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Legends of the Talmud
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The Talmud lists the dire consequences of instilling "excessive fear" within one's family.
Trusting R. Evyatar; The Concubine in Giva; the inner meaning of "Eilu ViEilu"
A Chanukah connection; Yosef's 70 languages; the power of English prayer
After the Temple was destroyed, we phased music out of Judaism. How does this work with modern Halacha?
How one bad attribute led to another after the Destruction, culminating in the loss of many of our finest attributes
Three inherent appealing divine gifts.
"He turned around and looked at them and cursed them in the name of G-d. Thereupon, two she-bears came out of the woods and mangled forty-two of the children."
Rav Kahana said to Rav Shimi bar Ashi: Is it true that you say that these palm trees of Babylonia have been in this place since the years of Adam the first man?
Great Mitzvah of escorting a guest to safety; The founding of Luz, a city impervious to war, where no one can die
Life and death in Halacha; Organ donations; Why Mitzvos are called fruits
Women going to war; A Chassidic perspective on the dangers of fleeing
An order for life, Torah study, and good deeds; Why there are 40-1 Melachos
The Rebbe on worries; Parentage of Pinchas; Why Pinchas slew Zimri
All about Shovach; Advice for one who has anxiety
Complimenting the wicked; invalid conversions; All about Orpa
Beginning the Talmud's takedown of Goliath, champion of the Philistines.
How the Kohen anointed for battle encouraged his soldiers.
An exploration of the four "cults" that cannot experience Gdliness, with an emphasis on defining Laytzonus.
Further discussion of the unique punishments reserved for the flatterer.
A deep dive into the Isur of Chanufa, with practical discussions of behaviors that count as forbidden flattery.




