1. Acharon shel Pesach, 5744.
2. 27 Nissan, 5744.
3. 19 Kislev, 5735.
4. Moreh Nevuchim, Sefer Hamitzvos, Pirush Hamishnayos.
5. In Arabic.
6. We follow the Sefer Hayad.
7. Hilchos Shecheinim, Hilchos Shluchin V’Shutfin, and more.
8. Boruch She’amar (Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch 51:2).
9. (1) Shimon married his sister Dinah (Rashi to Bereishis 46:10). (2) According to Rebbi Yehuda, the shevatim married each other’s twin sisters (Rashi to Bereishis 37:35). (3) Kayin married his twin sister (see Rashi to Vayikra 20:17).
10. Noach was the son of Lemech, a descendant of Adam’s son Sheis, and he married Naamah, the daughter of Lemech, a descendant of Kayin (Bereishis 5:29, ibid. 4:19-22 and Rashi there).
11. It is forbidden to eat meat from Rosh Chodesh Av until Tish’a B’Av. However, during the feast of a Bris Mila, it is permitted to eat it. But, not if it is sent to another’s home.
12. If one intentionally puts bread to bake in the oven on Shabbos, the chachomim permit removing it, which is usually forbidden, before it is baked, when they will be punishable by death.
13. (1:) If the non-Jew’s intention was not to cook. Such as if they lit a fire in a swamp in order to remove weeds, and grasshoppers were cooked there unintentionally. These grasshoppers are permitted even in a location where they are served in palaces. (2:) The same applies if the non-Jew scorched the head of the grasshopper, in order to remove its hair — it is permitted to eat the tips of the ears which were roasted during the scorching. But if his intention was to cook, it is forbidden.
14. Choni Hame’agel — who slept for 70 years.
