Topics covered:
Chapter 1, Mishna 3, 4
Is Rabbi Yehuda more stringent than the other Sages or less? Depends on the situation, so what is his underlying philosophy? Examining cases of searching for chametz, leaven, after it has become prohibited on Passover, processing the year’s new grain before it becomes permitted for eating, adding a reserve tank of oil to a Shabbos lamp, letting blood medicinally for a sanctified firstborn animal, and establishing the deadline for abstaining from eating chametz on the eve of Passover.