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  • Topics covered:Chapter 5, Mishna 1Why wouldn’t sotah be able to partake of terumah? What is meaning of superfluous letters in the verses of the sotah? Can a priest marry a woman who is a sotah and a widow? Would Torah …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 5, Mishna 1If husband commits similar iniquity, does bitter water evaluate him too? How do we know that her lover is evaluated at the same time as the suspected adulteress? Why is phrase “she is defiled” written 3 …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 4, Mishna 1, Chapter 5, Mishna 1Is it better to marry a promiscuous woman or the daughter of a promiscuous woman? When a sotah drinks the bitter water, what happens to her lover? Did Job serve God out …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 4, Mishna 1Is forewarning from husband required for suspected adulteress to lose her ketubah payment? Who is the woman who may be divorced without receiving her ketubah payment? If husband issued a warning and then retracted it, is …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 4, Mishna 1Does a betrothed woman who secludes herself with another man drink bitter water? What if husband changes his mind in Jerusalem and doesn’t want her to drink bitter water? What if husband dies before sotah drinks …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 3Why is it problematic that the death of sotah may be delayed due to her merit? If a sotah’s meal offering is consecrated, and then the ritual is stopped because she confesses, or her husband retracts, …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 2Who is an am haaretz? Meir: anyone who does not recite shema morning and evening with blessings. Rabbis: anyone who does not wrap tefilin. Hasn’t studied the written torah and mishna. Has sons but doesn’t raise …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 2Mitzvos and Torah study protect one from various kinds of danger – which? How long does that protection last? Sin will always crouch at your door and you can overcome it if you train yourself, recognize …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 3, Mishna 2How are we to understand the opinion in our mishna that women should not be taught certain portions of the Torah? Why do some sages, and most modern sages disagree with this opinion? Why did Rabbi …

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