Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 4 The debate between R’ Eliezer and R’ Yehoshua regarding separating the priest’s challah from tamei, ritually impure, dough on the first day of Passover turns not on the principle of “benefit of discretion” …

  Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 2, 3, 4 If the significance of dough in a kneading bowl for purposes of tumah, ritual impurity, depends on the owners INTENT (remove it to clean it, or leave it in to reinforce …

  Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1, 2 If a law can be derived from two different verses instead of just one, is it a “stronger” law or a “weaker” one? Can we use a kneading bowl that has leavened …

  Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1 Does a prohibited substance combine with a permitted substance to constitute the minimum measure to trigger liability for eating the prohibited substance? If a prohibited substance does come in the minimum measure, but …

  Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1 If a Jew possesses leavened bread mixed with other things or dough that hardened before it became bread (or that is used for something like glue) during Passover, what is the penalty? It’s …

Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1 Leavened bread is prohibited on Passover, and so are leavened products. But which are those? Some may not even be food! Along the way we learn about some foods that are bad for parts …

  Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 7 How may one cook the Paschal offering, and how may one not cook it? From where is it derived that one recieves lashes for violating a Torah law that does not specify a …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 8 Why and to what extent must grain be guarded from coming into contact with moisture before it is made into matzah?

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 7 With which vegetables may we fulfill our obligation to eat bitter herbs on the first night of Passover? Horseradish is much more bitter than romaine lettuce, yet lettuce is optimal. Why?!