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  • #105: Post-Mishnaic Development of Oral Torah

    #105: Post-Mishnaic Development of Oral Torah
    Mar 9 2026
    The Mishnah was at the end of the canonization of the Oral Torah. The Tosefta, the Sifra and Sifri soon followed. 300 years after Rabbi Judah the Prince canonized the Mishnah, the Babylonian Talmud was canonized. In this penultimate episode on Rambam’s magisterial introduction to Mishnah, we learn all about the Talmud: how it was […]
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    48 min
  • #104: Sixth Order of Mishnah (Purity)

    #104: Sixth Order of Mishnah (Purity)
    Feb 16 2026
    The Order of Purity is the longest of the Six Orders of Mishnah and by far the most foreign to us. The overwhelming majority of the laws of this order of Mishnah are only applicable in Temple times. different sources of impurity although our overview will be very brief, we will learn about the various […]
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    46 min
  • #103: Fifth Order of Mishnah (Sacrifices)

    #103: Fifth Order of Mishnah (Sacrifices)
    Feb 9 2026
    Unfortunately, none of us have ever witnessed or participated in a sacrifice. Ever since the Temple was destroyed more than 1,950 years ago, our nation has been bereft of a central component of our religious life. Our nation, and truly the whole world, can only be in an optimal state when the presence of God […]
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    44 min
  • #102: Fourth Order of Mishnah (Damages)

    #102: Fourth Order of Mishnah (Damages)
    Feb 4 2026
    Human interactions can often times get messy. There are myriads of circumstances that require courts and judgements. The Fourth Order of Mishnah contains the books of law and judgement and, surprisingly, the authoritative work on ethics: Chapters of the Fathers (Pirkei Avos). This podcast will help you gain a brief overview on the Books of […]
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    58 min
  • #101: Third Order of Mishnah (Women)

    #101: Third Order of Mishnah (Women)
    Sep 1 2025
    A great corpus of Torah law governs the relationships between men and women. The Second Order of Mishnah contains books on the initiation of marriage, on marital responsibilities, on the annulment of marriage via divorce, on the suspected adulteress, and on levirate marriages. The Order also contains two seemingly unrelated books: a book on vows […]
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    1 h
  • #100: Second Order of Mishnah (Festivals)

    #100: Second Order of Mishnah (Festivals)
    Aug 11 2025
    The Jewish calendar is studded with days of great importance. Each week we relive Genesis by celebrating the holy Shabbos. At half-year intervals are the mega festivals of Sukkos and Pesach (Passover). There’s also Shavuos, Rosh Hashanah, and the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. The second Order of Mishnah orients around all these days of […]
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    1 h et 5 min
  • #99: First Order of Mishnah (Planting)

    #99: First Order of Mishnah (Planting)
    Jul 21 2025
    The Mishnah is a massive, sprawling, and utterly comprehensive canon of Torah law. Spanning 60+ books over 6 Orders, the Mishnah includes all the laws of the Torah. To study it all would take a very long time. To know it all, takes a lifetime. In this podcast, we try to gain an appreciation for […]
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    46 min
  • #98: Components of Oral Torah

    #98: Components of Oral Torah
    Jul 7 2025
    What makes up Oral Torah? What are the different types of information included in the Mishnah? In part 3 of the authoritative, magisterial, and comprehensive introduction to Mishnah offered by Rambam, we learn about the five different components of oral Torah, two that come all the way back from the times of Moshe, and three […]
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    1 h et 3 min