Rav Lachem Shevet

Our recent post about אין אדם משים עצמו רשע left a question open: how does Rashi's understanding jive with the principal of עדות שבטלה ...

This one is actually from a class that I missed, but got the source sheet for. I also heard a brief oral synopsis of the class. Debate ...

The gemara ( סנהדרין ו ב) gives four opinions on whether and, if so, when a court should suggest litigants do פשרה/ביצוע : ר"א ב...

Last Thursday's class started the topic of פשרה or settlement . Basically, the idea is that, rather than going through the formal proces...

So, at some point I acquired the understanding that the main parts of Kriyat Shema are the first line, then there's the fluff in the...

So we discussed two types of permission a sage requires to do his job in Rav M's class today. The first is permission to act as a Judge ...

The gemara (סנהדרין ג ב) decides after some discussion that all rulings follow the majority opinion among the judges. מאי טעמא דרבי י...