Shallow Dive Daf Yomi

Do crooked paths engender twistedness? • What does the Nazir gain by abstaining from wine? • Is it ideal to seek medical care from a doctor? • What was the Netziv's exam before being willing to receive medical care for his eyes? • The greatest secret

Which communal offerings require semichah, leaning one's weight on the animal prior to slaughter? • Which personal offerings do not require semichah?

Where and how should grain be optimally cultivated for meal offerings? • What imperfections would invalidate the flour or grain from sacrificial use? • Are there lashes for consecrating invalid flour or logs for the altar? • Sourcing sacrificial olive oil • A simple olive rancher with vast stores of oil for export exemplifies the blessings of Asher's territory

Recognizing the magnetic pull of perceiving something thoroughly enjoyed • What did Rav Moshe Feinstein write about the prevailing cultural emphasis on having a "good time"?

How much fine flour is brought with Thanksgiving offerings? • Various meal offering components • What is required for the Thanksgiving offering loaves to become consecrated?

How do we know that once grain has taken root the Omer offering will permit its consumption? • When may harvesting precede the Omer offering? • Jericho: a lesson in when to let mistakes slide and when to protest erroneous practices • What constitutes a differentiation of one field into two for the purposes of designation of Peah, a corner for the poor?

What are the consequences of going off the derech? • The paths of darkness have poor visibility

Laws of harvesting the first oats offering on Shabbos and weekdays • When is a person who is wantonly catching fish on Shabbos, due to the act, nonetheless exempt from liability? • When is one liable for harvesting dried figs on Shabbos? • Minimizing creative labor on Shabbos to save a life • Mordechai the Master of Communications, harnessing a powerful wisdom for good

How to identify false ideologies • How to inure oneself from the magnetic influences of evildoers • Obfuscation of truth can be achieved by distortive crushing and perversity

How is parcooking distinct from cooking within the laws of Shabbos? • What actions render one liable for leavening a meal offering? • Consecration of dry and liquid service vessels • The prohibition of bringing leaven, honey, and sacrificial remainders onto the altar

At the fork in the road, when is it not sheer folly to take the more spiritually dangerous path? • When confronting temptation, transformative immersion in Divine Enlightenment can afford protection that legitimately emboldens towards risky behavior • The validity of Cain's approach rooted in fear of sin: low risk, low reward

If the first lamb of the Daily Offering was not brought, when should the second afternoon lamb be omitted as well? • If the High Priest dies after bringing the first half of his daily meal offering, what should the newly appointed High Priest bring that afternoon?

When wisdom dominates the heart there will be transformative multifarious sweetenings

Checking Tefillin • Testing for authentic Techeiles • What risks are associated with selling a Tallis to idolators? • May one purchase Tzitzis from Walmart? • Are women obligated in Tzitzis? • 100 blessings each day

When should blessing(s) over Tefillin be made? • How many blessings should be made on the Shel Rosh? • What is the root transgression that could endanger a soldier: not making a required blessing or making an unnecessary blessing? • Are Tefillin worn at night? • Must the high priest regularly touch the golden plate Tzitz on his forehead?

Infuse yourself with Divine Enlightenment towards optimizing human relationships • In less than ideal conditions, modification of the ideal path can provide a more appropriate contextualized means to the ideal

Wholesomeness is a quality that can be nurtured with the knowledge that God has many pathways towards the fulfillment of His will • Rav Moshe Feinstein's penetrating grasp: the pious are protected from stumbling • Why did Korach's rebellion warrant a new creation not included within the six days of creation?

Divine enlightenment is an inviolable foundation of creation that shields those choosing to be wholesome

What may consecrated salt be used for? • Where was consecrated salt stored, and what was done with it in various locations? • A less than gentlemanly disagreement • What is the significance of likening those who crossed the Sea of Reeds to those required to bring the half-shekel contribution to communal offerings? • When is the minority of an admixture not nullified?

If part of a communal offering becomes ritually impure before the blood was sprinkled, is it all treated as impure or is each component processed separately? • If at the time of slaughter, one intends to consume one component of a Thanksgiving offering after its expiration, are all components of the offering invalidated as Pigul?