Bava Kamma 16: Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh My!
The daf discusses how different wild animals are damagers and can they ever be not considered muad. The Mishnah finally spells out some of the differences between tam and muad.
Nov 18, 2023•11 min
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Bava Kamma 15: Why 3?
Why do we need three proofs to determine that women are included in the laws of damages. A Mishnah discusses other types of damagers.
Nov 17, 2023•22 min
Bava Kamma 14: 4 or Maybe 3
The daf finishes up it’s discussion of the second Mishnah in our Masechet by discussing the 4 rules of damages attributed to Rabbi Shimon Ben Elazar. A new cryptic Mishnah appears on this daf exploring how damages are assessed.
Nov 16, 2023•24 min
Bava Kamma 13: Kodshim as a Damager
What happens when Kodshim cause damage and are they considered property? The daf comments in what to do about duplicate mishnahs.
Nov 15, 2023•15 min
Bava Kamma 12: Rabbi Yossi HaGilili and Kodshim Kalim
Rav Nachmun issues a halahkic ruling about orphans and the repayment of loans. The daf explores when do kodshim kalim becone subject to meilah and thereby except from damages.
Nov 14, 2023•18 min
Bava Kamma 10: Partial Damager
The daf discusses what is mean to cause some of the damage and what liability that incurs for the damager. Then the Gemara presents scriptural sources that the damaged party needs to deal with the damaged object.
Nov 12, 2023•18 min•Season 21Ep. 10
Bava Kamma 9: Inheriting Debt
The compensation for damages is supposed to be from the best land... Or from money (cash). Or even from bran? Which is it? Plus, the case if two brothers who inherit and have to pay their father's creditor. Plus, what so we spend on a mitzvah. Also, a new mishnah! When is one liable to pay compensatory damages when ones property causes damage? Negligence is a good rule of thumb. And other complicating factors regarding the property, including, possibly, depending on the owner, including that per...
Nov 11, 2023•20 min•Season 21Ep. 9
Bava Kamma 8: Land Equity
When a buyer purchases land from a seller that owes money the owed money stays with the sold land. The daf explains different ways the buyer can make sure the seller’s debt is paid off.
Nov 10, 2023•25 min
Bava Kamma 7: Valuation
The daf explores what exactly the damagers has to pay and form what assets.
Nov 09, 2023•16 min
Bava Kamma 6: The Best if His Field
The daf provided 4 possible different cases that explain the what is common between the four types of damagers described in the Mishnah. Rabbi Yishmael and Rabbi Akiva each read a verse in Shemot differently and each interpretation impacts how damages are calculated.
Nov 08, 2023•20 min
Bava Kamma 5: Damage Through Speech
The daf discusses what type of damagers are not in the britot from daf 4 and how damage can be done through speech. The daf also started to create some distinctions between different categories of damagers.
Nov 07, 2023•18 min
Bava Kamma 4: How Many Damages Can You Count?
The daf establishes 3 damaging activities that an ox can do (keren, shen, and regel), and the differences between each of them that can be applied elsewhere too. We then have two britot that expand the list of damages.
Nov 06, 2023•15 min
Bava Kamma 3: Ma’veh
The daf comes to an understanding of Rav Pappa’s statement that some Toladot and different than the Av. The daf then explains a disagreement between Rav and Shmuel on the meaning of the word ma’veh.
Nov 05, 2023•20 min•Season 21Ep. 3
Bava Kamma 2: The First Gate
A new Seder and a new Masechet! The Masechet begins with a discussion of the main categories of damagers and the relationship between the Avot (categories) and Tolodot (subcategories) of damagers.
Nov 04, 2023•16 min
Kiddushin 82: The Hope of Torah
The daf begins with a Mishnah that raises some difficult questions. The last Mishnah of the Masechet and Seder discusses what professions are desirable and should be taught to one’s son. The Masechet ends with a beautiful passage on the study of Torah and the hope it brings to a person’s life.
Nov 03, 2023•21 min
Kiddushin 81: Temptation
The daf has a very open discussion about sexual temptation and sin by giving example from the Tanamim and Amoraim
Nov 02, 2023•24 min
Kiddushin 80: Chazakot
The daf discusses Rabbi Yochanan’a concept of chazakot and when one does not to bring a witness to prove something. Later the Mishnah discussed the laws of yichud or seclusion.
Nov 01, 2023•21 min
Kiddushin 79: Who’s who
Two mishnahs; First mishnah - when the timing of an agents betrothal for a woman and a father's (or her own) conflict... What is the status of that kiddushin? Second Mishnah - if a man returns with a family how does he prove their lineage
Oct 31, 2023•18 min•Season 20Ep. 79
Kiddushin 78: What Can I Tell You about My Son?
A kohen whose kiddushin is with a woman who is prohibited to him and who is the intimate with her - he gets two counts against him, one for each prohibition. The idea is that kiddushin is prohibited for the way it leads to a prohibited sexual relationship. Also, a new mishnah about how a father and even both parents can't declare their child (or child-to-be) a mamzer.
Oct 30, 2023•18 min•Season 20Ep. 78
Kiddushin 77: Widow, Widow, Widow
A new mishnah about challals, challalot, and their progeny, and whom they can marry. Likewise, converts. Following the lineage quality of the father... Also, a beraita regarding liability for multiple sins - specifically, kohanim who get involced with the various prohibited relationships. But how many women is the given kohen being intimate with?
Oct 29, 2023•17 min•Season 20Ep. 77
Kiddushin 76: Background Checks
A new mishnah - checking back the lineage of a woman who marries a kohen, namely 4 women which equals 8, when you consider 4 generations on both sides. Though some families, who were in various kinds of public service, were exempt from some of those checks, because they wouldn't have been eligible for those roles if their lineage had been blemished. But why davka the women and not the men? Also, fights about lineage brought out the insults from others. Plus, the position that converts cannot be ...
Oct 28, 2023•19 min•Season 20Ep. 76
Kiddushin 75: Shetuki and Beduki
More on the Shetuki also sometimes known as a Beduki. The daf also discussed the status of the Cutean and who they may or may not marry.
Oct 27, 2023•18 min•Season 20Ep. 75
Kiddushin 74: Marrying In
A new mishnah, with more on who's allowed to marry whom. The people who are prohibited from marrying others can (maybe!) marry each other. Also, the need for Gemara to explicate the mishnah. Plus, can the progeny of the couple that marries (who are prohibited to others) marry a kohen?
Oct 26, 2023•15 min•Season 20Ep. 74
Kiddushin 73: Shetuki and Asufi
The daf explores these two categories of children and how this status impacts the ability to marry who they want.
Oct 25, 2023•20 min•Season 20Ep. 73
Kiddushin 72: The Sun Rises, the Sun Sets
Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi tasks Levi with characterizing several different segments of society. Plus, more comments from R. Yehudah HaNasi, on his deathbed. Also, more tracking the lineages of the Babylonians, and Rabbi Meir's opposing view on the purity of the various lines in contrast to the sages in general. With practical implications. Also, how the mamzerim will (or will not) become pure in the time of the World to Come. And the shift in meaning for the word "mamzer."
Oct 24, 2023•15 min•Season 20Ep. 72
Kiddushin 71: The Pure Babylonians
Comparisons between the land of Israel and Babylonia - regarding lineage and the purity thereof, during the return to Zion, Shivat Zion. With the given that we don't investigate a family's purity. Plus, some cases of people not marrying because of the concern of the purity of the lineage of their potential mates.
Oct 23, 2023•19 min•Season 20Ep. 71
Kiddushin 70: Drama at the Deli
The time when a visit to a butcher shop led to excommunication, a change of status (from free man to slave), and a matching of halakhic wits between Rav Nachman, R. Yehudah bar Yehezkel, and a little Yalta for good measure.
Oct 22, 2023•21 min•Season 20Ep. 70
Kiddushin 69: The Inclusive Jewish People
More complications of personal status, including, or especially with regard to mamzerut and slaves - plus, how their union works to cancel mamzerut. Plus, a non-complimentary description of slaves. Also, beginning the 4th chapter: with a mishnah listing the complicated lineages of those who moved from Babylonia to Israel.
Oct 21, 2023•15 min•Season 20Ep. 69
Kiddushin 68: Matrilineal Descent
Additional discussion of yesterday's discussion - on R. Akiva's opinion that all prohibited relationships result in mamzer progeny. But there are some difficulties with that approach. Plus, more on the progeny from other liaisons, including intermarriage in the contemporary sense of it, and which parent determines the child's status.
Oct 20, 2023•15 min•Season 20Ep. 68
Kiddushin 67: Really Mixed Marriages and Their Children
A new mishnah - complications in halakhic status of children as compared to the father vs. mother. Even when the marriage itself is prohibited, the children follow the problematic status parent. Also, what happens if the couple is not Jewish, from different tribes or countries (eg, or religions). When does the status follow the male, and when the female?
Oct 19, 2023•18 min•Season 20Ep. 67
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