Ephraim Diamond
The Zeman Nakat Project is the Mishnah imprint of Ephraim Diamond. A musmach of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas and a restructuring professional by trade, Ephraim has for the past ten years taught Mishnah at the Young Israel of Lawrence–Cedarhurst — a love that first took root at his own table, learning the Shisha Sidrei Mishnah with his children, and has only deepened since.
Over those same years he has written prolifically on Sefaria — running commentaries on whole masechtos and thematic collections spanning all six sedarim — work now followed by tens of thousands of readers. The Lived Mishnah gathers that decade of learning into one living home.
The idea
The Zeman Nakat Project places the Mishnah within its lived-world context — setting it at the very center of Torah Shebe’al Peh and learning it on its own terms. It shows how the Mishnah reaches into every corner of life, and how, through its study, one can take hold of the entire corpus of rabbinic Torah. Its richness lies in the beauty of its words and the lessons drawn from them.
In his words
My hope is that the Zeman Nakat Project and The Lived Mishnah become more than a website — a community of people who don’t only learn Mishnah but engage with it in all its dimensions, and a home for many Mishnah projects to come.
This has been a labor of love for many years, and I’m grateful beyond words to my family for supporting it, and me, every step of the way.
Selected writings on Sefaria
Running commentary on whole masechtos
- Mishnayos Yadayim with Running Commentary (Complete)
- Mishnayos Chagigah with Running Commentary
- Source Sheet for Mishnayos Parah
Through the calendar year
- Tisha B’Av & the Churban Through the Prism of the Mishnah — the origin of this site’s first series
- Chanukah in the Mishnah, Tosefta and Tannaitic Literature
- Korban Pesach, Seder Night & Korban HaOmer, with Running Commentary
Comments & suggestions
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