Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 25: 8:1 - Did the Seventh Month Arrive Twice? - Jun 26, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Ezra, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. The book of Nechemiah inserts stories between the start of his plan to repopulate Jerusalem and the completion of the plan. Are those part of the reprint of events from Zerubavel's day, or are they new events?

Makkot 8a-8b - Jun 25, 2024 - Overview of the roles of a goel hadam; going to the ir miklat for murder committed in pursuit of a mitzvah; and more.

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 24: 7:72 - Wrapping up the census - Jun 25, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Ezra, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Last notes on the census discrepancies, and introducing a new problem: Tishrei.

Medical Ethics: Genetic Screening - Jun 24, 2024 - This was meant to be a session on Genetic Screening and Intervention, but we ran out of time for the Intervention. Discussion was about whether genetic screening is prohibited, permitted, or required, and about what to do with the information from genetic screening.

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 23: 7:6-68 - Why is this list different? - Jun 24, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Ezra, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Four approaches to the question of why Nechemiah's list of olim in Nechemiah 7, which says it's the original list from Ezra 2, is different from that original list.

Fourteen Centuries #22: Rabbi Moshe ben Klonymus - Jun 23, 2024 - Introducing the 10th century Italian Jewish community, with Rav Moshe ben Klonymus, who moved from Lombard to Germany. Note: The history is more overview than granular, and certainly not academic.

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 22: 7:4-7 - The Challenge of Jerusalem - Jun 23, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Ezra, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Why don't people want to live in Jerusalem?

Please Try Again! - Jun 21, 2024 - Derashah for Parshat Behaalotcha 5784. The lesson of Rabbi Eliezer's explanation of דרך רחוקה for Pesach Sheni, and Rabbi Elazar ben Azaryah's change to Rabban Gamliel's beis medrash, and Moshe's notes for the 70 neviim.

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 21: 7:1-4 - A New Challenge for Nechemiah - Jun 21, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Ezra, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Now that that walls of Jerusalem are built, Nechemiah has a new problem...

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 20: 6:14-19 - Wall Complete, Plots Continue - Jun 20, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Ezra, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Who is Nechemiah?