Shemuel #12a - End of Chapter 2 - The Curse and the Envelope - Nov 8, 2018 - How the curse on the House of Eli plays out in Shemuel and Melachim; Exemptions from the curse; The Envelope from 2:18 to 3:1.

Shemuel #12b - 3:2-3 - Eli's Blindness - Nov 8, 2018 - Introduction to Shemuel's first prophecy. Is there a message in Eli's blindness?

S.Y. Agnon on Parshat Toldot - Nov 8, 2018 - The story מאויב לאוהב ("From Enemy to Friend") on a battle with the wind in Talpiyot, as a lesson regarding the battle of Yitzchak and the Plishtim regarding wells.

Business Ethics: Anonymous Whistleblowing - Nov 7, 2018 - What are the secular and religious arguments in favour of blowing the whistle on wrongdoing, and what are the secular and religious arguments against? And how do these arguments shape our attitude toward anonymous whistleblowing?

Yeshayah, Week 5a: Perek 2 - Swords to Plowshares - Nov 6, 2018 - Addressing the duplication in Yeshayah 2 and Michah 4. Understanding the section as part of an anti-Uziahu polemic: Here's how Jerusalem will earn respect!

Yeshayah, Week 5b: Perek 3 - Loss of Leadership - Nov 6, 2018 - Beginning to look at this chapter

From Zionism to Anti-Zionism, Week 2 - Nov 5, 2018 - Conclusion of Zionism (political and nationalist), and discussion of A-Zionism. Geared toward a group including people who lack strong background in Torah text.

Kiddushin: Mamzerim, Part 3 of 3 - Nov 2, 2018 - May one marry into a family, if one knows that a mamzer was part of the family, but one does not know the identity of the mamzer, and therefore one does not know the mamzer's relationship with one's intended spouse?

Shemuel #11 - 2:27-36: The Curse on Eli's House - Nov 1, 2018 - Why does Eli need a navi to convey the message to him? Why is Eli punished, where other parents of wicked people in Tanach are not (explicitly) punished? Why is the punishment so harsh? And why is there so much emphasis upon "your family" when the curse is issued?

The Aging of Avraham - Nov 1, 2018 - Why does chumash place such emphasis on (1) Avraham's aging, and (2) his actual age at different stages in his career? What are we to learn from the midrashim which address Avraham's aging process? A lesson in how we look at age.