Yehoshua Chapter 14: The Goral, and Yehudah's Prominence - Nov 20, 2018 - A single session from a non-uploaded series on Yehoshua, uploaded because it addresses a classic question: How did the lottery for distribution of the Land of Israel manage both to be a lottery and, simultaneously, to assign lots based on tribal size?

Yeshayah, Week 7a: Perek 3-4 - The Message - Nov 20, 2018 - The core message of Perakim 3:4 - A polemic against the self-indulgent wealthy and corrupt of his day. And an interesting approach by Rabbi Yosef Carmel to the "painted women" here and the eishet yefat toar.

Yeshayah, Week 7b: 5:1-7 - Suing the Vineyard - Nov 20, 2018 - Yeshayah's personal prophecy (as explained by Don Isaac Abarbanel): A parable presenting Divine prosecution of the northern kingdom as a suit against a vineyard.

Shemuel #13 - 3:3-18 - A Message to Eli and Shemuel - Nov 15, 2018 - The significance of a burning lamp; Is this a message for Eli, or Shemuel? Why send a second message? And more

Yaakov's Masks - Nov 15, 2018 - Yaakov dresses up as Esav (twice), Lavan and Shechem. How do we square this with Yaakov's trait of "truth"? The nature of masks and their dangers - and the step Yaakov took to avoid the worst pitfall of a mask.

Introduction to Jewish Bioethics: Abortion (Part 1) - Nov 14, 2018 - Basic introduction to the issue of abortion, to be continued next week. Geared toward a group including people without strong background in Torah text study.

Yeshayah, Week 6: Perakim 3-4 - An Outline - Nov 13, 2018 - Yeshayah's first polemic against the leadership of the Jewish people, predicting their downfall for the sin of harming the nation, as well as against the arrogant wealthy women of Zion. To be continued next week.

Legal Ethics: The Dishonest Client (2018) - Nov 12, 2018 - Somewhat updated version of a shiur for lawyers from 2015: To what extent may/must one break confidentiality to thwart harm planned by a client? To what extent may one trust a client? What happens if a client hires a lawyer to violate secular law, or halachah?

From Zionism to Anti-Zionism, Week 3 - Nov 12, 2018 - The biblical roots of 5 different anti-Zionist arguments: (1) Waiting for Divine action; (2) Fear of danger in concentrating Jews in one place; (3) Disapproval of admiration of our accomplishments; (4) Fear of what Zionists will do to observant Jewish life in Israel; (5) Opposition to partnership with those who perpetrate sin. Geared toward a group including people who lack strong background in Torah text.

Kiddushin: P'tzua Daka - Nov 9, 2018 - What is a פצוע דכא? And whom may a פצוע דכא marry?