Topics covered: Chapter 10, Mishna 1 May we eat and drink before reciting Havdala on Saturday night? What are the requirements of the Cup of Blessing (wine used for kiddush, havdala, grace after meals, etc)?

  Topics covered: Chapter 10, Mishna 1 How the Sages derived the formula of Havdala, separating between Shabbos and the lesser holiness of the week and other festivals. How a mitzvah saved lives. How blessings are structured.

Topics covered: Chapter 10, Mishna 1 Rabbi Shlomo Katz’ dilemma as Kohen leading a trip to visit the graves of famous Rebbes, and the song which came out if it. The final outcome of the Festival after Shabbos blessings debate. …

Topics covered: Chapter 10, Mishna 1 If some people stay at table during a meal, when others leave to attend a service or go to the study hall and then return, the meal is not considered to be interrupted, and …

Topics covered: Chapter 10, Mishna 1 If we say Shabbos Kiddush over wine (sanctifying the day) in synagogue on Friday night, must we say it again at home over our Shabbos meal? If we’ve recited Kiddush and Motzi (blessing over …

Topics covered: Chapter 10, Mishna 1 Why do we drink four cups of wine at Passover? Why do we stop eating in the middle of the afternoon before Passover night? What if we’re eating a meal Friday afternoon, and we …

Chapter 9, Mishna 9, Chapter 10, Mishna 1 What do we do if a group’s Paschal lamb is lost, and they split up to look for it? Why is “silence fitting for the wise?” Now we begin our discussion of …

Chapter 9, Mishna 7, 8 Understanding and harnessing the RUACH level of soul. The korban Pesach, the Passover offering, must be a male sheep or goat less than a year old. What do we do if we consecrate a female …

Topics covered: Chapter 9, Mishna 5, 6 Distinguishing between the first Passover in Egypt and the Passover in subsequent generations. The power of Jewish unity and its connection to Purim. Distinguishing between a “replacement” Paschal lamb and a “substitute.”