Yoravam's cunning ways and original high stature; After effects of the Golden Calf; Menashe teaches halacha in a dream; Achav's support of Torah.

Correct intentions while learning Torah; whispering on a wound and inquiring of spirits; R' Akiva's message for R' Eliezer; background on King Yerovam and his father, Nevat.

Defining an Apikorus; great reward for Torah learning; the bad and the good of Ben Sira.

The duration of the Days of Mashiach; Baalei T'shuvah vs. Tzadikim; the next world: supernatural?; contemptuous actions; toiling in Torah; the deep value of Torah learning .

Portents of the Mashiach's arrival; on witnessing the Days of Mashiach; Mashiach's names; our part in hastening his arrival.

Hashem "shaves" Sancheriv; Sancheriv's son's kill him; Nebuchadnezzar's merits; Zechariah's blood.