In this class we explore the origins of tzedaka as they are anchored in the very foundation of our nation, in the lives of Avraham Yitzchok & Ya'akov.

Rashi seems to abandon the straightforward meaning of the pasuk, instead qouting 3 out of 7 possible midrashim. What is behind all  of this?

Is there a biblical mitvah to bury the dead? Are there exceptions to the rule?

Avraham Avinu served milk and butter to the angles. Can we deduce from this that milk is kosher?

In 1715 a woman gave birth on Tzom Gedalya and it was questionable if she would be able to fast on Yom Kippur. The Mahari"l shares a conversation that he had with his brother (the Alter Rebbe), in which the Alter Rebbe resolves a complex sugya with one simple idea. This sheds light on the laws of drinking on Yom Kippur and eases this woman's post-partum predicament. 

The reasons behind this mitzva

What's more compelling, a polygraph test or an oath?

What if I brought in Shabbos early and then have the opportunity to do a mitzva that belongs to Friday?

What is the nature of our responsibility to minhag and its application to participating in a bris on Friday

Halachos relevant to traveling to Eretz Yisrael