Episodes

  • Haggadah Is For Women Too. Or Is It?
    Apr 6 2025

    Source Sheet

    • Is Vehigadeta Levincha considered Zman Grama?
    • Are women obligated anyway?
    • What about Sukkah?
    • Does being part of the Neis make a difference?
    • What is the status of the Bincha-child?
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • The Blood of the Bnei Efraim, Who Fled Egypt Early.
    Apr 4 2025

    Source Sheet

    • How many years was Galus Mitzrayim?
    • How many of those years were they actually in Egypt
    • Why did the Bnei Ephraim leave early?
    • What was their mistake calculation?
    • What was the difference between Menashe and Ephraim?
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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Is Moreh Nevuchim Forbidden Territory?
    Mar 31 2025

    Source Sheet

    • Rambam reasoning for Karbanos in Moreh Nevuchim.
    • Did the Rambam write the Moreh Nevuchim?
    • Cherem and subsequent burnings of the Rambam's books
    • Raavad's critique of the Rambam
    • Why did the Rambam write Moreh Nevuchim?
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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Why Do Rabbis Think That They Have To Be Funny? The Pnei Yehushua Attacks Jewish Humor.
    Mar 23 2025

    Source Sheet

    • Is there a place in Yiddishkeit and in Torah for humor?
    • Stories of the Sages
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • The Magic of the Bach, and the Enchanted Cemetery of Cracow.
    Mar 21 2025

    Source Sheet (https://rebrand.ly/TheBach)

    • History of the Bach & his generation
    • Stories of the Enchanted Cemetery of Cracow
    • The Bach's take on Chodosh & Yoshon
    • How a Calabrian Esrog landed in Corfu
    • Letter of the Bach on Birchas Hatorah
    • Stories of the Bach and the Taz
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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • Esther; the women with two husbands... (mature audience, adult discussion)
    Mar 9 2025

    Source sheet

    • Esther's relationship to/with Mordechai
    • How does it overlap with Achashverosh
    • With whom did she use a contraceptive?
    • Who's child was Darius?
    • How old was he when he got the crown?
    • When is a child of adultery not a Mamzer?
    • Passive vs active adultery
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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • The Vilna Gaon and the Tzemach Tzedek Wrestle Over the Yarmulka
    Mar 2 2025

    Source Sheet

    • Stories from the Gemara about head covering
    • Does the Gemara's reference to head covering refer to a
    • Yarmulka or to something more?
    • Is wearing a Yarmulka an obligation or "Midas Chassidus"?
    • Does it depend where you are or what you're doing?
    • Does covering your head with your hand work?
    • Drama over the Teshuva of the Tzemach Tzedek
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    1 hr and 39 mins
  • Nostalgia for Chezkas Habatim. Rav Yisroel Labkowski Weaves His Magic
    Feb 16 2025

    Source Sheet

    • Explanation of Chezkas Habatim.
    • How does one keep their property while gone?
    • How long does someone need to keep their documentation of a property purchase?
    • If the person eats Orlah, Shevi'is, or Kilayim does that count as a Chazakah?
    • Can you make a Brocho on forbidden foods?
    • Does one have Hana'ah from forbidden foods?
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    1 hr and 24 mins
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