Topics covered:  The Talmud Eruvin 9a tells us that if a Koreh (beam) or Lechi (upright) that’s either drawn from one or both walls of the alleyway or suspended in the air – as long as it’s within 3 …

  Topics Covered:  We shared an insight from Parshas Reeh (Deut. 14:6-8) how from at least one logical inference, Moses could not (and would not) have written the Torah himself. E.G. how could he have possibly known that there were …

  Filling in for Sal while he and his family are on vacation is Rabbi Aaron Parry! Topics covered: Torah is like a lemon. Why are there Talmudic disputes all together? Story from Talmud about 2 sages greeting a 3rd. …

Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 To help us understand the laws of a breach in the side of a 3-sided alleyway, we look at the laws of an L-shaped alley. Rav says it is like two 2-sided alleyways coming …

  Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 If for Shabbos carrying we’re adjusting an alley that has a crossbeam less than 10 tefachim, handbreadths, above the ground by lowering the ground itself, how far should our digging extend into the …

  Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 From where do the Sages derive their units of measurement? Some from Written Torah, some from Oral Torah. The seven species which characterize the abundance of the Land of Israel – wheat, barley, …

  Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 We make carrying possible on Shabbos in a three-sided alley (into which private courtyards open) by adding a crossbeam above the alley, where it opens into the public thoroughfare. The mishna said this …

  Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 Background on Shabbos, carrying, earlier stringencies of the prophets due to widespread desecration and leniencies of the Sages to protect Shabbos while keeping it a delight. How do we make carrying possible in …

  Topics covered: Chapter 24, Mishnas 4,5 We may not chop wood for a fire on a Festival if the wood was intended for construction at the outset of the Festival. We may slaughter domesticated animals for a meal on …