Topics covered: Three matters lengthen our years, three shorten, three things come only through great blessing: a good king, a good year, a good dream. A dream not interpreted is like a letter not read. Which dreams are fulfilled? …

  Topics covered: Blessings for miracles, natural phenomena, good/bad tidings, new aquisitions, good/bad personal events, delivery from danger. Also vain prayers and what it means to live God with all your heart, soul and resources.

  Topics covered: Havdalah in a big room, why and how we inspect our fingernails by light of Havdalah candle, light and spice NOT required, reward for returning to the place of an omitted blessing.

  Topics Covered: Lucky Number 18, Torah Scholar or Ignoramus? Don’t Throw Bread! Respect and not Contempt for God’s Bounty

  Topics covered: Grace After the Meal, Thank God for the Land and Food, Covenant, Torah, and Sovereignty

  Topics covered: Joining the Zimmun, Determining the Majority by Properly Counting the Jews, The Bar-Kokhkba Rebellion

  Topics covered: Let the Master Enter First? Differing to Prominence for Grace After the Meal, Understanding People’s Criticisms is Understanding What They Value, Rewards for Showing Up