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Bava Kamma 27: Left Objects
November 29, 2023 05:36 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBThe seocnd perek closes with a series of outlandish accidents that try to help define the parameters of liability. The third perek begins with a Mishnah discussing what happens if someone leaves an object in a reshut harabim.
Bava Kamma 26: When the Logic Doesn't Apply
November 28, 2023 10:32 - 18 minutes - 17 MBMore on kal va-chomer logic, and several apparently relevant examples (of damages) when it is not applied. Plus, a new mishnah - and how a person is always responsible for the damage he or she causes.
Bava Kamma 25: Sufficient Logic
November 27, 2023 15:45 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBFirst, a long mishnah - paying damages for the ox that damages. Depending on where the damage took place. But what impact does the location have, once you're paying full damages? The public domain is less strict for common damages, and more strict for "keren," the less expected damage. But there are limits - where the derived law is the same as the sourced law. Plus the application of the logical tool of "da-yo" - the fundamental position that the logic of a kal va-chomer can only be applied ...
Bava Kamma 24: When an Animal You Don't Own Is Your Weapon
November 26, 2023 11:37 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBMore on how an ox shifts from being "tam" to "mu'ad" - is the ox or the person whose somewhat negligence has given it room to gore? Also, the case of a person who uses a second party's dog to cause harm to a third party - who's responsible from a financial perspective? The Gemara attempts to resolve the dog case with the ox case.
Bava Kamma 11: Ulla x 7
November 25, 2023 20:48 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBAre there categories of damagers who the course does help with the valuation of the damages? Where category is the borrower in? The daf also includes sevens teachings of Ulla in the name of Rabbi Elazar
Bava Kamma 23: Big Mouth
November 25, 2023 20:47 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBDoes a cow’s mouth belong to the owner and if a cow eats someone else’s property is the damage taking place in the damager’s property - the mouth of the cow? The daf has a Mishnah describing the difference between tam and muad b
Bava Kamma 22: How By Fire
November 24, 2023 09:13 - 13 minutes - 12.9 MBThe daf presents a makhloket between Rabbi Yochanon and Reish Leikish on the how fire damages. The Gemara also mentions a Jewish holiday that usually does not get a lot of space in the Gemara.
Bava Kamma 21: Dog on a Hot Tin Roof
November 23, 2023 18:46 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBHow does the owner of an animal that caused damage by eating pay for that damage? Specifically when the animal turns its head to eat from the side - even though it's a public domain kind of damage. Also, a new mishnah: what happens when a dog or a goat jump from a roof and damage vessels upon landing? What if they fell, instead of jumping? What if they had no option to land elsewhere? Who, if anyone, is liable for damages?
Bava Kamma 20: Squatter's Rights
November 22, 2023 14:59 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBWhat if your animal eats food from the pack on the back of another animal? Or comparable damage. Who's responsible? Is this standard behavior or not? Is it like walking and damaging or standing and damaging or jumping and damaging, which is another category, or might be. Also, what about the case of a squatter - and what happens then? Does the owner know? Is rent involved? Is squatting causing any harm or monetary loss?
Bava Kamma 19: Wag the Dog
November 21, 2023 11:34 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBMore, yes, on attenuated causation. [Who's Who: Rabbi Yehudah Nesiah] What about a wagging tail? Does the animal's owner need to hold on to the tail to prevent any potential damage? That seems a bit much. Also, a new mishnah - with additional considerations, such as whether the damage takes place in the public domain. With a greater focus on "shen," tooth, eating.
Bava Kamma 18: Don't... Excrete Where You Eat
November 20, 2023 10:07 - 18 minutes - 17.6 MBWhy are chickens pecking at a rope from which a bucket will drop, if they peck through? Will that make a difference as to how much the owner of the chickens would have to pay? Soumchos says the chicken owner should pay full damages - is that the reason the chicken case would need full damages? Is it just following his opinion? Also, can the case of tzrurot (pebbles) ever become a case of "mu'ad," and therefore entail full damages or not? Is that Soumchos' rationale? What about other cases of ...
Bava Kamma 17: Can Chickens Break a Bucket?
November 19, 2023 07:56 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBWrapping up the first chapter - with some aggadata doing some analysis of biblical verses that seems to connect to the halakhic topics at hand in both the first chapter and the upcoming second one. Also, the opening mishnah of Chapter 2: investigating "regel," the damage an animal does in the course of its walking. With an additional focus, which comes out in the Gemara too, on tzrurot - pebbles, and the degree to which the animal and its owner is responsible for the attenuated causation that...
Bava Kamma 16: Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh My!
November 18, 2023 17:59 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBThe 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.
Bava Kamma 15: Why 3?
November 17, 2023 09:21 - 22 minutes - 21 MBWhy do we need three proofs to determine that women are included in the laws of damages. A Mishnah discusses other types of damagers.
Bava Kamma 14: 4 or Maybe 3
November 16, 2023 09:22 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBThe 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.
Bava Kamma 13: Kodshim as a Damager
November 15, 2023 04:55 - 15 minutes - 14 MBWhat happens when Kodshim cause damage and are they considered property? The daf comments in what to do about duplicate mishnahs.
Bava Kamma 12: Rabbi Yossi HaGilili and Kodshim Kalim
November 14, 2023 05:22 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBRav 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.
Bava Kamma 10: Partial Damager
November 12, 2023 10:38 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBThe 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.
Bava Kamma 9: Inheriting Debt
November 11, 2023 19:14 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBThe 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 ...
Bava Kamma 8: Land Equity
November 10, 2023 08:34 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBWhen 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.
Bava Kamma 7: Valuation
November 09, 2023 06:23 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBThe daf explores what exactly the damagers has to pay and form what assets.
Bava Kamma 6: The Best if His Field
November 08, 2023 05:31 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBThe 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.
Bava Kamma 5: Damage Through Speech
November 07, 2023 10:12 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBThe 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.
Bava Kamma 4: How Many Damages Can You Count?
November 06, 2023 07:47 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MBThe 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.
Bava Kamma 3: Ma’veh
November 05, 2023 05:42 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBThe 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.
Bava Kamma: The First Gate
November 04, 2023 17:53 - 16 minutes - 15 MBA 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.
Bava Kamma 2: The First Gate
November 04, 2023 17:53 - 16 minutes - 15 MBA 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.
Kiddushin 82: The Hope of Torah
November 03, 2023 06:16 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBThe 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.
Kiddushin 81: Temptation
November 02, 2023 06:43 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBThe daf has a very open discussion about sexual temptation and sin by giving example from the Tanamim and Amoraim
Kiddushin 80: Chazakot
November 01, 2023 10:12 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBThe 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.
Kiddushin 79: Who’s who
October 31, 2023 10:23 - 17 minutes - 16.7 MBTwo 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
Kiddushin 78: What Can I Tell You about My Son?
October 30, 2023 21:01 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBA 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.
Kiddushin 77: Widow, Widow, Widow
October 29, 2023 20:21 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBA 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?
Kiddushin 76: Background Checks
October 28, 2023 21:41 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBA 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 ...
Kiddushin 75: Shetuki and Beduki
October 27, 2023 13:31 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBMore 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.
Kiddushin 74: Marrying In
October 26, 2023 17:39 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBA 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?
Kiddushin 73: Shetuki and Asufi
October 25, 2023 10:18 - 19 minutes - 18.5 MBThe daf explores these two categories of children and how this status impacts the ability to marry who they want.
Kiddushin 72: The Sun Rises, the Sun Sets
October 24, 2023 09:16 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MBRabbi 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."
Kiddushin 71: The Pure Babylonians
October 23, 2023 19:38 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBComparisons 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.
Kiddushin 70: Drama at the Deli
October 22, 2023 10:44 - 20 minutes - 19 MBThe 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.
Kiddushin 69: The Inclusive Jewish People
October 21, 2023 20:45 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBMore 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.
Kiddushin 68: Matrilineal Descent
October 20, 2023 12:27 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBAdditional 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.
Kiddushin 67: Really Mixed Marriages and Their Children
October 19, 2023 18:55 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBA 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?
Kiddushin 66: The World of Shimon Ben Shetach
October 18, 2023 10:06 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBWhile the daf discusses whether one or two witnesses are needed to prove an ervah the daf discusses the story ad Yannai and Shimon ben Shetach. Plus a disagreement between Rabbi Tarfon and Rabbi Akiva which demonstrates the genius of Rabbi Akiva’s exegesis
Kiddushin 65: Marital Dispute
October 17, 2023 08:04 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBA new mishnah - with a series of cases: when there's a dispute between a man and a woman as to whether he betrothed her (and the implications of betrothal, which prohibits them to some of each other's relatives, for example). Which of them is to be believed? Or rather, how do we handle not knowing whom to believe? Also, an Amoraic dispute on at least one of the cases in the mishnah: with Rav saying the man should be forced, apparently to give a get, and Shmuel saying he should be asked to giv...
Kiddushin 64: Permissive Halakhah
October 16, 2023 06:53 - 10 minutes - 9.96 MBMore mishnayot - more cases of a father betrothing his daughter (who is not the age of majority). What if the father says he has done so - when is he believed or not? Also, one who says at the time of his death that he has children (keeping a wife who has no children with him from needing to do yibum) - he's believed. If he claims to have brothers (giving her the need for yibum), he's not believed. Plus, a father who has several groups of daughters, from two wives, how to handle unspecific st...
Kiddushin 63: Wanting His Father's Approval, and Other Conditions
October 15, 2023 06:29 - 11 minutes - 11 MB3 mishnayot! Each with unusual, surprising conditions for betrothal, and when they donor don't work.
Kiddushin 62: That Which Does Not Yet Exist
October 14, 2023 20:51 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBIf a man betrothes a woman and explains that he was mistaken in his thinking about different aspects of her identity, they remain betrothed. She wasn't acting under false pretenses. But not so if they weren't eligible to be betrothed at the time that the man makes conditions on the betrothal, the conditions coming true are not enough - because they weren't eligible to begin with. Plus, a condition to betroth an unborn daughter. Also, the question of that which doesn't yet exist vs. that which...
Kiddushin 61: If Yes, If No
October 13, 2023 14:56 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBIrregularities in a field that is to be used for kiddushin - how do they change things? Plus new mishnah on the double conditions of Gad and Reuven. Plus, the dispute between R. Meir and R. Hanina ben Gamliel.
Kiddushin 60: The Moneylender's Money
October 12, 2023 19:45 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBThe parallels between the regular case of betrothal and other topics. Plus, specific conditions - based on specifics of money - what he has, what she can trust that he has. The specific phrasing of the conditions can make a difference. Depending, course, on the behavior of the shaliach, and retroactive kiddushin... Plus, if the condition is the 30 days for when betrothal kicks in, and what he really means by it. And similarly with regard to other conditions.