Darwin, evolution, and the Torah, Our pride in the Mesorah

Rabbi Shaul Lieberman: The conservative rosh yeshiva who wrote a Pirush on the entire Tosefta   The history of the Karaim: Iraq circa 800   Turkey, Year 1500: The Psak of the R'em regarding Kariam    The origin of Megillas Antiochos: R Saadia Goan's quest to immortalize the Chashmonaim   Are we allowed to study the Book of the Maccabees? "Seforim chatzonim" in Halacha    

The depictions on the Arch of Titus: What happened next?   The Peroiches and the Tzitz: R’ Shimon’s testimony   The  Radziner Rebbe’s Oddysey to find the Menorah: The Visigoths and King Alaric I   The Menorah swap theory: A child's fable that gained traction   The conscientious story behind the real gold menorah by the Kosel today    Reb Akiva Eiger’s chassideshe Eidem and his Leichter   The iconic angled menorah of Chabad: The Rambam’s depiction  

Napoleon's wars and their effect on the Jews of his time Nittel through the eyes of the Chasam Sofer  The pros, the antis, and the in-betweeners Nittel - a moving target understating the calendar changes