We are usually quite careful about checking the integrity of individuals or causes to whom we give financial support. In this episode we learn the importance of checking the integrity of donors as well and the purity of their contributions and intentions.

Although a Kohein is born with inherent Kedusha, as with all things of Kedusha it cannot be accessed unless we create the conditions for accessing it. These conditions entail Kavod - honor.

Nearly 1000 years before the story of Purim and the evil Haman, Hashem inoculated His people against Haman's plot. It all started on the first day of Adar in the desert.

Time specific events are unique, because even when they occur repeatedly we, and the world around us, are not in the same places we were the first time. The same applies to time-specific opportunities. The Beracha of Shehecheyanu sensitizes us to this focus. The Shehecheyanu of the Seder is unusually unique. THis episode explores why.

Many mitzvot in the Torah have specific times during which they need to be performed. Of course the mitvot of Pesach night need to be done on the night of Nissan the 15th. The question is whether we have all night to do them, or whether they should be completed by midnight. This episode opens up a 2,000 year conversation about this timing and also touches on managing procrastination!

Value is transferable from commodity to cash and vice versa. Energy can be converted into matter and vice versa. Similarly, wisdom, which is energy, can be converted into value - even economic value.

Although we have not had access to prophecy for millennia, there are other ways the Divine communicates with us if we adequately prepare and open ourselves to these communications.

The Mitzvah of the Hagadah is not one of recitation but one of dialogue.  This is why only one person reads the Hagadah. What do the others do? They engage in the unfolding conversation.

This episode clarifies the sources for various customs relating to the Seder Plate and the Seder itself.

Once Rabbinic scholars were given the authority to determine Halacha, Hashem also aligns to their decisions even when they differ from the way He ideally sees the issue. A powerful lesson in the delegation of authority and the avoidance of micro-managing