When Will Mashiach Come? Part 1: What is Mashiach? - Jun 15, 2022 - Where does the idea of a Mashiach come from - is it in chumash/tanach? Is Mashiach a person, or an era? What happens during the time of Mashiach? Geared toward a group including people who lack strong background in Torah text study.

King Solomon's Arc #32b: After the Dedication - Jun 15, 2022 - Hashem's message to Shlomo haMelech after the dedication of the Beit haMikdash - and a landswap with King Hiram of Tyre?

King Solomon's Arc #32a: Dedication, Part 3 - Jun 15, 2022 - When the Beit haMikdash was dedicated, did the Jews violate Yom Kippur? And why was Dovid haMelech invoked in Shlomo's dedication?

Bava Batra Perek 2 #8: Urban Planning: Harm, Aesthetics and Environmentalism #1 - Jun 10, 2022 - Mishnah on Bava Basra 24b - Why are we taught to distance trees from cities? And the concept and application of the migrash.

Shemuel #133 - Chapter 25:36-42 - Dovid, Esav, and a Happy Ending (for some) - Jun 9, 2022 - What is the message in the comparisons between Dovid and Esav, and Avigayil and Yaakov? What was Naval's fate? And why did Dovid propose to Avigayil?

Why Couldn't Dovid Build the Beit haMikdash? - Jun 7, 2022 - A range of approaches to why Hashem rejected Dovid HaMelech's request to build the Beit haMikdash, based on pesukim in Shemuel, Melachim and Divrei haYamim. (Stronger than a previous shiur I uploaded to YUTorah.)

Shemuel #132 - Chapter 25:32-35 - Dovid and Naval, Yaakov and Lavan - Jun 2, 2022 - First: Analyzing the gemara on Avigayil, Dovid and niddah blood, and what it means to tell us about the relationship between Dovid and Avigayil. Then: The messages of the similarities between Dovid/Yaakov and Naval/Lavan. A half-shiur.

Shavuot: When Chametz is Better - Jun 2, 2022 - The Torah of Rav Kook: Why is there chametz in the korban todah? Why is the omer barley, and the shtei halechem of Shavuot are wheat? Why are the shtei halechem chametz? And what can we learn this for ourselves?

King Solomon's Arc #31: 8:14-64 - Dedication, Part 2 - May 31, 2022 - Why did Shlomo haMelech deviate from Dovid haMelech's style of dedication? Shlomo's prayer for the Beit haMikdash. Consecrating an outer area.

King Solomon's Arc #30: Inserting the Battery - May 24, 2022 - When was the Beit haMikdash dedicated, and why then? And the installation of the Aron, emphasized in numerous ways in the text, brings the Beit haMikdash to life.