Shallow Dive Daf Yomi

The future purification of Zion and Jerusalem • Addressing the evils we are confronting

Laws of gouging • Agency for sin • Multiple defenses for the Snake in Eden • Can agents act as witnesses?

Teshuva for non-Jews • Teshuva for minors • Two facets of repentance: Mitzvah (command) and Chovah (obligation)

What are a father's obligations towards his son? • Is a mother obligated to circumcise her son? • Is a man commanded to circumcise himself? • Can a minor be obligated to teach himself Torah? • Which stage of development is ideal for getting married?

Unsavory relationships: May a Kohein have relations with a Cannanite slave woman or a captive of war? What forms of marriage are recognized by the Torah? Is consent required? How do Targum and the Rambam understand the prohibition of fornication?

How can one acquire a Jewish slave? • Differences between a Jew being forced into slavery by the court to pay for his theft and a slave by choice

Synesthesia in the Torah • Cultivate the infinite good latent within each finite moment • Toil to do good, not for what looks good

For an effective symbolic act (Kinyan) that creates a binding marriage agreement of Kiddushin, is an appraisal of the consideration necessary? • Why was Rav Kahana able to effect the redemption of the firstborn? • Sliding scale values: an object can be worth more than the market value to some individuals • Discerning through context the acceptance or rejection of a suitor

When is divorce permitted? • When is divorce obligatory? • When does the alter cry over a man who divorces his wife?

Can a husband qualify the scope of divorce and leave his wife married to him as it pertains to a particular individual? • Can a husband qualify the time when the divorce will continue to remain in effect while giving the bill of divorce?