Take One Daf Yomi

Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 42, is all about the idea of Shemitah, the seventh year of a seven-year-cycle during which we're commanded to let the earth rest. Why do this? And how is this seemingly esoteric agricultural idea related to the Garden of Eden, and to the promise of one day experiencing a return to paradise? Listen and find out.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay, Quinn Waller and Elie Bleier. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Sara Fredman Aeder, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer. Check out all of Tablet’s podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.

Today’s Talmud pages, Nedarim 40 and 41, kick things off with a bang, arguing that young people often destroy when they intend to build and older people build even if they set out to destroy. Tablet Magazine's Editor in Chief Alana Newhouse joins us to talk about her recent piece, entitled "Brokenism," an insightful look at the two divergent ways to understand--and fix--life in America today. Are you a brokenist or a status-quoist? Listen and find out.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay, Quinn Waller and Elie Bleier. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Sara Fredman Aeder, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer. Check out all of Tablet’s podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.

Today’s Talmud pages, Nedarim 38 and 39, tell an amazing story about Moses getting rich from the remnants of the second set of Ten Commandments. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain this mysterious tale, and the deep, metaphysical meaning behind it. Were the Tablets really just a get-rich-quick scheme? Listen and find out.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay, Quinn Waller and Elie Bleier. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Sara Fredman Aeder, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer. Check out all of Tablet’s podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.

Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 37, asks a question a lot of students have been asking themselves, too: What are teachers for? Vicki Messler, who develops curricula at New York's Shefa School, joins us to talk about our shifting understanding of education, and how teachers, students, and parents can work together to make learning better. How to teach kids now that so much knowledge is just a Google search away? Listen and find out.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay, Quinn Waller and Elie Bleier. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Sara Fredman Aeder, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer. Check out all of Tablet’s podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.

Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 36, ponders what's the best way to educate and motivate your kids. Producer Darone Ruskay and his charming twin boys join us for a frank father-sons talk about what works, and what doesn't, when trying to get the young ones going. What parenting advice does the Talmud dole out? Listen and find out.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay, Quinn Waller and Elie Bleier. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Sara Fredman Aeder, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer. Check out all of Tablet’s podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.

Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 35, brings up a weighty conundrum: Do members of the clergy work for us or for God? Rabbi Lauren Tuchman joins us to opine on this barbed question, and share some tips into being a good teacher and communal leader. So, who do the rabbis truly work for? Listen and find out.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay, Quinn Waller and Elie Bleier. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Sara Fredman Aeder, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer. Check out all of Tablet’s podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.

Today’s Talmud pages, Nedarim 33 and 34, ask a very poignant question: Are we allowed to dress all fancy and pretend we're rich to get preferential treatment? Stephanie Butnick joins us to talk about fashion, material culture, and faking it until we're making it. Is there anything wrong with a little bit of dress-up every now and then? Listen and find out.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay, Quinn Waller and Elie Bleier. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Sara Fredman Aeder, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer. Check out all of Tablet’s podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.

Today’s Talmud pages, Nedarim 31 and 32, tell us the terrifying story of Moses and the unfortunate bris. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain why a snake-like demon had to emerge and dispense some divine justice, and why the story is a powerful meditation on human imperfection and its beauty. What very famous reunion took place on today's page of Talmud? Listen and find out.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay, Quinn Waller and Elie Bleier. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Sara Fredman Aeder, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer. Check out all of Tablet’s podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.

Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 30, explores the importance of language. The rabbis discuss how to understand an oath that is made about someone not yet born, and discuss the importance of not putting language on too high a pedestal. We are joined by Tablet Director of Production Josh Kross, and former producer of a podcast about hip-hop called The Cipher. Josh shares the ways in which hip hop has taken the vernacular and created art. How has hip hop elevated everyday language into something sublime? Listen and find out. Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay, Quinn Waller and Elie Bleier. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Sara Fredman Aeder, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer. Check out all of Tablet’s podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.

Today’s Talmud page, Nedarim 29, reminds us that sometimes the best things in life happen when we do absolutely nothing. Jonathon Stalls, who wrestled with his mental health issues by walking, very slowly and deliberately, across America, joins us to talk about the insights and illuminations that only come when everything grinds down to a halt. What do you learn when you cross America on foot? Listen and find out.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay, Quinn Waller and Elie Bleier. Our team also includes Stephanie Butnick, Josh Kross, Mark Oppenheimer, Sara Fredman Aeder, Robert Scaramuccia, and Tanya Singer. Check out all of Tablet’s podcasts at tabletmag.com/podcasts.