Through you the world will be blessed: True or False? - Oct 18, 2018 - Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov were each told that they would be a cause of berachah for the nations of the land - the same ones we would be commanded to fight and evict. How can we reconcile our roles of blessing and nemesis for the nations around us?

The Rabbinate of Rav Ovadia Yosef, Part 1 - Oct 17, 2018 - Part 1 of 2 on Rav Ovadia Yosef - Background on Ashkenazim and Sephardim in Israel in the early 20th century, and basic biography of Rav Ovadia. Geared toward a group including people without great background in Torah text study. (I did not mean to be as harsh on the Ashkenazi leadership as I was; this will be corrected in Part 2.)

Yeshayah, Week 2a: Introduction, Part 2 - Oct 16, 2018 - Background on the personal life of Yeshayah as reported in Tanach and midrash.

Yeshayah, Week 2b: Chapter 1 - Oct 16, 2018 - Introduction to Perek 1 - Questions, and notes on Yeshayah's poetry

Mental Health and Halachah: Human Dignity - Oct 15, 2018 - The intersection of the laws of Kvod haBriyot and mental health concerns. How far do we go for kvod habriyot, and why? And is the definition of "dignity" subjective or objective?

Practicing Medicine in the Jewish Community, Part II - Oct 14, 2018 - The second of two classes on issues that come up with medical practices in Jewish communities. Specific topics: Billing for work done on Shabbat; Enabling a treatment which one's own rabbi has prohibited, where the patient's rabbi permits; Seeing social friends of the opposite gender as patients; Reporting health insurance fraud

Shemuel #8 - 2:1-10: Chanah's Song - Oct 11, 2018 - Understanding Chanah's song as poem, prophecy and philosophy.

Yeshayah, Week 1: Introduction - Oct 9, 2018 - First week of a planned two-year series on the book of Yeshayah (Isaiah). Introduction to the book and its messages.

Noach and the Lion: A Lesson in Justice and Kindness - Oct 9, 2018 - Looking at the basis for Bereishit Rabbah 30:6 and Midrash Tanchuma Noach 14, which describe the lion biting Noach, as well as the lessons of these midrashim. Geared toward a group including people without strong background in Torah text study.

Kiddushin: Marriage of and with Bnei Noach, Part 2 of 2 - Sep 18, 2018 - Part 2. Is there a prohibition against marriage with single Noachides, given that the marriage would not be halachically recognized?