Heroes and Villains: Batsheva: The Maestro Matriarch - Dec 25, 2018 - Part of a day-long "Ten Heroes and Ten Villains" program marking the tenth year of YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov. How Batsheva evolves to become the protector of Shlomo and his monarchy.

Heroes and Villains: Satan: The Master Villain - Dec 25, 2018 - Part of a day-long "Ten Heroes and Ten Villains" program marking the tenth year of YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov. What is the Satan?

Heroes and Villains: Delilah: The Traitor - Dec 25, 2018 - Part of a day-long "Ten Heroes and Ten Villains" program marking the tenth year of YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov. Why did Delilah betray Shimshon? How many betrayals are there in this story? And what can we learn from this?

Heroes and Villains: Michah: He Meant Well - Dec 25, 2018 - Part of a day-long "Ten Heroes and Ten Villains" program marking the tenth year of YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov. What did Michah have in mind for his "house of G-d/god"? How did he descend into this, and what can we learn from it?

Heroes and Villains: Yael: The Accidental Assassin - Dec 25, 2018 - Part of a day-long "Ten Heroes and Ten Villains" program marking the tenth year of YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov. Why is Yael singled out for praise? And the importance of volunteering.

Heroes and Villains: Devorah: Smasher of Stereotypes - Dec 25, 2018 - Part of a day-long "Ten Heroes and Ten Villains" program marking the tenth year of YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov. What stereotypes did Devorah smash? Were there repercussions?

Miriam the Fearless - Dec 24, 2018 - What is the source of Miriam's perennial fearlessness?

Kiddushin: The Perutah, Part 2 - Dec 21, 2018 - Is the Torah's "kesef" a coin, a value or a metal? And how do we evaluate the perutah today, when barley kernels change in size? [Re: Asimon in the discussion, see Rashi and Tosafot Bava Metzia 44b. And for more re: coins in Chumash, see The Monetary Legal Theory Under the Talmud, available at local.droit.ulg.ac.be/sa/rida/file/2008/02.Geva.pdf.

B'Acharit haYamim: The Impact of the Future on the Present - Dec 20, 2018 - Working with the gemara and midrash on Yaakov's thwarted desire to tell his children about the time of Mashiach - why did Yaakov want to do this, and why didn't it happen? Three approaches.

Shemuel #17 - Chapter 5 - Why did Hashem do this to the Plishtim? - Dec 20, 2018 - Hashem damaged the idol of Dagon, and struck the Plishtim with some horrible bowel disease. Was this just an incentive for returning the Aron, punishment and humiliation, a lesson regarding idolatry, and/or a message for the Jews?