Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

Shiurim

• Koheles Ecclesiastes 10:6-7

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  The absurd consequences of sin • Rebbi Akiva and the royal eunuch debate: Is the measure of man merely a function of his dominance?

• Chullin 102

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  For Jews, what are the three opinions of which categories of animals are included in the prohibition of Eiver Min HaChai (consuming limbs severed while the animal was still alive)? • For non-Jews, which categories are uncontestedly included

• Sotah 47

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  The reward of Balak • The tragedies of Gehazi and the Nazarene • The mitzvah of Teshuva is independent of its effectiveness • The atonement ritual for mysterious murders • The unraveling and decay of Jewish civilization in antiquity

• Ta'anis 16b-17b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Of all the actions incorporated in a fast day, the active ingredient is Teshuva • May Kohanim drink wine today? • May Kohanim allow their hair to grow long today? • Which people serving in the Temple are granted the dispensation to take car

• Pesachim 65a-65b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Last and least: The Lazy Crew brings their Pascal offerings as a third group • Why does Rebbi assert: Fortunate is one whose children are males, woe to one whose children are females? • Is sweeping or mopping permitted on Shabbos? • Why was

• Sanhedrin 48

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  What is necessary to render something designated for the dead prohibited from alternate use? • What happens to the assets of a person executed for a capital crime or for rebellion against his monarch? • The dangers of issuing curses

• Gittin 62a-62b

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  Concessions that allow risk taking for pure tithes to those making a living • Guidelines of interfaith peace • Agencies to deliver and receive a bill of divorce

• Mishlei Proverbs 1:12

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  Glorification of victimhood is an intolerably false paradigm of virtue which leads towards the brutish ethos of pragmatic violence

• Menachos 50

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  If the first lamb of the Daily Offering was not brought, when should the second afternoon lamb be omitted as well? • If the High Priest dies after bringing the first half of his daily meal offering, what should the newly appointed High Prie

• Chullin 88

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  To fulfill the command of Kisui Hadam, which types of blood must be covered? • What may be used as a proper covering? • What benefits do the Children of Israel enjoy as a result of four instances of Abraham's piety?

• Kiddushin 7b - 9a

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  For an effective symbolic act (Kinyan) that creates a binding marriage agreement of Kiddushin, is an appraisal of the consideration necessary? • Why was Rav Kahana able to effect the redemption of the firstborn? • Sliding scale values: an o

• Horios 13b -14a

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  Nuances within the Mitzvah of honoring Torah scholars • The essential importance within Torah of both reaching towards halachic conclusions and towards the infinite and inscrutable

• Koheles Ecclesiastes 10:9

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  King Menashe and his apostate brother Ravshake • Whether for good or evil, man toils and experiences the results • Much toil goes into actually achieving even simple sounding goals • With forethought, one can avoid unintended consequences

• Mishlei Proverbs 1:18-19

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  The hunter lies in ambush for his unwitting prey, as the exploitative sacrifice their own souls • Stealing robs the victim of his livelihood and is akin to murder

• Bava Metzia 53b - 54b

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  How is Chomesh, an additional charge for the owner's redemption of his second tithe, calculated; is it 20% or 25% of the principle value? • Assymetric bidding wars for redeeming consecrated assets • When can Chomesh be charged on a prior Ch

• Pesachim 92b-93b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  If Pesach Rishon was forfeited, a second opportunity to bring the Pascal offering on Sheni is given • Is this forfeiture irrevocable, or can Pesach Rishon be salvaged? • How do women relate to Pesach Sheni? • Kareis, spiritual excision, is

• Mishlei 2:18-20

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  The femme fatale is at home with death • Her paramours are inexorably drawn towards death • To fully escape the corruption of heresy requires death • Divine Enlightenment spares misery and oblivion, but more importantly empowers actualizati

• Gittin 83a - 84a

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  Can a husband qualify the scope of divorce and leave his wife married to him as it pertains to a particular individual? • Can a husband qualify the time when the divorce will continue to remain in effect while giving the bill of divorce?

• Koheles Ecclesiastes 12:12

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  What does King Solomon convey when addressing me as his son? • How to avoid being overwhelmed • Beyond seeking what is written in the Torah and following the words of our Sages, for the myriad nuances of a life well lived, it is also impera

• Mishlei Proverbs 2:14

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  Recognizing the magnetic pull of perceiving something thoroughly enjoyed • What did Rav Moshe Feinstein write about the prevailing cultural emphasis on having a "good time"?

• Reb Dovid Soloveitchik

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  Reb Dovid Soloveitchik

• Mishlei Proverbs 1:15

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  Conscientiously avoid forging friendships with the wicked and reject their ideologies

• Horios 6b - 7b

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  When is the anointed high priest required to bring a bull sin offering for his error? • Are all members of Sanhedrin required to be capable of issuing halachic rulings? • Is the high priest required to bring a sin offering if no erroneous r

• Koheles Ecclesiastes 7:23-25

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Acquisition of all wisdom is beyond even the most gifted individual's capacity • Cosmogony is elusive; Divine wisdom of creation qualitatively transcends human wisdom • Understanding the present requires tremendous depth • Government tends

• Koheles Ecclesiastes 7:12-13

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Wisdom and wealth can accomplish goodness synergistically • Man's stewardship entails cultivation and protection of our world • God is uniquely capable and committed to repairing our world marred by human destructiveness • Safeguards agains

• Slavery in the Messianic Era

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Understanding the prophecy: "So says the Lord of hosts: In those days ten men of diverse languages of the nations shall grasp the corners of a Jewish man's garment declaring, 'We shall go with you for we have heard that the Lord is with you

• Bava Basra 68b - 69b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  When selling a field, what is included and what is excluded?

• Chullin 130

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  Parameters of priestly gifts of kosher meats • When may a wealthy person take charity?

• Shabbos 58a-59a

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  Daf Yomi

• Derech Eretz Zuta 7, 3-4 & Koheles Ecclesiastes 3:14-15

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  Honoring the wise • The beauty of silence • Is mortality inevitable? • Divine Justice: God seeks the downtrodden • אין מוקדם ומאוחר בתורה God is not bound by time

• Pesachim 78b-80a

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  Uniquely, the purpose of pascal offerings is for consumption • When the nations allow the rebuilding of the Temple, with the construction of the alter, sacrificial services may resume • If the majority of Jews are ritually impure, the pasca

• Ta'anis 23b-24b

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  The potency of prayer • Sometimes what we perceive as the obstacle is not the problem • One should generally abstain from praying for and benefitting from open miracles • Special donkeys

• Bava Metzia 5a - 6a

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  Is one who is willing to steal also presumed willing to swear falsely?

• Mishlei Proverbs 1:8

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  You are a prince! King Solomon calls you his son • The foundational value of parental guidance • With maturation we develop receptivity to Divine guidance • Divine wisdom molds human reason, which we cultivate towards the achievement of pro

• Koheles Ecclesiastes 12:13

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  How was King Solomon exceptional, and how was he not exceptional? • How do we cultivate within ourselve awe of God? • The means and primacy of honoring God

• Nedarim 89b-90b

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  Can Hafarah, vow negation, be done before the woman's vow takes effect? • Are there differences between the scope of the father's and husband's jurisdictions to negate vows? • Can Hatarah, vow annulment, be done before a vow takes effect?

• Bava Basra 110b - 112a

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  How do we know that a man inherits his mother? • Dayo, limiting the extension of a Kal Vachomer (a fortiori) • A messy controversy: Does a mother bequeath to her children equally, or to her sons before daughters? • Does a mother ever bequea

• Bava Basra 26b - 27b

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  From how far away does does a tree take up nutrients? • If a tree is planted near a neighbor's property is the tree owner stealing, and may first fruits be brought? • If branches from a neighboring tree overhang into your property, how much

• Kesubos 74b - 75a

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  When can vows and blemishes on a woman interfere with the act of kiddushin, marriage? • How do men and women tend to relate to marriage differently? • Marriage typically entails near constant communication between husband and wife

• Mishlei Proverbs 1:21

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  A person should be receptive to truth, yet discerning, like a city with an open gate.

• Kesubos 53b - 55a

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  Can the obligation of mezonos, to sustain a woman and her daughters, stand independently of the basic kesubah obligation? • Who is empowered to conclude the fulfillment of the kesubah and terminate continued mezonos payments, the widow or h

• Koheles Ecclesiastes 10:2-3

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  How Lot's "choices" were explained to him • The oblivious fool provides ample warning for the wise to neutralize his plans • The fool perceives others in the mold of his own foolishness, though in reality everyone else is wise concerning hi

• Bava Basra 5b - 6b

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  Is a dubious claim given credence if a more credible lie could have been crafted? • Above and beyond: when is one required to pay for a full half of a taller than necessary wall built by his neighbor? • The versatility of conveyed property

• Mishlei Proverbs 1:5

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  Mishlei is invaluable even for the wise and understanding • Increase your wisdom and expand your tactical repertoire

• Mishlei Proverbs 2:11

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  At the fork in the road, when is it not sheer folly to take the more spiritually dangerous path? • When confronting temptation, transformative immersion in Divine Enlightenment can afford protection that legitimately emboldens towards risky

• Sanhedrin 103b, 104, 105a

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  The tremendous power of providing for travelers • The importance of feeling shame for one's sins • The transgenerational trajectory of sin • Strive to perceive truths in what you encounter • What is the verdict for king Solomon? • The role

• Koheles Ecclesiastes 7:20-22

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  Man is not unfailingly good; through Teshuva perfection is achievable • Be judicious in what you take to heart • Don't indulge your slave, the evil inclination, as it is never appeased only emboldened to subjugate you • Don't feel crestfall

• Bava Kama 59b - 60b

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  Liability for damage caused by one's fire • The righteous are duty bound to help the wicked return • Calculated risks: How to avoid dangers in various scenarios • May one save one's life through theft with reasonable intent to repay? • May

• לא תחנם Lo Sichaneim

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  How are Jews are meant to relate towards idolaters? • The requirement to engage in peaceful overtures towards idolaters • Divine abhorrence for duplicity • Is God concerned with the human dignity of idolaters?

• Avodah Zarah 54 - 55a

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  When and how does an animal that was worshipped become prohibited? • Surprisingly, the Shulchan Aruch rules in accordance with the Tur against the Rambam and Ran (the Rif and Rosh are mysteriously silent about Chalipei Chalipin)

• Zevachim 71

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  What happens if sacrificial animals get mixed up with various differential animals? • Why and how is Rabbeinu Tam lenient about consuming animals coming from a flock with a questionably mauled, but now unidentifiable animal in their midst?

• Bava Metzia 103a - 104a

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  Landlord rights • Borrower rights • Primacy of established custom • When is a tenant entitled to a reduction in rent?

• Pesachim 50b-52a

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  When and why is boat travel prohibited due to Shabbos? • When and why is there a correlated custom to refrain from traveling by ship before Shabbos? • Why and on whom is this custom binding? • May one substitute a custom of leniency to embr

• Yevamos 56

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  In what ways are inferior relations effective for Levirate marriage? • Does Yibum require witnesses? • Why is Yevamos before Kesubos? • Would Jewish courts coerce a recalcitrant man to marry? • A woman's infidelity renders her prohibited to

• Derech Eretz Zuta 8,3 & Koheles Ecclesiastes 3:17-19

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  Sacrafice in pursuit of Divine enlightening • Judgment • Free will •

• Rosh Hashanah 22b-23b

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  A false witness telling tall tales has important messages to share • The procedures of sanctifying the new month changed when rogue forces sought to sabotage the truth • Coral harvesting • Teaching Torah in a spiritual desert is precious

• Yevamos 35b-36b

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  After a man dies without children, how long must the surviving brothers and widows wait before consummation or severance of their Zika bond? • If they did not wait and engaged in Yibum or Chalitzah, what are the ramifications? • If the wido

• Bava Basra 132a -133a

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  When does a husband writing all his assets over to his wife result in a full gift and when does it result in her appointment as steward over all his assets? • When a woman is gifted all of her husband's assets, when and why is she at risk o

• Koheles 10:19

  Rabbi Eliyahu Weisman

  Much labor is needed to orchestrate a joyous experience through feasting and drinking, so don't be lazy • Pathological acquisitiveness poisons society

• Nazir 42a-42b

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  Deriving the general rule of treating the majority as the entirety and the exception of Nazir • The Nazir's mitzvah of shaving with a razor • The Nazir's restrictions of hair removal by other means • Multiple violations and liabilities