Topics covered:Chapter 7, Mishna 3, 4, 5Do one’s days as a confirmed metzora count toward his tall of days as a nazir? What does rabbinically decreed tumah regarding nazirim have to do with non-nazirim entering the Temple? When attributing authorship …

Topics covered:Chapter 7, Mishna 2Regarding tumah decreed upon the lands of nations, Sages initially decreed ritual impurity on earth of the lands, if you touch the soil or cause it to move. Later they extended decree to airspace. Relevant to …

Topics covered:Chapter 7, Mishna 2, 3How do we know that a corpse transmits tumah – ritual impurity – to one who walks over its grave. Why are there some sources of corpse impurity that do not trigger the nazir’s obligation …

Topics covered:Chapter 7, Mishna 2What is the minimum size for a bone from a corpse to impart impurity of a corpse (thus triggering a nazir to shave, bring offerings and restart his term) through touching? Carrying? Sharing a roof (tent)? …

Topics covered:Chapter 7, Mishna 2On the subject of whether a partial corpse imparts ritual impurity, we ask whether eating a small but partial creeping thing triggers liability like eating an entire ant? Does the spine or skull of a human …

Topics covered:Chapter 7, Mishna 2If two bodies are buried together and dust is mixed (or with wood dust, or shroud dust) then it doesn’t impart impurity. What is considered part of corpse that imparts impurity? Teeth, hair and nails don’t …

Topics covered:Chapter 7, Mishna 2What counts as a corpse? What if flesh of a corpse has liquefied in a hot place? Do spittle and urine found on a corpse impart ritual impurity? Does liquid from animal corpse convey impurity? Lifting …

Topics covered: Chapter 7, Mishna 1, 2 If nazir and kohen find meis mitzvah, who buries the body? Majority say nazir should do it because sanctity of high priest is permanent versus nazir sanctity is temporary. They don’t become impure …

Topics covered:Chapter 7, Mishna 1How do we know that a nazir, who may not become impure for the dead, even to bury his father, does become impure to bury an unattended corpse? How do we know that he is permitted …