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by Tablet Magazine
As Jews around the world engage in a seven-and-a-half year cycle of Daf Yomi, reading the entire Talmud one page per day, Tablet Magazine's new podcast, Take One, will offer a brief and evocative daily read of the daf, in just about 10 minutes. New episodes will be released daily Monday through Friday.
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- Today6 min
Chullin 36 and 37 - Stayin' Alive
On today’s pages, Chullin 36 and 37, the rabbis debate how to determine whether a sick animal was still alive at the moment it was slaughtered. Blood, movement, and other signs become crucial evidence in a surprisingly detailed discussion about the boundary between life and death. But the daf ultimately points toward a deeper question: what does it mean for a human being to be truly alive? Is life merely a matter of biology, or is something more required of us? Listen and find out.
- Yesterday6 min
Chullin 35 - The Rabbis and the Riffraff
On today’s page, Chullin 35, the rabbis discuss the ritual status of the garments of an am ha’aretz—an ordinary person who is not meticulous about the laws of ritual purity. What begins as a technical legal discussion quickly opens onto a deeper question about the relationship between experts and everyone else. The daf preserves a surprisingly sharp tension between learned scholars and ordinary people, one that remains deeply familiar today. Can a society thrive without the constant push and pull between expertise and common sense? Listen and find out.
- 2 days ago7 min
Chullin 34 - Purely Improving
On today’s page, Chullin 34, the Talmud explores the many gradations of ritual impurity and the complicated ways they are transmitted from one person or object to another. Yet beneath the legal framework lies a striking philosophical observation: impurity comes in countless forms and degrees, while purity is singular and uncomplicated. The daf challenges us to think differently about growth, failure, and the long process of becoming better people. If perfection is impossible, what does it mean to keep improving anyway? Listen and find out.
- 3 days ago7 min
Chullin 33 - Better Living Through Biohacking
On today’s page, Chullin 33, the rabbis recommend a curious remedy for those recovering from illness, joining a long Jewish tradition of folk medicine, healing practices, and unconventional cures. From herbal concoctions and mystical amulets to remedies that sound downright bizarre to modern ears, generations of Jews searched for ways to care for body and soul alike. The daf invites us to reconsider what our ancestors were really doing when they experimented with healing. Were they merely superstitious, or were they engaged in an older form of biohacking? Listen and find out.
- 4 days ago7 min
Chullin 31 and 32 - Slaughter, Interrupted
On today’s pages, Chullin 31 and 32, the rabbis examine what happens when ritual slaughter is interrupted midway through the act. The Mishna says that a pause is only disqualifying if it lasts as long as another act of slaughter, but the Gemara immediately asks what that measurement actually means. The daf becomes a display of rabbinic reasoning at its finest, testing every possible definition until the law can be stated with care and precision. How exact must our thinking be when even a pause can change everything? Listen and find out.
- 1 weeks ago6 min
Chullin 29 and 30 - Mishna Baby One More Time
On today’s pages, Chullin 29 and 30, the rabbis wrestle with an odd question: why does the Mishna repeat a law we already learned only a few pages earlier? Their answer opens into a surprisingly modern meditation on distraction, memory, and the limits of human attention. In a world increasingly dominated by notifications, interruptions, and fractured concentration, the daf reminds us that repetition is not redundancy but mercy. What if reminders are not signs of weakness, but essential tools for living wisely? Listen and find out.
- 1 weeks ago8 min
Chullin 28 - Against the Grain
On today’s page, Chullin 28, the rabbis spend page after page discussing cuts, angles, and the fine technical details of slaughter. Producer Josh Kross uses brisket to illuminate the daf’s deeper lesson about understanding structure before making distinctions. From rendering tallow to slicing against the grain, the daf becomes a meditation on why wisdom often begins with learning to see what something is meant to become. What can a brisket teach us about reading the world properly? Listen and find out.
- 1 weeks ago6 min
Chullin 27 - The Meat of the Matter
On today’s page, Chullin 27, a discussion about slaughtering birds and animals opens unexpectedly into the world of Jewish mysticism. The rabbis imagine different creatures as possessing different degrees of physicality and spiritual vitality, raising the stakes of what it means to consume them properly. The result is a vision of kashrut not merely as a system of rules, but as an attempt to elevate even our most basic appetites into acts of awareness and repair. What does it mean to eat in a way that honors the holiness of life itself? Listen and find out.
About Take One Daf Yomi
As Jews around the world engage in a seven-and-a-half year cycle of Daf Yomi, reading the entire Talmud one page per day, Tablet Magazine's new podcast, Take One, will offer a brief and evocative daily read of the daf, in just about 10 minutes. New episodes will be released daily Monday through Friday.
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