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The Hidden Derasha of Guarding Tefillin
A quick point regarding yesterday’s daf, Menachot 36b. Rabbi Eleazar and Rabbi Yochanan both found it problematic to don tefillin after sunset.
 • Joshua Waxman
Rav Nachman is "older" than Rav Chisda
An interesting point I saw in an Artscroll footnote this morning related to Talmudic biography and the daf.
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Show and Tell
A cute thing someone in the daf yomi chabura noticed.
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Speaking Between Yishtabach and Yotzer Or (full article)
Assuming I need to interrupt my prayer to speak to someone, what is the optimal place to break?
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The Hidden Derasha of Eshet
A common theme on the Scribal Error Substack is what I call the hidden derasha. That is, Tannaim or Amoraim are interpreting a verse in a particular…
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The Antiquity of Trup, and Entering Beyond the Boundary
The daf from this past Shabbat, Menachot 27b, records a dispute between the Tanna Kamma (thus presumably the majority position) and Rabbi Yehuda:
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Have We Truly Left Zevachim? (full article)
Here is my article for the Jewish Link for this past Shabbat.
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Conflating Types of Nullification
The other day, I was kvetching a bit about how the Talmudic Narrator understood the Mishnah, where Rabbi Yehuda truly seemed to discuss consistency of…
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Oily Dough Consistency and Min beMino
In today’s daf, Menachot 22, we have a Mishnah that I don’t feel has anything to do with nullification and min bemino (like kinds), but which is taken…
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January 2026

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