Principles of Torah Law
MP3 audio classes on the Mishnah with clear elucidation of Hebrew text and related Torah legal concepts
Mishnah: General Introduction
Maimonides' Introduction to his Mishneh Torah 1
Maimonides' Introduction to his Mishneh Torah 2
Maimonides' Introduction to his Mishneh Torah 3
6 Orders of Mishnah; Why Study Mishnah?
Mishnah Tractate Sanhedrin
Sanhedrin Chapter 1 Mishnah 1
Sanhedrin Chapter 1 Mishnahs 1-3
Sanhedrin Chapter 1 Mishnahs 4-6
Sanhedrin Chapter 2
Sanhedrin Chapter 3 Mishnahs 1-3
Sanhedrin Chapter 3 Mishnahs 4-7
Sanhedrin Chapter 3 Mishnah 8-Chapter 4 Mishnah 3
Sanhedrin Chapter 4 Mishnahs 4-5
Sanhedrin Chapter 3 Mishnah 8-Chapter 4 Mishnah 3
Sanhedrin Chapter 4 Mishnahs 4-5
Sanhedrin Chapter 5 Mishnahs 1-4
Sanhedrin Chapter 5 Mishnah 5-Chapter 6 Mishnah 3
Sanhedrin Chapter 6 Mishnahs 4-5
Sanhedrin Chapter 7 Mishnahs 1-3
Sanhedrin Chapter 7 Mishnahs 4-6
Sanhedrin Chapter 7 Mishnahs 7-11
Sanhedrin Chapter 8 Mishnahs 1-4
Sanhedrin Chapter 8 Mishnahs 5-7 & Zohar explanation of the "rebellious son"
Sanhedrin Chapter 9 Mishnahs 1-3
Sanhedrin Chapter 9 Mishnahs 4-6
Sanhedrin Chapter 10 Mishnahs 1-3
Sanhedrin Chapter 10 Mishnahs 4-6
Sanhedrin Chapter 11 Mishnahs 1-3
Sanhedrin Chapter 11 Mishnahs 4-6; Siyum (Conclusion)
Mishnah Tractate Maccot
Maccot Chapter 1 Mishnah 1
Maccot Chapter 1 Mishnahs 2-5
Maccot Chapter 1 Mishnahs 6-10
Maccot Chapter 2 Mishnah 1
Maccot Chapter 2 Mishnahs 2-5
Maccot Chapter 2 Mishnahs 6-8
Maccot Chapter 3 Mishnah 1
Maccot Chapter 3 Mishnahs 2-6
Maccot Chapter 3 Mishnahs 7-12
Maccot Chapter 3 Mishnahs 13-16 Siyum (Conclusion)
Mishnah Tractate Horayot
Horayot: Introduction; Chapter 1 Mishnah 1
Horayot: Chapter 1 Mishnahs 2-4
Horayot: Chapter 1 Mishnah 5 & Chapter 2 Mishnahs 1-4
Horayot: Chapter 2 Mishnahs 5-7
Horayot: Chapter 3
Mishnah Tractate Hullin
Hullin: Introduction; Chapter 1 Mishnah 1
Hullin: Chapter 1 Mishnahs 1-4
Hullin: Chapter 1 Mishnahs 5-7
Hullin: Chapter 2 Mishnahs 1-4
Hullin: Chapter 2 Mishnahs 5-9
Hullin: Chapter 2 Mishnah10; Chapter 3: Introduction on Treifos
Hullin: Chapter 3 Mishnah 1: Treifos of animals
Hullin: Chapter 3 Mishnahs 2-5: Treifos of animals & birds
Hullin: Chapter 3 Mishnah 6-Chapter 4 Mishnah 1: Signs of kosher species; embryo of a slaughtered animal
Hullin: Chapter 4 Mishnahs 2-4: Ritual status of animal embryos
Hullin: Chapter 4 Mishnahs 5-7: What in the animal does Shechitah permit for consumption
Hullin: Chapter 5 Mishnahs 1-2: Prohibition of slaughter of a mother animal and her young on the same day
Hullin: Chapter 5 Mishnahs 3-5: Prohibition of slaughter of mother animal and her young on the same day
Hullin: Chapter 6 Mishnahs 1-2: Mitzvah to cover blood of slaughtered birds and wild
animals (chayot)
Hullin: Chapter 6 Mishnahs 3-7: Mitzvah to cover blood of slaughtered birds and wild
animals (chayot) cont.
Hullin: Chapter 7 Mishnah 1: Gid HaNasheh: Prohibition of eating animals' sciatic nerve
Hullin: Chapter 7 Mishnahs 2-5 Gid HaNasheh continued: Ta'aruvot, Laws of mixtures of permitted and forbidden foods
Hullin: Chapter 7 Mishnah 6: Gid HaNasheh continued; Chapter 8 Mishnahs 1-2: Laws of Meat and Milk
Hullin: Chapter 8 Mishnah 3: Laws of Meat and Milk continued
Hullin: Chapter 8 Mishnah 4: What comes under the prohibition of meat and milk?
Hullin:
Chapter 8 Mishnah 5: Animal-derived rennet in cheese-making; Mishnah 6: cheilev (forbidden
fat) and blood
Hullin: Chapter 9 Mishnah 1: Ritual impurity of carrion and other foods
Hullin: Chapter 9 Mishnahs 2-3: Skins of animals attached to flesh or flayed
Hullin: Chapter 9 Mishnahs 4-6: Laws of defilement through contact with impure meat
Hullin: Chapter 9 Mishnah 7: Status of meat or limb partially detached from an animal while alive
Hullin: Chapter 9 Mishnah 8 on status of detatched human flesh or limb) & Chapter
10 Mishnah 1 on gifts of meat portions to the Cohen priest
Hullin: Chapter 10 Mishnahs 2-3 on gifts of meat portions to the Cohen priest
Hullin: Chapter 10 Mishnah 4 on priestly gifts of meat portions & Chapter 11 Mishnah 1 on priestly gift of first wool shearings
Hullin:
Chapter 11 Mishnah 2: Reishit HaGez: gift to the priest of the
first wool shearings
Hullin:
Chapter 12: Shilu'ah HaKen: Sending away the mother bird before taking chicks or eggs from the nest
Mishnah Tractate Shabbat
Tractate Shabbat General Introduction; Chapter 1 Mishnah 1
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 1 Mishnah 1 (cont.)
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 1 Mishnahs 1-2
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 1 Mishnahs 3-4
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 1 Mishnahs 5-11
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 2 Mishnahs 1-4
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 2 Mishnahs 4-7
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 3 Mishnah 1
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 3 Mishnahs 2-5
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 3 Mishnah 6 & Chapter 4 Mishnahs 1-2
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 5 Mishnahs 1-4
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 6 Mishnahs 1-2
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 6 Mishnahs 3-6
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 6 Mishnahs 7-10
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 7 Mishnahs 1-2
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 7 Mishnah 2
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 7 Mishnahs 3-4
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 8 Mishnahs 1-3
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 8 Mishnahs 4-7
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 8 Mishnah 7 & Chapter 9 Mishnahs 1-4
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 9 Mishnahs 5-7
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 10 Mishnahs 1-3
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 10 Mishnahs 4-6
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 11 Mishnah 1
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 11 Mishnahs 2-5
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 11 Mishnah 6
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 12 Mishnahs 1-5
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 12 Mishnah 5-Chapter 13 Mishnah 3
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 13 Mishnahs 4-7
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 14
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 15
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 16 Mishnahs 1-2
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 16 Mishnahs 3-4
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 16 Mishnahs 5-8
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 17 Mishnahs 1-3: Laws of Muktzeh
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 17 Mishnahs 4-5: Laws of Muktzeh cont.
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 17 Mishnahs 6-8: Laws of Muktzeh cont.
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 18 Mishna 1
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 18 Mishnahs 2-3
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 19 Mishnah 1: Circumcision on Shabbat
Tractate Shabbat Chapter 19 Mishnahs 2-6: Circumcision on Shabbat
Tractate
Shabbat Chapter 20 Mishnahs 1-3
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Shabbat Chapter 20 Mishnah 4-Chapter 21 Mishnah 3: Muktzeh and other sundry laws
Tractate
Shabbat Chapter 22 Mishnahs 1-2
Tractate
Shabbat Chapter 22 Mishnahs 3-6
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Shabbat Chapter 23 Mishnahs 1-3
Tractate
Shabbat Chapter 23 Mishnahs 4-5
Tractate
Shabbat Chapter 24 Mishnahs 1-3
Tractate
Shabbat Chapter 24 Mishnahs 4-5 Siyum Masechta, Conclusion of the Tractate