Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 4 Who can daughter of halal marry? Who does profination apply to? How does halal get purified? If priest sleeps with prohibited woman, why is she profaned but not him? What does “people of flawed …

Topics covered:Chapter 4, Mishna 2, 3Who were the Samaritans? Why did Sages deem them to be gentiles? Are Samaritans lion converts? Who needs to have lineage investigated when marrying a priest? Why women not men? Can member of the sanhedrin …

Topics covered:Chapter 4, Mishna 2Can those with definite flawed lineage marry those with uncertain flaws? What is “congregation of the Lord”? Can a woman who converted under age 3 marry a priest? May the daughter of a halal and jewish …

Topics covered:Chapter 4, Mishna 1Who can and can’t marry the daughter of a priest? What’s a halal and why can’t he serve as a priest if he’s a kohen? Is there difference in status between someone known to be a …

Topics covered:Chapter 4, Mishna 1Where is it assumed that families don’t have flawed lineage? What did Rebbe reveal on his deathbed? What does “and the sun rises and the sun sets” mean? What verse can be interpreted for good or …

Topics covered:Chapter 4, Mishna 1What are the consequences of marrying someone whom it is prohibited to marry? Why is a convert like a scab? In what location do Jews have muddled lineage? Why don’t we pronounce yud hey vav hey? …

Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 13, Chapter 4, Mishna 1Who is a mamzer? Can mamzerim be purified? What does man’s “house’ refer to? Can children of priests/levites to marry one another? What about converts, emancipated slaves, certain other nationalities? What does …

Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 13What happens if a betrothal takes effect but there was a transgression? Does offspring always follow the man? What happens when an Israelite marries a halala? What are restrictions on who an Egyptian convert can marry? …

Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 12When do we accept the testimony of a single witness to establish a matter? What was the incident of the deficient mikveh? Who was King Yannai? Why was his advisor Elazar deemed a scoffer with an …