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

Gemara:

Sotah 

Collections: Rabbi Schachter: YIFH Sotah

References: Sotah: 31b  

Description

How many witnesses are needed for dinei nefashaos, mamonos, and davar sheb'ervah? What are the three exceptions to needing two witnesses, and are these exceptions rabbinic or biblical? When is one witness considered like two witnesses? What is the reason for the mitzvah of eglah arufa? When a woman testifies that her husband is dead, is she believed biblically? Who testifies that a twelve year old girl has simanim? Can a woman be a king, a shule president, a mashgiach in a restaurant, or run a kasharut organization? Does a woman have ne'emanus on issurim? Why was Rav Eizel Charrif angry at the Nodah Beyehudah? What dream did the Ba'al Shem Tov have regarding the coming of mashiach?