Mishna Accomplished

The mishna tells us about the ending of the service, where the Kohen Gadol puts on his white clothing again to go back into the Kodesh Kodashim to retrieve the ladle and the fire-shovel. He puts the golden clothing on and finishes the afternoon service. We then see him change back into his street clothes and is accompanied home for a post-fast celebration that he made it through the service successfully. In our final mishna, we at least see a detailed list of the Kohen Gadol’s garments. We discussed a number of the topics in today’s episode in S3E10 and S3E11, so I’m linking to them here for quick access. You can find today’s mishnas on Sefaria here.
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Sarah Osborne joins me on the podcast today as we discuss the five prohibited activities of Yom Kippur and minimum amounts for legal liability as well as some exceptions for a king and a bride. You can find these mishnas here. Sarah tells us about her work with A Mitzvah to Eat, and we talk about choosing our words carefully to make it clear that people who can safely fast are commanded to fast, but people who cannot safely fast have a mitzvah to eat. Tune in Sunday for the second part in this series.
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Sarah Osborne from A Mitzvah to Eat joins us again as we discuss what the mishna says about children, pregnant people and sick people on Yom Kippur. Sarah shares her experience and suggestions for people who may not be able to safely fast on Yom Kippur. You can find these mishnas here. You can read Sarah’s Lehrhaus article here.
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Shira Eliaser joins me as we continue to talk about life-threatening situations that override existing Jewish laws. We also move into cases of doubt, focusing specifically on a rockslide or building collapse. What do we need to know about who is trapped under the rubble in order to violate Shabbat laws to clear it away? This is one of those challenging mishnas that should not be read without some added context. You can find these mishnas here. Shira also tells us about some of her creative Torah projects. You can learn about her work at Eliaser.Net, Shira Eliaser, Author at The Lehrhaus, and https://voices.sefaria.org/profile/shira-eliaser?tab=collections.
Information about her upcoming Daf Yomi project with Miriam Anzovin can be found here:  Moshe and Akiva - Your Donations Make It Possible.pdf
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We finish Tractate Yoma with the only two mishnayot that discuss Teshuva, 8:8-9. You can read these mishnas here.
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Today we start our new tractate, Shabbat! I explain why I chose Shabbat and some of the considerations when picking a longer tractate. I talk about how we want to frame our learning about Shabbat and how the mishna’s focus on “don’t” creates an imperative for us to add elements to remind ourselves of the joys of Shabbat. We learn the first mishna, about transferring, and I heavily recommend simplifying the first sentence. The second mishna starts where we might expect Shabbat to start: On Friday afternoon, thinking about what things we should not start if we might not be able to finish them. You can find these mishnas here. 
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This is our 75th episode! Thanks for learning with me.

In today’s episode, we discuss decrees the rabbis made to keep people from absent-mindedly violating other prohibitions, such as carrying work tools on Shabbat. We are introduced to the idea of “Bo Bayom”, a day where the student of Shammai outnumbered the students of Hillel and made 18 laws in the beit midrash. You can find these mishnas here. 
 
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In this episode, I overview the second half of the tractate. Our two mishnas continue to discuss things you are allowed to do or not do on Friday afternoon, close to Shabbat. Here we see a fundamental split between Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai. You can find these mishnas here.
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Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel continue their fundamental disagreement about what you can do Friday afternoon by discussing when you have to stop engaging in business with non-Jews on Shabbat. Beit Shammai say you have to finish with them early enough that they can complete the melacha before Shabbat. Beit Hillel says you just have to finish with them before Shabbat. You can find these mishnas here. Aside from the teaser, this is our shortest episode yet! 
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Schedule note: On weeks where Sunday is a holiday, the normal Sunday episode will drop on Monday. We’ll have the same number of episodes per week. During the week of Yom Kippur, the schedule will remain unchanged.
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My brother Avi joins me today as we discuss the household of Rabban Gamliel’s laundry habits and try to figure out whether Beit Shammai won over Beit Hillel or the other way around when it comes to starting something before Shabbat that will keep ‘working’ on its own over Shabbat. You can find these mishnayot here.
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