Medical Halachah: Seeking Psychological Counseling - Jan 19, 2020 - May a Jew seek psychological counseling? Must the psychologist or therapist be an observant Jew? What are the positives and negatives in a therapeutic relationship between two observant Jews?

Bava Metzia Perek 6: Deviating from the expected use, Part 3a - Jan 17, 2020 - The status of an illegal sublet, with applications for other unapproved uses of a rented item.

Bava Metzia Perek 6: Deviating from the expected use, Part 3b - Jan 17, 2020 - The importance of honouring donor intent in tzedakah and general gifts. Can deviation from donor intent result in cancellation of a gift?

Shemot/Vaera: Moshe the Superhero and his Dual Identity - Jan 16, 2020 - Why does the Torah introduce Moshe in Parshat Shemot in one way, and then introduce Moshe a second time, in a different way, in Parshat Vaera? And what can we learn from this?

Shemuel #49 - 14:45-48 - Yehonatan Freed; Shaul's Wars - Jan 16, 2020 - Was Yehonatan freed because he was innocent, or despite his guilt? If Yehonatan was innocent, why did the Urim v'Tummim refuse to answer Shaul's question? And why is Shaul described as מרשיע wherever he turns?

Shoftim 8:4-23 - Second Stage of the Decline - Jan 14, 2020 - The towns of Succot and Penuel decline to aid Gidon's army, representing division and failure of Jews to align with other Jews, and they are punished harshly. Gidon refuses power - but his conduct seems to hint that he desires it?

Yeshayah, Week 42: Perek 27 - The Vineyard, Part 2 - Jan 14, 2020 - Yeshayah returns to his vision of the Jews as a vineyard, last seen in Chapter 5. But is this message positive, or negative? And how does it lead into the haftorah for Parshat Shemot? And: A unique role for the shofar.

Bava Metzia Perek 6: Deviating from the expected use, Part 2 - Jan 10, 2020 - Part 1 of an intended 3 shiurim on using rented, borrowed and given items in ways that don't fit the original plan of renting/lending/giving: Deviating from the prescribed use, in a way that isn't obviously harmful. Defining "prescribed use".

The Embalming of Yaakov - Jan 9, 2020 - How could Yosef instruct the Egyptians to embalm Yaakov - doesn't that violate halachah regarding burial, cheat the benefits of decay as described in the gemara, and cause pain according to one view in the gemara? (And wasn't Yaakov alive?) Multiple approaches to the problem.

Shemuel #48 - 14:36-44 - Review, Yehonatan's Trial - Jan 9, 2020 - Brief review of Shemuel I 13-14 to date, followed by Shaul's attempt to pursue the battle, the revelation by the Urim v'Tummim, and the indictment and sentencing of Yehonatan. Two ways to look at why Yehonatan was sentenced to death.