Topics covered: Chapter 10, Mishna 1 We are obligated to ensure that members of our community, and especially our households, rejoice on Passover night. How? With gifts that are meaningful to them. Locally fashionable dresses are mentioned for women, …

Topics covered: Chapter 10, Mishna 1 How and when do we recline on Passover night? Is everyone obligated in this law? How much wine must we drink at Passover? Is everyone obligated in this law? What provisions do we make …

Topics covered: Chapter 10, Mishna 1 May we recite the Friday kiddush over beer? What about Saturday morning and Havdala? What is the “wine of the province?” Why is the last-born in a family considered special?

Topics covered: Chapter 10, Mishna 1 What is the “Great Kiddush?” How shall we behave in a new community, when unsure of local customs? Until when may we say kiddush if forgotten on Friday night? How do we adjust it …

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 …