Rabbi Josh Yuter
@joshyuter.com
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways - Is. 55:8. Jewish stuff + bad jokes. All opinions subject to change.
Opinion 1: Just because something has a cost does not mean it's not worthwhile.
Opinion 2: Just because something is worthwhile does not mean it does not have a cost.
Opinion 2: Just because something is worthwhile does not mean it does not have a cost.
December 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Opinion 1: Just because something has a cost does not mean it's not worthwhile.
Opinion 2: Just because something is worthwhile does not mean it does not have a cost.
Opinion 2: Just because something is worthwhile does not mean it does not have a cost.
I don't know how needs to see this today, but here's Ollie being cuddly
December 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I don't know how needs to see this today, but here's Ollie being cuddly
Y. Demai 6:5
Mishna: Beit Shammai: Only sell olives to a Haver. Beit Hillel: Also to one to tithes. Modest ones of Beit Hillel would follow Beit Shammai
Gemara: "Modest" = proper (כשירי). R. Hisda: From here, all those proper (כשירי) are called modest (צנוע)
#DafYomi
Mishna: Beit Shammai: Only sell olives to a Haver. Beit Hillel: Also to one to tithes. Modest ones of Beit Hillel would follow Beit Shammai
Gemara: "Modest" = proper (כשירי). R. Hisda: From here, all those proper (כשירי) are called modest (צנוע)
#DafYomi
December 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Y. Demai 6:5
Mishna: Beit Shammai: Only sell olives to a Haver. Beit Hillel: Also to one to tithes. Modest ones of Beit Hillel would follow Beit Shammai
Gemara: "Modest" = proper (כשירי). R. Hisda: From here, all those proper (כשירי) are called modest (צנוע)
#DafYomi
Mishna: Beit Shammai: Only sell olives to a Haver. Beit Hillel: Also to one to tithes. Modest ones of Beit Hillel would follow Beit Shammai
Gemara: "Modest" = proper (כשירי). R. Hisda: From here, all those proper (כשירי) are called modest (צנוע)
#DafYomi
It is said that Hillel the Elder would wrap at once and eat [the matzah, paschal offering, and bitter herbs together] per Num. 9:11.
Context: No concern the taste of one would offset the taste of the other.
#DafYomi 79a
Context: No concern the taste of one would offset the taste of the other.
#DafYomi 79a
December 2, 2025 at 4:17 AM
It is said that Hillel the Elder would wrap at once and eat [the matzah, paschal offering, and bitter herbs together] per Num. 9:11.
Context: No concern the taste of one would offset the taste of the other.
#DafYomi 79a
Context: No concern the taste of one would offset the taste of the other.
#DafYomi 79a
Y. Demai 4:1
If someone enters a town and doesn't know anyone and asks who is trustworthy for tithing, if someone says, "I am" he may not be believed, but if he says, "X is trustworthy" then he is trustworthy.
#DafYomi
If someone enters a town and doesn't know anyone and asks who is trustworthy for tithing, if someone says, "I am" he may not be believed, but if he says, "X is trustworthy" then he is trustworthy.
#DafYomi
November 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Y. Demai 4:1
If someone enters a town and doesn't know anyone and asks who is trustworthy for tithing, if someone says, "I am" he may not be believed, but if he says, "X is trustworthy" then he is trustworthy.
#DafYomi
If someone enters a town and doesn't know anyone and asks who is trustworthy for tithing, if someone says, "I am" he may not be believed, but if he says, "X is trustworthy" then he is trustworthy.
#DafYomi
Time to observe the most important Thanksgiving tradition.
See you in 18+ minutes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57g...
See you in 18+ minutes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57g...
Alice's Restaurant - Original 1967 Recording
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November 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Time to observe the most important Thanksgiving tradition.
See you in 18+ minutes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57g...
See you in 18+ minutes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57g...
Y. Demai 3:1
Charity administrators don't announce on holidays as they do on weekdays, but they collect in private, carry it in their chest, and distribute for each neighborhood separately.
#DafYomi
Charity administrators don't announce on holidays as they do on weekdays, but they collect in private, carry it in their chest, and distribute for each neighborhood separately.
#DafYomi
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Y. Demai 3:1
Charity administrators don't announce on holidays as they do on weekdays, but they collect in private, carry it in their chest, and distribute for each neighborhood separately.
#DafYomi
Charity administrators don't announce on holidays as they do on weekdays, but they collect in private, carry it in their chest, and distribute for each neighborhood separately.
#DafYomi
Y. Demai 3:1
R. Zerikan, R. Shimon b. Abba cit. R. Yohanan: A haver doctor who feeds demai should put the food in his hand, but feed him directly. If it's certainly untithed, he cannot even put it in his hand.
#DafYomi
R. Zerikan, R. Shimon b. Abba cit. R. Yohanan: A haver doctor who feeds demai should put the food in his hand, but feed him directly. If it's certainly untithed, he cannot even put it in his hand.
#DafYomi
November 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Y. Demai 3:1
R. Zerikan, R. Shimon b. Abba cit. R. Yohanan: A haver doctor who feeds demai should put the food in his hand, but feed him directly. If it's certainly untithed, he cannot even put it in his hand.
#DafYomi
R. Zerikan, R. Shimon b. Abba cit. R. Yohanan: A haver doctor who feeds demai should put the food in his hand, but feed him directly. If it's certainly untithed, he cannot even put it in his hand.
#DafYomi
It's #HalakhicMath time!
Someone in my office bought a baby goat for 900 NIS (long story).
According to Had Gadya, one can buy a baby goat for 2 zuz.
The Talmud defines the base price of a Ketuvah as 200 zuz.
Therefore, the current rate of a base Ketuva must be 90,000 NIS.
Someone in my office bought a baby goat for 900 NIS (long story).
According to Had Gadya, one can buy a baby goat for 2 zuz.
The Talmud defines the base price of a Ketuvah as 200 zuz.
Therefore, the current rate of a base Ketuva must be 90,000 NIS.
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It's #HalakhicMath time!
Someone in my office bought a baby goat for 900 NIS (long story).
According to Had Gadya, one can buy a baby goat for 2 zuz.
The Talmud defines the base price of a Ketuvah as 200 zuz.
Therefore, the current rate of a base Ketuva must be 90,000 NIS.
Someone in my office bought a baby goat for 900 NIS (long story).
According to Had Gadya, one can buy a baby goat for 2 zuz.
The Talmud defines the base price of a Ketuvah as 200 zuz.
Therefore, the current rate of a base Ketuva must be 90,000 NIS.
Me: Time to get up!
Toddler: No!
Me: Time to get out of bed!
Toddler: NO!
Me: I bet I can get to the living room before you!!!
Toddler: 🏃
Toddler: No!
Me: Time to get out of bed!
Toddler: NO!
Me: I bet I can get to the living room before you!!!
Toddler: 🏃
November 19, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Me: Time to get up!
Toddler: No!
Me: Time to get out of bed!
Toddler: NO!
Me: I bet I can get to the living room before you!!!
Toddler: 🏃
Toddler: No!
Me: Time to get out of bed!
Toddler: NO!
Me: I bet I can get to the living room before you!!!
Toddler: 🏃
Opinion: That private relationships are routinely exposed, dissected, and criticized in public on social media might, just might, impact people's attitudes towards dating, marriage, and even friendships.
You can't expect trust and vulnerability when living in the Thunderdome.
You can't expect trust and vulnerability when living in the Thunderdome.
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Opinion: That private relationships are routinely exposed, dissected, and criticized in public on social media might, just might, impact people's attitudes towards dating, marriage, and even friendships.
You can't expect trust and vulnerability when living in the Thunderdome.
You can't expect trust and vulnerability when living in the Thunderdome.
R. Yohanan: Come and see the strength of the priests, there are no parts of the bird lighter than crop and feathers, yet priests could throw them 30 cubits
#DafYomi 64a
#DafYomi 64a
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 AM
R. Yohanan: Come and see the strength of the priests, there are no parts of the bird lighter than crop and feathers, yet priests could throw them 30 cubits
#DafYomi 64a
#DafYomi 64a
Cliff divers are ledge end airy.
November 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Cliff divers are ledge end airy.
Observation: The great irony of the AI age is all the flaws people observe in AI are found just as readily in humans.
The trouble with creating AI in our image is that it's created in our image.
The trouble with creating AI in our image is that it's created in our image.
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Observation: The great irony of the AI age is all the flaws people observe in AI are found just as readily in humans.
The trouble with creating AI in our image is that it's created in our image.
The trouble with creating AI in our image is that it's created in our image.
Rainbow over the National Library of Israel
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Rainbow over the National Library of Israel
Y. Demai 1:3
R. Pinhas b. Yair went to the house of assembly, but was stopped when the Ginai river overflowed.
R. Pinhas b. Yair: Why do you prevent me from going to the house of assembly?
The river split for him
#DafYomi
R. Pinhas b. Yair went to the house of assembly, but was stopped when the Ginai river overflowed.
R. Pinhas b. Yair: Why do you prevent me from going to the house of assembly?
The river split for him
#DafYomi
November 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Y. Demai 1:3
R. Pinhas b. Yair went to the house of assembly, but was stopped when the Ginai river overflowed.
R. Pinhas b. Yair: Why do you prevent me from going to the house of assembly?
The river split for him
#DafYomi
R. Pinhas b. Yair went to the house of assembly, but was stopped when the Ginai river overflowed.
R. Pinhas b. Yair: Why do you prevent me from going to the house of assembly?
The river split for him
#DafYomi
Y. Demai 1:3
R. Abba b. Zamina cit. R. Zeira: If our predecessors were angels, we are but men. If they were men, we are donkeys.
Note: R. Jocko Homo: We are Devo.
#DafYomi
R. Abba b. Zamina cit. R. Zeira: If our predecessors were angels, we are but men. If they were men, we are donkeys.
Note: R. Jocko Homo: We are Devo.
#DafYomi
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Y. Demai 1:3
R. Abba b. Zamina cit. R. Zeira: If our predecessors were angels, we are but men. If they were men, we are donkeys.
Note: R. Jocko Homo: We are Devo.
#DafYomi
R. Abba b. Zamina cit. R. Zeira: If our predecessors were angels, we are but men. If they were men, we are donkeys.
Note: R. Jocko Homo: We are Devo.
#DafYomi
Y. Demai 1:3
R. Yirmiya sent R. Zeira a basket of untithed figs.
R. Yirmiya: Would R. Zeira eat untithed figs?
R. Zeira: Would R. Yirmiya send me untithed figs?
#DafYomi
R. Yirmiya sent R. Zeira a basket of untithed figs.
R. Yirmiya: Would R. Zeira eat untithed figs?
R. Zeira: Would R. Yirmiya send me untithed figs?
#DafYomi
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Y. Demai 1:3
R. Yirmiya sent R. Zeira a basket of untithed figs.
R. Yirmiya: Would R. Zeira eat untithed figs?
R. Zeira: Would R. Yirmiya send me untithed figs?
#DafYomi
R. Yirmiya sent R. Zeira a basket of untithed figs.
R. Yirmiya: Would R. Zeira eat untithed figs?
R. Zeira: Would R. Yirmiya send me untithed figs?
#DafYomi
Hetler: A rabbinic dispensation for associating with Nazis.
November 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Hetler: A rabbinic dispensation for associating with Nazis.