Tanakh Study Day 2014: Were the First Nine Makkot Deadly? by Rav Yitzchak Blau. This shiur was dedicated in memory of Mr. Abe M. Shamah z"l, a man who lived by the principle of Torah im Derekh Eretz, a successful businessman who always made time to learn Torah, by Steven z"l and Naomi Esses and family.