Day 58: Nomads in Time

Day 60 | Rosh HashanahWhat happens when the court’s ruling and the moon seem to tell different stories? Ayelet Hoffmann Libson explores why the rabbis gave judges the final word on when a month begins.Today's learning is sponsored by Karen Klutznick.Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give any amount. Every gift keeps Talmud Daily free for everyone and carries a dedication into the daily learning. Click here to learn more.Send us your questions, reactions, disagreements, and ideas at [email protected]. We really do want to hear from you!Get More Talmud Daily and 18Forty:Join the Talmud Daily WhatsAppJoin the Talmud Daily SubstackLearn more about 18FortySign up for the 18Forty Newsletter

Day 59: Rosh Hashanah From a dispute over Yom Kippur to calendars drawn up in concentration camps, Jews keep finding ways to mark the months together.Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give any amount. Every gift keeps Talmud Daily free for everyone and carries a dedication into the daily learning. Click here to learn more.Send us your questions, reactions, disagreements, and ideas at [email protected]. We really do want to hear from you!Get More Talmud Daily and 18Forty:Join the Talmud Daily WhatsAppJoin the Talmud Daily SubstackLearn more about 18FortySign up for the 18Forty Newsletter

Day 58 | Rosh Hashanah When the future presses down on the present, the Jewish calendar offers us a home in time.Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give any amount. Every gift keeps Talmud Daily free for everyone and carries a dedication into the daily learning. Click here to learn more.Send us your questions, reactions, disagreements, and ideas at [email protected]. We really do want to hear from you!Get More Talmud Daily and 18Forty:Join the Talmud Daily WhatsAppJoin the Talmud Daily SubstackLearn more about 18FortySign up for the 18Forty Newsletter

Day 57 | Rosh Hashanah Some days we feel full. Other days we see only a sliver of ourselves. Jewish time makes room for both. Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give any amount. Every gift keeps Talmud Daily free for everyone and carries a dedication into the daily learning. Click here to learn more.Send us your questions, reactions, disagreements, and ideas at [email protected]. We really do want to hear from you!Get More Talmud Daily and 18Forty:Join the Talmud Daily WhatsAppJoin the Talmud Daily SubstackLearn more about 18FortySign up for the 18Forty Newsletter

Day 56 | Rosh HashanahTwelve lunar months leave us about eleven days short of a solar year. What do we do with those eleven days?Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give any amount. Every gift keeps Talmud Daily free for everyone and carries a dedication into the daily learning. Click here to learn more.Send us your questions, reactions, disagreements, and ideas at [email protected]. We really do want to hear from you!Get More Talmud Daily and 18Forty:Join the Talmud Daily WhatsAppJoin the Talmud Daily SubstackLearn more about 18FortySign up for the 18Forty Newsletter

Day 55 | Beitzah Nearly thirty years after ninth grade, Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin reunites with the rebbe whose voice he still hears when he learns Talmud.Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give any amount. Every gift keeps Talmud Daily free for everyone and carries a dedication into the daily learning. Click here to learn more.Send us your questions, reactions, disagreements, and ideas at [email protected]. We really do want to hear from you!Get More Talmud Daily and 18Forty:Join the Talmud Daily WhatsAppJoin the Talmud Daily SubstackLearn more about 18FortySign up for the 18Forty Newsletter

Day 54 | Beitzah Jews in the diaspora once kept two days of Yom Tov because word of the new moon could take weeks to reach them. Why do we still keep both?Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give any amount. Every gift keeps Talmud Daily free for everyone and carries a dedication into the daily learning. Click here to learn more.Send us your questions, reactions, disagreements, and ideas at [email protected]. We really do want to hear from you!Get More Talmud Daily and 18Forty:Join the Talmud Daily WhatsAppJoin the Talmud Daily SubstackLearn more about 18FortySign up for the 18Forty Newsletter

Day 53 | BeitzahWhy can we cook on Yom Tov but not on Shabbos? The answer lies in the future each holy day invites us to taste.Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give any amount. Every gift keeps Talmud Daily free for everyone and carries a dedication into the daily learning. Click here to learn more.Send us your questions, reactions, disagreements, and ideas at [email protected]. We really do want to hear from you!Get More Talmud Daily and 18Forty:Join the Talmud Daily WhatsAppJoin the Talmud Daily SubstackLearn more about 18FortySign up for the 18Forty Newsletter

Day 52 | BeitzahMaking room for God and making room for others begin at the same Yom Tov table.Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give any amount. Every gift keeps Talmud Daily free for everyone and carries a dedication into the daily learning. Click here to learn more.Send us your questions, reactions, disagreements, and ideas at [email protected]. We really do want to hear from you!Get More Talmud Daily and 18Forty:Join the Talmud Daily WhatsAppJoin the Talmud Daily SubstackLearn more about 18FortySign up for the 18Forty Newsletter

Day 51 | BeitzahFresh food, a phone set aside, and the possibility of discovering something new about ourselves. Tractate Beitzah explores how we make room for a holy day.Put Your Name on a Day of Learning: Sponsor a day, sponsor a tractate, or give any amount. Every gift keeps Talmud Daily free for everyone and carries a dedication into the daily learning. Click here to learn more.Send us your questions, reactions, disagreements, and ideas at [email protected]. We really do want to hear from you!Get More Talmud Daily and 18Forty:Join the Talmud Daily WhatsAppJoin the Talmud Daily SubstackLearn more about 18FortySign up for the 18Forty Newsletter