Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 4How do we know that relatives can’t testify with or against each other?How do we know that one can’t bear witness against first cousin?When are conspiring witnesses punished?What is relevance of hazaka of ownership?Can witnesses be …

Chapter 3, Mishna 4, 5Topics covered:What is relevance of “who will be the judge in those days”?Is a relative who became unrelated fit to bear witness or be a judge?Can best man appear in court case during wedding?What does it …

#1835  – Sanhedrin 26 Chapter 3, Mishna 3 Can a Jew work on farm of a non-Jew during sabbatical year? Can one prune vines for non-agricultural use during sabbatical year? What does it mean that average priest is guilty of …

#1834  – Sanhedrin 25 Chapter 3, Mishna 3 Is one who lends at interest disqualified from bearing witness? Is one who borrows at interest disqualified from bearing witness? Can a shochet who sells treif meat be fit for bearing witness? …

#1833  – Sanhedrin 24 Chapter 3, Mishna 1, 2, 3 When Rabbi Meir and the Rabbanim disagree about a litigant who accepts an otherwise disqualified judge, and then seeks to retract that acceptance, what exactly do they disagree about? What …

#1832  – Sanhedrin 23 Chapter 3, Mishna 1 When can litigant disqualify a judge? When can litigant disqualify a witness? Who chooses which judges on a court? Can either litigant reject a judge or court that the other side wants? …

#1831  – Sanhedrin 22 Chapter 2, Mishna 5, 6 What is the ashurit script and what is relevance? Why did Hebrew letters change? What is ivrit script? Why was Ezra considered to be like Moses? In which script were 10 …

#1830  – Sanhedrin 21 Chapter 2, Mishna4, 5 Why should a king not have too many wives? What is too many? Can we learn out additional laws from rationale for one law? Can one ever take collateral from a widow? …

#1829  – Sanhedrin 20 – red Chapter 2, Mishna 2, 3 Can king join a funeral procession? If king is a mourner, does he sit on low chair? Do women go in front or behind funeral bier? What is relevance …