Chapter 1, Mishna 8

What happened when Rabbi Eliezer was arrested and charged with heresy?
Why was he acquitted?
How did Eliezer handle going through this terrible ordeal?
Can money used for prostitute be used to purchase offering for Holy Temple?
Can it be used to construct a place of filth (ie bathroom) in the Holy Temple?
What is relevance of “remove your way far from her”?
What is relevance of “and do not come close to her house”?
What is the distance one must be from a prostitute?
Is any kind of intimacy prohibited with a woman who is forbidden to have intercourse with?
What is relevance of heresy and ruling authority?
What does it mean that those who repent for the sin of heresy must die?
Does one who engages in forbidden sexual intercourse have to die?
What is relevance of “heaven and earth pray for mercy on my behalf”?
What is story of Elazar ben Durdaya and why did it make Rebbe weep?
Is sex addiction like addiction to idolatry?
Can someone earn his place in the world-to-come in a moment?
What happened when sages went by house of prostitution to perform mitzvah for overcoming temptation?
Is someone righteous who engages in Torah study but not good deeds?
What questions were sages asked when they went on trial?
What is relevance of warp and woof and hornet?
Why did Rabbi Chanina ben Taradyon ask “What will become of me?”
What was saintly about Rabbi Chanina ben Taradyon?
What did Rabbi Chanina ben Taradyon say that he saw as he was being burned at the stake?
Why wouldn’t he shorten his painful death?

Opening song: Moshe Storch leads Hallel at Beis Medrash Hancock Park

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