Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin
Religion & Spirituality Podcas
Matmonim means "hidden treasures." In less than 20 minutes each episode highlights, develops and explains one actionable insight from the Daf Yomi Talmud study cycle. People around the world, from uninitiated seeker to seasoned scholar, are finding inspiration, meaning, and relevance in the wisdom that the Matmonim exposes from every page of Talmud. Matmonim will give you skills to deepen your own learning to get greater satisfaction from the effort you are investing. The podcast is given as a live class each morning at the Raanana Kollel in Israel and focuses on the Daf of the day.
Location:
United States
Description:
Matmonim means "hidden treasures." In less than 20 minutes each episode highlights, develops and explains one actionable insight from the Daf Yomi Talmud study cycle. People around the world, from uninitiated seeker to seasoned scholar, are finding inspiration, meaning, and relevance in the wisdom that the Matmonim exposes from every page of Talmud. Matmonim will give you skills to deepen your own learning to get greater satisfaction from the effort you are investing. The podcast is given as a live class each morning at the Raanana Kollel in Israel and focuses on the Daf of the day.
Language:
English
Episodes
Bava Metzia 68a Moral Capitalism - מי יימר דהוא רווחא
5/5/2024
We reveal the soul of the prohibition of charging interest as the foundation of the Torah’s economic model of free market capitalism governed by strict principles of Divine Law and Ethics and recognizing that only in true partnership with labor (whether physical or intellectual) can capital create value and wealth.
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Duration:00:20:39
Bava Metzia 65b - 66a A Reassuring Voice - פטומי מילי בעלמא הוא
5/4/2024
Context determines when a statement is merely an effort to provide a reassuring voice to the other party and when it reflects contractual intent.
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Duration:00:18:43
Bava Metzia 65a The Importance of Context - תרשא דרב נחמן
5/2/2024
The intentions of deeds and transactions can sometimes be determined by words, agreements, and contracts. Often however, deeds need to be interpreted by the context in which they occur.
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Duration:00:20:43
Bava Metzia 63b - 64a Discounts and Credit - אגר נטר
5/1/2024
Trade Finance presents interesting challenges in the laws of interest bearing credit.
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Duration:00:19:08
Bava Metzia 60 - 62 Interest Bearing Loans - איזהו נשך – פתיחה
4/30/2024
Lending and borrowing with interest is a unique law that is foundational to faith and community.
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Duration:00:20:14
Bava Metzia 59b Truth or Opinion? - תנור של עכנאי
4/26/2024
“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” – Marcus Arelius, Meditations. How applicable is this in Torah?
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Duration:00:21:24
Bava Metzia 58b Heart Attacks - אונאת דברים
4/25/2024
We can cause damage to the property of others or to their persons. Perhaps the worst damage that we can cause though, is damage to their heart.
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Duration:00:21:09
Bava Metzia 56-57a Ethics and Commerce - אונאה וביטול מקח
4/24/2024
The right to cancel a sale can stem either from one party having mislead the other, or from having transgressed the prohibition of אונאה
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Duration:00:20:36
Bava Metzia 55a When Money is Worthless - יוליכנו אחריו אפילו למדי
4/22/2024
When a transaction is designed for a spiritual reason rather than an economic one, money is valued subjectively rather than by the currency market.
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Duration:00:18:05
Bava Metzia 52a-b Master Your Grievances - אין לו עליו אלא תרעומת
4/19/2024
The Torah expects high levels of personal mastery from us. Even to having a grievance against one who wronged us needs us to have an Halachik basis that permits such a grievance.
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Duration:00:20:55
Bava Metzia 51a Sentimental Value - לוקח מבעל הבית אין לו עליו אונאה
4/18/2024
An item sold by an individual from his or her personal collection has a narrative attached to it unlike a generic item bought in a store. The narrative attaches a different value to the item.
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Duration:00:17:31
Bava Metzia 49b-50 Exploitation - האונאה שתות למקח
4/17/2024
The feeling of having had our trust exploited, is one of the most soul-destroying feelings we can endure.
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Duration:00:21:27
Bava Metzia 49a Actualize Your Intention - שיהא הין שלך צדק
4/16/2024
Standing by your word even when there is no contractual obligation, even when it entails loss.
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Duration:00:19:34
Bava Metzia 48a A Word is a Word - מי שפרע מאנשי דור המבול
4/15/2024
Lack of integrity, even when no crime is involved, can be more destructive for society than criminal activity.
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Duration:00:19:29
Bava Metzia 47b Skin in the Game - תקנו משום שאינם מהוגנים
4/14/2024
It is human nature that when we have an interest in a given outcome, we take on greater responsibility than when we don’t .
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Duration:00:16:37
Bava Metzia 44a-b Value People for Who They Are – חשיב וחריף
4/12/2024
Introduction to HaZahav: Some things are valued for their activity and others for their essence. It is the same with people.
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Duration:00:22:14
Bava Metzia 38a-39a Ownership and Hope Drive Investment - אי מורידין קרוב לנכסי שבוי
4/5/2024
To maximize long term value growth it is crucial to align the interests of all stakeholders.
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Duration:00:21:58
Bava Metzia 37a Attention to Detail - לצאת ידי שמים
4/4/2024
When lack of attention to detail indirectly causes a loss to others we are morally responsible for the loss.
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Duration:00:18:49
Bava Metzia 36a Volunteering - דהא מסרה לבן דעת
4/3/2024
Responding to a call for help is a fundamental human capacity.
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Duration:00:20:40
Bava Metzia 35b When the Law is Unfair - הלה עושה סחורה עם פרתו של חבירו
4/2/2024
People have the capacity to reason for themselves and also to trust in the Torah. Both capacities are needed as well as the strength of conviction to live according to our reason and not according to the fads of the day. This is essential to our Jewishness.
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Duration:00:18:02