Chagiga 16A - II

1. Committing a sin: In public or in private?
2. Machlokes between Rabbeinu Chananel and Tosefos as to what the intention of the Gemara is in telling a person how to deal with uncontrollable temptation
3. Staring at rainbows, leaders and Cohanim

Chagiga 16A - 1

1. A hypothesis for a rational understanding of the nature of Shadim
2. Rabbeinu Chananel on what it really means to know God

Four who Entered the Pardes - XI

1. Acher, Doeg and Achisofel, great scholars...but...
2. How was Rebbe Akiva able to remain focused when entering the Pardes
3. Comparisons between Shadim, angels and people

Four who Entered the Pardes - X

1. Review of previous Gemara
2. What are the reasons Rebbe Meir felt justified learning from Acher
3. The metaphors of dates and pomegranates with regards to the Torah of Acher
4. How Rabbeinu Chananel understands the conclusion

Four who Entered the Pardes - IX

1. Acher after his death - where does he belong
2. The efforts of Rebbe Meir and Rebbe Yochanan to get Acher into Heaven
3. How as Rebbe Meir permitted to study from someone who had rejected Torah

Four Who Entered the Pardes - VIII

1. Opposite and Complementary creations
2. Did God create the mountains?
3. Acher and Rebbe Meir go for a Shabbos walk
4. Children share their pesukim with Acher
5. Continuation of Tosefos quoting the parts of the story from the Talmud Yerushalmi

Four Who Entered the Pardes - VII

1. Review of Tosefos on Acher's roots
2. Zohar's explanation of the perspectives of the four who entered:

• Ben Zoma entered with earth - complete self-nullification (leading to a side discussion on the sin of Adam)
• Ben Azai entered with wind - the struggle to comprehend the challenges of good and evil
• Acher entered with fire  - the creation of clear and distinct lines of delineation
• Rebbe Akiva entered with water - love and the power of unity
• Kabbalistic interpretation of how Acher could have seen deep within his being told that he could not return, was hidden the power to return