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What is required to permit having a Jew who eats non-kosher meat perform kosher slaughter? • When is the slaughter of a Samaritan kosher? • Is the slaughter of a Jewish idolator permitted? • Why does the Rambam prohibit the slaughter of those who deny the authenticity of the Torah, yet permit the slaughter of Sadducees and others who don't accept the oral tradition? • Rav Yosef Karo's shocking interpretation of the Rambam: Biblically recognized kosher slaughter of a non-Jew or ape

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How does one fulfill ambiguous or incompletely remembered vows of consecration?

What parts of Torah are permitted for non-Jews to learn? • Authentic Talmud Torah is inherently bound to actualization • How and why does the Rambam differentiate in his guidance about who one may teach the Noahide Covenant to?

Torah offers equal opportunity protection from evil men and evil women • Torah saves from the snare of all consuming heresy, like the enchanting but deadly femme fatale

How many tables and candelabras were in Solomon's temple and how were they utilized? • The fundamental importance of having pure intentions • Guarding the Torah • The constancy of the showbread and Torah study • The consumption of raw sacrificial meat: a complex perspective

Do crooked paths engender twistedness? • What does the Nazir gain by abstaining from wine? • Is it ideal to seek medical care from a doctor? • What was the Netziv's exam before being willing to receive medical care for his eyes? • The greatest secret

Which communal offerings require semichah, leaning one's weight on the animal prior to slaughter? • Which personal offerings do not require semichah?

Where and how should grain be optimally cultivated for meal offerings? • What imperfections would invalidate the flour or grain from sacrificial use? • Are there lashes for consecrating invalid flour or logs for the altar? • Sourcing sacrificial olive oil • A simple olive rancher with vast stores of oil for export exemplifies the blessings of Asher's territory

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"?

How much fine flour is brought with Thanksgiving offerings? • Various meal offering components • What is required for the Thanksgiving offering loaves to become consecrated?

How do we know that once grain has taken root the Omer offering will permit its consumption? • When may harvesting precede the Omer offering? • Jericho: a lesson in when to let mistakes slide and when to protest erroneous practices • What constitutes a differentiation of one field into two for the purposes of designation of Peah, a corner for the poor?

What are the consequences of going off the derech? • The paths of darkness have poor visibility

Laws of harvesting the first oats offering on Shabbos and weekdays • When is a person who is wantonly catching fish on Shabbos, due to the act, nonetheless exempt from liability? • When is one liable for harvesting dried figs on Shabbos? • Minimizing creative labor on Shabbos to save a life • Mordechai the Master of Communications, harnessing a powerful wisdom for good

How to identify false ideologies • How to inure oneself from the magnetic influences of evildoers • Obfuscation of truth can be achieved by distortive crushing and perversity

How is parcooking distinct from cooking within the laws of Shabbos? • What actions render one liable for leavening a meal offering? • Consecration of dry and liquid service vessels • The prohibition of bringing leaven, honey, and sacrificial remainders onto the altar

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 behavior • The validity of Cain's approach rooted in fear of sin: low risk, low reward

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 Priest bring that afternoon?

When wisdom dominates the heart there will be transformative multifarious sweetenings

Checking Tefillin • Testing for authentic Techeiles • What risks are associated with selling a Tallis to idolators? • May one purchase Tzitzis from Walmart? • Are women obligated in Tzitzis? • 100 blessings each day