Bava Batra Perek 2 #2: Call Before You Dig, Part 2 - Oct 15, 2021 - (Won't make sense if you didn't hear the first part - and even then...) If my neighbour digs a pit up to the property line, am I obligated to distance my pit further? If my neighbour's pit is well within the property line, may I count part of his property as the buffer zone needed for my own pit?

Shemuel #106 - Chapter 21:8-10 - Goliath's Sword / Who is Doeg? - Oct 14, 2021 - King David gets Goliath's sword from Achimelech, who may be reluctant - but why does Achimelech have the sword at all? And Doeg, King Saul's "mightiest shepherd", sees him; who is Doeg?

Jewish Philosophers of Medieval Spain 1: Rashba - Oct 13, 2021 - A mini-series (picking up from "Giants of Sephardic Jewry" of June '21) on Rashba, Ran and Rabbi Yosef Albo. Introduction to 13th century Spanish Jewry, the threats to the Jewish community, and Rashba's biography and reply to an anti-Torah polemic by the Muslim scholar Ibn Hazm. Geared toward a group including people who lack a strong background in Torah text study.

Shemuel I 6:10-18 - Musical Cows? - Oct 12, 2021 - Looking at the lessons of the gemara's explanation of וישרנה, that the cows (and their young) sang to Gd.

King Solomon's Arc #2: Shlomo's Claim to the Throne - Oct 12, 2021 - When was Shlomo named to be the next king, and who knew about it? Did Adoniyahu know?

Ketuvot 12b - Ketuvah and Yichus - Oct 9, 2021 - Does the ketuvah amount vary based on the yichus (lineage) of the people who are marrying?

Bava Batra Perek 2 #2: Call Before You Dig, Part 1 - Oct 8, 2021 - First wrapping up two old questions: 1) Conflicts between the gemara's zoning safety requirements and municipal zoning safety requirements, and 2) creating a circumstance in which halachah prohibits a neighbour from using their property. Then looking at 17a-b - What are the requirements regarding distancing my cistern/pit from a neighbour's cistern/pit on the other side of the property line?

Shemuel #105 - Chapter 21:5-8 - What did Achimelech give Dovid? - Oct 7, 2021 - When Dovid haMelech was on the run, what kind of bread did Achimelech give him? Was it lechem hapanim (showbread) or lachmei todah (thanks-offering loaves), and why? And how does each explanation fit the text?

Shemuel I 5:9-6:9 - Send it back! - Oct 5, 2021 - The Philistines decide to send back the Aron - but with a test, because they don't believe that G-d is behind their plague. And lessons of the seven months that the Aron is with the Philistines.

King Solomon's Arc #1: Introduction - Oct 5, 2021 - Introduction to a year-long class on the first eleven chapters of Melachim (Kings), which present the life of Shlomo haMelech (King Solomon). Introducing the book of Melachim, and major themes in the life of Shlomo.