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Bava Batra 82: Branches, Roots, and the Palm Tree's Smooth Trunk
Season 23 Episode 82
When one owns trees in the middle of another's property, how is growth on the tree ascribed to either owner (new branches, new roots)? What if there'…
2 years ago
Bava Batra 81: This Land Is Your Land
Season 23 Episode 81
The daf discussed the sale if tree, if the land is included and does the owner bring bikkurim form these trees. How to bring bikkurim is a machloket …
2 years ago
Bava Batra 80: Honey and Honeycomb
Season 23 Episode 80
A new mishnah! If you buy the "fruits" of a dovecoat, or of a beehive, or even honeycomb, then the "first fruits" of each of them need to be left for…
2 years ago
Bava Batra 79: Consecration
Season 23 Episode 79
A mishnah in Meila discusses if a consecrated item includes its contents and how it relates to a machloket between Rabbi Yehuda and Rabbi Yosi. Can y…
2 years ago
Bava Batra 78: Selling Donkeys
Season 23 Episode 78
Two new mishnayot! First - When it comes to selling a donkey, what gear, if any, is included as a default? The answer may depend on whether donkeys w…
2 years ago
Bava Batra 77: If You Buy the Wagon, Do You Buy the Mules?
Season 23 Episode 77
Indebtedness, and how transfer happens. Plus, when and how one can rescind with regard to the given transaction. Also, how movable property is acquir…
2 years ago
Bava Batra 76: The Largest Movable Object That Is Not Alive
How do you acquire a boat? It's a debate between Rav and Shmuel, even after they try to draw the parallel to the acquisition of a large animal and th…
2 years ago
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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years ago