Rosh Hashana 30: Marc Chipkin: 2021-11-08 Blowing the shofar with the Beth Din. New grain is forbidden the whole of 16 Nissan. Witnesses were only accepted until mincha to testify about Rosh Hashana.

Rosh Hashana 29 : Marc Chipkin: 2021-11-07 The intention of the baal tokea. Who is obligated in shofar and who can fulfill that obligation. Blowing the shofar on Shabbat.

Rosh Hashana 28 :Marc Chipkin: 2021-11-06 Mitzvot were not given for the purpose of deriving benefit from their fulfillment. Do mitzvot require intention? Adding on to, or subtracting from a mitzvah.

Rosh Hashana 27 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-11-05 Hearing two sounds simultaneously. Why we don't blow trumpets with the shofar today. Repairing a broken shofar, inverting a shofar, adding gold to a shofar

Rosh Hashana 26 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-11-04 Dispute as to whether a cow’s horn is valid as a shofar. An accuser cannot become a defender. Which type of shofars are used on Rosh Hashanah, fast days and Yovel?

Rosh Hashana 25: Marc Chipkin: 2021-11-03 Rabban Gamliel’s tradition regarding the length of a month. Rosh Chodesh is valid even when Beth Din chooses the wrong date. Rabban Gamliel forces his will on Rabbi Yehoshua. If the Beth Din alone saw the new moon, two of the judges should stand and testify before the others

Rosh Hashana 24 : Marc Chipkin: 2021-11-02 The moon had to be seen clearly. The head of the Beth Din announces it and the people respond. How could Rabban Gamliel have forms of the moon in his attic to show to witnesses?

Rosh Hashana 23 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-11-01 Why the lighting of torches is only done when the month is deficient. Different types of wood. The courtyard in which the witnesses gathered.

Rosh Hashana 22 : Marc Chipkin: 2021-10-31 Accepting relatives to testify together about the new moon. Other disqualified witnesses. The person testifying has to be known to the Beth Din. How the false testimony of the Baitusim was uncovered.

Rosh Hashana 21: Marc Chipkin: 2021-10-30 Keeping two days of Yomtov even though the messangers got there. Keeping two days of Yom Kippur. If the moon is clearly seen do the witnesses desecrate Shabbat?