Topics covered:Chapter 7, Mishna 1WHich Hebrew rituals can be recited in language other than lashon kodesh – sacred tongue? What needs to be in sacred tongue? Does purpose of prayer matter in terms of language? Can oath of sotah be …

Topics covered:Chapter 6, Mishna 1Sages debate whether this mishna applies to defilement or seclusion of the sotah. Must the man divorce his wife by the testimony of a single witness? Can a single witness’ testimony prevent her from receiving marriage …

Topics covered:Chapter 5, Mishna 1What is first and what is second tithe? How does food impart impurity and what level?Can challah be taken from ritually pure dough for the sake of impure dough? How is this done? How did Jews …

Topics covered:Chapter 5, Mishna 1Why wouldn’t sotah be able to partake of terumah? What is meaning of superfluous letters in the verses of the sotah? Can a priest marry a woman who is a sotah and a widow? Would Torah …

Topics covered:Chapter 5, Mishna 1If husband commits similar iniquity, does bitter water evaluate him too? How do we know that her lover is evaluated at the same time as the suspected adulteress? Why is phrase “she is defiled” written 3 …

Topics covered:Chapter 4, Mishna 1, Chapter 5, Mishna 1Is it better to marry a promiscuous woman or the daughter of a promiscuous woman? When a sotah drinks the bitter water, what happens to her lover? Did Job serve God out …

Topics covered:Chapter 4, Mishna 1Is forewarning from husband required for suspected adulteress to lose her ketubah payment? Who is the woman who may be divorced without receiving her ketubah payment? If husband issued a warning and then retracted it, is …

Topics covered:Chapter 4, Mishna 1Does a betrothed woman who secludes herself with another man drink bitter water? What if husband changes his mind in Jerusalem and doesn’t want her to drink bitter water? What if husband dies before sotah drinks …

Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 3Why is it problematic that the death of sotah may be delayed due to her merit? If a sotah’s meal offering is consecrated, and then the ritual is stopped because she confesses, or her husband retracts, …