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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Take One: Berakhot 61
In today's page, the rabbis contemplate the origin of our genders
12 min
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Take One: Berakhot 60
In today's page, a lesson from Rabbi Akiva about getting a grip on life's hardships
11 min
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Take One: Berakhot 58 and 59
In today's pages, a lesson about Superman and the power of silence
8 min
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Take One: Berakhot 56 and 57
In today's page, the rabbis want to know: What does it mean when you see a cat in your dreams?
7 min
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Take One: Berakhot 55
In today's page, the rabbis go full Freud and talk the interpretation of dream
8 min
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Take One: Berakhot 54
In today's page, an existential meditation on God, good, and evil
10 min
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Take One: Berakhot 53
In today's page, a meditation on letting kids be kids
6 min
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Take One: Berakhot 51 and 52
In today's pages, a new perspective on Havdalah
10 min
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Take One BONUS: Berakhot 51 and the Art of Maki...
In today's pages, a master class on giving the perfect toast
8 min
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Take One: Berakhot 49 and 50
In today's page, the rabbis give their take on the 10,000 rule, and on why practice makes perfect
9 min
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Take One: Berakhot 48
In today's page, NBA star Enes Kanter offers advice of keeping your cool when playing with, and against, your heroes
8 min
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Take One: Berakhot 47
In today's page, a thorny question: Just what and how much do you need to know and do to be considered a good Jew?
10 min
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Take One: Berakhot 46
In today's page, the rabbis show us how to throw a dinner party
9 min
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Take One: Berakhot 44 and 45
In today's pages, magical fruit make us yearn for home and our youth
11 min
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Take One: Berakhot 42 and 43
In today's page, some insight into pastries and airline food
10 min
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Take One: Berakhot 41
In today's page of Talmud, a meditation on the essence of... sushi?
11 min
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Take One: Berakhot 40
In today's page of Talmud, a meditation on feeding—and eating—animals
11 min
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Take One: Berakhot 39
In today's page of Talmud, a tale of two challahs
10 min
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Take One: Berakhot 37 and 38
Today's pages of Talmud remind us why it's dangerous to rely too much on apps
5 min
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Take One: Berakhot 35 and 36
Today’s pages of Talmud inspire us to contemplate food, mindfulness, and bacon
8 min
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Take One: Berakhot 34
Today’s page of Talmud helps us do some real Teshuvah
8 min
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Take One: Berakhot 33
Today’s page of Talmud was the inspiration for the latest Star Wars film. No, really.
7 min
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Take One: Berakhot 32
Today’s page of Talmud recounts an incredible story of God thanking Moses for giving life to the Divine
12 min
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Take One: Berakhot 30 and 31
Today's daily pages of Talmud wonder: Do we laugh too much?
10 min
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Take One: Berakhot 28 and 29
Today's daily pages of Talmud asks an inconvenient question: Are we paying the men and women who work hard to sustain the Jewish community way too little?
11 min