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Mishna Accomplished

Rabba Aliza Libman Baronofsky

Join Rabba Aliza Libman Baronofsky to study two mishnas per day. You"ll hear about how Rabba Aliza learned all of the six orders of the mishna with each of her children in advance of their bnai mitzvah, two mishnas at a time. Mishna Accomplished begins on Sunday, April 19 with the first two mishnayot of tractate Rosh Hashana. New episodes will be published three times per week through Shavuot 5786.

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Schedule update for October 5-9

Mishna Accomplished ·

2026/10/05

tl;dr: We'll be back with episodes on T 10/6, W 10/7, Th 10/8, and F 10/9.

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12:21

S4E17: Whose Signet Ring is it Anyways? (Shabbat 6:3-4)

Mishna Accomplished ·

2026/10/02

We continue with the mishna listing ‘gear’ that does not count as clothing or accessories and therefore cannot be worn in public on Shabbat without incurring a sin-offering. You can find these mishnayot here. I dedicate today’s episode to those who fell on 10/7/2023. You can learn more about the Yakir Unity Yizkor project here. Did you miss my class for the Valley Beit Midrash? Watch the YouTube video here! You can dedicate an episode of Mishna Accomplished for $18 by going to BuyMeACoffee.com

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S4E16: City of Gold (Shabbat 6:1-2)

Mishna Accomplished ·

2026/10/01

Today, we start chapter 6, which discusses items the rabbis decreed could not be worn in public on Shabbat. For women, we’ve mostly got accessories and for men, we’ve got armor and footwear. You can find these mishnas here. Did you miss my class for the Valley Beit Midrash? Watch the YouTube video here! You can dedicate an episode of Mishna Accomplished for $18 by going to BuyMeACoffee.com and searching for "RabbaAliza" or by using this link. (buymeacoffee.com/rabbaaliza) Write the dedication

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S4E15: Do Ewe Have Wood Chips in Your Nose? (Shabbat...

Mishna Accomplished ·

2026/09/29

We continue to discuss gear for animals to wear in public on Shabbat, today covering items that are unacceptable for ‘going out’ on Shabbat. You can find these mishnas here. Did you miss my class for the Valley Beit Midrash? Watch the YouTube video here! You can dedicate an episode of Mishna Accomplished for $18 by going to BuyMeACoffee.com and searching for "RabbaAliza" or by using this link. (buymeacoffee.com/rabbaaliza) Write the dedication information in the “Say Something Nice” box. You can

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S4E14: Goat Onesies and other Permitted Clothing...

Mishna Accomplished ·

2026/09/28

We begin chapter 5, which discusses which gear is considered too burdensome for animals to wear on Shabbat. Today’s two mishnas focus on gear that is allowed to be worn. You can find these mishnas here. Did you miss my class for the Valley Beit Midrash? Watch the YouTube video here! You can dedicate an episode of Mishna Accomplished for $18 by going to BuyMeACoffee.com and searching for "RabbaAliza" or by using this link. (buymeacoffee.com/rabbaaliza) Write the dedication information in the “Say

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10:03

S4E13: An Olive Sesame Bagel? (Shabbat 4:1-2)

Mishna Accomplished ·

2026/09/25

We’re doing a whole chapter of Shabbat today! (Perhaps for the first time?) Our chapter covers insulating food items before Shabbat so that they will stay warm on Shabbat. A new kind of muktze also makes an appearance. Find these mishnas here. Did you miss my class for the Valley Beit Midrash? Watch the YouTube video here! You can dedicate an episode of Mishna Accomplished for $18 by going to BuyMeACoffee.com and searching for "RabbaAliza" or by using this link. (buymeacoffee.com/rabbaaliza) Write

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S4E12: Bishul in a Kli Sheni? Can't be! (Shabbat 3:5-6)

Mishna Accomplished ·

2026/09/24

Today’s episode finishes our discussion of hot water with rules about a hot pot that has been removed from the stove. What are you allowed to put into it? We also veer back to Shabbat lamps as we talk about putting a tray under a lamp and carrying a lamp on Shabbat. We touch upon about half of the kinds of muktze! Did you miss my class for the Valley Beit Midrash? Watch the YouTube video here! You can dedicate an episode of Mishna Accomplished for $18 by going to BuyMeACoffee.com and searching for

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6:44

S4E11: A Pipe Running Through the Tiberias Hot...

Mishna Accomplished ·

2026/09/22

Today’s mishnas continue the conversation about cooking on Shabbat - first about using indirect heat to cook an egg, then considering water insulated on Shabbat, and which methods of insulation actually add heat on Shabbat and are therefore forbidden. You can find these mishnas here. Did you miss my class for the Valley Beit Midrash? Watch the YouTube video here! You can dedicate an episode of Mishna Accomplished for $18 by going to BuyMeACoffee.com and searching for "RabbaAliza" or by using this

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S4E10: Three kinds of stoves (Shabbat 3:1-2)

Mishna Accomplished ·

2026/09/20

Today, we talk about leaving food on a hot surface on Shabbat, which is called “shehiya”. Today’s mishnas discuss how the law differs depending on which kind of hot surface and what kind of fuel. You can find these mishnas here. Did you miss my class for the Valley Beit Midrash? Watch the YouTube video here! You can dedicate an episode of Mishna Accomplished for $18 by going to BuyMeACoffee.com and searching for "RabbaAliza" or by using this link. (buymeacoffee.com/rabbaaliza) Write the dedication

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16:13

S4E9: Did you set up the eruv? with Rabba Amy Newman...

Mishna Accomplished ·

2026/09/18

I welcome my colleague Rabba Amy Newman to the pod as we discuss Shabbat 2:6-7. These mishnas include a difficult rabbinic statement and a checklist for pre-Shabbat preparations. You can find these mishnas here. The article I wrote about Shabbat 2:6 for JOFA in 2018 can be found here. You can dedicate an episode of Mishna Accomplished for $18 by going to BuyMeACoffee.com and searching for "RabbaAliza" or by using this link. (buymeacoffee.com/rabbaaliza) Write the dedication information in the “Say

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11:44

S4E8: Lighting on Eggshells (Shabbat 2:4-5)

Mishna Accomplished ·

2026/09/17

Today the mishna moves to discussing how a lamp could be constructed that would permit or forbid its use, depending on how likely you are to indirectly extinguish the flames. We also discuss what circumstances would warrant extinguishing a flame on Shabbat in general. You can find these mishnas here. Did you miss my class for the Valley Beit Midrash? Watch the YouTube video here! You can dedicate an episode of Mishna Accomplished for $18 by going to BuyMeACoffee.com and searching for "RabbaAliza" or

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S3E7: Ok, but would you really WANT to light with...

Mishna Accomplished ·

2026/09/15

We move into “do’s” as the mishna tells us what we CAN light with as well as what we can’t light with. I reference this Wikipedia page. We close our mishnayot by veering into applications of purity and impurity that relate to lighting a wick on Yom Tov. You can find these mishnas here. You can dedicate an episode of Mishna Accomplished for $18 by going to BuyMeACoffee.com and searching for "RabbaAliza" or by using this link. (buymeacoffee.com/rabbaaliza) Write the dedication information in the “Say

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S4E6: You light with what now? (Shabbat 1:11-2:1)

Mishna Accomplished ·

2026/09/14

We conclude chapter 1 with an example of a case where you could put something on the fire close to Shabbat. Then we begin “Bameh Madlikin”, the chapter that discusses candlelighting. We are given a preliminary list of materials that are not acceptable for use as wick or oil. You can find these mishnas here. As Yizkor approaches next week, I am dedicating today’s episode in the memory of my grandfather Manny Berlove, z”l. In this episode, I share a few memories of my grandfather. Thank you for

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S4E5: The Presidential Laundry with Avi Libman...

Mishna Accomplished ·

2026/09/11

My brother Avi joins me today as we discuss the household of Rabban Gamliel’s laundry habits and try to figure out whether Beit Shammai won over Beit Hillel or the other way around when it comes to starting something before Shabbat that will keep ‘working’ on its own over Shabbat. You can find these mishnayot here. You can dedicate an episode of Mishna Accomplished for $18 by going to BuyMeACoffee.com and searching for "RabbaAliza" or by using this link. (buymeacoffee.com/rabbaaliza) Write the

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S4E4: As Long as the Sun is Shining on Friday...

Mishna Accomplished ·

2026/09/10

Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel continue their fundamental disagreement about what you can do Friday afternoon by discussing when you have to stop engaging in business with non-Jews on Shabbat. Beit Shammai say you have to finish with them early enough that they can complete the melacha before Shabbat. Beit Hillel says you just have to finish with them before Shabbat. You can find these mishnas here. Aside from the teaser, this is our shortest episode yet! Today's the day! There’s still time to sign

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S4E3: Vetch? Or Kvetch? (Shabbat 1:5-6)

Mishna Accomplished ·

2026/09/08

In this episode, I overview the second half of the tractate. Our two mishnas continue to discuss things you are allowed to do or not do on Friday afternoon, close to Shabbat. Here we see a fundamental split between Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai. You can find these mishnas here. There’s still time to sign up for my class at the Valley Beit Midrash on the topic of “What does the Mishna Teach us about the People who Wrote it?” on Thursday, September 10 at 10am PST/1pm EST. You can register here. You can

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11:36

S4E2: Drop that Quill! (Shabbat 1:3-4)

Mishna Accomplished ·

2026/09/06

In today’s episode, we discuss decrees the rabbis made to keep people from absent-mindedly violating other prohibitions, such as carrying work tools on Shabbat. We are introduced to the idea of “Bo Bayom”, a day where the student of Shammai outnumbered the students of Hillel and made 18 laws in the beit midrash. You can find these mishnas here. I’m excited to announce that I’ll be teaching a class for the Valley Beit Midrash on the topic of “What does the Mishna Teach us about the People who

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14:43

S4E1: Starting a court case on Friday afternoon...

Mishna Accomplished ·

2026/09/04

Today we start our new tractate, Shabbat! I explain why I chose Shabbat and some of the considerations when picking a longer tractate. I talk about how we want to frame our learning about Shabbat and how the mishna’s focus on “don’t” creates an imperative for us to add elements to remind ourselves of the joys of Shabbat. We learn the first mishna, about transferring, and I heavily recommend simplifying the first sentence. The second mishna starts where we might expect Shabbat to start: On Friday

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14:36

S3E30: Yom Kippur Atones (Yoma 8:8-9)

Mishna Accomplished ·

2026/09/03

We finish Tractate Yoma with the only two mishnayot that discuss Teshuva, 8:8-9. You can read these mishnas here. I’m excited to announce that I’ll be teaching a class for the Valley Beit Midrash on the topic of “What does the Mishna Teach us about the People who Wrote it?” on Thursday, September 10 at 10am PST/1pm EST. You can register here. You can dedicate an episode of Mishna Accomplished for $18 by going to BuyMeACoffee.com and searching for "RabbaAliza" or by using this link.

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S3/E29: Rabid Dog Liver - Y/N? with Shira Eliaser...

Mishna Accomplished ·

2026/09/01

Shira Eliaser joins me as we continue to talk about life-threatening situations that override existing Jewish laws. We also move into cases of doubt, focusing specifically on a rockslide or building collapse. What do we need to know about who is trapped under the rubble in order to violate Shabbat laws to clear it away? This is one of those challenging mishnas that should not be read without some added context. You can find these mishnas here. Shira also tells us about some of her creative Torah

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