Medical Ethics: Gender Dysphoria in Judaism - Feb 13, 2022 - Introduction to Gender Dysphoria as a concept. Counseling a transgender Jew who has undergone a transition - How does gender dysphoria create unique challenges in the Jewish community? What does Judaism say about gender dysphoria? How does Judaism assign gender? Where does someone who has transitioned sit in shul?

Bava Batra Perek 2 #6: Grama and Garmi, Part 1 - Feb 11, 2022 - What is the nature of חייב בדיני שמים for grama? And why would one be patur for grama and chayav for garmi? Part one of a planned two.

Shemuel #120 - Chapter 24:1-4 - Pursuit in Ein Gedi - Feb 10, 2022 - Introducing the chapter - Has Shaul changed? What is Dovid's state of mind? Links to Tehillim 57 and 142. Why is Dovid in the cave, and not on the rocks with the mountain goats? And why are we told about what Shaul is doing in the cave?

Jews and Food, Week 1: The Foods of Eden - Feb 9, 2022 - First in a planned 5-part series. Why was there a Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in Gan Eden? Eating as an elevating or degrading experience, and imposing the ethical over the animal-instinctive. Geared toward a group including people who lack strong background in Torah text study.

King Solomon's Arc #17: What Shlomo Received; The Two Women - Feb 8, 2022 - Abarbanel's view on what Gd gave Shlomo, and how it differed from the wisdom of the rest of humanity; Beginning the bizarre story of the two women who came to Shlomo to adjudicate their claims to a living baby.

Shemuel #119 - Chapter 23:26-29 - Two Kings Are Saved - Feb 3, 2022 - A "malach" tells Shaul about a new Philistine attack, and he turns away from his pursuit of Dovid in Zif at the last moment. Tie-ins to Tehillim 18, 116 and 144.

King Solomon's Arc #16: 3:4-14 - An Offer He Didn't Refuse - Feb 1, 2022 - Why did Hashem offer Shlomo anything he wanted? Why did Shlomo choose to ask for wisdom? And what was this unparalleled wisdom that he received?

Bava Batra Perek 2 #5: Giri diLeih - Jan 28, 2022 - How far do we go in holding a person liable for harm which is the immediate result of his actions? Noise, invisible impact, vision, information and more.

Shemuel #118 - Chapter 19:16-29 - A Third Covenant; Fleeing Shaul - Jan 27, 2022 - More on Yehudah's betrayal of Dovid; What was in the third covenant with Yehonatan?; the irony in Shaul's dialogue with Zif; Saved by a malach

Chanah, Week 3b: The Prophet - Jan 26, 2022 - Where do we see Chanah as a prophet? What did she predict?