Chullin 5 - I Fought Gamliel (and Gamliel Won)
From Take One Daf Yomi by Tablet Magazine
May 5, 2026 · 9 min · Season 41 · Episode 5
About this episode
The episode discusses the confrontation between Rabbi Yehoshua and Rabban Gamliel regarding the authority over the calendar and the implications of living with decisions one believes are wrong.
On today’s page, Chullin 5, we encounter the towering and often feared figure of Rabban Gamliel, whose authority over the calendar sparks one of the Talmud’s most dramatic confrontations. When Rabbi Yehoshua challenges his ruling, he is ordered to appear carrying his staff and money on what he believes is Yom Kippur, forcing a painful public act of submission. The story reveals a system in which even time itself is determined not by perfect knowledge but by human institutions and the need for collective agreement. What does it take to live with decisions you believe are wrong for the sake of something larger? Listen and find out.
Topics covered
- authority
- calendar
- Talmud
- public submission
- collective agreement
Keywords
- Chullin 5
- Rabban Gamliel
- Rabbi Yehoshua
- Yom Kippur
- Talmud
- authority
- public act of submission
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