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

Gemara:

Sotah 

Halacha:

Even Haezer,  Geirut,  Science & Medicine,  Sexuality 

Parsha:

Shemini 

Collections: Rabbi Schachter: YIFH Sotah

References: Sotah: 26a  

Description

Is there a biblical prohibition for a kohen having relations with a divorcee, if he does not marry her? Is a medically castrated male, due to illness, prohibited to remain married? Is there a prohibition to perform a hysterectomy? Can one plant trees in a synagogue courtyard? If a married woman has relations with a gentile, can she marry him after he converts? In which cases do we apply the rule, that a convert is considered as newly born? Does a convert inherit his gentile parent's estate? Does the conversion process require special da'as? How does a woman become a chalalah? Why is lesbianism prohibited? Chumash:Shemini- Why does Moshe , when commanding Aharon, use the words tzivui and zeh hadavar, on a command limited to the mishkan?