Daf Yomi
Bekhorot 9 · Beginner voice, Standard
Where we are in the cycle: the Daf Yomi calendar. New to the page layout? How to read a page of Talmud.
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Hook
Have you ever walked into a room and instantly forgotten who you are, shrinking your voice just to fit in? Or found yourself pouring massive amounts of energy into an endless task, only to realize you are pouring into a bottomless pit that leaves you exhausted?
Bekhorot 9a opens with two wild pictures of human struggle: captured scholars who lose their confidence until they catch the scent of their homeland’s soil, and an impossible pitcher that swallows gallons of water without ever filling up. It then pivots straight into a grounded discussion about newborn donkeys and sheep.
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The newest lessons are open here for 14 days, and this one is from September 27, 2026. The full lesson, and every passage in all sixteen voices, is in Derekh Learning.
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