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Education is the process of bringing out the potential an individual already has for a particular talent or characteristic 

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This sugiya explores the difference in consciousness between theoretical knowledge and one’s living reality 

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By the time we reach Yom Kippur afternoon, our Kapara (Atonement) is complete. The remainder of the day our focus pivots from healing self to healing others and to the universe we might have contaminated with our actions.

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Normally a shogeig (unintentional action) means that at the time of the action we had no knowledge that what we were ding was wrong. In the case of שגגת טומאת מקדש וקדשיו the un intentionality that triggers the obligation to bring a קרבן עולה ויורד, requires  a measure of subconscious knowledge that the action was wrong. We explore the nature of subconscious knowledge.

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Halacha is a living process. Poskim (halachik decisors), like all of us, are works in progress. Their decisions at a given time are snapshots of their evolution at that time. Their later opinions, when different from earlier ones, do not invalidate the reasoning of these earlier opinions which remain a part of our halachik canon.

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Universally, oaths are taken seriously as a way of assuring facts in the future and establishing facts in the past. This is because the idea of oaths is a natural law built into the creation

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ר' חנניא בן עקשיא אומר: רצה הקדוש ברוך הוא לזכות את ישראל לפיכך הרבה להם תורה ומצות, שנאמר: ה' חפץ למען צדקו יגדיל תורה ויאדיר 

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The value of an object, action or idea is a function of the number and complexity of its individual components. Connoisseurs appreciate this.

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Gender confusion is initiated not only by cross-dressing and make-up, but also by cross-gender behavior  

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