Ketuvot 11a - A Minor's Conversion - Aug 28, 2021 - The validity of a minor's conversion to Judaism, where no parent is converting and instead the rabbinical court declares their certainty that the child will grow up to observe Judaism. And the ability to reject the conversion upon reaching adulthood.

Chanah's Aggressive Prayer: A Model for Us? - Aug 29, 2021 - The Talmud reads Chanah's prayer for a child (Shemuel I Chapter 1) as aggressive, challenging and even threatening G-d. We already identify Chanah as a role model in other aspects of prayer; are we supposed to emulate Chanah in this regard as well? What are the rules?

Tishrei in a Day: Yom Kippur - Birthday of the World? - Aug 29, 2021 - Why do we include stories of Creation and the world's early generations in the ancient and important Avodah poems of Yom Kippur? The world is created for Yom Kippur, teshuvah and forgiveness.

Tishrei in a Day: Jabel Muntar: A Rock and a Hard Place - Aug 29, 2021 - What has led researchers to identify Jabel Muntar (or Munttar) as the site of the שעיר לעזאזל - the scapegoat of Yom Kippur? And what can we learn from the identification of this rocky, hard, desolate place and the ritual performed there?

Bava Batra Chapter 2 #1: Introduction to Laws of Neighbors - Aug 27, 2021 - Overview of the second chapter of Bava Batra, on Shecheinim. The range of views regarding individual and community rights among the tannaim, from Rabbi Yosi (per Rashi and Rabbeinu Chananel) on one extreme to Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel on the other. And are the laws of harming a neighbour (or neighbor) part of the laws of nezikin (torts), or a separate category of protecting community?

Shemuel #103 - Chapter 21 - Why did Dovid Flee to Nov? - Aug 26, 2021 - Reviewing Chapter 20 after the summer break, and introducing Chapter 21. Principal question: Was running to the Mishkan in Nov really a smart idea? Why did Dovid go there?

Shemuel I 4:1-11 - The Loss of the Aron - Aug 24, 2021 - Why did Hashem allow the Aron to fall to the Plishtim?

Ketuvot 11a - More Language, and a Minor's Conversion - Aug 21, 2021 - Wrapping up the discussion of certain Hebrew words (and the benefits of eating dates), and looking at the presumption of betulah status where there is reason to challenge it, but that reason took place before the woman was three years old.

Ketuvot 10b - Ketubah values, and Language Lessons - Jul 31, 2021 - The value of the ketubah for different women, and ideas related to the words almanah, matar and mizbeiach

Ketuvot 10b - The Nesi'im Don't Believe Him - Jul 24, 2021 - Three Rabban Gamliels and Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi did not accept the claims of husbands that their wife was not a betulah. And indeed, as per Tosafot, we wouldn't accept the claim either.