Venue: Young Israel of Forest Hills Young Israel of Forest Hills

Gemara:

Sotah 

Parsha:

Vayakhel 

Collections: Rabbi Schachter: YIFH Sotah

References: Sotah: 8b  

Description

Hashem punishes a person in a similar way, as to how the person sinned. Why are there no death penalties today? Why did so many rabbis live in Tzefat? Is it possible to confer semicha today? What is the punishment for a gentile violating a Noachite law? Whay are the minchas Omer amd Sotah brought from barley and not wheat? Are there ancient Egyptians , Cananites, or Amalekins around today? What is the nature of the mitzvah to kill Amalek? Can one loot Amalek? Is Haman an Amalekin? Why are the laws of the torah eternal, and not ammended? Chumash:Vayakhel- one Tana learns from a gematria in this parsha, that there are 39 melachos on shabbos.