Topics covered: Chapter 4, Misha 2, 3 Who would call Shimon the Righteous haughty?! He built a new ramo for the Red Heifer for good reason! The Temple’s complex procedure for selling and reacquiring last year’s leftover incense so it …

Topics covered: Chapter 4, Misha 1, 2 How and on what were the funds in the Temple treasury spent? Who could be paid with those funds and who could not? What were the red heifer and the scapegoat? Why were …

Topics covered: Chapter 3, Misha 2, 3 Levels of poverty according to Rav Beivai. One with curly hair may not be a Temple treasurer! Sources for the importance of conducting yourself in a manner that is above suspicion. The alacrity …

Topics covered: Chapter 3, Misha 1, 2 Why/When/How were the collected shekels removed from the Temple Treasury so they could be used to purchase the communal offerings brought on behalf of the nation? How are these thrice-yearly withdrawals connected to …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Misha 5 What do we do with surplus money collected for certain mitzvos? Why were the Sages so particular about sharing teachings in the name of the Sage who originally said it, and the chain of …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Misha 3, 4 If one sets aside more money than he needs to pay his annual half-shekel obligation, what should be done with the surplus? Is it consecrated, or is it his? Why do we get …

Topics covered: End Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Misha 1, 2 What were the half-shekel “premiums” used for in the Holy Temple? When towns and cities sent in their half-shekels to the Holy Temple, what would happen of the agent appointed …

Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 4 The problematic relationship between Jews and Samaritans. Gentiles may contribute offerings in the Holy Temple. The premium on the holy half-shekel is paid to guard people from accidentally short-changing the Temple in matters of …

Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1, 2, 3 Rabbinic court might have put off their unsavory tasks from their proper time. Come Adar, the last month of the Torah year, procrastination ceases. This court had the power to declare land …