Shoftim 7:9-8:3 - Third Miracle, Third Act, and the Decline Begins - Jan 7, 2020 - Gidon experiences his third miracle, hearing about the Midianite dream, and then goes to war against Midian. Midian is routed, but the tribe of Ephraim is unhappy with their role.

Yeshayah, Week 41: Perek 26 - A Statement of Loyalty, or a Challenge Based on Loyalty? - Jan 7, 2020 - In the third perek of Yeshayah's predictions of ultimate reward/predictions for the nations, Yeshayah either offers a song describing the Jews as eternally loyal and due for reward, or challenges Gd regarding the suffering of this loyal nation - before being promised that reward.

Bava Metzia Perek 6: Deviating from the expected use, Part 1 - Jan 3, 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.

Yosef, the Egyptian Priests and Citizenship in a Time of Anti-Semitism - Jan 2, 2020 - Parshat Vayigash: Did Yosef save Egypt or devour it? And why did Yosef exempt the Egyptian priests from the nation's 20% tax, giving them an allotment of food which spared them the need to save their land? And what lessons can we learn from his conduct, for our own?

Book of Failure?: Shaul: Will You Wait for Me? - Dec 25, 2019 - When Shaul didn't wait for Shemuel to arrive before bringing his korbanot, and therefore he lost the throne, was that Shaul's failure?

Book of Failure?: Shimshon: Dying on a Prayer - Dec 25, 2019 - Did Shimshon try to take his own life, and was that a failure? Or was something else driving his decision?

Book of Failure?: Uziahu: A Lesson in Boundaries - Dec 25, 2019 - How could King Uziahu, who is identified as righteous and successful, make the error of trying to bring ketoret (incense)? And why was that one mistake sufficient to bring down his reign?

Book of Failure?: Yehoshaphat: Strange Bedfellows - Dec 25, 2019 - Why is Yehoshaphat singled out for blame among the kings who created alliances with wicked people? And why did Yehoshaphat make repeated attempts at such alliance, against the prophetic warnings given to his father Asa and to him?

Book of Failure?: David and Batsheva: So Why Does G-d Love You? - Dec 25, 2019 - The text of Tanach records that Hashem said King David failed, King David said he failed, and as read by classic commentators, the people said he failed. So why does the Talmud say that he didn't fail?

Book of Failure?: Who Are You Calling a Failure? - Dec 25, 2019 - Joint presentation exploring the hazards of telling schoolchildren that our biblical ancestors failed: How teaching of such mistakes can be damaging, and how omitting the mistakes can help educate for values.