Mishnah & Talmud Academic Review

University Beit Midrash Expansions

• 🔥 Stern College New Program: Stern College announced a new Beit Midrash Program for Fall 2026 offering seven...

• Beit Midrash launch: Seven courses in Tanakh, Talmud, and halacha using chavruta-shiur model, expanding from Advanced Talmud tradition.
• Talmud...

Rabbi Simcha Bunim Berger delivers a 39:51 shiur emphasizing learning Torah on Shabbos for weekday practical use, bridging study habits with daily halachic application.

R' Shmuel Wise presents Real Clear Mishnah: Keilim 2:6, an accessible shiur hosted on TorahAnytime, a nonprofit spreading Torah freely.

Gila Fine was fascinated by the Talmud throughout much of her adolescence, yet faced barriers as a girl in a small right-wing Jewish community. Her story spotlights women's personal engagement with Talmud study.

Today's Updates

• A new edition, translation, and commentary of the Jerusalem Talmud establishes the original text based on the editio princeps...

The quest to pinpoint Mount Sinai—via Torah, Talmud, and archaeology—remains unresolved:

• Traditional site: Jebel Musa near St. Catherine's...

Key multi-angle takeaways for Daf Yomi on Hullin 13:

• Rabbi Eliezer's exclusion: Mishnah permits selling/benefiting from carcasses, so Rabbi Eliezer...

Scholarly milestone: Original Yerushalmi text established from editio princeps and manuscripts, fully vocalized for precise study.

Menachot 100 specifies the tamid (daily offering) can only be sacrificed after dawn, referencing Mishnah Yoma's procedure where the priest in charge prepared as morning approached. Key for Mishnah-Talmud ritual timing in Menahot shiurim.

• Halakhic focus: Inserting hands in a kli for netilas yadayim, per Mishna Berura Siman 159 Seif 8 (Daf Hashavua).
• Shiur details: 13:35 YouTube...

Key angles on the ruling protecting Jewish studies projects:

• Unconstitutional overreach: Federal Judge Colleen McMahon ruled DOGE's termination of...

New Mishnah Lectures

• 🔥 What Is the Mishnah?: The State of the Question: Overview describes the Mishnah as the foundational document of rabbinic...

• Decoding focus: A talk unpacking the Mishnah's structure, style, and content, plus its historical context.
• Definitional view: The Mishnah as...

Heinrich Graetz's Chapter 42 spotlights the first Amoraim as pioneers post-Tannaim, interpreting the Mishnah and expanding oral law to found the...

Vital win for scholarly independence:

• Judge declares DOGE-linked grant terminations unconstitutional, affirming NEH's role in independent research...

Ongoing Talmud series advances with Part 89 on daf 61-62 (31:19 video).

• Learning aids: Google Drive folder for Gemara study materials.
• Full...

Ideal for academic study: Tiferet Yisrael (Yachin and Boaz) excels as one of the best commentaries for grasping Mishnah's pshat, fully...

R' Shloimie Friedman's 3:49 YouTube lesson on Mishnah Kelim 1:6-7 provides accessible daily study, dedicated L’uli Nishmas Etta Ahuva bas Yaakov on 23 Iyar 5786. Ideal for Mishnah cycles.

New video rigorously refutes the viral accusation that the Talmud teaches non-Jews are animals:

• Analyzes key passages, terms like goy, akum,...