The Chaver explains the meaning of God's "names", Elokim and YHVH. We discuss the very different understanding of the meaning of YHVH between Maimonides and RYHL.

The Chaver explains how to understand the parts of the Talmud and the stories that don't seem to make sense.

The Chaver describes the chain of tradition during the period of the Second Temple until the Mishnah. We compare and contrast some of the ideas of R Yehuda HaLevi with Maimonides.

The Chaver describes why we no longer observe the laws of ritual impurity, and why it is important to follow the mitzvot NOT because of the reasons we think that they were given but rather because God said so.

The Chaver and Kuzari discuss the merits of serving God according to His instructions - the Torah and the tradition- as opposed to using our own ideas and intellect.

We discuss the Rabbinic debate over the nature of the authority of the rabbinic Court to enact decrees, vis a vis the Torah's prohibition against adding to or subtracting from the Torah. We then discuss how it is better not to get bogged down in "the details".