Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 1 When Passover falls on a Saturday night, and the Temple is standing, the slaughter of the Paschal lamb overrides Shabbos. There was confusion about this law in the late Second Temple period, leading …

  Topics covered: Chapter 5, Mishna 5 Remembering our dear friend Schwartzie on his 4th yahrtzeit and telling over the rollicking tale of five chassidic rabbis trying to get on the stage at Woodstock II. If there had to be …

Topics covered: Chapter 5, Mishna 5 Our mishna paints a vivid picture of the Paschal lambs being slaughtered and prepared for Passover at the time the Holy Temple was standing in Jerusalem. Incidental to the discussion of how many people …

  Topics covered: Chapter 5, Mishna 3, 4 A lesson on Bo vs. Lech, Come vs. Go – what does to mean that God tells Moses “Come to Pharaoh?” The laws from Torah Portion Bo inform everything we’re studying here …

Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 7, 8, Chapter 5, Mishna 1, 2, 3 Highlights from the week of pages while Sal was away. Additional customs relating to work on Passover eve. How to say the Shema properly, including pauses and …

Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 4, 5, 6 Do we refrain from performing work on the Ninth of Av, when we fast and mourn the destruction of the First and Second Temples? Local customs vary. Torah Scholars must refrain from …

Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 3 Apropos a discussion of local customs with respect to lighting a havdala candle (which separates holy time from mundane) after Yom Kippur, the Sages embark on a fascinating discussion regarding the origin, purpose and …

  Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 1, 2 We remove produce from our possession when it is no longer available in the fields during the seventh – Sabbatical – year in the shmitah cycle, but the availability varies from one …

  Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 1 Continuing our discussion of following the custom in a locality with respect to certain stringencies of Jewish law. Does one from Israel observe the second day of a Festival when visiting outside of …