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This week we will learn about Inheritance in Jewish Law and how it relates to Yibum. The Gemara will discuss several cases where we are unsure of the child's father is the deceased brother or the living brother, and now they are arguing over the inheritance. We will also learn that one needs to wait three months before performing Yibum or Chalitza.

Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly shiur on the parshat hashavua and come away with creative insights into the weekly Torah portion.

This week we will learn various scenarios that begin with three  brothers, two of which marry two sisters. We will see what the third  brother is obligated to do if one or more of the brothers die. We will  also learn some fundamental halachic principles dealing with two or more  prohibitions that occur either simultaneously or one after the other.

A cat ate a goat bought for two zuzim. A dog bit the cat, a stick hit  the dog, a fire burned the stick, water put out the fire, an ox drank  the water, and so on. Join Rabbi David Sedley as he explores the historical and allegorical explanations of this final song of the Seder, Chad Gadya.

Join Mrs. Sarah Rudolph as she explores Hallel during the Seder. Why does it seem divided in two and what are the additions to it on Seder night? Why when it comes to Hallel why is this night different from other nights?

Tucked away at the end of birkat hamazon and just before Hallel is the peculiar custom of opening the door for Eliyahu Hanavi, Elijah the Prophet. Don’t open the door to strangers! Join Rabbi Amihai Zippor and explore why this prophet, more than all the others, has a place at our  annual Seder tables.

On Seder night we hide the matzah. Why? From whom is it hidden and what does hiding it  symbolize? This is even more interesting if one remembers that Joseph was called in Egyptian –  ‘צפנת פענח’ -the one who reveals or deciphers. Is there a connection between the words and the subjects? Join Rabbanit Yafit Clymer as she explores these and other questions about הצפון/Tzafun on Seder night.

Shulchan Orech is the part of the seder where we partake in the festive meal but that doesn’t mean the focus shifts elsewhere. Join Rabbi Gidon Rothstein as he discusses what we should eat, how we should eat it, and how much we should eat. What makes this holiday meal different from all other holiday meals, the rest of the Seder aside?

This week the Gemara will introduce us to numerous cases with numerous  brothers who marry numerous sisters and then some of the brothers die.  The Gemara will explain who needs to do what to each widow. We will  learn about the concept of Zika, a bond between the brother and the  widow, and how strong that bond is. We will be finishing the second  chapter or Yevamot and we will begin the third chapter.

In Korech, Hillel tells us to make a sandwich of matzah and marror to commemorate the korban Pesach in the Beit Hamikdash. Join Mrs. Fran Miller and learn the significance of this sandwich including how our seder changed today in the absence of the Temple.