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Acharei Mot 5779

1. Why are we told twice that the procedure of יום כפור is to atone for the people? 2. Why the assumption that the שחיטה of a בהמה outside the משכן is for the שעירים? 3. Why are some עריות mentioned in relation to their husband? 4. Why is the punishment of כרת mentioned for the עריות here whereas מיתת בית דין is given in פרשת קדושים?

Maggid 5779

1. At what point are we considered to have left Egypt? After מכת בכורות? On ט״ו ניסן? After קריאת ים סוף? At הר סיני? When we came into ארץ ישראל? Other? 2. What is the meaning of the word כנגד in the introduction to the 4 sons? 3. How does the verse from יהושע prove that we returned to non idol worship? 4. We normally don’t learn two things from the same inference in a פסוק. So why do we do so with the verse of בעבור זה עשה ה׳ לי (see רשע and section of בכל דור ודור)

Metzora 5779

1. Why are we told twice that the כהן takes the live bird for dipping in the blood of the slaughtered bird as part of the טהרה process for the מצורע? 2. Why is the full ritual for the כבש אשם המצורע repeated for both the rich and poor מצורעים? 3. Why does the כהן sometimes go to view the נגע and other times to view the בית? 4. Why are the rules of זב mentioned before those of בעל קרי, the opposite of נידה being mentioned before זבה?

Tazria 5779

1. Why does the יולדת have such a long time as מחוסרת כפורים? 2. Why are the rules for נגע בשחין and נגע במכוה separated when the rules are virtually identical? 3. Why is specifically the person with צרעת on the bald spot called an איש צרוע as opposed to any other situation? 4. Why are the four fabric types that can contract צרעת (i.e. בגד, שתי, ערב, עור) mentioned time after time? Couldn't they be lumped under one heading after the first list?