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Bava Batra 95: Wine into Vinegar
Season 23 Episode 95
A seller of wine selling a cellar of wine - where the difference between a barrel vs. the stock carries real implications for the shift from wine to …
1 year, 9 months ago
Bava Batra 94: A Quarter Kav of Dirt
Season 23 Episode 93
A new mishnah discusses how much dirt can be sold with different types of produce. Rav Huna shares a halacha about happens if the buyer finds more th…
1 year, 9 months ago
Bava Batra 93: The Seller's Obligation in Making the Sale
Season 23 Episode 93
More on the dispute between Rav and Shmuel - on whether the seller owes the buyer the value of the error in the event that the merchandise sold was n…
1 year, 9 months ago
Bava Batra 92: Let the Buyer Beware (Or Not?)
Season 23 Episode 92
Beginning chapter 6 - with a new mishnah. One who sells produce that is sometimes used for eating and sometimes for planting -- what happens if the b…
1 year, 9 months ago
Bava Batra 91: Theological Holes in the Story of Ruth
Season 23 Episode 91
In the middle of 7 beraitot -- the last of which addresses increases to the cost of wheat, and then the Gemara turns to Megillat Ruth. Specifically, …
1 year, 9 months ago
Bava Batra 90: Hoarders, Market Demand, and Food Scarcity
Season 23 Episode 90
A given town has limits on how much it can increase the size of its measures. If the rationale is to avoid inflation, then why increase at all? Perha…
1 year, 9 months ago
Bava Batra 89: Criminal Minds - and the Torah Scholars Who Know Them
Season 23 Episode 89
Further discussion of the laws that pertain weights and measures, with a mnemonic to help them remember 11 beraitot, all pertaining to weights and me…
1 year, 9 months ago
Bava Batra 88: Honest Shopkeepers
Season 23 Episode 88
A new mishnah! (the last of the chapter) -- on the upkeep of weights and measures. That is, wiping them clean, specifically those that are used for w…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bava Batra 87: A Child Breaks an Oil Flask and the Storekeeper Is Liable (Maybe)
Season 23 Episode 87
2 mishnayot! First: The case of someone who sells food and drink -- that is, oil and wine -- and the price rises or falls, and the seller or the buye…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bava Batra 86: Kinyan Meshicha
The daf describes how kinyan meshicha works and questions if it an alternative to hagbaha or only done when hagbaha cannot be performed
1 year, 10 months ago