Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 How do we know that the mitzvah of yibum overrides the prohibition on marrying your brother’s wife/widow, but doesn’t override the prohibition on marrying your wife’s sister? When does a positive mitzvah override a …

Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 How did the Sages derive that wives prohibited in levirate marriage do not require the chalitzah ceremony? And that they exempt their co-wives? Why did Abba Shaul state that we discourage yibum and encourage …

Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 When a man dies married but childless, and he has a brother, the brother must either marry the widow (yibum) or perform a ceremony releasing them (chalitzah). If the deceased had two or more …

Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 3-7 Who is deemed credible when he says his earthenware vessels have not contracted ritual impurity, and who is not? Why does the answer change during pilgrimage festivals? How would the priests serving in the …

Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 2 Teruma, the produce which only priests may eat, generally has slightly less stringency associated with it than sacrificial foods destined for the altar on the Holy Temple, but in certain cases teruma is treated …

Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1 If my left hand becomes tamei, ritually impure, and my right hand touches sacrificial foods, then they become disqualified. This is not the case for teruma and foods of lesser sanctity. Why?   #Judaism …

Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1 The Sages decreed that a person may not carry a known source of ritual impurity and sacrificial foods at the same time, even if they don’t come into contact with each other, due to …

Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1 Comparing the stringencies that ensure the purity of vessels which handle non-sacred foods, non-sacred foods prepared for “chaverim” (who made sure to eat all foods in a state of ritual purity), and sacrificial foods …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 4, Chapter 3, Mishna 1 Unless you intend to guard yourself from ritual impurity to the standard required for the degree of holiness associated with a particular type of food, you are deemed impure with …