Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 1 A beautiful story about the Lubavitcher Rebbe and his beloved wife Chaya Mushka. A paradox: if you slaughter an offering outside the Temple, you’re liable for violating the Torah law against slaughtering offerings outside …

Topics covered: Chapter 6, Mishna 1 Two beautiful stories that help us understand why so many priests went on a suicide mission to be high priest in the Second Temple period, and why Korach – who knew better! – went …

Topics Covered: Chapter 5, Mishna 6 A lesson from the prophet Samuel from the Korach haftorah. Understanding where the Sages differ with respect to interruptions in the Yom Kippur service of the High Priest.

Topics covered: Chapter 5, Mishna 6 A beautiful lesson from Rabbi Avraham Tewrski M.D. about addiction, obligation and true freedom. On Yom Kippur, the High Priest in the Tabernacle or the Temple had a very specific order in which he …

Topics covered: Chapter 5, Mishna 5 The verses of praise, glory, and prophetic vision in the daily prayers are worth pausing and sinking into from time to time! To explain what is meant by the “purity” of the incense altar …

Topics covered: Chapter 5, Mishna 5 How did High Priest purify the incense altar on Yom Kippur? How does the incense altar differ from the main altar? Why was Rabbi Akiva overruled? Why were the farmers of Jerusalem grateful that …

The High Priest did a lot of running on Yom Kippur! Did he sprinkle the blood of bull and goat directly on the curtain that separated between Sanctuary and Holy of Holies? Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai went …

Topics covered: Chapter 5, Mishna 4 The Ark of the Covenant rested on the Foundation Stone in the Holy of Holies. The Sages debate whether this stone represents the initial point for God’s creation of the whole world. On Yom …

Topics covered: Chapter 5, Mishna 4 Was the Ark of the Covenant exiled to Babylonia or buried in the Temple Mount? How did the High Priest perform the required sprinklings on Yom Kippur? Why are the staves of the ark …