Topics Covered:  We shared an insight from Parshas Reeh (Deut. 14:6-8) how from at least one logical inference, Moses could not (and would not) have written the Torah himself. E.G. how could he have possibly known that there were …

  Filling in for Sal while he and his family are on vacation is Rabbi Aaron Parry! Topics covered: Torah is like a lemon. Why are there Talmudic disputes all together? Story from Talmud about 2 sages greeting a 3rd. …

Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 To help us understand the laws of a breach in the side of a 3-sided alleyway, we look at the laws of an L-shaped alley. Rav says it is like two 2-sided alleyways coming …

  Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 If for Shabbos carrying we’re adjusting an alley that has a crossbeam less than 10 tefachim, handbreadths, above the ground by lowering the ground itself, how far should our digging extend into the …

  Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 From where do the Sages derive their units of measurement? Some from Written Torah, some from Oral Torah. The seven species which characterize the abundance of the Land of Israel – wheat, barley, …

  Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 We make carrying possible on Shabbos in a three-sided alley (into which private courtyards open) by adding a crossbeam above the alley, where it opens into the public thoroughfare. The mishna said this …

  Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 Background on Shabbos, carrying, earlier stringencies of the prophets due to widespread desecration and leniencies of the Sages to protect Shabbos while keeping it a delight. How do we make carrying possible in …

  Topics covered: Chapter 24, Mishnas 4,5 We may not chop wood for a fire on a Festival if the wood was intended for construction at the outset of the Festival. We may slaughter domesticated animals for a meal on …

  Topics covered: Chapter 24, Mishna 3, 4 “Shatit” dip may be mixed on Shabbos, but its method of prep should be altered. Related teachings brought down from the notebooks of Zeiri and Levi, who learned before Rabbi Chiyya and …