Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 2Who is an am haaretz? Meir: anyone who does not recite shema morning and evening with blessings. Rabbis: anyone who does not wrap tefilin. Hasn’t studied the written torah and mishna. Has sons but doesn’t raise …

Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 2Mitzvos and Torah study protect one from various kinds of danger – which? How long does that protection last? Sin will always crouch at your door and you can overcome it if you train yourself, recognize …

Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 2How are we to understand the opinion in our mishna that women should not be taught certain portions of the Torah? Why do some sages, and most modern sages disagree with this opinion? Why did Rabbi …

Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 1Meal offering of sotah: priest shall take offering of jealousy out of woman’s hand. But what about shomer negiah? Jerusalem Talmud: it’s only for a short time, plus priest’s hand didn’t touch her hand directly according …

Topics covered:Chapter 2, Mishna 4, 5Certain dilemmas with respect to the scroll dissolved in the bitter water are left unresolved. With regard to what does she say amen amen? Amen on the curse as she accepts it upon herself if …

Topics covered:Chapter 2, Mishna 1, 2, 3, 4Comparison of the sotah’s meal offering (barley flour) to other meal offerings (wheat flour). Sota brings food of animals because her behavior was like animal. If there is no dust for the bitter …

Topics covered:Chapter 1, Mishna 6, Chapter 2, Mishna 1Where was Moses buried? We should walk in God’s ways: clothes the naked, visit the sick, console mourners, bury the dead. Verses about what happens to sota at temple. We want her …

Topics covered:Chapter 1, Mishna 6Joseph personally attended to the burial of Jacob, and thus merited that Moses would attend to his burial. Moses in turn merited that God Himself would attend to his burial. Many colorful stories surround these events… …

Topics covered:Chapter 1, Mishna 6Caleb’s lineage. Miriam’s multiple names? Miriam’s famous line to father Amram: Your decree is worse than Pharaoh’s. Once Amram decided they were going to reverse the divorce and get re-married to Yocheved, it was joyous. She …