Shoftim 13:21-14 - After the Malach / Intermarriage - Jun 9, 2020 - The different reactions of Manoach and Hatzlelponit to seeing a malach; Shimshon's "Ruach"; Was intermarriage to Plishtim prohibited at this time?

Yeshayah, Week 59: 38:9-20 - The Song / Failure to Sing - Jun 9, 2020 - Lessons of Chizkiyahu's song of thanks after his healing. How does the Talmud know Chizkiyahu didn't sing after Jerusalem was saved from Sancherev? And why wouldn't Chizkiyahu have sung?

Avodah Zarah 75b - The source for tevillat kelim - Jun 7, 2020 - Beginning a discussion of tevillat kelim: What is the biblical source?

Shemuel #65 - 16:11-15 - David Inspired, Shaul Abandoned, Shemuel Tormented - Jun 4, 2020 - King David is anointed and experiences "the spirit of Gd" - and Shaul loses that spirit and declines. Now we understand why Shemuel was reluctant to anoint David? And the power of anointing, per Abarbanel.

Rabbis in the New World 1: Who Came? - Jun 3, 2020 - Which Jews came to the New World in the 16th and 17th centuries, and why? Part of a Zoom-based series geared toward people without strong background in Torah text study.

Naso: The Nazir as Role Model - Jun 3, 2020 - An unconventional view of the Nazir, as a role model for awareness of Hashem and dedication to Hashem, as expressed in the career of Shimshon.

Shoftim 13:15-21 - The Malach Refrains - Jun 2, 2020 - The communal role of the nazir. Manoach's unsuccessful gift for the malach, and his (apparently) unsuccessful request for the malach's name. Is the gift a gift, or a korban, or both? And more.

Yeshayah, Week 58: 38:7-20 - The Sign / The Song - Jun 2, 2020 - Yeshayahu gives Chizkiyahu a sign he will be healed - but what is the sign? And why is it that sign? Three approaches. And an outline of Chizkiyahu's song of thanks.

Avodah Zarah 75b - Communication of tumah in a winepress - May 31, 2020 - Kashering tablecloths, communication of tumah in a winepress - and observance of tumah and taharah in the period of the gemara

Making Up the Missed Parshiyot - May 30, 2020 - A quick run through the reasons to make up, or not make up, the Shabbat Torah readings that we missed due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Did not address how to do the makeup.