Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 1, 2 Some choice lessons on regulating our speech from King Solomon, the Chofetz Chaim, Polonius, Ben Sira, and the order of the sacrificial parts brough on the altar. Rav Nachman and Rav Sheishes debate …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 1 Today we study an important debate between Rav and Levi regarding which services in the Holy Temple, if performed by a non-Priest, would result in “kares” for him, i.e. death at the hands of …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 1 We learned yesterday the Priests in the Temple raced each other for the morning ash-removal work, until one got hurt and they switched to a lottery system. Today we learned there was also an …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 1 Priests in the Temple raced each other for the morning ash-removal work, until one got hurt and they switched to a lottery system. King Saul was too merciful when God told him to be …

Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 6 People crowded on the Temple Mount for Festivals, yet they all had room to bow and confess privately. This leads to an AMAZING discussion of the ongoing miracles in the Holy Temple, especially the …

Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 6 A beautiful story about one page of Talmud, a son, a father, and Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. Staying awake with the High Priest on the night of Yom Kippur led to unintended consequences. Sweeping the …

Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 4, 5 Psalm 20 for the healing of the injured in Meron. The Elders kept the High Priest up all night on Yom Kippur. One tactic was reading aloud the most gripping books of the …

Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 3 Elders prepped the High Priest for a week before Yom Kippur, intellectually, emotionally and physically. They reviewed his Torah obligations for the big day in case he’d forgotten or never learned them. How could …

Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 2 The Kohen Gadol, High Priest, is entitled to bring any sacrifice he chooses, and to eat any of the priestly portions that he chooses. He also gets one of the two loaves brought on …