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Sanhedrin 2: The Number of Judges
Season 24 Episode 2
Beginning Sanhedrin! With an introduction to the court system, as initially instituted, in some measure, in the Torah. And the first mishnah -- this …
1 year, 7 months ago
Bava Batra 176: A Halakhic Way of Thinking
Season 23 Episode 176
In the case of one who wrote an IOU document in his own handwriting, without witnesses, then the collection can only take place from unencumbered pro…
1 year, 7 months ago
Bava Batra 175: The Torah Effect
Season 23 Episode 175
Returning to the person on his deathbed -- what about liability incurred by a person in these circumstances? What are the implications of his status …
1 year, 7 months ago
Bava Batra 174: Faulty Ethics, or Why 'Poverty Follows the Poor'
Season 23 Episode 174
More on the guarantor -- distinguishing between a regular one and a "kablan guarantor." So, here, the halakhic concept becomes a halakhic category, w…
1 year, 7 months ago
Bava Batra 173: Signing on to Be a Guarantor Is Real
Season 23 Episode 173
More on people who have the same name -- and a need for a scribe to write an IOU -- with a third approach to making the deal work, including, if both…
1 year, 7 months ago
Bava Batra 172: What to Do about Imprecise Documents
Season 23 Episode 172
On the ways to write documents, especially those used to effect transfer -- including if the document is written in a different place from that actua…
1 year, 7 months ago
Bava Batra 171: Shabbat-Dated Documents
Season 23 Episode 171
Everyone agrees that if the date of an IOU is the date of a Shabbat or Yom Kippur, the given assumption is that the document was post-dated, with som…
1 year, 7 months ago
Bava Batra 170: Practical Cases of Contested Loans (plus)
Season 23 Episode 170
When an apparently previous owner claims he is the current owner, against the apparent current owner. What kind of proof would be necessary? All of w…
1 year, 7 months ago
Bava Batra 169: In the Absence of a Guarantee
Season 23 Episode 169
A case study of two documents for each party in the context of, for example, the sale of a field -- where two copies increases the risk of fraudulent…
1 year, 7 months ago
Bava Batra 168: The Selfish Trait of Sodom
Season 23 Episode 168
When the document to be scribed is a bill of divorce, the husband pays the cost of the scribe -- with a rational for why he does, and also why that r…
1 year, 7 months ago