This week we talk about:

•  A lesson from an aspect of the allowance of the beautiful captive woman from R. Yechezkel Abramsky (including a bio and some anecdotes)
• How two sages from the time of the Talmud fulfilled the mitzvah of returning lost items
• Shiluach Haken - the mitzvah of sending away the mother bird and its implications regarding the reward of other positive commandments
• Lessons from various aspects of the laws regarding converts from the Biblical nations of Ammon, Moav, Egypt and Edom, with a focus on the Torah's extreme expectations of gratitude
• Do not hold a poor person's collateral overnight - a lesson from R. Avigdor Miller about appreciating bedding
• The source of the Biblical prohibition of physical assault