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

Gemara:

Sotah 

Halacha:

Agunah,  Beit Hamikdash,  Challah,  Geirut 

Parsha:

Pekudei 

Collections: Rabbi Schachter: YIFH Sotah

References: Sotah: 9a  

Description

One who covets what other people have, may lose what he himself has. When is the obligation to pray biblical? Why did Cain kill Abel? When does a person lose his free will? Why receive a punishment if free will is suspended? Why was Shimshon punished? What is the difference between a ger tzedek and a ger? Were Cuthians ever Jewish? Is it propper to convert a gentile who accepts the mitzvos, but is doing it to marry a Jew? Can one say that in retrospect, the whole conversion was false? A converted infant should accept his conversion when reaching bar mitzva. Why do kohanim not eat challah today? Chumash-Pekudei: were the badim always in the utensils, or were they placed in the utensils, prior to their being carried?