Topics covered: Chapter 7, Mishna 1, 2, 3 Which people and relationships enable others to partake of terumah – holy food consecrated for the benefit of priests and their households? And which do not? Pregnancy, betrothal, levirate bond, divorce, and …

Topics covered: Chapter 7, Mishna 1 Examining a wife’s property rights before, during and after her marriage, to an Israelite or to a kohen (a priest), and how such rights are affected if the marriage is prohibited but they did …

Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 8, 9 If a couple doesn’t have children for ten years, may either husband or wife demand a divorce? May a Jewish husband have two wives? Why are men obligated to be fruitful and multiply, …

Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 8 If a woman buries two husbands, is a man permitted to become her third? The principle of “chazakah” creates a presumption that certain repeated actions will or are likely to occur again, with legal …

Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 7 It is good to find a good spouse – many wisdom teachings today about creating and sustaining a good marriage! Also, on the importance to raising children with good values.   #Judaism #halacha #Torah …

Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 7 A Jewish man fulfills his obligation to be fruitful and multiply by having a boy and a girl, per Beis Hillel. Beis Shammai say two boys. What if the children die, God forbid? Do …

Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 4, 5, 6, 7 Whom may a priest marry? Whom may a high priest marry? Included among the women prohibited to both of them is a “zona.” This word is often used to mean a …

Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 3 For whom may a priest become tamei, ritually impure, in order to attend to their burial needs when they die? The Torah says only very close relatives, not kin by marriage… The beautiful story …

Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 3 Who may the High Priest marry? What actions will render a woman prohibited to him?   #Judaism #halacha #Torah #family #God #Talmud #wife #widow #brother #yibum #chalitzah #yavam #yevama #yevamos #mitzvah    Opening song: …