To the best of my knowledge we celebrate on Lag B'Omer as this is the day the students of Rabbi Akiva stopped dying. This reason seems incomprehensible. The reason they stopped dying was because there was no one left. Imagine someone has eleven children. One by one they pass away. Finally the f...

The mishnah in Tamid 3:1 says there was a daily lottery for who would bring the (morning) Korban Tamid. The mishnah in Yoma 2:3 seems to discuss the second daily Korban Tamid. How was the person for the second Tamid selected? Was there a second lottery?

Suppose a transgender male (born female) who's undergone bottom surgery and tattooing to make her genitalia look more masculine decided to convert to Orthodox Judaism. Would such a person be required to undergo a Hatafas Dam Bris as part of their conversion process?

I heard several times from numerous sources, that there were times in history (during the 1st and the 2nd Temples) when the Torah (incl. Oral) was almost completely lost and just one Rabbi (or a handful of Rabbis) saved it all. Who are they and what sources speak of such examples?