Did the floodwaters of the Great Deluge inundate the land of Israel? • In what tragic context would Chazal ever choose to encourage breaking up families? • What is the identity of the Re'em beast, and are buffalo considered wild or domesticated?

Becoming worthy children of God • How can we enhance our receptivity to Divine enlightenment? • Gleaning the nuances of moral valence requires revelation, whereas the discernement of Truth and Falsehood can be achieved through independent inquiry

Which priests have a share in the sacrificial gifts, and which are excluded? • The Rabbinic nuance of permissiveness for the same person to touch consecrated foods, while prohibiting his consumption of that food • The restrictions of an Onain (one experiencing bereavement prior to burial) to the Pascal and other sacrificial offerings

What does it mean to be considered a son of God - and how can we achieve it?

What sin offering bloods require laundering if spilled on garments? • After Melikah, does the neck of a bird offering have the status of a service vessel?

Wisdom affords security and serenity in this world and the next • By striving to discern wisdom about the Creator from His creation one merits to receive Divine Providence

Parameters of the prohibitions of sacrificial slaughter and service outside of the Temple • If something that should not be brought on the altar was nonetheless brought up, when should it remain, and when should it be removed? • When something that should remain on the altar is brought down, when should it be brought back up again?

Making ethical choices is good for longevity • The stressful inner turbulence of sin kills • Don't be lured to sin by the external gloss of serenity for the sinful

What happens if sacrificial blood is mixed with various liquids? • Can one prohibited item nullify a different prohibited item?

What happens if sacrificial animals get mixed up with various differential animals? • Why and how is Rabbeinu Tam lenient about consuming animals coming from a flock with a questionably mauled, but now unidentifiable animal in their midst?

Which services are on the upper part of the altar and which on the lower? • Why are elevation bird offerings easier to process at the southeast corner of the altar? • The astounding strength and technical skill needed in performing the bird offerings • Distinctions between bird elevation and sin offerings

Various laws pertaining to offerings that are partially consumed by people • For how long may a firstborn offering be consumed, and how is that derived?

Every meritorious act bears fruits • When do sinful acts bear fruit? • What underlies the asymmetry of their dynamics? • Harmful satiation

Exploring hermeneutic extensions within sacrificial law

Wisdom is about making choices in the present to actualize a superior future, but does not erase the problems of presently compounded follies • A heart imbued with the fear of God enables the sharpening of moral intuition towards Divine Enlightenment through philosophical inquiry • Aversion to adapting oneself underlies a lack of drive to investigate wisdom

Which parts of an offering cannot become Pigul? • When something invalid is brought on the altar and subsequently removed, when should it ascend to be offered on the altar?

Does slaughter with intent to leave the blood or sacrificial parts over beyond their expiration invalidate the offering? • Does performing the service with intent to have the offering consumed by the ritually impure after expiration generate Pigul?

When someone articulates two seemingly contradictory intentions, is the first articulated intention definitive, or, if the true desire was meant to incorporate both intentions, would that validate the second intention, impacting the results?

Requirements for washing before the Temple service • How and why is a fish-eye ritual bath kosher? • How is the assessment of foreskin as repulsive halachically relevant? • When does ritual impurity invalidate the Temple service?

Would Wisdom ever laugh at those who reject her? • Would God ever laugh at His handiwork? • When is mercy forbidden?