Take One Daf Yomi

Today’s Talmud pages, Ketubot 30 and 31, have climate in mind. Producer Josh Kross joins us to talk about why the ancient rabbis were surprisingly prescient about handling a crisis on the scale of global warming, and what each of us can learn from them when it comes to making a bit of a difference in our own lives. Why is it silly to fret about celebrities zooming about in private jets? Listen and find out.Like the show? Send us a note at takeone@tabletmag.com. Follow us on Twitter at @takeonedafyomi and join the conversation in the Take One Facebook group.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay and Quinn Waller. 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, Ketubot 29, gives us a tense screaming match between two prominent rabbis over the subject of...bastards. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to explain this debate, why it got so heated, and why it still matters to us today. Why did Rabbi Yeshevav need to bring Rabbi Akiva's parents into their exchange? Listen and find out.Like the show? Send us a note at takeone@tabletmag.com. Follow us on Twitter at @takeonedafyomi and join the conversation in the Take One Facebook group.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay and Quinn Waller. 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, Ketubot 28, advocates mightily against being too chummy with your ex. Nicoletta Heidegger, a therapist specializing in relationships, joins us to explain how to approach a painful breakup, and what the Talmud got right about breaking up. Did the rabbis intuit the idea of conscious uncoupling? Listen and find out.Like the show? Send us a note at takeone@tabletmag.com. Follow us on Twitter at @takeonedafyomi and join the conversation in the Take One Facebook group.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay and Quinn Waller. 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, Ketubot 27, tells a story of a young woman dealing with some serious family drama. Why is it that the ones who know you best and love you most so often end up hurting you? And what brilliant advice on family life, so deeply relevant today, can the ancient rabbis offer? Listen and find out.Like the show? Send us a note at takeone@tabletmag.com. Follow us on Twitter at @takeonedafyomi and join the conversation in the Take One Facebook group.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay and Quinn Waller. 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, Ketubot 25 and 26, warn us that even a casual, offhand remark can cause great offense and have tremendous implications. Lily Bess Leibovitz, 11, joins us to share a story of inadvertently hurting her friend, and the lesson it taught her about being more mindful before speaking. How can we all learn to be better listeners? Listen and find out.Like the show? Send us a note at takeone@tabletmag.com. Follow us on Twitter at @takeonedafyomi and join the conversation in the Take One Facebook group.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay and Quinn Waller. 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, Ketubot 23 and 24, give us a playful but profound primer on everything from believing women to figuring out a person's ulterior motives as they talk about their friends. Rabbi Sari Laufer joins us to make sense of this intricate bit of Talmudic teaching, and what insights into friendship, prejudice, and empowerment it can still offer us today. What should you say when you're trying to help out your friend? Listen and find out.Like the show? Send us a note at takeone@tabletmag.com. Follow us on Twitter at @takeonedafyomi and join the conversation in the Take One Facebook group.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay and Quinn Waller. 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, Ketubot 22, tells an uproarious story of a woman who lied to her suitors until Mr. Right came along. Our producer, Quinn Waller, joins us to share her own experiences in New York's pitiless dating scene, and finds surprising modern-day relevance in the Talmud's approach to what to do on a bad first date. Is lying to your date acceptable if you're trying to spare their feelings? Listen and find out.Like the show? Send us a note at takeone@tabletmag.com. Follow us on Twitter at @takeonedafyomi and join the conversation in the Take One Facebook group.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay and Quinn Waller. 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, Ketubot 21, wonders what we should do if a judge is also a witness to the case he's adjudicating. Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin joins us to shed some light on Judaism's approach to criminal justice, and why it continues to inspire us today. Did the Talmud inspire the TV hit show Law and Order? Listen and find out.Like the show? Send us a note at takeone@tabletmag.com. Follow us on Twitter at @takeonedafyomi and join the conversation in the Take One Facebook group.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay and Quinn Waller. 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, Ketubot 20, tells us the story of one prominent man who had lots of money and then lost his mind and made some very questionable business deals. Tablet writer Armin Rosen joins us to talk about another wealthy gentleman who is repeatedly in the news for decisions that can either be inspired or utterly mad, one Elon Musk. Is he crazy, a genius, or both? And should we care? Listen and find out.Like the show? Send us a note at takeone@tabletmag.com. Follow us on Twitter at @takeonedafyomi and join the conversation in the Take One Facebook group.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay and Quinn Waller. 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, Ketubot 18 and 19, warn us that a confession, even though it may seem final, is not always credible, especially if it involves underage suspects, coercion, or both, as was the case with the Central Park Five, Black and Latino teenagers who, in 1989, were falsely accused of a horrible crime they didn't commit. The case inspired many works of fiction and non-fiction, including a masterful documentary by Ken Burns, and continues to urge us to spur us towards criminal justice reform. Which local New York celebrity who would later rise to great prominence ignored the available evidence and called for the five teens to be executed? Listen and find out.Like the show? Send us a note at takeone@tabletmag.com. Follow us on Twitter at @takeonedafyomi and join the conversation in the Take One Facebook group.Take One is a Tablet Studios production. The show is hosted by Liel Leibovitz, and is produced and edited by Darone Ruskay and Quinn Waller. 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.