Chapter 1, Mishna 4
Topics covered:
If treasurer is trustworthy, does he still need to be watched carefully?
How is it different if a poor person asks for clothing versus asking for food?
How to determine if person who says heβs poor actually is poor?
Are we obligated to give to everybody who asks?
How do we know that charity is equal to all the other mitzvahs combined?
Why is it greater to inspire another to do a mitzvah than do a mitzvah yourself?
If people canβt get along with each other, how does that cause toxic government?
Who was the infant who perverted the ways of his mother?
Why is this the moniker of a great sage?
What is relevance of different rules for different kinds of impurity?
How should and shouldnβt one treat a sage?
What if one disrespects a sage?
What does “a present in the bosom brings wrath to the world” mean?
Who receives eleven blessings?
Who receives six blessings?
What does it mean that one who gives charity will later find charity?
Opening song: Moshe Storch leads Hallel at Beis Medrash Hancock Park
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