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More about the precise language that results in becoming a Nazir, also the length of being a Nazir, plus nezirus Shimshon
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Introduction to Masechet Nazir, plus how someone can become a Nazir without saying it directly
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The end of Masechet Nedarim - more about cancellable Nedarim. Also, statements that a woman can make that result in automatic divorce.
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More about the types of nedarim that are cancellable
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What are the types of nedarim that can be canceled?
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More about a husband / father canceling their wife / daughter's neder
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More about a husband and a father annulling vows
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A father and a husband's ability to cancel their daughter / wife's neder
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A husband who makes a vow that makes his wife so uncomfortable that he needs to retract it. Plus, the rule of R' Akiva.
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More about annulling nedarim, specifically about the concept of Nolad
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More examples of the need to be specific with words
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Wrapping up the discussion of different foods and specific wording for nedarim
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More about specific wording (As it relates to food)
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Wrapping up the discussion of vows to not receive benefit from someone with a story about a wedding. Plus, introducing several chapters about how specific wording of a vow makes a significant difference.
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Situations involving property, in which a person makes a neder to not receive benefit from another
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More situations in which a person makes a neder not to derive benefit from another person
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Situations in which someone makes a neder not to derive benefit from another person, or one person says another may not derive benefit from them.
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Four categories of Nedarim that are automatically invalidated
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People that make unclear neder statements and the ramifications of these statements...
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A neder within a neder and a shevuah within a shevuah
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Nedarim that don't count (but sometimes do count rabbinically, even though they shouldn't biblically)
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More situations of saying things that don't necessarily sound like nedarim but actually they are
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Intro to Nedarim plus first mishnah - the many ways a person can end up making a vow
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The end of Masechet Ketubot - Admon's rulings about marriage
Plus, the need to maintain a woman's comfort level in marriage.
And finally, making aliyah.
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More rulings of Admon
One of which is very supportive of women
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Two step fathers and their commitment to one step daughter.
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Selling a property for more or less than it is worth
Plus, which women do not get a ketubah
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A man who dies and a widow who needs her ketubah payment
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Multiple wives with ketubot, but not enough money to pay all of them. And other similar issues.
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More than one wife, more than one ketubah
Also, the non standard ketubah that includes a payment for sons
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Several cases relating to a wife making a vow about her ketubah. Also, disputes over her ketubah payment
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More on the wife's property and different stipulations made in the ketubah
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A husband's rights to what his wife's property produces
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More situations in which a husband can demand a divorce. Plus, situations in which a wife can demand a divorce
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More about vows that wives make that husbands should cancel.
Also, reasons that a husband can divorce his wife without her permission.
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Wives making vows that they want canceled, but the husband does not cancel them. What are the consequences?
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What a girl is owed from a dowry should her father pass away.
Plus, starting to talk about nedarim (vows)
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Several contractural issues relating to the ketubah and ownership of property between husband and wife
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More about what a wife owes a husband and what a husband owes a wife
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What is considered a wife's "handiwork?"
Also, marital intimacy.
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A wife's access to ma'aseh yadeha (her handiwork)
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What happens when a man commits to higher payments?
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Exploring the ketubah and its stiuplations ( written and unwritten)
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Determining a girl's jurisdiction before she reaches adulthood
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Who gets the fine / payments from the criminal who violated / seduced a girl?
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More about fines / penalties paid by men who violate / seudce
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Differences between a "seducer" and a "violator"
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Wrapping up the discussion of how many witnesses we need for various things, and who we believe and when
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A series of cases in which we question whether or not we believe people about various things
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Situations in which a woman does not get her full ketubah - do we believe her when she says she is not a betulah?
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What is masechet Ketubot about?
What day of the week should marriages take place?
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The end of Masechet Yevamot
A few final ideas relating to how we establish that a man has died
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More cases of determining if a man has died and if we believe testimony from his wife.
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How do we determine if a man has died? Can the testimony of his wife be relied upon?
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Many cases related to deaf mutes / siblings /yevamot
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Cases of husband and/or wife as a deaf mute (cheresh)
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Finishing off the discussion of multiple wives, with either one or both being rabbinically married - and how this relates to Yibum
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A man who is rabbinically (i.e. not biblically) married to two women
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Finishing the discussion of chalitzah.
Starting the discussion about miun
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More (complicated) cases of sons getting mixed up at birth
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Are a woman's relatives forbidden to a man if he cohabits with her but does not marry her?
Plus, the status of converts in yevamot
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More on the topic of a 9 year old boy and yevamot
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Women's husbands dying, only to then later find out that they didn't
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Women who learn of their husband's death, only to then later find out that he didn't die.
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Hypothetical relationships that are forbidden/permitted/somewhere in between
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More about access to terumah as well as forbidden marriages.
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Ways in which women gain access to terumah / lose access to terumah.
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More issues relating to slaves and kohanim and terumah
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More about forbidden relationships for Kohanim, plus the mitzvah of being fruitful and multiplying
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Getting married when it was prohibited to do so
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Continuing discussion about rabbinic / biblical levels of separation and union
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Rabbinic separation and union, vs biblical separation and union
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Some complicated family tree discussions about sisters, co wives, and brothers.
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A woman's rights to her ketubah, also questions of inheritance as they relate to yibum
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Cases of not realizing that a woman is pregnant.
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More on the situation of three brothers and two sisters.
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More about the case of three brothers, two of whom married two women who were sisters
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More about brothers marrying women who are sisters.
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More about forbidden relationships and how they impact yevamot. Some of it gets complicated!
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The full second chapter of Yevamot -more about forbidden relationships, also some interesting insights into wrongdoing, at the end.
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More about forbidden relationships and how they impact Yevamot.
More background information
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An introduction to Yevamot. What is this all about?
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The conclusion of masechet chagigah - several laws comparing the stringency of kodesh and terumah.
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More about different levels of tumah / taharah, and stringencies
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More about the olat reiyah and rules relating to tumah / tahara
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More about the shalmei simcha and the olot reiyah.
Plus, some points about Halacha
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Sacrifices that are "obligatory" and those that are not and the difference.
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An introduction to Masechet Chagigah, plus who is obligated in the mitzvah of appearing at the Beit Hamikdash on chagim
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Finishing Moed Katan - laws of Avelut (And some things that were done differently in the times of the mishnah)
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Finishing the laws of Chol Hamoed and Starting the laws of Avelut
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More situations in which someone can do work on Chol Hamoed. Plus, getting a haircut on chol hamoed (generally forbidden, sometimes permitted in certain circumstances)
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What happens if you couldn't get all of your work done before Chag begins? Can you do it on Chol hamoed?
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Joy on Chol Hamoed and activities that might take away from it.
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More situations where exertion / loss are pitted against each other, plus, enjoyment of Chol Hamoed as a value.
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An introduction to Chol Hamoed and the concepts that determine if work is allowed / not allowed - and what happens when these concepts clash.
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The conclusion of Masechet Megillah - some theological reflections
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More laws of reading the Torah, as well as the priestly blessing
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Learning about selling shuls and other holy objects.
Plus, the four special Torah readings in the weeks leading up to Purim and Pesach
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More about different ways to fulfill reading the megillah
Also, mitzvot that are done during the day can be done all day.
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Various situations in which one fulfills / does not fulfill reading the megillah on Purim
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Differences between Kohanim
And differences between the Mishkan and the Beit Hamikdash
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More examples of "there is no difference between X and Y other than..."
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More about hearing megillah in a "large town" if you live in a village.
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When do we read the megillah? Gets a bit complicated!
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Clarification from yesterday- there is more than one neilah!
Plus, the end of masechet Taanit - talking about 17 Tammuz, 9 Av, and 15 Av.
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Do Kohanim need to fast?
Also, which days do we not fast?
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What is added to davening when we fast when there is no rain? Who should lead the davening? Why do we fast to begin with?
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Fasting for rain - what happens when it doesn't work?
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An introduction to Masechet Taanit, plus when do we pray for rain?
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The end of Masechet Rosh Hashanah - details about musaf, as well as shofar blasts. Finally, the importance of kavana (intention) in mitzvah performance.
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Some rulings of R' Yochanan Ben Zakkai relating to the shofar, lulav, and eating new grain. Plus, some more laws relating to Rosh chodesh.
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Some important halachic concepts about the shofar and kavana (intention)
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Final mishnah about the new moon
Plus, an introduction to the shofar
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What happened after witness testimony about the new moon was accepted? Also, a fascinating incident involving R' Gamliel.
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More about lighting torches on mountains, additionally how were witnesses questioned.
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Eligibility / ineligibility for witnessing the new moon.
Also, groups of people who subverted the process
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Which months are the most important? Also, breaking shabbat to attest to the new moon
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Intro to Masechet Rosh Hashanah, plus all of the different new years.
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The conclusion of masechet beitzah - laws of the techum and also muktzeh.
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Laws about techum. Also, laws relating to hekdesh and meilah.
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Exertion on Shabbat and Yom Tov. Plus, categories and examples of rabbinic prohibitions common to both shabbat and yom tov.
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The prohibition of making something new on Yom Tov
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Activities that resemble weekday activities and are therefore forbidden. What to do about wood on Yom Tov. Also, issues relating to muktzeh.
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More about meat on Yom Tov, as well as buying meat and food on Yom Tov
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Cows with a fashion sense, combing an animal, grinding peppercorn and tumah and tahara.
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Hatmanah (insulating of food), plus Rabban Gamliel's stringencies and leniencies.
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More about korbanot. Plus, hot water on Yom Tov.
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The Eruv Tavshilin. Plus, some laws relating to tumah and tahara
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More debates about what is allowed vs not allowed on Yom Tov between Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai, plus, giving gifts on Yom Tov.
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More disputes between Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai about what we can/cannot do on Yom Tov.
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Introduction to Masechet Beitza, including some disputes over eggs
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The end of Masechet Sukkah - focusing on many issues relating to rituals on Sukkot, some that we still observe, and some that we do not.
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More about the Etrog, plus learning about Hallel and how to wave the lulav.
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Requirements for lulav, etrog, hadasim and aravot
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Several laws about living / eating in the sukkah
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Some unique examples of sukkahs and what makes them kosher/not kosher
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More on the requirements for Schach and the walls of the Sukkah
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Some requirements for what a sukkah needs to look like
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Finishing Masechet Yoma with some of the restrictions of the day (that apply today)
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Finishing the account of what the kohen gadol did
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Some of the final steps the Kohen took, including reading from the Torah and changing clothes. Also, learning about musaf.
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More about the goat, the and person whose job it was to throw it off the cliff. Also, how did the Kohen know when the job was done?
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More about the two goats, plus what happens if one of them dies?
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Process for bringing the ketoret on Yom Kippur, also which things were nicer on Yom Kippur.
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Learning about the goats, also more of the Kohen's steps and who helped him.
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The steps the kohanim took on the morning of Yom Kippur
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Details about what korbanot were offered and how the kohanim split up the responsibilities.
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What do we read to Kohanim in order to entertain them? How did Kohanim choose who did what job, and how did this result in one of them braking their leg?
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Additional ways in which the Kohen Gadol was prepared for Yom Kippur - intellectually and physically.
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Introduction to Masechet Yomah - what did the Kohen do in the week leading up to Yom Kippur?
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The end of masechet shekalim -- more on korbanot and what happens if they are tameh, plus where we offer korbanot on the mizbeach, plus what can and can't we do now that there is no beit hamikdash?
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Knives becoming Taveh. Also, Beit Hamikdash curtains becoming tameh
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The status of spit in Jerusalem, plus the status of keilim.
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Korbanot sent from overseas by a non Jew.
Plus, when does the communal fund in the beit hamikdash pick up the tab?
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More about what to do if money or animals are found - how the status of the money or animals is determined by the location in which it is found.
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Different parts of the Beit Hamikdash including chests and gates, plus a hidden aron.
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What was the process for buying things in the Beit Hamikdash?
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More about using surplus, plus who was in charge of what?
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What was purchased with funds that were collected?
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The process for withdrawing shekalim for the use of purchasing communal sacrifices
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Other examples of leftover amounts of money and what to do with them
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What if you send your shekel payment with someone else and they lose it?
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Learning about the Kalbon, the extra payment in case someone's shekel coin had worn down.
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What else happened in Adar? Also, are Kohanim above the law?
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Introduction to Masechet Shekalim - plus, a tangent about kilayim
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The conclusion of Masechet Pesachim - what did the seder look like in the times of the Mishnah?
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What did the seder look like in the times of the Mishnah?
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What if you confused your korban Pesach animal with another group's?
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Bringing the wrong animal as the korban Pesach - what to do?
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Learning more about Pesach Sheini. Also the concept of Temurah.
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More about registering in groups
Plus, introduction to Pesach Sheini.
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People who are tameh and will become tahor on the first night of Pesach
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More about registering in groups for the Korban Pesach
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More about the korban pesach, another debate between R' Eliezer and R' Yehoshua.
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More about how the korban pesach was offered, step by step
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Owning chametz while offering the korban pesach
Plus, how was the korban brought?
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More about not working on erev Pesach. Also, not working on Chol Hamoed. finally, some things that the people of Yericho did that the chachamim didn't like, as well as some things that King Chizkiyahu did that the Chachamim did and didn't like.
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Realizing you didn't get rid of all of your. chametz. Plus, the idea of local custom determining halacha.
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More about destroying chametz, plus what can we use for matzah and marror
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More about tumah/taharah, plus chametz that one did not get rid of - can we use it after pesach?
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The time of day when you have to stop eating/owning chametz and the time you have to burn it.
Also, some laws about tumah
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An introduction to Masechet Pesachim and the search for chametz
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Finishing off masechet Eruvin with laws having nothing to do with Eruvs... but instead, shabbat observance and the Beit Hamikdash
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Situations where you do something in two domains at once
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More exceptions to the rules we have learned thus far
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Exceptions to some of the rules we have learned
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Revisiting the topic of eruvei techumin. Also, what is the minimum amount of food required for an eruv chatzerot? Also, what is considered a "residence?"
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More about shitufei mevo'os, as well as how much food to use for the eruv
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More about two courtyards that are next to each other, plus shitufei mevo'ot.
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Inner courtyards and outer courtyards, plus courtyards separated by walls.
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More about Eruvei Chatzerot and Shitufei Mevo'ot - how do we define a household?
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Introduction to shitufey mevo'ot and eruv chatzerot. Plus more about the techum
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More about how the traveler's techum is established
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More on the subject of someone who finds themselves outside of the techum on/before shabbat
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Is Rosh Hashanah 1 day or 2 days? Also, what if you leave the techum on shabbat (or start shabbat not in the techum?)
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More about eruvei techumin, as it relates to shabbat/yom tov
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Introduction to techum shabbat and eruvei techumim.
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More about residential/non residential areas, plus introduction to eruv chatzeirot
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Finishing discussion of makeshift reshut hayachid walls. Plus, how to get water out of a well.
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More about the mavoi (alleyway)
Plus, what is needed for walls to be considered walls, halachically?
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An introduction to Masechet Eruvin, plus learning about the mavoi - alleyway.
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The final chapter of Masechet Shabbat - issues relating to taking care of animals, plus a final mishnah about things that are permitted on shabbat.
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Issues relating to counting on shabbat
Issues relating to preparing on shabbat for after shabbat
Issues relating to taking care of dead bodies on shabbat
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Food prep, taking care of your body on shabbat, and borrowing things on shabbat (or not borrowing things)
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Saving food on shabbat, and other laws relating to food
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More about exertion on shabbat, plus the laws of a bris on shabbat.
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Exceptions to various rules (about exertion and muktzeh)
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More on saving things from fire on shabbat, plus what can and cannot a non Jew do for a Jew on shabbat?
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Can you save possessions from a burning building on shabbat?
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Tying and untying knots on shabbat, also folding clothing.
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Wrapping up the discussion of trapping animals. Also, using medicine on shabbat.
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More on the prohibition of trapping animals on shabbat
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Exploring the prohitibions of weaving, ripping, sewing, trapping.
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Wrapping up the discussion of the prohibition of writing on shabbat.
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Prohibitions of boneh, makeh b'patish, kotzer, and kotev
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Finishing off the discussion about carrying things on shabbat
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Uncommon situations relating to transferring something from one domain to the other.
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When carrying something in different ways can affect if you are obligated or not.
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Situations when carrying less than the minimum amount is still a problem.
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Things that cannot be carried on shabbat even in the smallest amount.
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More halachot that are supported with pesukim, plus more on carrying.
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Examples of using a pasuk (verse) to support an idea, but not to actually prove it.
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Various items and the minimum measurement/size for them to be considered significant (for the purpose of carrying on shabbat)
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More about minimum size of different substances/items in order to be considered "significant" for the purpose of prohibition of carrying
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Number of chatat offerings depends on the type of desecration of shabbat. Plus, introduction to 39 melachot.
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Concluding the list of things that can be worn / cannot be worn on shabbat
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What can a woman wear and not wear, what can a man wear and not wear, continued.
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Things that women cannot wear on shabbat and that men cannot wear on shabbat (in public domain, out of fear that they may come to carry)
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More about what animals can have on them / not have on them on shabbat
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More about hatmana, also an introduction to animals on shabbat
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Different types of ovens, plus Kli rishon and kli sheini
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More about candle lighting, plus an introduction to ovens
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More on forbidden types of lamps, plus an introduction to the concept of melacha sh'eina tzricha l'gufa
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More about the types of oil/wicks that can be used
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Korban Pesach erev shabbat, also making flames erev shabbat, also introduction to lighting candles
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More about beit hillel and beit shammai about things you cannot do on Friday.
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Some debates between Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel.
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Introduction to Masechet Shabbat + the two part prohibition of transferring things from one domain to the other
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Something totally different - exploring what an androginous is
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More about process of bringing bikkurim, plus, what are "additional" bikkurim and "decorative" bikkurim?
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The Mishnah's account of what it was like to bring Bikkurim.
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Further comparisons between Bikkurim and other things, as well etrogrim and people vs. animals.
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Comparing and contrasting Bikkurim, Terumah and Maaser Sheni
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More on who is obligated in bikkurim and who is not, and who is obligated to say the declaration found in Devarim 26 and who is not.
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More on who is obligated in bikkurim and who is not
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In an introduction to Bikkurim - what qualifies?
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The conclusion of Masechet Orlah - issues pertaining to the Land of Israel / Outside the Land of Israel
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The idea that not only the orlah fruit is prohibited for eating, but anything else that might be a benefit.
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Many different applications of the principle of "Bittul B'rov" - nullification by the majority.
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More on how you cannot benefit from the fruit of orlah tree.
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What resets the "Orlah Clock" and what doesn't?
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The conclusion of masechet challah - talking about bikurim?
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Rules about the borders of the land of Israel, as well as Kohanim who are not careful.
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Obligation of challah separation depends on if you own it at the time that the obligation is triggered (many examples of this).
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Issues relating to how much challah must be separated, also what happens if challah becomes tameh.
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An introduction to Masechet Challah - what is it and what are some of the parameters?
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The viduy Maaser - what is it, and what are the rules surrounding it?
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Wrapping up discussion of Revai. Plus, introduction to Biur Maaser and Viduy Maaser.
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A tangent - how are the laws of revai similar and different from maaser sheni?
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How do we determine if something that we find is maaser sheni?
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Do you need to declare something as maaser sheni verbally? Also, some complex issues relating to one coin used to redeem maaser sheni little by little
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More on the mechanics of redeeming maaser sheni.
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Issues relating to tumah and maaser sheni (note - this recording had some audio issues)
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More on the technicalities of how Maaser Sheni is redeemed.
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More about how to exchange food for coins. Also, what if some people in the family are tahor and some are tamei?
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More about coins and how we redeem maaser sheni
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Some details about vetch + Some statistics relating to maaser sheni money.
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What if the value of the food being sold for maaser sheni increases in value?
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Penalty for buying the wrong thing with maaser sheni money.
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What happens when you exchange your maaser sheni money for a food that has an edible part and an inedible part?
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What is Maaser Sheni? What are some of its restrictions?
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Concluding Masechet Maasrot - some particulars about trusting others and which vegetables are not edible.
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More situations exploring when the maaser obligation is "Set."
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Several examples of when the maaser obligation is "set."
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Many different cases of the maaser obligation being "Set"
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More about what officially "Sets" the Maasrot obligation
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How does purchasing something "set" the tithing obligation?
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What qualifies produce as being "completed" and thus obligated in maasrot?
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Intro to Maasrot, plus some of the rules of what needs to be tithed.
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The conclusion of Masechet Terumot - Are there times when non Kohanim can have terumah?
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More on the concept of not destroying terumah as well as not intentionally nullifying it.
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More about the prohibition to destroy Terumah. Also, the superiority of wine and oil.
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Finishing discussion of transfer of ta'am (taste). Plus, issues relating to destroying terumah.
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More on the transfer of taste/smell from Terumah to non terumah
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More about planting Tevel. Also, introducing the concept of terumah taste.
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What if you mistakenly planted terumah seeds? What if it was on purpose?
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The idea of sacrificing one for many - ok or not?
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More on the topic of finding out something is not permissible to eat while eating it. Also, concerns about snake venom in food.
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What happens when you are not supposed to be eating terumah but you are?
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More situations when the "fifth" doesn't need to be paid back
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More on the issue of eating terumah when you weren't supposed to - whether by accident or on purpose.
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Finishing the discussion of terumah and chulin mixtures. Plus, beginning the topic of what happens when you eat terumah by accident.
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More situations of terumah getting mixed with chulin and what to do.
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Different situations of terumah and non terumah mixtures.
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More on the quantity of terumah that needs to be given.
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What is the amount of terumah that needs to be given?
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Verbal declarations - what do they mean and how do they obligate us?
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Two people who own a field together - can they separate terumah together?
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More about separating terumah for one food using another. What is more important - quality or shelf life?
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More about separating one thing on behalf of another, also, the concept of doing things by accident vs on purpose.
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Can you separate one food on behalf of another?
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More about what is not allowed when it comes to terumah ... people who cannot give it and foods that cannot be separated for other foods.
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More about those who are not allowed to separate terumah.
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Introduction to Masechet Terumot + First mishnah - who cannot separate terumah?
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Some final thoughts on the prozbul and to keeping to your word.
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Finishing off chapter 9 with some laws of Biur.
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Concerns over what amei haaertz might do. More on the laws of biur and the different regions of the land of Israel.
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More on what can/cannot be done with shemitah money. Do we hold leaders to higher standards?
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More on what is edible and what is not. Some laws related to transfer of taste.
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A trangent about first born animals. Plus, more types of debatable food that are still considered to be food.
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Exploring the concepts of Biur, plus how to do business during shemitah year.
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Produce that grew in the 8th year. Also, more about the borders of Israel.
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More on the borders of Israel. And more on onions!
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Concluding the discussion of optics - with a fascinating concept of "darchei shalom." Also, what are the borders of Israel?
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More on the idea of not causing others to sin with the laws of shemitah.
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Dealing with those who do not observe the laws of shemitah
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More about optics. Plus, regulations about how to eat fruit during the shemitah year. And some discussion of onions.
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The prohibition of wasting produce during shemitah
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Leasing a field from a non Jew. Also, clearing trees.
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Concluding the discussion of optics. Also, punishment for not observing shemitah laws.
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Concluding the discussion on removing stones from a field.
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Can you remove stones from your field during shemitah?
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Finishing the discussion of things you cannot do during the sixth year. Also, some specifics about manure.
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More examples of activities that are permitted and forbidden during the 6th year of the shemitah cycle.
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More details on things that cannot be done in the 6th year, as well as some exceptions to the rule.
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Beginning a discussion of fields of grain - what makes this different than trees?
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Finishing off the discussion on fields of trees
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More on what constitutes a field of trees - and the source for why we are not allowed to plow during the 6th year for the 7th year.
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Intro to the shemitah year. When does it actually start?
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The concept of "davar sheino mitkaven" - something with unintended consequences.
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Concluding the discussion of kilayim of animals.
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The end of Chapter 7 of Kilayim - including what to do if your field is robbed, as well as other examples of the produce being permitted despite it being kilayim.
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Situations in which you can benefit from kilayim even though you shouldn't have planted it in the first place. Also, what happens if you grow your grapes on top of your friend's grain?
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When vines grow on structures, sometimes the structures are considered part of the vines themselves.
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More on specific laws of kilayim relating to a vineyard.
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More situations in which it might be permissible for different crops to grow in a vineyard
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Situations in which it is ok to plant other seeds in a vineyard.
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R' Yehuda is a little more lenient. Also, what is considered a fence halachically?
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Introduction to issues relating to vineyards and kilayim
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Debates about the measurements needed between crops to make them not kilayim
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More situations in which something is not kilayim if it doesn't look that way.
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More ways to grow species side by side and for it not to be kilayim
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What are some ways we can plant different species side by side without it being kilayim?
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If someone doesn't think it is kilayim, maybe it isn't!
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Seeds that cannot simply be plowed over. Also, Beit Hillel and Beit Shamai agree!
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When you decide you would like to plant a different seed after already starting to plant a different kind.
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When a large amount of seeds and small amount of seeds that are different species combine.
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Grafting is not permissible. Also, which species of animals cannot be bred together.
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More species that the rabbis said were not kilayim with one another
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Wrapping up Masechet Demai - situations in which someone has to pay a penalty for forgetting what he had tithed.
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More on how to tithe something prior to shabbat - what is the formula that needs to be said?
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More on how to split Demai amongst people who are trustworthy and those who aren't. Also, exploring how to tithe before shabbat for something you will eat on shabbat.
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More on splitting produce between two partners - one trustworthy with tithing and one not.
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More questions about sharecropping arrangements. Also, do we trust our olives with those who are not careful with the laws of purity and impurity. Finally, what if two partners put grapes in a winepress - one who is trusted with tithing, and the other is not?
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Measures in place to ensure that Jews own land in Israel
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More on the idea of tithing one thing on behalf of another. Also, tithing for sharecroppers and renters
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More cases of trying to tithe one thing on behalf of another.
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More questions about acquiring demai produce from someone else.
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How much does one actually have to give from Demai produce?
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Can you trust people that you meet in a town you've never been to before? How about traveling salespeople whom you have never met?
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Some cases in which we are not lenient with regards to Demai.
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Several more leniencies relating to Demai produce
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Cases relating to idol worshipers and innkeepers.
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Leaving produce untitled and available for others to take = not allowed.
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More on leniencies to help preserve profits of merchants. Also, how do we hand out demai to poor people?
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What is a "chaver" and how does one become one (when it comes to laws of Tumah and Taharah)? Also, leniencies of Demai laws for merchants who have smaller profit margins.
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Introduction to Demai + some of the rabbis leniencies.
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The end of Masechet Peah - What is the definition of someone who is "poor?" Also, consequences for someone pretending to be poor when they are not.
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More on the extent to which we believe poor, unlearned people regarding tithing obligation. Also, general obligations of maaser ani - the tithe for poor people. Finally, some general approaches to giving tzedakah.
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Do we believe people when they said they have collected peah?
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What happens to gifts to the poor if someone consecrates their field to the beit hamikdash? Also, at what point in time do we say that the poor have had their chance to collect produce and it becomes "fair game" for anyone?
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A well hidden olive tree cannot be considered "forgotten." Also, an introduction to the laws of Peret.
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What happens if someone harvests at night time and they forget some produce? What happens if a blind person forgets some produce? Also, what makes olive trees special?
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More on the definition of what constitutes "forgotten" produce
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More details on what is considered "forgotten" and what is not.
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More on what is considered "forgotten" and what is not.
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What is considered "forgotten" and what is not?
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Introduction to shichecha - what constitutes shichecha and at what point in the process is something considered to be officially "forgotten?"
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Property ownership determines if someone has rights to Peah, Leket and Shichecha. Also, a halacha that helps protect workers' rights.
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Must a farmer allow his own field to be damaged for the sake of a poor person collecting Peah? Also, what happens if someone who is wealthy is on the road and runs out of resources - can we treat them like a poor person?
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The penalty for a farmer who covers up his leket. Also, what happens if wind blows non leket onto leket. Finally, the qualifications for shichecha.
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Introduction to the concept of Leket and when it does (and doesn't) apply.
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Are non Jews obligated in Peah? Also, what happens if your peah was consecrated to the Beit Hamikdash?
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More on how we regulate and don't regulate the collection of Peah.
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Ways a slave can become free if he is given land by his master. Also, the "free for all" of poor people getting Peah.
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What is the minimum size field for Peah? Also, a tangent - what happens when someone is on their deathbed and leaves property in a will but then recovers?
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"Mother onions" and how they affect Peah. Also, fields that are legally divided (but not physically)
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Robbers stealing part of your field. Selling part of your field. Also, more issues related to having multiple crops or patches of crops in one field.
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The source for yesterdays mishnah (2:5) comes from Sinai. Also, what happens if you are not the one who harvests your field? Is it is still obligated in Peah?
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More about trees and how they affect a field for the purpose of Peah. Also, what if there are multiple types of crops in one field?
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More on what is considered a divider between fields for the purpose of Peah. Plus, are fields of trees different in any way?
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At what point in the processing of produce is Peach obligated? Plus, lots of details about tithing. Finally, what counts as two fields vs. one when it comes to giving Peaah
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The five qualifications for something to be given as Peah. The types of trees that meet these criteria.
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The minimum and maximum amount to give to the poor. Also, where we should leave produce in the field for the poor.
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Finishing off Masechet Berachot... blessing Hashem for the bad like we bless for the good. Returning to the verses of the Shema for a deeper understanding of what it means to love and fear Hashem.
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Blessing G-d for the good and the bad. Praying for things that have already happened is a bad idea. Also, the prayers to say when entering and leaving a dangerous city.
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Other types of berachot - including what to say when returning to a place where a miracle has happened, what to say when seeing forces of nature, and what to say when bad things happen.
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Returning to the place where you ate if you forgot to say birkat hamazon. How much time do you have to say birkat hamazon. Also, can you say Amen to half of a bracha?
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Rules about Havdalah - order of blessings (when it is combined with Birkat Hamazon) and also which types of flame and spices to avoid.
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More disputes between Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai about hand washing and crumb cleaning.
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More on the zimmun including how many are needed and how a group should/shouldn't be split up. Also, disputes between Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai.
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Who can participate in a zimun? What is the text of the zimun?
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Brachot after foods. An introduction to the "zimun."
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One person making a bracha for everyone else. Also, a situation in which bread can be covered by another bracha.
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What to do when you have a variety of foods that all have the same bracha. Also, more about the bracha of hamotzi.
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Mistakes in the brachot on foods, as well as introduction to the bracha of shehakol.
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Theological issues that can come up in davening. The importance of precision. Introduction to brachot on foods.
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The importance of praying in a serious manner. The placement of the prayers for rain as well as havdalah.
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Davening on a boat, wagon or raft. Also, does Musaf need a minyan?
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The prayer to say when you are in danger. Also, how to daven on a donkey.
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Praying before and after studying + should we say a shortened version of the amidah if we cannot concentrate on the full version?
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More on the status of someone who is impure and needs to say the Shema. Also, an introduction to the timing of saying the Amidah (which we see three times per day).
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More on saying the Shema at a funeral. Also, what to do if a man is in an impure state and needs to say the Shema.
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More on the importance of concentration during the Shema. Introduction to the concept of osek b'mitzvah patur min hamitzvah.
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More issues relating to concentration/focus in saying the shema, as well as some stories of R' Gamliel not following his own teachings.
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Kavana (concentration), interruptions, and other issues relating to focus when saying the shema.
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Introducing mishnah yomit and learning the first mishnah.
