Episode 79: Chapter 38d - The Life of Jacob

A Cherem is like an oath / Joshua conquers Jericho & consecrates it as a cherem for Hashem / Ramban's Mishpatei HaCherem: Different types of Cherem / Achan illegally takes from the booty of Jericho / The Golden Tongue of Terafim / Who died in the first battle of Ai (36 Tzaddikim or just Yair ben Menashe)? / Yehoshua figures out who violated the cherem (via Urim V'Tumim, lots, & the Holy Ark) / Achan is punished but has a place in Olam Haba / Aleinu should be said standing up / Yehoshua bin Nun wrote Alenu, Achan wrote Al Ken Nikaveh / The Concubine at Gibea (Pilegesh B'Givah) & the civil war against the tribe of Binyamin / The people of Yavesh Gilead violate the cherem / Ramban: Yiftach consecrates his daughter by way of cherem