#5 ✡ Brachot 1:1

• Is the "greatest commandment" talked about in the Mishnah?
• Does Gamaliel show up anywhere in Jewish history?
• How are Paul's "Maranatha" and "Rabban" related terms?
• How does "Acts" of the Apostles mean legal precedents?
• Are the Karaites right about the "takanot and ma'asim of the Rabbis"?
• Did other Rabbis call their disciples sons/children or just Yeshua?
• Why is Rabbinic literature called "Chazal", what's that acronym mean?
• What's an example of building a fence around the Torah?

#6 ✡ Brachot 1:3-2:2

• Who were the greatest sages in Jerusalem when Yeshua was a boy?
• What kinds of things did Hillel and Shammai disagree about?
• Why do Jewish people say "C.E." instead of "A.D."?
• How old are the traditional blessings said before/after the Shema?
• The Talmud says Messiah was supposed to come 2000 years ago!
• What do you take the yoke of the Kingdom of Heaven?
• Was Paul alone in his emphasis on the basics of faith and love?

#7 ✡ Brachot 2:3-3:1

• How are the Exodus and fulfilling the Torah connected in Hebrew?
• Any tips from the sages to Hebrew newbies?
• Did the early Jerusalem church pray the Eighteen Blessings prayer?
• Did you know the prayer for Messiah's coming says "Yeshuah" three times?
• Why did Yeshua say "when you stand praying" versus sitting or kneeling?
• Did the Master approve of the literal application of phylacteries?
• If "phylactery" is a Greek word what's the Hebrew equivalent?

#8 ✡ Brachot 3:4-5:1 

• Does Mishnah distinguish between Rabbinic tradition and Torah commands?
• Was the early church's "hour of prayer" during Jewish "Mincha"
• How were Jewish and Romans ways of keeping time different?
• Did the Sages only do fast fixed prayers as is usually done today?
• Did the apostle John call God "Hashem"?
• How do Hasidic Jews and Gentiles show up in the Mishnah and NT?
• What does it mean that God is "the Place"/Omnipresent/Context?

#9 ✡ Brachot 5:5-7:3 

• Why are Jews quicker to understand the apostolic than Christians?
• What were the blessings Yeshua said before bread and wine?
• Is John 1:1's "created all things" from the Jewish blessing for food?
• What are the seven yummy species that put Israel on the map?
• What's an example of synagogue liturgy from Messiah's time?

#10 ✡ Brachot 6:8-8:6

• Why do we look at our fingernails for Judaism's prettiest ritual?
• Why did they only count the men at the feeding of the 5000?
• How did the prayer go that the Master said after eating?
• What did our Rabbi pray with his disciples before the Festivals?
• Why do Jews say Kiddush before Shabbat and Jewish holidays?

#11 ✡ Brachot 8:8-9:4

• Where did Christians learn to say "amen" to people's prayers?
• Why were Samaritans called COOTIES in Hebrew?
• What should I say at Jewish weddings and funerals?
• What are some simple and profound principles of Jewish prayer?
• How does being Hebrew mean making babies?

#12 ✡ Peah 1:1-2:6

• How does the Hebrew word for "helpmate" mean EQUAL TO?
• Is it ok to call Rabbi Yeshua "Abba"?
• What does "in the naaaaame of Jesus" actually mean?
• How was Gamaliel famous not just in the NT but in the Mishnah?
• When were the historical eras in the transition of Torah tradition?

#13 ✡ Peah 4:4-8:9

• If God wants you, why is he hiding from you?
• Why did Yeshua curse the fig tree when it wasn't even fig season?
• Ever notice the Hebrew wordplay in Peter's second epistle?
• How did they implement "corners of the field" in the time of Jesus?
• Why does Midrashic interpretation only work in Hebrew?

#14 ✡ Demai 2:1-Kilayim 1:1

• Did Yeshua agree with the Mishnah on cumin tithing?
• Why did the Pharisees separate themselves from the common people?
• Simon Peter had the power to bind and loose...what?
• Were wheat and tares an illegal mixture, or just dumb? 
• How are tares related to sexual immorality?

#15 ✡ Kilayim 2:5-8:6

• Surprised to hear the old Hebrew word for hemp is...cannabus?
• Where is the broad road/narrow path dichotomy in Jewish law?
• Why is betrothal pictured by vines trained together and intertangling?
• What kind of vibe did parties in ancient Israel have?
• What are some wild and domesticated animal names in Hebrew?

#16 ✡ Kilayim 7:1-9:9

• Did you know "blessed" through Abraham also means "grafted in"?
• Should you throw away your cotton/polyester underwear?
• Is "Our Father who art in Heaven" a phrase used in Jewish prayer?
• Did Paul get the concept of "dead not under the law" from the Mishnah?
• Where is "practicing your righteousness in secret" in Jewish law?

#17 ✡ Shvi'it 1:1-1:6

• Do you struggle with shame? Here's the story your heart needs to hear. 
• Why is it ok to call the Day of Trumpets "Rosh Hashanah"?
• In Hebrew fig trees either get harvested, or cursed...sound familiar? 
• Feel the beautiful symmetry of day starts in the evening, year starts in the fall?
• How is it prophetic that the word for Shavuot/Weeks/Pentecost means "stop"?

#18 ✡ Shvi'it 2:2-4:2

• Is something piercing your heart? Here's some encouragement.
• How is the meaning of "Bethphage" chillingly prophetic?
• Why are Jews are more comfortable with debates than Christians?
• Did Paul get his field and building analogies from the Mishnah? 
• Is there evidence the countup to Pentecost doesn't start on Sunday?

#19 ✡ Shvi'it 8:5-10:9

• What was nailed to the cross and done away with? The Torah?
• How does it feel to hear these legal terms Yeshua used to say "you're mine"?
• How is Hebrew all about crossing over to the other side, the great beyond?
• What kind of racial dynamics did Jesus and his followers face?
• How do barbers, scribes, and God all do the same job?

#20 ✡ Terumot 2:3-11:10

• Why do Messianic Jews say immerse instead of baptize?
• Is it true that Judaism is legalistic and focused on externals?
• What does it mean that Jesus is our Rabbi? Like teacher?
• Could this Hebrew wordplay in the New Testament move you to tears?
• How is discipleship all about lifestyle and habits?

#21 ✡ Ma'asrot 4:5 & Ma'aser Sheni 1:1-4:11

• Rabbi Jesus talked about tithing dill, just like other Rabbis
• Dwell and pledge are the same Hebrew word...think Holy Spirit
• In Judaism God and Jerusalem are both called "the Place"
• Paul got his idea of "reckoning yourself dead" from a deep Hebrew insight
• Want to see more of the glory of God in your life? Here's how.

#22 ✡ Ma'aser Sheni 5:1-5:15, Challah

• Is it true you shouldn't keep Torah if you can't keep it all perfectly? 
• How much do you know about the years between Malachi and Matthew? 
• What does the name "Iscariot" actually mean? What's Judas' backstory?
• Ever eaten Challah? Did you know there's an entire Tractate about it?
• Yom tov is a traditional Jewish name for Festival sabbaths

#23 ✡ Orlah 2:4-Bikkurim 2:6

• Why I wish I had these lessons when I started studying Torah
• Hebrew wordplay in Yeshua's teachings telling you to be your spicy self!
• Israel had ninjas way before Japan, except they were called "Sicarii"
• Jewish prayer and "Inclusion theology" in the Mishnah and New Testament
• The Hebrew word for "hermaphrodite" isn't actually a Hebrew word

#24 ✡ Bikkurim 3:2-3:9

• Full-colour depiction of how the Firstfruits were brought to Jerusalem
• Who's King Agrippa and why is he in the Mishnah and the book of Acts?
• Vilifying the "takanot" of the Rabbis is misinformed at best, here's why
• Surnames like Sagan and Nanos are old Hebrew words from the Mishnah
• How is a wicker basket a picture of Messiah and his followers?

#25 ✡ Shabbat 1:4-6:5

• How is Torah study like dying cloth in a vat?
• Yeshua saying "the Father" sounds kind of stiff...is that how he said it?
• Do you light Shabbat candles? Here are some starter tips. 
• That "frontlets on your forehead" thing is literal, here's proof
• How did the sages feel about packing a piece?

#26 ✡ Shabbat 6:2-23:4

• The Hebrew term for "preparing the bride" will blow your mind
• Why did Jewish people carry a nail from a cross for healing?
• Flutes at funerals, and oil and wine on wounds, in the ancient Middle East
• Kids playing with grasshoppers and fighting over dessert is nothing new
• The Hebrew words for midwife, sandal, prayershawl, and pee are interesting

#27 ✡ Eruvin 1:7-5:4

• "Roll away the stone" means something that will take your breath away
• What does "Rebekah" mean? The Bible doesn't say, but Mishnah does
• How is a cistern of water like you when you're meditating on Torah?
• The way you measure people is a reflection of YOUR character, here's how
• How are evil spirits talked about in ancient Jewish writings?

#28 ✡ Eruvin 5:6-10:14

• If I'm a Messianic Jew should I leave my non-Messianic synagogue?
• "If you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord", is that a formula?
• What if your spirit's outside and your body's inside instead of vice versa?
• In Jewish law you become one through wine or bread, sound familiar?
• "Light and heavy" in Jewish hermeneutics and in the New Testament

#29 ✡ Pesachim 1:1-2:8 

• The Jewish euphemism for the night of Passover will chill you
• What was Israel doing during the Last Supper and Crucifixion? 
• The Jewish nickname for Yeshua means "undecided" and "suspense"...WHY? 
• What's the difference between yeast and leaven? How about symbolically? 
• What did a Passover Seder look like 2000 years ago?

#30 ✡ Pesachim 4:5-9:3

• Wasn't Passover on the 15th? What was Yeshua eating on the 14th?
• What does the relationship between a rabbi and disciple look like?
• The Passover sacrificial procedures were a graphic picture of Christ's passion
• Charming story about a Dad getting his sons to race to Jerusalem
• Why are there mysterious dots over some letters in the Torah?

#31 ✡ Pesachim 9:3-10:7

• Why are there four cups in a Passover seder, and how old is that tradition?
• Why is there a fifth cup for Elijah, and how Messianic is that?
• Jesus is coming to take us...where? (brace yourself)
• What was the hymn Yeshua and his disciples sang after their seder?
• How many of the prayers in the Siddur go back 2000 years?

#32 ✡ Pesachim 10:1-10:7

• The Hebrew word for salty parsley is so beautiful it'll bring tears to your eyes
• Here's how we know that much of the Seder is from the time of Jesus
• Passover teaches us to tell our whole stories - the good, bad, and ugly
• Do you know which of the Passover elements isn't actually commanded?
• Afikoman is so messianic it will blow your mind...and it's a tradition of men!

#33 ✡ Shekalim 1:1-5:2

• Have you seen the images on the holy half-shekel coins?
• Did they celebrate Purim in the time of Jesus?
• Why is the "two-drachma tax" story Izzy's favourite?
• Did you know having the upper hand is a Hebrew expression?
• Why are non-Greek words like "mammon" in the Greek NT?

#34 ✡ Shekalim 5:2-6:4 

• The Jerusalem Temple and Messianic Community both had seven "deacons"
• The Second Temple had a room for "giving in secret"...sound familiar?
• A Priest found the Ark and died before he could tell anyone!
• Example of how the "takanot and ma'asim of the Rabbis" aren't evil
• Holiness is all about accomplishing your mission in concrete ways

#35 ✡ Shekalim 6:6-8:8

• Why do Jews call God "Hashem"? How old is that tradition? 
• Are non-Jewish believers Gentiles, or is that a dirty word?
• The "takanot" of the Rabbis are "tikkun" olam and aren't all evil.
• Hit rock bottom? You're in the best place of your life if you do this.
• You're not going to believe what happened to the Sanhedrin in 30 A.D!
• Did they still bring stuff to Jerusalem after the Temple was destroyed?

#36 ✡ Yoma 1:1-1:3

• Count with me the many ways that a man's wife is his home
• Is Yeshua 100% spiritual or 100% physical, or both?
• Single and married are both good gifts from God and have pros and cons
• You don't have agree with the Mishnah for it to have historical value
• New to the Jewish prayerbook? Here's the best tour guide to the Siddur.

#37 ✡ Yoma 1:5-5:2

• Where did Jesus get the idea of apostles from...was that Jewish?
• Peter's nickname meant Rock in Greek and Runaway in Hebrew. Coincidence?
• What was the high priest doing on the night of Yom Kippur? 
• Three people who inspired me when I first starting teaching Hebrew
• If the ark wasn't in the Second Temple, where was the presence of God?

#38 ✡ Yoma 6:8

• Where was God during the "silent years" between Malachi and Matthew?
• Multiplication of loaves under Shimon HaTzadik's ministry, sound familiar?
• Alexander the Great shocked everyone by bowing to the Kohen Gadol, here's the story
• 3 miracles stopped happening in the Temple starting in 30 AD...why?
• Sometimes Christian evangelism of Jews comes across as an uninformed attack

#39 ✡ Yoma 3:8-8:9

• Why is God's name "ineffable" and what does that actually mean?
• The Jewish prayerbook is full of echoes from the time of Messiah
• Is God's kingdom a geographical political entity, or is it even bigger?
• Yom Kippur doesn't work in these two situations
• Beautiful midrash from a word meaning "hope" and "baptismal tank"

#40 ✡ Sukkah 1:4-3:12

• How do you know what a Sukkah is...and isn't?
• Why were the disciples sleeping under the Rabbi's bed?
• Why did Shammai the sage tear a hole in his in-law's roof?
• Was Yeshua the only Hebrew guru who told parables?
• The Jewish holiday when they shake it...like shake the lulav.

#41 ✡ Sukkah 3:13-4:7

• Why didn't Jared Kushner's romantic bouquet have any flowers?
• Dr. John Gill's Hebraic Bible commentary is gorgeous and FREE
• Why did John specify which day Yeshua said "If anyone is thirsty"?
• This "takanot of the Rabbis" literally kept people from losing an eye
• The commandments are the seeds of Kingdom culture, that's so positive!

#42 ✡ Sukkah 4:1-5:4 

• What was happening on "the last day, the great day of the feast"?
• Here's how I came to grips with commandments that aren't in the written Torah
• The Mishnah displays internal evidence of historical accuracy
• The lost meaning of "Siloam" charges the old story with new power
• They're doing the ancient Water Libation ceremony in Jerusalem again!

#43 ✡ Beitzah 1:8-4:5

• Why is Abraham's bosom the Hebrew version of "happily ever after"?
• The real Hillel sandwich was two Gamliels between three Shimons
• Sometimes the Jewish religious leaders followed Rabbi Yeshua's teachings!
• One of the 1050 NT commandments is...do everything in Yeshua's name.
• "Many bodies physically, one soul spiritually" explains God, Messiah, and us

#44 ✡ Beitzah 5:2-5:7

• What's better for relationships, you in judging mode or perceiving mode?
• The "if this, then how much more that" equation in Jewish logic
• What's pictured by snowflakes, olive oil, crystal, and frankincense resin?
• The Jewish concept of the merit of the righteous in a Messianic context
• How is "worthy" compatible with "by grace through faith"?

#45 ✡ Rosh Hashanah 1:1-2:2

• If Nisan's the first month why is the new year in Tishrei?
• The Torah calls it "Yom Teruah" so where did "Rosh Hashanah" come from?
• Upon which dates is it believed that God decides for food, water, and physical life?
• Women, gamblers, and traffickers couldn't testify, what did Yeshua think?
• Imagine carrying a staff to fight thugs en route to Jerusalem!
• How were the Lubavitch Rebbe's emissaries similar to Yeshua's apostles?

#46 ✡ Rosh Hashanah 2:2-2:4

• How did New Moon signal fires foretell the spread of Yeshua's movement?
• Why does Judaism expect two Messiahs, sons of Joseph and David?
• How does rough rope symbolize who Yeshua is and what he does?
• Did you know "serpent" and "Messiah" have the same numerical value?
• These year-long performances will inspire you to view your life as art.

#47 ✡ Rosh Hashanah 2:4-7

• The nickname for the Mount of Olives pointed to Yeshua in startling ways
• Setting the NT in its Semitic context is hard work! Here's an example.
• Which directions can you go in the fifth dimension you can't in the four?
• Here's how the title "midwife" is one of Hebrew's highest compliments.
• John the Baptist's most cryptic statement was Hebrew wordplay, that's why.
• Why is Ramadan at a different time every year but Passover isn't?

#48 ✡ Rosh Hashanah 2:8-4:9

• Fights about the calendar are nothing new, so what did the sages do?
• A beautiful story about the relationship between rabbi and disciple
• Why does the Hebrew word for Torah-observance also means Exodus?
• "Our Father who art in Heaven", is that a Christian or a Jewish prayer?
• How much of the synagogue service is from Yeshua's time and WWJD?

#49 ✡ Ta'anit 1:1-1:7

• Did you know Israel gets about as much rain as Sudan?
• When are the "early and latter rains", anyway?
• Why do Jews pray for rain in the blessing of the resurrection?
• How long did it take to hike from Babylon to Israel?
• Why did Yeshua say to anoint yourself when fasting?
• The bittersweet experience of walking the spiritual path

#50 ✡ Ta'anit 2:1-2:10 

• Why were the people of Nazareth putting ashes on their heads?
• How does the Holy Spirit feel about liturgy and orders of service?
• Is it ok to call the books of Joshua to Revelation "Torah" or not?
• Some words from the heart if you're empty or angry
• What can you learn from the Jewish practice of praying Scripture?
• What's different about Mondays and Thursdays for Jews?

#51 ✡ Ta'anit 3:3-3:9

• Why did people blow shofars in ancient times?
• Is there internal evidence the Mishnah is historically accurate?
• Here's how helpmeet means "Hero" and not "Hamburger Helper"
• What do the Hebrew letters on Izzy's fingers spell?
• The story of Choni who wouldn't leave his prayer circle until…
• If the Hallel is Psalms 113 to 118, what's the Great Hallel?

#52 ✡ Ta'anit 4:1-4:8 

• If synagogues aren't commanded in Torah, where did they come from?
• How can you prove that the Jews are really Jews?
• How old are Jewish liturgical rites like Mussaf and Neilah?
• What do the events of 4.17 and 5.9 tell you about the Hebrew calendar?
• Why is it incredible the families of David and Jonadab were still around?
• Why remember "family over beauty" when watching dancing girls?

#53 ✡ Megillah 1:8-3:3

• How are the names and themes of the Esther and Apocalypse scrolls related?
• Why is the Hebrew font called Assyrian, and how was that different from Phoenician?
• Why did the Hanukkah heroes call Greek language and culture "mud"?
• In Mishnaic Hebrew you'd say "Yeshua ha'MASHUACH" but should you?
• If the Ceremonial Law is "obsolete" why do the prophets say we'll be doing it in the future?
• Are synagogues holy places? How about the Temple Mount? Picture time!

#54 ✡ Megillah 3:4-4:1

• Why is the whole week called the Sabbath in Hebrew?
• Why is the story of Amalek read for the festival of Purim? 
• Here's why it's hard for empaths to read R-rated Bible stories
• If Decem is 10 why isn't December the 10th month anymore?
• How many people read from the Torah on Mondays and Thursdays?
• Did the authors of the New Testament do the synagogue prayers?
• How do you prove to Black Hebrew Israelites that the Jews are really Jews?

#55 ✡ Megillah 4:1-2

• WWJD? Read the Haftarah! How much do you know about this mysterious custom?
• What do you mean, the Mishnah and the New Testament go hand in hand?
• Did you know half the "Our Father" is from Judaism's oldest and most-repeated prayer?
• Why were all the Christological passages excluded from the Prophetic readings?
• What does the connection between Haftarah and Afikoman tell you about Yeshua?

#56 ✡ Megillah 4:3-4:10

• Was Simon's father named Jonah or John? Why do the Gospels contradict each other?
• The Greek name "Peter" has a Hebrew meaning in the Gospels and Jewish literature!
• Why is a "minyan of ten" required for a Torah service? Is that Biblical?
• Here's an example of how the Gemara is "packed" with info that "unpacks" the Mishnah.
• Did Jesus speak Hebrew or Aramaic? Or were both living languages in the Second Temple era?
• First stop and let it sink in that the Father doesn't treat you like an outsider. Then...
• Were the Rabbis and Apostles both "binding and loosing" in their halachic decisions?
• Why are some passages not read, and others not translated, in synagogue?

#57 ✡ Moed Katan & Chagigah 1:1

• Are the middle days of Passover and Tabernacles holy or "profane"?
• Did Paul get his analogy of irrigated versus naturally watered fields from the Mishnah?
• Are you spiritually mature? How about your congregation? Here's how to tell.
• This Greek word used in Mishnah, Peshitta, and Delitzsch NT is spelled four different ways.
• What does Jewish law do with people whose gender is both, neither, or unknown?
• See the boy riding on his Abba's shoulders and going up to the Temple? Adorbs.

#58 ✡ Chagigah 1:7-2:2

• Do you know what the Hebrew word "Pharisee" literally mean?
• Why do Jewish people say their mission is "Tikkun Olam" and where's that in Scripture?
• Are Yeshua's "greatest/least commandments" and "weighty matters of the Law" in Mishnah also?
• What did the sages do with the 'literal six days' and 'conflicting creation accounts' controversies?
• Let's get romantic and talk about hearing Yeshua's voice and seeing his face in...Rabbinic writings!
• What can the Jewish institution of discipleship teach us about our relationship with the Master?
• How did the centuries-old leadership structure in Israel change around 30 A.D., and why?
• Did you hear about the old Essene named Menachem and his prophecy to boy Herod?

#59 ✡ Yevamot 1:1

• Did the Sadducees plagiarize their story from the Mishnah?
• What are the different Hebrew words for the revival of the dead?
• Is your Torah-observance powered by the resurrection?
• Polygamy? The Hebrew term for "fellow-wife" will surprise you.
• Did Yeshua tell his disciples they'd go through the Great Tribulation?
• Is there evidence the Master expected us to keep keeping Shabbat?

#60 ✡ Yevamot 2:5-6:6

• Here's an example of why the Jewish stereotype is "smart"
• Let's talk about your brain's two modes, judging and perceiving
• Does matrilineal Jewishness have support in ancient law?
• Can women be priests? Is there a Hebrew word for female priests?
• How is the Jewish wedding a picture of Christ and his church?
• Why does this epithet for Yeshua mean to postpone a decision?
• What's the connection between Baal and the modern sex industry?
• Did you hear about the other Martha?
• Have you ever hammered out the commandment to be fruitful?

#61 ✡ Yevamot 7:3-16:7

• How is "being Hebrew" pictured by pregnancy and leap years?
• If "women shall be saved through childbearing" what do men do?
• Was there any way in which the Son of God was greater than the Father?
• Does Hebrew ever jumble those three-letter roots around?
• What did the ritual of Levirate marriage look like in Yeshua's time?
• Why are we called "Holy Language" Institute?
• Why do children come from the verb for construction?
• Have you ever experienced the voice of God as a "bat kol"?
• The insights in this concluding story are too many to list

#62 ✡ Ketubot 1:1-2:10

• What does the Jewish wedding ketubah say, is it romantic?
• Why are Jewish weddings on Tuesday now but not in the Mishnah?
• Why are plants and animals consistent but humans are flippy?
• Why did Saul of Tarsus sign his epistles with his own hand?
• Was it legal or contradictory for Yeshua to testify about himself?
• Swearing by the Temple, was that actually a thing?
• What if we all called God "Dad" when we talked about him?

#63 ✡ Ketubot 4:3-5:5

• Could God's laws be arrived at rationally or only by revelation?
• Why does the Torah take sex outside of marriage so seriously?
• Why did Paul say children are holy because of a believing parent?
• What's with them playing flutes because Jairus' daughter died?
• How did those personal little details get into the Gospel of Mark?
• The messengers sent to get the bride were called "apostles"...?!
• How long was betrothal and what did they do in the meantime?
• How does this rare word picture the impassioned bridegroom?
• What did a homemaker 2000 years ago do to keep busy?
• Why did Izzy bring his kerosene lamp and "siwash" to show and tell?

#64 ✡ Ketubot 5:6-13:10

• Did Yeshua tell his guys to leave their families to follow him?
• Where did Paul get his "different body parts" metaphor from?
• Women's head coverings, was that Jewish culture or Torah law?
• How does the Mishnah underscore our need for the Gospel?
• How many one-letter prefixes can be used? Ever seen three?
• Why do the stories of brides with disabilities make us emotional?
• Why did Simon the tanner live by the sea and not in town?
• Which Hebrew NT is best? Let's look at a verse in five of them.
• How could it be a compliment to call someone "homely"?
• Women's rights. Was Jewish law leading or failing?

#65 ✡ Nedarim 1:1-2:4

• Why does Torah say to make vows and Yeshua says don't?
• How many of these dumb vows make you laugh or facepalm?
• Why does James say condemnation and Paul says no?
• If phylacteries weren't literal why didn't Jesus mention that?
• Why do Jews say they "lay" tefillin instead of "putting them on"?
• The "four headed" letter that goes on the "forehead" OOOHHH
• What if there weren't vowels and we confused tefillin and teflon?
• Did you hear the one about the two upside down Nuns?
• Why did the sages say there were seven books of Torah?
• Why did the Judeans think Galileans were ignorant?
• Betcha can't guess Epictetus's name for the early Christians.

#66 ✡ Nedarim 2:4-3:7

• Why did the last pagan Caesar start building the Third Temple?
• How anti-Torah was early Christianity by the mid-300s?
• How many of these rash vows make you roll your eyes?
• Does Mishnah confirm the Gospel of Mark on "corban"?
• How does price negotiation beautifully picture the Gospel?
• Were tax-collectors dangerous or just annoying?
• Did you see the first multi-season show about Yeshua yet?
• Why does the sun in the far north look like a giant eyeball?
• If God knows everyone why will he say "I never knew you"?

#67 ✡ Nedarim 3:10-9:7

• Why were Jews infamous for garlic breath?
• Did Paul speak highly of physical circumcision?
• What are Midrash, Halacha, Hagada, and Mikra?
• How does this pejorative for Jesus also mean "guilt-bearer"?
• Have you seen Chagall's crucifixion of the Jewish Christ?
• Is vicarious suffering and atonement a Jewish belief?
• Did you hear Junior Asparagus singing about kosher and tzitzit?
• How did Luke and Paul feel about the Day of Atonement?
• How old are the 5 traditional Yom Kippur taboos?
• Does Mishnah ever agree with our Master's critiques?
• Have you heard of the BALL CHOOVA movement in Judaism?
• Did you know Paul's advice to Timothy was Mishnaic?
• Were Paul's "one/first > all" equations from the Mishnah?

#68 ✡ Nazir 1:1-2:4

• What's the difference between Nazarite and Nazarene?
• Was "I won't drink this fruit of the vine until…" a Nazarite vow?
• Why did Jacob call Joseph a "nazirite"?
• How much of this 9-chapter convo has crossed your mind?
• Why did the Sages start discouraging Nazarite vows?
• Try not to laugh at these gooftastic "vow-not-vows"!

#69 ✡ Nazir 2:5-9:4

• Were you actually allowed to pay for other Nazirites?
• Could you do a Nazirite vow outside the land of Israel?
• Why did the apostle Paul have his head shaved in Cenchrea?
• Why could you be lashed for eating grapes or raisins?
• Ever notice the connection between concept and conception?
• Why did Izzy take a yearlong Nazirite vow when he was 25?

#70 ✡ Nazir: Paul's Vow

• Why did Paul take a vow in Corinth specifically?
• Was Paul's vow Nazirite or something else?
• Did Paul have integrity or was he deceptive?
• Why do some commentators think it was Aquila?
• Why are many Christian commentaries so anti-Jewish?

#71 ✡ Nazir: Torah-Observant Paul 1

• Is it ok for believers to be zealous for the Law?
• Do Jews/Gentiles have the same relationship to Torah?
• Did Paul teach Jewish believers to be Torah-observant?
• Which ceremony of purification did Paul do?
• Did Paul actually offer animal sacrifices in the Temple?

#72 ✡ Nazir: Torah-Observant Paul 2

• How has Christianity done representing Yeshua to his people?
• Were James and Paul mistaken, as commentators allege?
• Will we be offering sacrifices in the Millenium?
• Commentators using Paul's letters to criticize Paul...really?
• Have you repented of historic Christian antisemitism?

#73 ✡ Sotah 1:7-7:7

• Where is 'measure for measure' in Mishnah and Gospel?
• If kohen is priest, what's priestess?
• Did the Master use Hebrew/Aramaic wordplay?
• Which Siddur prayers are from Yeshua's time?
• What's the difference between Mashiach and Mashuach?
• What does it mean that Torah was written in 70 languages?
• Was the Sacred Name said during the Aaronic Benediction?
• Which elements of the Synagogue service are 2000 years old?

#74 ✡ Sotah 7:8 (Herod 1)

#75 ✡ Sotah 7:8 (Herod 2)

#76 ✡ Sotah 9:6-15

• Why the ESV’s minority interpretation of Deuteronomy 21:8?
• The sages agree that it’s the Holy Spirit who preaches the Gospel!
• How does the ritual for unsolved murders foretell Messiah’s atonement? 
• Why is the bride carried around on a chair at Jewish weddings?
• Why is he called “James the Less”? Less than what?
• What was the special term Pharisees used for each other? 
• This reference to “Our Father in Heaven” will encourage you
• What do Jews expect will happen before Messiah comes? 
• What can you do to experience more of the Holy Spirit?