Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 2, 3 Inspiration from the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe. Under what circumstances may an old sukkah be used for the Festival? May we use a stolen sukkah? Must we build our own? May we build one …

Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 Napoleon, the Temple, Rav Kook, and the Redemption. Turning other-purposed structures into sukkahs.

Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 The laws of Shabbos or more stringent than the laws of the sukkah, so if the wall count for Shabbos, they also count for the sukkah. May we have a circular sukkah?

Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 Did the Sages “stretch” in deriving minimum measures for various laws from Torah verses that seemingly don’t address such measures at all? Or did they actually continue a process begun by God when he …

Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 In deriving the minimum height of a sukkah, the Sages embark on a beautiful discussion of the unbridgeable gap between the heavenly realm and the earthly realm – a discussion that both humbles and …

Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 Are women obligated in the mitzvah of sukkah? Queen Helene, the righteous convert. A famous argument between Beis Hillel and Beis Shammai is used as an example of the principle that we state the …

Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 New tractate! Establishing the requirements of the sukkah in which we dwell during the festival of Sukkot. Rabbi Yehuda and the Sages disagree on the 20 cubit limit on height of its roofing.  

Topics covered: Chapter 8, Mishna 1-6 As we approach the end of Tractate Yoma and our siyum celebration, we encounter some of the most famou and beloved teachings in the entire Talmud, including Reish Lakish saying that “Great is Teshuva …

Topics covered: Chapter 8, Mishna 1 What is an “observant” Jew? Defining the minimum measure that creates liability for eating on Yom Kippur. We know it’s large date volume with its pit, but how does that compare with an egg-bulk, …