• S4E11: A Pipe Running Through the Tiberias Hot Springs (Shabbat 3:3-4)
    Sep 22 2026

    Today’s mishnas continue the conversation about cooking on Shabbat - first about using indirect heat to cook an egg, then considering water insulated on Shabbat, and which methods of insulation actually add heat on Shabbat and are therefore forbidden. You can find these mishnas here.

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    7 min
  • S4E12: Bishul in a Kli Sheni? Can't be! (Shabbat 3:5-6)
    Sep 24 2026

    Today’s episode finishes our discussion of hot water with rules about a hot pot that has been removed from the stove. What are you allowed to put into it? We also veer back to Shabbat lamps as we talk about putting a tray under a lamp and carrying a lamp on Shabbat. We touch upon about half of the kinds of muktze!

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    9 min
  • S4E10: Three kinds of stoves (Shabbat 3:1-2)
    Sep 20 2026

    Today, we talk about leaving food on a hot surface on Shabbat, which is called “shehiya”. Today’s mishnas discuss how the law differs depending on which kind of hot surface and what kind of fuel. You can find these mishnas here.

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    8 min
  • S4E9: Did you set up the eruv? with Rabba Amy Newman (Shabbat 2:6-7)
    Sep 18 2026

    I welcome my colleague Rabba Amy Newman to the pod as we discuss Shabbat 2:6-7. These mishnas include a difficult rabbinic statement and a checklist for pre-Shabbat preparations. You can find these mishnas here.

    The article I wrote about Shabbat 2:6 for JOFA in 2018 can be found here.

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    16 min
  • S4E6: You light with what now? (Shabbat 1:11-2:1)
    Sep 14 2026

    We conclude chapter 1 with an example of a case where you could put something on the fire close to Shabbat. Then we begin “Bameh Madlikin”, the chapter that discusses candlelighting. We are given a preliminary list of materials that are not acceptable for use as wick or oil. You can find these mishnas here.

    As Yizkor approaches next week, I am dedicating today’s episode in the memory of my grandfather Manny Berlove, z”l. In this episode, I share a few memories of my grandfather. Thank you for helping me keep his memory alive.

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    10 min
  • S4E5: The Presidential Laundry with Avi Libman (Shabbat 1:9-10)
    Sep 11 2026

    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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    15 min
  • S4E4: As Long as the Sun is Shining on Friday (Shabbat 1:7-8)
    Sep 10 2026

    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!

    Today's the day! There’s still time to sign up for my class at the Valley Beit Midrash on the topic of “What does the Mishna Teach us about the People who Wrote it?” on Thursday, September 10 at 10am PST/1pm EST. You can register here.

    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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    5 min
  • S4E3: Vetch? Or Kvetch? (Shabbat 1:5-6)
    Sep 8 2026

    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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    7 min