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Swordfish - Part 2:

• Adult scales (Rav Soloveitchik, Rabbi Revach, Rabbi Zivotofsky);
• Practicality;
• Sheds scales in the water;

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Swordfish (Part 1):

• Knesses HaGedolah;
• Test;
• דג בעל החרב;

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Sturgeon:

• Introduction to fish;
• Removable scales;
• Debate;
• Starlet scutes;
• Caviar and isinglass.

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Yom Tov Shorts:

• Cooked for the next day;
• Coffee;
• French Press.

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Yom Tov Shorts - Part 1:

• Serving non-Jews;
• Tankless hot water heater.

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Succah:

• Location;
• K’ein taduru;
• Shabbos and Yom Tov;
• Overhead;
• Walls - size, fabric walls, height;
• S’chach - materials, ma’amid, non-Jews, other.

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Tevillas Keilim Issues:

• Klei sechorah;
• Tevillah before it is required - houseware store, present, restaurant;
• Dish rental business;
• Electrical devices;
• Partnership with a non-Jew;
• Cannot be toiveled without ruining it;
• Dishes which didn't have tevillah;
• Ger;
• Mumar.

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Grasshoppers:

• Kera'ayim;
• Rashi - simple reading, Rav Kappach, Sichas Chullin;
• Mesorah;
• Other halachos.

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Tzitzis [Part 4] Strings:

• Lishmah (what, who, how);
• Physical properties;
• Strings onto beged (lishmah, wrapping);
• Techeles.

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Avodah Zara:

• Indian restaurants;
• Holy basil;
• L-cysteine;
• Greek gods;
• Trappist beer.

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Tzitzis [Part 3] Garment Materials:

• Materials;
• Children's tzitzis;
• T-shirt tzitzis;
• Sleeves.

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Tzitzis [Part 2] Holes for Strings:

• Distance from edge;
• Number of holes.

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Tzitzis [Part 1] - Garment Size:

• Length;
• Width;
• Neck hole.

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Perutah Chamurah:

• Pidyon ma'aser sheini;
• The coin;
• Perutah chamurah (what, why);
• Complications;
• Useable currency;
• Double transfer.

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The Three Weeks:

• Timing;
• Simcha and Music (events, dancing, music, laundry, renovations);
• Foods and beverages.

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Rice Products and Bishul Yisroel:

• Rice pudding;
• Crisped rice;
• Sake.

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Borei Pri Hagafen:

• Adding water to water or grape juice (202 vs 204, Olas Tamid vs Pri Megadim, Applications);
• Changed juice (vinegar, brandy, ices);
• Currants.

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Grapes and Raisins:

• Seedless grapes;
• Golden raisins;
• Grape drying oil;
• Mevushal.

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Out of techum:

• Flight (airport terminal);
• Bus (kavod habrios);
• Delivery.

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Techum:

• 4 Amos;
• Surrounded by walls;
• City;
• Squaring of the city;
• 2,000 Amos;
• Possessions.

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Tevillas Keilim Shorts;

• Glasses at reform temple;
• Vape pen (refillable);
• Ooni pizza oven;
• Scoring blade;
• Sprouting jar;
• Seltzer maker.

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Xanthan Gum for Pesach - Part 2:

• Efshar l'sochto;
• Mixed liquids;
• Kovush;
• Bitul b'shishim;
• Bitul issur l'chatchilah;
• Davar hama'amid;
• Certification.

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Xanthan Gum for Pesach [Part 1]:

• Production;
• Inedible;
• Taste;
• Poisonous.

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Kosher Food in Europe vs. America:

• Ingredients (soda);
• Equipment (fruit juice, coffee);
• Process (chalav stam).

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Electric Shavers:

• Basic halachos;
• Razors, scissors, and misprayim k'ein ta'ar;
• Close shave;
• On the skin;
• Lift and cut;
• Sharpness.

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Pesach Shorts [Part 2]:

• Alfalfa (kitnios, sodium copper chlorophyllin);
• Fenugreek;
• Chametz gamur (mechiras chametz).

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Kashering Shorts [Part 2]:

• High Altitudes;
• AccuSteam Griddle;
• Induction Cooktop;
• Kashering after kitnios;

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Sous Vide:

• How it works;
• Kashering;
• Shabbos;
• Shehiyah (raw, garuf v'katum, passably edible);
• Chazarah (flavor transfer, no barrier, cooking vs. heating).

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Pesach Update:

• Seltzer;
• Toothpaste, mouthwash, lipstick;
• Mouse traps;
• Water coolers and dispensers (Noam);
• Vinegar-based cleansers;
• Corelle.

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Pesach Shorts [Part 1]:

• Coffee decaffeination;
• 5-gallon water jugs;
• Mashgiach visiting bakery on Pesach.

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Stam Keilim For Pesach:

• Stam keilim ainum b'nei yoman;
• Shea butter;
• Factories.

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Medicine [Part 2]:

• Ingredients;
• Levels of issur;
• Bitul;
• Flavors;
• Four categories;
• Severity of illness;
• Refuah yeduah;
• Substitutes;
• Decision tree.

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Medicine [Part 1]:

• Edibility;
• Three categories;
• Ach'shvei;
• Vitamins;
• Gelcaps;
• Liquids and chewables.

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Coffee on Shabbos:

• Freshly Brewed;
• Instant Coffee (freeze dried vs spray dried);
• Butter;
• Salt;
• Additives;
• Instant coffee with fresh coffee grinds;
• Liquid coffee concentrate.

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B'lios Shorts:

• Superheated steam;
• Reaction in tote;
• Double sink;
• Double oven.

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Vinegar (Part 2):

• Charif;
• Stam yayin - bitul b'shishah, depth of absorption;
• Chametz;
• Kashering - odor, kli sheini, kovush;
• Other.

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Vinegar (Part 1):

• How vinegar is made;
• Double fermentation;
• Equipment;
• Kashrus Concerns.

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Non-Dairy Creamer:

• Sodium Caseinate;
• Bitul;
• Second chance.

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Berachos on Berries:

• Blueberries;
• Cranberries;
• Strawberries;
• Raspberries and Blackberries;
• Acai Berries;
• Currants.

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Shevisas Keilim (שביתת כלים):

• Timer;
• Starting melacha (watermill);
• Pizza oven for Motzai Shabbos;
• Fax machine;
• Time Zones;
• Vending machine.

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Tempering of Wheat - Bonus Material:

• Tofeach or Al Minas Lehatfiach?
• Leratzon;
• Safek Tumah.

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Tempering of Wheat:

• Huchshar lekabel tumah (הוכשר לקבל טומאה);
• Tempering;
• Tofeach (טופח);
• Wetness;
• Safek;
• Pesach.

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Bishul Yisroel Shorts:

• Blintzes;
• Dosa;
• Bulgur;
• French Fries;
• Convection Ovens;
• Breaded Fish;
• Choleh.

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10 Animals [Part 5]:

• Identifying Chayos;
• Domestication;
• Wild beheimos;
• Horn types;
• Halachic differences.

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10 Animals [Part 4];

• Dishon (Re'em, rhinoceros, addax, chamois);
• Kudu horn shofar;
• Se'oh (Turbala, shor habor, buffalo, Aurochs, oryx);
• Zamer (giraffe, okapi);

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10 Animals [Part 3]:

• Ayal (Red Deer) (elk, moose, reindeer/caribou);
• Tzvi (Gazelle) (deer, grand branched antlers, similarity to goat, gestational period) (antelopes, dukier, generuk, impala);
• Yachmor (Roe Deer) (dainty antlers) (axis deer, muntjac, pudu);
• Ako (Ibex) (hapax legomena, pashut, similarity to sheep, kudu, female sheep).

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10 Animals [Part 2]:

• Cow (Shor);
• Sheep (Seh Kesavim) (horns, wool) (Racka, Mouflons, Urials) ;
• Goats (Seh Izim) (shofar).

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Seals [Part 2]:

• Yotzeh v'nichnas;
• Home setting;
• Factories;
• Uber Eats;
• Equipment.

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10 Animals [Part 1];

• Introduction/Goals;
• Ambiguity;
• Species;
• Horns, Antlers, and Ossicones;

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Seals [Part 1]:

• Benefit;
• Seals/Simanim;
• One or two?
• Locks;
• Effective seals;

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