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Topics covered: Modesty in all places and times, even bathroom, face north/south when relieving oneself if the Temple Mount lies to the east/west, learning from a Sage’s example greater than words, what Rav Kahana learned under Rav’s bed.
Topics covered: When a Jew must accept martyrdom, the origin tale of women, good inclination vs. evil inclination, Rabbi Akiva’s end, the Parable of the Fox and the Fishes.
Topics covered: Dispute on saying Shechechyanu over a new object, which blessing for sad events, Hillel doesn’t fear such events, the bathroom blessing, bedtime blessing, and morning blessings.
Topics covered: God’s special relationship with the Jewish people, the cause of earthquakes, why we don’t stare at a rainbow.
Topics covered: A big-mouth heretic gets his comeuppance from Rav Sheishess. Blessing for seeing 600,000 Jews in one place. Rush to see a king in person. Blessing for the graves if Israel, especially in an abandoned cemetery.
Topics covered: Meaning of animals, sexual partners, books, corpses and prominent people in a dream. Waking with a verse on lips is minor prophecy, five things that are 1/60th of Gehenna, manna, World-to-Come, death and prophecy.
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