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Bava Batra 75: The Lights of the Leviathan and Jerusalem
More on the Leviathan. Among other details, the Leviathan can boil the water of the ocean. Also, it's very smelly. Also, -- all of which details have…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bava Batra 74: The Leviathan and the Question of Magic
Season 23 Episode 74
More of the dramatic, fantastical, fascinating passages. Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua traveled by ship - and they see a great light in the sea, w…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bava Batra 73: The Esoteric Tales of a Jewish 'Sinbad'
Season 23 Episode 73
Chapter 5! A new mishnah -- with a shift to a discussion of movable property, and what is included in their sales. For example, what is included in t…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bava Batra 72: Consecrated and Ancestral Lands
Season 23 Episode 72
Rav Huna on consecrating a field - where he says one does not take possession, in accord with Rabbi Akiva. But then the Gemara lines of Rav Huna's v…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bava Batra 71: What's the Difference between a Sale and a Gift?
Season 23 Episode 71
A new mishnah! More on what's not included - and what happens when the transfer of ownership is not via a sale, but other means, such as a gift. Plu…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bava Batra 70: Fulfilling One's Contract Terms - Or Not
Season 23 Episode 70
More on the trees -- selling fields and trees (if the tree is grafted or cut). Addressing the parameters of the cases presented, and how expansive th…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bava Batra 69: A Good Idea to Specify the Trees
Season 23 Episode 69
The Gemara doing what the Gemara does - fleshing out details of the mishnah. For example, the mishnah says "produce that's attached to the ground," …
1 year, 10 months ago
Bava Batra 68: Bright Lights Big City
Season 23 Episode 68
Two mishnah. The first describes which items are included in the sale of a city? The daf discusses the definition of one of the items mentioned in th…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bava Batra 67: Sales without Specification
Season 23 Episode 67
3 mishnayot! Each about selling different properties, where the details of the sale are not specified. First, a courtyard. (if the details are specif…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bava Batra 66: Attached to the Ground
Rabbi Eliezer and the Rabbis disagree if a once completed utensil then attached to the ground is considered part of the land. The Gemara discusses so…
1 year, 10 months ago