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?!

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 6 May we fulfill our obligation to eat matzah on the first night of Passover with matzah made from second tithe dough? What about loaves of unleavened bread designated to accompany a Toda, the Thanksgiving …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 6 May we bake thick matzah? Figure-shaped matzah? Lotsa matzah?