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Chapter 1, Mishna 1 What is relevance of two goats of Yom Kippur?What is relevance of story about king, sun and moon being diminished?Why was moon diminished and how did God placate it?What is relevance of sin offering “to” the …
Chapter 1, Mishna 1 How do we derive that one who unwittingly enters the Holy Temple while ritually impure (tamei) is liable to bring a sliding-scale sin offering?Why did God design a legal system that is so complicated? Opening song: …
Chapter 1, Mishna 1 What is third category of two that becomes four?What are two types of tzaraas shades that become four?What is meaning of different colors of tzaraas?What shades can be combined?Where have we learned that shades should be …
Chapter 1, Mishna 1 Is one flogged for leaving uneaten pesach offering until the next day?Can one make two oaths on the same matter, therefore violate two prohibitions if he violates the matter?Why would two unattributed mishnas that contradict each …
Chapter 1, Mishna 1 What’s the difference between an oath and a vow?Why do we start tractate with a digression about when two are four?What are the two types of oaths whose violation allows a sliding scale offering?Why are they …
Chapter 3, Mishna 8, 9 How is flogging actually done?How do we know that one being lashed should be hunched?What kind of person administers lashing?How is pain of lashing minimized?Who recites verse?Who counts lashes?Who gives word to begin lashes?What is …
Chapter 3, Mishna 5-8 How can one violate 8 different prohibitions with one act of transgression?How many lashes does a transgressor receive?Can the assessment of the doctor be overridden?With what is he flogged?Where is he flogged?What is the relevance of …
Chapter 3, Mishna 3, 4, 5 When is one flogged for removing hair from face?What is does it mean to put a bald spot upon one’s head for the dead, and is that a flogging offense?Are there separate sets of …
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