Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin

Eliciting, accessing, and understanding a full range of opinions before making a decision, is key to decision-making authority. We explore the implications in Pesak (Halachik decisions) and life. Sources

Taking the idea of distinguishing transactional activity from existential experience, we explore its implications in life , in leadership and in the laws of the first night of Sukot. Sources

Sukot teaches us two different dimensions of Mitzvot: The dimension of doing the mitzvah and the dimension of being in the mitzvah. Sources

The preference that the Sechach (covering of the Sucah) should be porous enough to see the stars is a window into the feelings the Sukah is designed to arouse in us. Sources

Sometimes conversation is casual, unintentional. This is the conversation that reveals to you so much about yourself. Tune in to conversation fron nature, from the world and from the Torah. Sources

Irrespective of a person's social, economic or even Halachik status, it is his or her personal stature as a person of character that determines the honor they deserve. A Talmid Chacham needs to be distinguished by more than the way he thinks. He also needs to be distinguished in his character. Sources

Often the Talmud extracts principles from one area and applies them in a completely different area. This is because the Talmud understands the common underlying principle that overarches both areas. In fact, in actuality the entire Torah is built on a single integrated foundation. Sources

Explaining the mechanism of bending walls, and how despite the rigidity of the physical world, it is this physical world that adapts to Halacha rather than distorting Halacha to fit with the world in which we live. (Of course our Posking know how to apply Halacha in ways that are both authentic and relevant to modernity.) Sources

When, where and how can we apply principles across halachik "silos" using ideas from one area of Halacha to clarify or apply ideas in another area entirely. Sources

Spirituality can be found in nature, but Kedusha, sanctity, can only be found in the creative activity of the mitzvot we do. Sources

The Shechinah and the sanctity it generates needs to be protected from exposure - which dilutes it. Like the Parochet in the Holy of Holies, the walls of the Sucah play this role. Sources

Take a peep at the Kabbalistic foundations of Creation and how it relates to the magical mathematical number, Pi. Sources

Both in Halacha and in Kabalah, the definitions and names we give to ideas and to people, define them. Sources

The world, as represented by the Sukah, is not constructed bottom up as we would expect, but top down. Life's activities are incremental and should be built up, but the world in which we operate was conceived from an idea and evolved from that to the reality we see. Sources

Guidelines as to how far to push boundaries in halacha and other areas of decision making/ Sources

Beginning an ongoing exploration of the relationship between a living space and the quality of living. Source sheet

What really is the role of the walls of a sukah and how are they different from the walls we erect to create private areas for Shabbat? Sources

By highlighting unusual language style in the Mishna, the Talmud explores the three criteria of creative activity: Intention, Design and Structure. Source Sheet

The tractate of Yoma intersects the holiest day, with the holiest place, the holiest man and the holiest service. Yet this hauntingly magnificent tractate full of inspiration, mysticism and Kedusha is sandwiched between an astonishingly primordial  opening and ending. Why? Source Sheet

All aveirot (transgressions) are not equal. It often depends on mindset and on repetitiveness. Just as in management, we should welcome errors because they initiate learning. But repetition of the same errors indicates carelessness. Sources

There is a basic level of universal decency and ethic. But then there is a higher level of decency which we can extrapolate from the Torah and implement. Doing so creates a Kidush Hashem where we add value not only to society but also to Hashem Himself so to say. Sources 

Economic activity and moral character are rooted in a single idea and are codependent. The idea is Derech Eretz. This episode clarifies the meaning of Derech Eretz and its importance. Sources

Often, even when what we are doing is technically legal, ethical and correct,  we still need to evaluate the educational impact of what we are doing, and possibly recalibrate it. Sources

The day before Yom Kippur presents great opportunities if we correctly focus on it. It is a day of somewhat physical indulgence for the higher purpose of enhancing the spiritual highs of Yom Kippur.

So much of general and Torah wisdom comes from Hashem through human beings. However the wisdom Divinely inspired through a Talmid Chacham (Torah scholar) who, having mastered his ego is immersed in Torah, is of a quality close to רוח הקודש. This episode introduces the remarkable piece by the Chattam, Sofer (1762-1839) in אוה"ח סי' ר"ח. Sources