Fourteen Centuries #10: Rav Saadia Gaon, Part 4: Chivi haBalki - Feb 29, 2024 - A summary of a shiur, since the recording was lost. Rabbi Avraham ibn Daud I on Rav Saadia and Dovid ben Zakkai. And Rav Saadia vs. Chivi haBalki. Note: The history is more overview than granular, and certainly not academic.

This Purim, be the band for our children - Feb 29, 2024 - Derashah for Parshat Ki Tisa 5784. According to a new study, the power of live music lies in its responsiveness to the emotions of the audience. Moshe saw this in the mecholot at the Eigel. We can harness this power as the live band for our children's mitzvot.

Yehoshua Mini-Shiur Part 108: Perek 24:19-26 - Yehoshua's Challenge - Feb 29, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Yehoshua, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages, wounded and everyone in the line of fire. Today's installment sees Yehoshua challenge the Jews - and then write something in the Sefer Torah?

Medical Treatment on Shabbat II #12: Skincare and Memareiach, Part 1 - Feb 28, 2024 - Ointments, creams, vaseline, etc.

Yehoshua Mini-Shiur Part 107: Perek 24:14-18 - Yehoshua's Dare - Feb 28, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Yehoshua, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages, wounded and everyone in the line of fire. Today's installment sees Yehoshua challenge the Jews: If you don't like serving Hashem, go do something else!

Makkot 3b-4a - Feb 27, 2024 - The phrase לא תיתיב אכרעך, opening a sewn-up collar vs breaking the seal from a barrel, and mikvaot containing disqualifying liquids.

Yehoshua Mini-Shiur Part 106: Perek 24:8-13 - Divine Chesed, Part 2 - Feb 27, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Yehoshua, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages, wounded and everyone in the line of fire. Today's installment sees Yehoshua describe to the Jews the chesed they received from Hashem in the midbar, and upon entry into Israel. Emphasis on Bilam's story.

Halachah in Healthcare Settings 12b: Davening for Cholim, Part 3: Personalizing Refaeinu - Feb 26, 2024 - When/how may we insert personal requests within the berachot of shemoneh esreih?

Halachah in Healthcare Settings 12a: Davening for Cholim, Part 2: Shem uMalchut - Feb 26, 2024 - When reciting the tefillah for medical care, do we include the Name of Hashem and "Melech ha'olam"?

Medical Treatment on Shabbat II #11: Grama - Indirect Causation - Feb 26, 2024 - Mitigating melachah on Shabbat by performing an action that indirectly causes the melachah. What constitutes "indirect causation"?