Reb Chaim explains the Rambam's application of the concept of beriya (a full unit) to the laws of nevilah (an animal which died without shechita) and how it compares to aiver min hachai (a limb from a living animal)

Reb Chaim explains two components of the halachic rule that products of a non-kosher animal are also prohibited to eat

Reb Chaim surveys four approaches to the Torah’s signs of a kosher bird and explains the Rambam’s conceptual framework

Reb Chaim analyzes why the children of a union which is prohibited to a kohen inherit that status

Reb Chaim analyzes what halachic status the mother passes along to the children, and when the father's lineage cancels it out.

Reb Chaim analyzes the nature of the second conversion a freed non-Jewish slave must undergo

Reb Chaim analyzes the rights a Jewish owner has in a non-Jewish slave and how this affects his conversion

Reb Chaim discusses when vestot (the expected time for niddah blood) are only rabbinic, an issue raised by the Noda Biyehuda too.

Reb Chaim analyzes punishing a husband based on the testimony of one witness that his wife is prohibited to him

We present a portrait of Reb Chaim’s supreme dedication to chesed (kindness), using stories and analyzing them, as a model for each of us to emulate.