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

Gemara:

Sotah 

Halacha:

Birchas Kohanim 

Parsha:

Mishpatim 

Collections: Rabbi Schachter: YIFH Sotah

References: Sotah: 23b  

Description

What are some of the halachic differences between men and women? Can the pregnant wife of a kohen, attend a funeral? Which tamei objects, can kohanim touch? Are dead tzadikim really not metamei? How far does tumah travel indoors? How does a mourner cover his head? Can a man dye his beard or head? Is a temporary filling a chatzitza in a mikva? Why does a bat mitzva occur at twelve and not thirteen years? Why is the word simcha, in the shabbos tefila? How clean from sin does the husband, of the sotah, need to be? Who are the nisinim, and what is the nature of their prohibition to marry? Chumash:Mishpatim- If converts are not related to each other, then why were the Israelites, who converted at Sinai, not also not related to each other?