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What parts of Torah are permitted for non-Jews to learn? • Authentic Talmud Torah is inherently bound to actualization • How and why does the Rambam differentiate in his guidance about who one may teach the Noahide Covenant to?
Torah offers equal opportunity protection from evil men and evil women • Torah saves from the snare of all consuming heresy, like the enchanting but deadly femme fatale
How many tables and candelabras were in Solomon's temple and how were they utilized? • The fundamental importance of having pure intentions • Guarding the Torah • The constancy of the showbread and Torah study • The consumption of raw sacrificial meat: a complex perspective
Do crooked paths engender twistedness? • What does the Nazir gain by abstaining from wine? • Is it ideal to seek medical care from a doctor? • What was the Netziv's exam before being willing to receive medical care for his eyes? • The greatest secret
Which communal offerings require semichah, leaning one's weight on the animal prior to slaughter? • Which personal offerings do not require semichah?
Where and how should grain be optimally cultivated for meal offerings? • What imperfections would invalidate the flour or grain from sacrificial use? • Are there lashes for consecrating invalid flour or logs for the altar? • Sourcing sacrificial olive oil • A simple olive rancher with vast stores of oil for export exemplifies the blessings of Asher's territory
Recognizing the magnetic pull of perceiving something thoroughly enjoyed • What did Rav Moshe Feinstein write about the prevailing cultural emphasis on having a "good time"?
How much fine flour is brought with Thanksgiving offerings? • Various meal offering components • What is required for the Thanksgiving offering loaves to become consecrated?
How do we know that once grain has taken root the Omer offering will permit its consumption? • When may harvesting precede the Omer offering? • Jericho: a lesson in when to let mistakes slide and when to protest erroneous practices • What constitutes a differentiation of one field into two for the purposes of designation of Peah, a corner for the poor?
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