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Take One Daf Yomi

Menachot 47 and 48⁠ - Defying Gravity

Take One Daf Yomi

Tablet Magazine

Judaism, Religion & Spirituality

4.8565 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

On today’s pages, Menachot 47 and 48, the rabbis outline the "opening and closing" sacrifices that defined a day in the Temple. Yet, the Passover offering purposefully breaks this cycle, signaling that the Jewish story is built on moments that transcend the ordinary. Rabbi David Bashevkin shares how this unique ritual timing teaches us that our identity isn't just about following brackets—it's about the courage to step out of bounds and embrace the miraculous. How can a change in schedule reveal the core of who we are? Listen and find out.

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0:00.0

Hey there, and welcome back to Take One, the podcast that brings you just one

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incredible page of Tomit each day.

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And on today's pages, Menachat 47-48, we come across.

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I can't even describe what we come across.

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Just listen.

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As we learned in a Mishnah, in the case of sacrificial portions of offerings of lesser sanctity

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that left the temple courtyard before the sprinkling of the blood,

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Rabia de Ezell says the sprinkling of the blood is completely ineffective with regard to these

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portions.

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And therefore, one is not liable for misusing them.

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And if one eats them, he's not liable due to the prohibitions of piggur, notar,

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or of partaking of sacrificial meat while one is ritually impure.

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This is one of these

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passages that, you know, are so holologically intricate and complicated, but you just know

0:59.3

that great beauty hides behind them. And where do we go when we want great beauty, great

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wisdom, truth, all the good things, of course, only one man, our teacher, our friend.

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How about David Bischoffkin?

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How are you, my friend?

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Leo, what an absolute privilege and pleasure to be studying Talmud with you on this cold,

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blizzardy night.

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And in this passage, we actually learned something that is quite interesting, not just for its own terms, but for the

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exception to this rule. Essentially, the schedule of when we would offer sacrifices was very fixed.

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