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    Various Shiurim

    Temporary Townsmen and Walled-City Dwellers on Purim

    The sages instituted a number of days for the reading of the Scroll of Ester. The Mishnah introduces the novel concept that there are situations in which a walled-city dweller reads on the fourteenth and a townsman reads on the fifteenth.

    Rabbi Chaim Katz | Adar 2 5768
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    When Faced with Inevitable Transgression

    It is possible to liken a situation wherein life endangerment overrides the Sabbath to one in which a positive commandment overrides a negative one. Nothing prohibits one from entering a situation where a positive commandment overrides a negative one.

    Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | 5766
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    Stipulations Upon the Words of Torah

    According to the laws of inheritance, when a person expires, his children inherit his assets, and the firstborn receives a double portion. But what if the heir proclaims, "My firstborn shall not receive double," or, "My son shall not inherit me"?

    Rabbi Zalman Nehemiah Goldberg | 5764
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    "Motzie Shem Rah" - A Dissertation on Slander

    The opening Mishna of tractate Sanhedrin states: A slanderer [is judged] by three - these are the words of R. Meir; the Sages say, a slanderer [is judged] by twenty-three, because such [an offense] involves capital punishment.

    Rabbi Chaim Katz | 5763
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    "Genevat Da'at" - Deception"

    One must be on guard against the prohibition of "gnevat da'at," or deception. For example, it is forbidden to use an expression like, "I am opening this bottle of wine in your honor," when, in truth, you had at any rate intended to open the bottle.

    Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5764
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    Various Shiurim

    The Mitzvah of Mezuzah for Renters

    Two Views, Avnei Nezer's Proof, How a Renter Today is an "Owner”, Another Angle, The Ohr Samayach-Shach "Right of Usage”, A House with No Door, Summary

    Rabbi Hershel Schachter | כ' טבת תשס"א
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    Principles in Learning Gemmarah

    Learning Methods and Basic Teaching Techniques; Preparation for the Lesson; Anything Added Only Detracts; Self Learning and Actively Involving the Students;

    Rabbi David Samson | 5754
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    A Spiritual Introduction to Seder Nezikim (Order of Damages)

    As is our custom before beginning to learn a new tractate, we concentrate on the spiritual aspect that lies behind that tractate. The new tractate we will be learning this time is - Seder Nizikim.

    Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | Cheshvan 5762
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