Class 54: Rambam's Introduction; exploring the lives and teachings of our Chachamim (Sages), focusing in this class on Hillel HaZaken; story of potential converts requesting that Hillel and Shammai convert them; teaching the Torah on one foot; contemporary Jewish communities and their time limits on Divere Torah; converting for an ulterior motive; fundamental rules in the laws of conversion to Judaism; story regarding Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Hager and a special edition of a troubling Shabbat song; wisdom of Hillel HaZaken and his eighty students; the students of Porat Yosef in the generation of Rabbi Ezra Attia; more rational understandings of a puzzling Aggadeta, from the writings of Rabbi Yosef Messas; the importance of understanding the sciences and the world around us; the "divisive" method of teaching the traditions of Sepharadic and Ashkenazi Jews alongside each other; and more! (8/3/2021) — Thank you to Devorah Miriam Harris for her assistance with writing the class description. Tizki L'Mitzvot! — Shiviti Night Kollel Rambam’s Mishneh Torah - Edition and Commentary of Rabbi Yosef Kapach (Qafih) — Rabbi Yonatan Halevy's official YouTube channel! Subscribe for the newest audio and video coming out of the Shiviti Bet Midrash!