Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 1 When we travel from one place to another, and they have different customs with respect to Jewish law, do we do like them? If they are taking on unnecessary stringencies, do we tell them? …

  Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 8, Chapter 4, Mishna 1 Who is honored in the World-To-Come? Hint: generally speaking, not the same people who are honored here! Zecharia 14:9 says “on that day (in the Messianic Age) the Lord …

  Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 7, 8 When do we remove chametz, leaven, from our possession if the 14th of Nissan (the day before Passover) falls on Shabbos. If one is en route to do a mitzvah and remembers …

  Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 4, 5, 6 Rabbah and Rav Hisda debate whether we employ the principle of “since” as an escape clause from a liability for certain transgressions. Rabbah says yes, Rav Hisda says no. Is this …

  Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 4 The debate between R’ Eliezer and R’ Yehoshua regarding separating the priest’s challah from tamei, ritually impure, dough on the first day of Passover turns not on the principle of “benefit of discretion” …

  Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 2, 3, 4 If the significance of dough in a kneading bowl for purposes of tumah, ritual impurity, depends on the owners INTENT (remove it to clean it, or leave it in to reinforce …

  Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1, 2 If a law can be derived from two different verses instead of just one, is it a “stronger” law or a “weaker” one? Can we use a kneading bowl that has leavened …

  Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1 Does a prohibited substance combine with a permitted substance to constitute the minimum measure to trigger liability for eating the prohibited substance? If a prohibited substance does come in the minimum measure, but …

  Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1 If a Jew possesses leavened bread mixed with other things or dough that hardened before it became bread (or that is used for something like glue) during Passover, what is the penalty? It’s …