Talmud Daily podcast

Talmud Daily

18Forty Team

The first accessible journey into the heart of Judaism.

Forty weeks. Ten minute episodes Monday through Thursday — plus a longer Friday interview if you want to go deeper.

No Hebrew required. A daily learning program for the rest of us — ending alongside the global Jewish world at Siyum HaShas.

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57 Episodes

Day 56: How the Jewish Calendar Became a Guinness World Record
11/9/2026
10:22
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: Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky: Learning in My Rebbe’s Voice
11/6/2026
38:52
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
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Day 54: Where I Am or Where I Come From?
11/5/2026
13:33
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: A Taste of Two Futures
11/4/2026
9:47
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: Half for God, Half for You
11/3/2026
9:13
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: An Egg’s Potential, a Holy Day’s Promise
11/2/2026
12:44
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
Day 50: Rabbanit Rachelle Fraenkel: Finding Joy in a Fragile World
10/30/2026
32:25
Day 50: SukkahRabbanit Rachelle Fraenkel explores how the sukkah teaches us to hold grief and blessing in the same hands, and find joy within life’s uncertainty.Editor’s Note: Toward the end of the podcast, we experienced some technical difficulties that interfered with the audio quality of the podcast. We apologize for the inconvenience.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 49: Two Messiahs, One Redemption
10/29/2026
10:58
Day 49 | SukkahMashiach ben Yosef builds the infrastructure of redemption. Mashiach ben David restores its soul. The Jewish future needs 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 48: The Beauty We Bring to Torah
10/28/2026
9:28
Day 48 | SukkahFrom the Shabbos table to the Torah we teach, Jewish life deserves our creativity and care.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 47: Rebuilding the Sukkah of David
10/27/2026
13:41
Day 47 | Sukkah From Avraham’s 318 servants to the boards in our garage, a lesson in living beyond despair.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

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