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Bava Batra 55: Sea Quill Boundaries
Season 23 Episode 55
More on "dina de-malchuta" -- including the exilarch, Jewish ruler of the Jews in Babylonia, who quotes the sage, Shmuel, regarding the law of the la…
1 year, 11 months ago
Bava Batra 54: Dina de-Malkhuta Dina (Again)
Season 23 Episode 54
If a person removes branches from a palm tree for the sake of improving the tree, that might be well enough to acquire the tree. How he removes the b…
1 year, 11 months ago
Bava Batra 53: Adding the Doors to Palaces
Season 23 Episode 53
How breaching a wall can be sufficient to take possession. Plus, when one moves stones to benefit the land - that can also be a chazakah. Also, one w…
1 year, 11 months ago
Bava Batra 52: Not All Families Get Along
Season 23 Episode 52
Neither father nor son can take possession of the other's property via chazakah. The question is in the case that they are separated in some way that…
1 year, 11 months ago
Bava Batra 51: Hidden Money
Season 23 Episode 51
Can a wife buy a property from her husband? Is that a valid sale? What is the property is given as a gift? What does the daf mean when it talks about…
1 year, 11 months ago
Bava Batra 50: Handling Quasi-Joint Property in Marriage
Season 23 Episode 50
Ways in which a husband attempting to take ownership of his wife's property won't work. The Gemara continues to address the peculiarities of this dyn…
1 year, 11 months ago
Bava Batra 49: Can a Wife Be forced to Sell Land to Her Husband?
Season 23 Episode 49
A husband cannot establish a presumption of ownership regarding his wife's property - nor a wife regarding her husband's. Which makes sense given the…
1 year, 11 months ago
Bava Batra 48: Tavi, Paphi, and the Kinara
Season 23 Episode 48
Rav Huna talks about a case where "they hung him up" -- to establish the duress under which a transaction might or might not work (Rav Huna says it d…
1 year, 11 months ago
Bava Batra 47: Thieves and Their Rights to Ownership
Season 23 Episode 47
More on the craftspeople and the sharecroppers -- where they don't have the rights to the presumption of ownership, but their sons would. Whereas if …
1 year, 11 months ago
Bava Batra 46: The Dry Cleaners' Wrong Clothes
Season 23 Episode 46
The case of vessels or clothing left with a craftsperson, where the customer gets someone else's property in return - that customer can use the other…
1 year, 11 months ago