מועד קטן- Mo’ed Katan

Mo’ed Katan 11a ~ Nature Changes

What happens when statements made by the rabbis of the Talmud don’t jive with the facts.

Mo’ed Katan 16a ~ Excommunication, Baruch Spinoza and Mordechai Kaplan

What happens when a person is excommunicated, and why it should no-longer be used as a threat.

Mo'ed Katan 24a ~ Infant Deaths

On the infant mortality rate in the Talmud, and the current rate in the US. Both are terrible.

Mo'ed Katan 25b ~ Why is Death Bad?

Once we are dead, why is death bad, and if we are alive, why fear death?