This episode (a shiur from a few years ago) analyzes the part of the hagadah that we often rush through - from Rabban Gamliel through the end of Maggid.

This episode analyzes the text of “Asher ge’alanu” - the bracha on the second kos in the seder.

Chazal’s concept of a “miracle within a miracle” seems to go against the idea that Hashem generally minimizes miracles. This episode analyzes the idea of nes be’soch nes and deals with this apparent conflict.

When the sons of Aharon died, Moshe told Aharon and his remaining sons that they couldn’t mourn. Instead, the rest of the Jews would mourn for them. Rashi (vayikra 10:6) says that we learn from here that the tzibbur must mourn for the Tzara of talmidei chachamim. On the surface, it’s hard to see how you can generalize from this case. After all, the reason the Jews had to mourn here was seemingly because the regular mourners were prevented from mourning. This episode addresses this question and the lesson Rashi is teaching.

This episode (a shiur from 2015) takes up the Rashis on Breishis 1:14 which say that Wednesday is a bad day and that eclipses are bad signs.

This a shiur I gave right after the solar eclipse in 2017 based on the Gemara in Sukkah 29a on the topic.

Though the Gemara (Brachos 51a in specific) makes Yalta, the wife of Rav Nachman, seem like a low-level person, this episode (a shiur I gave a few years ago) dispels that notion. Instead, it illustrates how Yalta embodied a fundamental approach to perfection of the Torah personality.

This episode discusses the Gemara in Ta’anis 23a about Choni’s 70 year slumber. It’s advisable to listen to this shiur after the shiur on Choni Hameagel’s Circle - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elie-feder/episodes/Choni-Hameagels-Circle-e2h0gli

Happy Purim!!! The Gemara (megilla 16a) fills in more details of the story of Mordechai’s interaction with Haman when they were getting ready to ride Mordechai through the streets on the king’s horse. This episode discusses how this Gemara reveals new insight into Haman’s downfall.

The Gemara in Megilla 16a says that Esther started pointing at Achasherosh to accuse him of trying to kill her nation, until the malach came and pushed her hand towards Haman. Why would she do such a thing? It seems like suicide? I and Ezra (my son) present two different interpretations of this enigmatic Chazal.