jews Meant To Be Farmers, Workers, or Thinkers? |
| Moed Katan |
August 26, 1014 |
In the Days Between the Major Holidays, Little Clues to Jewish Ritual and Life |
| Moed Katan |
September 9, 2014 |
Rules for Hair Cutting and Rending Garments—and Exceptions for Newborns |
| Chagiga |
September 16, 2014 |
If Even the Angel of Death Makes Mistakes, Where Is There True Justice? |
| Chagiga |
September 23, 2014 |
The Talmud’s Mysticism Is Too Mindblowing Even for Its Students |
| Chagiga |
October 7, 2014 |
The Study of Law as a Spiritual Act: Finding Truth and Meaning in the Talmud |
| Yevamot |
October 14, 2014 |
Sex With Your Uncle? OK. Sex With Your Widowed Daughter’s Rival? Not OK. |
| Yevamot |
October 21, 2014 |
The Talmud’s Difficulty Is What Makes the Talmud ‘Talmudic’—And Unlike the Law |
| Yevamot |
October 18, 2014 |
How To Solve Disputes Between Schools of Jewish Thought? In Private, or Not at All. |
| Yevamot |
November 4, 2014 |
Converting for Love (Like Natalie Portman’s Husband)? The Talmud Forbids It. |
| Yevamot |
November 18, 2014 |
Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Brother’s Wife. Unless He Dies. Then—Well, Here’s the Thing… |
| Yevamot |
November 25, 2014 |
Talmudic Rabbis Ponder Sexual Relations That Are Prohibited by Jewish Law |
| Yevamot |
December 2, 2014 |
Can a Woman Rape a Man, as Shia LaBoeuf Claimed? The Rabbis Have a Say. |
| Yevamot |
December 9, 2014 |
Virgins, ‘Partial Virgins,’ Sodomy, Bestiality, Prostitutes, Marriage, and Forbidden Sex |
| Yevamot |
December 16, 2014 |
Only the Wife Knows If the Husband’s ‘Semen Shoots Like an Arrow’ |
| Yevamot |
December 30, 2014 |
Does a Penis Make the Man? Hermaphrodites, Eunuchs, and Jews With Genital Deformities |
| Yevamot |
January 6, 2015 |
The Return of Martin Guerre: Abandoned, Adulterous, Raped, and Widowed Wives |
| Yevamot |
January 13, 2015 |
Let’s Talk About Sex With Minors, Rape, and ‘Uncovering the Nakedness’ of Sisters |
| Yevamot |
January 20, 2015 |
In Matters of Divorce, as in Uber’s ‘Surge Pricing,’ What’s Unjust Isn’t Always Illegal |
| Yevamot |
January 27, 2015 |
Juliet’s Dilemma: Seduced Unmarried Minors Engaging in ‘Licentious Sexual Intercourse’ |
| Ketubot |
February 10, 2015 |
Virgin Brides, Premarital Sex, and Jewish Patriarchal Ownership of Female Bodies |
| Ketubot |
February 17, 2015 |
Virginity Is a Commodity (and Can Be Divined by Sitting a Bride on a Wine Barrel) |
| Ketubot |
February 24, 2015 |
Can a Blind Bride Be Attractive? If Not, How Do You Pay Her a Compliment? |
| Ketubot |
March 3, 2015 |
Belief, Truth, and Lies in Divorce, Marriage, Rape, and Female Chastity |
| Ketubot |
March 10, 2015 |
Incestuous Rapists Get What They Deserve |
| Ketubot |
March 17, 2015 |
Talmudic Rabbis Debated the Cost of Rape—In Terms of the Woman’s Market Value |
| Ketubot |
March 24, 2015 |
When Jews Were Like ISIS |
| Ketubot |
March 31, 2015 |
Would a Jackal Take Better Care of Its Young? |
| Ketubot |
April 14, 2015 |
How Often Should Jewish Couples Have Sex |
| Ketubot |
April 21, 2015 |
Love and Marriage, Love and Marriage, They Go Together Like … |
| Ketubot |
April 28, 2015 |
Jewish Bride Has a Mole? Grounds for Divorce. Husband Smells Bad? Live With It. |
| Ketubot |
May 5, 2015 |
Divorce Court: Talmud |
| Ketubot |
May 12, 2015 |
Marriage: a Math Problem |
| Ketubot |
May 19, 2015 |
For Jewish Widows, Like Modern Drug Offenders, Just How Much Matters |
| Nedarim |
June 2, 2015 |
If Victorious, I Vow To Sacrifice My Daughter—Wait, No! I Didn’t Mean That! Uh-Oh. |
| Nedarim |
June 10 2015 |
Why Taking Vows is a Wicket Act |
| Nedarim |
June 16, 2015 |
Sex: Sin, Obligation, or Pursuit of Pleasure? |
| Nedarim |
June 23, 2015 |
‘The Law of the Kingdom Is the Law’ |
| Nedarim |
June 30, 2015 |
The Talmud as Fossil Record of Ancient, Everyday Jewish Life and Idioms |
| Nedarim |
July 7, 2015 |
Is It Fair To Charge Fees for Religious Education? |
| Nedarim |
July 14, 2015 |
What’s Mine Is Mine and What’s Yours Is Mine, Too |
| Nedarim |
July 21, 2015 |
The Talmud as a Jewish ‘Canterbury Tales’ of Earthy, Ribald Moral Inquiry |
| Nedarim |
July 28, 2015 |
Do Torah Scholars Have the Right Not To Be Drafted by the Government? |
| Nedarim |
August 4, 2015 |
The Talmud’s Guide to Jewish Feminine Beauty |
| Nedarim |
August 11, 2015 |
The Jewish Legal Basis for Male Dominion Over Vows by Women? It’s in the Bible. |
| Nazir |
September 1, 2015 |
Tracing the Way of the Nazirites |
| Nazir |
September 9, 2015 |
Do Cows Speak? And Other Problems of the Nazirite Vow |
| Nazir |
September 22, 2015 |
Why in Jewish Law Good Can Be Evil and Evil Good |
| Nazir |
October 13, 2015 |
When Making a Vow Consider Where You Stand |
| Nazir |
October 20, 2015 |
Decomposing Bodies, Congealing Carcasses, Handfuls of Corpse Dust, and Other Interests of the Rabbis |
| Nazir |
October 27, 2015 |
The Talmudury Tales |
| Sota |
November 3, 2015 |
A Magical Potion Reveals and Humiliates Sexually Unfaithful Women—and Shows Talmudic Rabbis Declaring One of Their Own Rituals Obsolete |
| Sota |
November 18, 2015 |
The Talmud’s Deep Misogyny: No Women Allowed |
| Sota |
December 1, 2015 |
Does the Talmud Condone Bestiality? |
| Sota |
December 8, 2015 |
What Language Do the Angels Speak? |
| Sota |
December 15, 2015 |
Your Bubbe Was Not More Jewish Than You Are |
| Gittin |
January 5, 2016 |
Talmud: God Studies Torah, Too |
| Gittin |
January 12, 2016 |
Talmudic Semiotics: I Write Your Name |
| Gittin |
January 25, 2016 |
Is ‘Tikkun Olam’ for the Betterment of the World, or Just for the Betterment of Divorce? |
| Gittin |
February 2, 2016 |
Talmud: We Don't Negotiate With Terrorists |
| Gittin |
February 9, 2016 |
Finders Keepers, Inferior Land for Wedded Bliss, and Other Property Matters |
| Gittin |
February 23, 2016 |
The Talmud’s Demonology Resembles the Schlocky Inventiveness of ‘Dune’ or ‘The Lord of the Rings’ |
| Gittin |
March 1, 2016 |
The Finer Points of Talmudic Contract Law Contain Technicalities that Put Modern Legalese to Shame |
| Gittin |
March 8, 2016 |
The Talmud’s Inhumane View of Women Puts Unhappy Wives in Impossible Positions |
| Gittin |
March 15, 2016 |
Divorce Court |
| Kiddushin |
March 22, 2016 |
On the Acquisition of Women |
| Kiddushin |
March 29, 2016 |
By Talmudic law, Jewish Men Purchase Brides as They Would a Slave or a Piece of Real Estate |
| Kiddushin |
April 12, 2016 |
Honor Thy Mother and Father |
| Kiddushin |
April 19, 2016 |
Men: Thank God We Are Not Women! |
| Kiddushin |
April 26, 2016 |
Crime and Punishment and Punishment and Punishment |
| Kiddushin |
May 10, 2016 |
The True Pleasure of the Talmud Is Its Intellectual Gamesmanship |
| Kiddushin |
May 17, 2016 |
Love and Marriage, Love and Marriage, Go Together Like a— |
| Kiddushin |
June 1 2016 |
Know Your Place |
| Kiddushin |
June 7, 2016 |
My Son the Doctor Has Chosen the Wrong Profession |
| Kiddushin |
June 21, 2016 |
Toward a Taxonomy of Damage |
| Kiddushin |
June 28, 2016 |
The Shock of Recognition |
| Bava Kamma |
July 12, 2016 |
One Law for Jews Another One for Gentiles |
| Bava Kamma |
July 19, 2016 |
Tied Up in Knots Over a Goring Ox |
| Bava Kamma |
July 26, 2016 |
Burden of Proof |
| Bava Kamma |
August 2, 2016 |
Law Vs. Lore |
| Bava Kamma |
August 9, 2016 |
An Ox, a Donkey, a Sheep, and a Garment Walk Into a Bar… |
| Bava Kamma |
August 30, 2016 |
Is ‘An Eye for an Eye’ Really an Eye for an Eye? |
| Bava Kamma |
September 13, 2016 |
Thievery Corporation |
| Bava Kamma |
September 20, 2016 |
Smoothing the Path to a Sinner’s Repentance |
| Bava Kamma |
September 27, 2016 |
Jew Vs. Non-Jew Vs. Jew |
| Bava Metzia |
October 11, 2016 |
I Swear |
| Bava Metzia |
November 1, 2016 |
Lost and Found |
| Bava Metzia |
November 8, 2016 |
Need a Reason to Hope This Campaign Season? Try the Timeless Talmud. |
| Bava Metzia |
November 15, 2016 |
The Coin of the Realm |
| Bava Metzia |
November 29, 2016 |
Not in Heaven |
| Bava Metzia |
December 13, 2016 |
Why the Talmud Allows Jews to Profit Off Gentiles |
| Bava Metzia |
January 10, 2017 |
The Talmud as Epic |
| Bava Metzia |
January 24, 2017 |
What the Rich Owe the Poor |
| Bava Batra |
January 31, 2017 |
What the Talmud Says About Trump’s Border Wall, Paid For by Mexico |
| Bava Batra |
February 7, 2017 |
Who Wrote the Torah? |
| Bava Batra |
February 14, 2017 |
Talmud to Betsy DeVos: Yes, We Need Public Schools |
| Bava Batra |
February 28, 2017 |
If You'll Buy That, the Rabbi'll Throw the Golden Gate in Free |
| Bava Batra |
March 7, 2017 |
Daf Yomi: ‘Whoever Is Stronger Prevails’ |
| Bava Batra |
March 14, 2017 |
Does the Talmud Legalize Squatting? |
| Bava Batra |
March 21, 2017 |
The Law of the Kingdom, or the Law of the Jews? |
| Bava Batra |
March 28 2017 |
Why Jews are Forbidden to Be Happy |
| Bava Batra |
April 4, 2017 |
The Art of the Deal |
| Bava Batra |
April 25, 2017 |
When You Buy a Cow (or a Boat) What Do You Get From the Seller? When Is It Yours? And What Really Is a Cow Anyway? |
| Bava Batra |
May 2, 2017 |
Caveat Emptor |
| Bava Batra |
May 9, 2017 |
Terms of Service |
| Bava Batra |
May 16, 2017 |
Taking a 'Sharp Knife' to the Talmud |
| Bava Batra |
May 23, 2017 |
The Talmud’s Hot Tub Time Machine |
| Bava Batra |
June 6, 2017 |
The Inheritance |
| Bava Batra |
June 13, 2017 |
An Old Jew Is on His Deathbed, and Says to His Son… |
| Bava Batra |
June 20, 2017 |
How a Cucumber Decides Whether a Son Inherits Over a Donkey |
| Bava Batra |
June 27, 2017 |
What Happens When a Dying Man Doesn't Die |
| Bava Batra |
July 11, 2017 |
The Art of Forgery |
| Bava Batra |
July 18, 2017 |
Follow the Money |
| Bava Batra |
July 25, 2017 |
Reading the Torah Against the Grain |
| Sanhedrin |
August 8, 2017 |
Lest Ye be Judged |
| Sanhedrin |
August 22, 2017 |
Surprise, Discovery, Ritual, Meaning, and Wonder |
| Sanhedrin |
September 12, 2017 |
On Capital Punishment |
| Sanhedrin |
September 19, 2017 |
The Anti-Semite Can Cite Talmud for His Purpose |
| Sanhedrin |
September 26, 2017 |
False Idols |
| Sanhedrin |
October 3, 2017 |
Put to Death For Crimes Yet to be Committed |
| Sanhedrin |
October 10, 2017 |
Are Jews Exempt from Capital Punishment? |
| Sanhedrin |
October 17, 2017 |
Rebellious Elders |
| Sanhedrin |
October 31, 2017 |
The Talmud and the Thought Police |
| Sanhedrin |
November 7, 2017 |
Peeking into the World to Come |
| Makkot |
November 14, 2017 |
On Bearing False Witness |
| Makkot |
November 21, 2017 |
Accident or Crime? |
| Makkot |
November 28, 2017 |
To Flog or Not to Flog |
| Shevuot |
December 12, 2017 |
The Order of Things |
| Shevuot |
December 19, 2017 |
The Letter of the Law |
| Shevuot |
January 9, 2018 |
Sworn Testimony |
| Shevuot |
January 16, 2018 |
In the Talmud, Size Matters |
| Avodah Zarah |
January 23, 2018 |
The Talmud's Revenge Fantasies |
| Avodah Zarah |
January 30, 2018 |
Thou Shalt Sell No White Rooster and Bow to No Idols |
| Avodah Zarah |
February 6, 2018 |
How Jews Should Deal with Gentiles |
| Avodah Zarah |
February 13, 2018 |
Immoral, Weak, Abusive, Untrustworthy, and Murderous |
| Avodah Zarah |
February 27, 2018 |
On the Perils of Assimilation |
| Avodah Zarah |
March 13, 2018 |
Statue of Limitations |
| Avodah Zarah |
March 20, 2018 |
Truth or Coincidences |
| Avodah Zarah |
March 27, 2018 |
Grapes of Math |
| Horayot |
April 10, 2018 |
Disobey |
| Horayot |
April 17, 2018 |
When a King Sins |
| Zevachim |
April 24, 2018 |
Slaughtered Offerings |
| Zevachim |
May 1, 2018 |
If A, then B |
| Zevachim |
May 8, 2018 |
On Priestly Perfection |
| Zevachim |
May 15, 2018 |
Blood of the Soul |
| Zevachim |
June 5, 2018 |
Myth and Meaning |
| Zevachim |
June 12, 2018 |
Mapping the Temple |
| Zevachim |
June 19, 2018 |
Archaeology Without Ruins |
| Zevachim |
June 26, 2018 |
Bird Sacrifice |
| Zevachim |
July 10, 2018 |
Suited to the Fire |
| Zevachim |
July 17, 2018 |
Cooking Time and Air Rights |
| Zevachim |
July 24, 2018 |
Dirty Laundry |
| Zevachim |
July 31, 2018 |
Who Gets to Eat Sacrificial Meat? |
| Zevachim |
August 7, 2018 |
In the Language of Men |
| Zevachim |
August 7, 2018 |
Six Years of Farts, Magic, and Misogyny |
| Menachot |
August 21, 2018 |
The Talmud as Rube Goldberg Machine of the Mind |
| Menachot |
August 28, 2018 |
On the One Hand |
| Menachot |
September 4, 2018 |
Salt Bae |
| Menachot |
September 18, 2018 |
Finding Meaning in Calligraphy |
| Menachot |
October 9, 2018 |
Stings Attached |
| Menachot |
October 16, 2018 |
There's No Business Like Showbread Business |
| Menachot |
October 23, 2018 |
Flour Power |
| Menachot |
November 6, 2018 |
Oil Change |
| Menachot |
November 13, 2018 |
Vesselmania |
| Menachot |
November 20, 2018 |
The Showbread Must Go On |
| Menachot |
November 27, 2018 |
The Other Temples |
| Hullin |
December 4, 2018 |
Slaughterhouse Shrive |
| Hullin |
December 18, 2018 |
Natural Causes |
| Hullin |
January 8, 2019 |
Cuts Like a Knife |
| Hullin |
January 15, 2019 |
Slaughtering With Intent |
| Hullin |
February 8, 2019 |
Better Treyf Than Sorry |
| Hullin |
February 15, 2019 |
Womb Raider |
| Hullin |
March 8, 2019 |
Offspring Fever |
| Hullin |
March 22, 2019 |
Kosher Overreach |
| Hullin |
April 4, 2019 |
Impure Thoughts |
| Hullin |
April 21, 2019 |
Nesting Habits |
| Bekhorot |
May 10, 2019 |
Blood and Milk |
| Bekhorot |
May 24, 2019 |
When Does Human Life Begin? |
| Bekhorot |
May 31, 2019 |
Shalom Chaver! |
| Bekhorot |
June 14, 2019 |
The Price of a Firstborn |
| Arakhin |
July 5, 2019 |
How Much is a Jewish Life Worth? |
| Arakhin |
July 12, 2019 |
Neither Less Than X nor More Than Y |
| Arakhin |
July 26, 2019 |
Your Weight in Onions |
| Temura |
August 9, 2019 |
The Rules of the Swamp |
| Temura |
August 23, 2019 |
If a Man Gives a Woman a Lamb in Exchange for Sex |
| Karetot |
September 13, 2019 |
Captive Among the Gentiles |
| Me’ila |
September 27, 2019 |
Sacrificial Ram |
| Me’ila |
October 11, 2019 |
Ends with Benefits |
| Me’ila |
October 24, 2019 |
The Birds |
| Nidda |
November 8, 2019 |
Menstrual Camps |
| Nidda |
November 21, 2019 |
Emission Standards |
| Nidda |
December 6, 2020 |
Birth Control |
| Nidda |
December 20, 2019 |
Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon |
| Nidda |
January 2, 2020 |
Best Food Forward- Unorthodox Episode |
| Siyum! |
January 10, 2020 |
Did ‘Daf Yomi’ Make Me a Better Jew? |
