Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 5 What is tumah, ritual impurity? How does to relate to tahara, ritual purity, and kedusha, holiness? How is tumah a acquired? How is it transmitted? What are its degrees? What are the consequences of …

  Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 4 Rav Nachman said in the name of Rav, the law accords with Rabbi Yehuda over Rabbi Meir regarding the last hour to eat leaven on the eve of Passover. But does it? Related …

  Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 3, 4 Rabbi Yehuda and Rabbi Meir disagree by one hour re how late we may eat chametz, leaven, on the morning before Passover begins. They also disagree by one hour and how big …

  Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 3, 4 Is Rabbi Yehuda more stringent than the other Sages or less? Depends on the situation, so what is his underlying philosophy? Examining cases of searching for chametz, leaven, after it has become …

  Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 2, 3 A series of cases on mice and children dragging leaven back into a house that’s already been searched on the 14th of Nisan. We borrow legal principles from the unmarked grave in …

  Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 2 Once the search for leaven, chametz, has been completed, we need not worry that a marten (so furry and cute!) has entered the house and dragged away some chametz leaving crumbs behind. One …

  Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 Why do we search for chametz, leaven, by the light of a ner, lamp-flame? Spiritual, biblical and practical reasons. Which places are exempt from the search for leaven? With respect to places that …

  Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 Why do we nullify chametz, leaven, in our homes at the time we search for it on the night before Passover begins? Can we nullify it after the Festival begins? What happens if …

  Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 A Psalm of Thanksgiving! We know we search for leaven on the night of the 14th of Nissan, but when do we remove it from our possession? How is the time derived? How …