Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1 Leavened bread is prohibited on Passover, and so are leavened products. But which are those? Some may not even be food! Along the way we learn about some foods that are bad for parts …

  Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 7 How may one cook the Paschal offering, and how may one not cook it? From where is it derived that one recieves lashes for violating a Torah law that does not specify a …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 8 Why and to what extent must grain be guarded from coming into contact with moisture before it is made into matzah?

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 7 With which vegetables may we fulfill our obligation to eat bitter herbs on the first night of Passover? Horseradish is much more bitter than romaine lettuce, yet lettuce is optimal. Why?!

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 6 May we fulfill our obligation to eat matzah on the first night of Passover with matzah made from second tithe dough? What about loaves of unleavened bread designated to accompany a Toda, the Thanksgiving …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 6 May we bake thick matzah? Figure-shaped matzah? Lotsa matzah?

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 6 With what dough may we fulfill our obligation to eat matza on the first night (first two nights outside Israel) of Passover? May we use dough from the second tithe of grain? What makes …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 6 We’ve been discussing what’s prohibited at Passover, now we look at what’s obligated. We must eat matza, unleavened bread, but which grains qualify to be used for matza? The Sages disagree about rice, but …

  Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 5 Examining a strange ruling that if a priest plants tamei teruma saplings, the resulting growth is tahor but prohibited. The issue at first seems to turn on whether the planting can be considered …