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Bava Batra 61: Annexes and Cisterns
Season 23 Episode 61
A new chapter - with a new mishnah! If you sell a house without specifying that attachments or annexes to the house are included in the sale, then th…
2 years ago
Bava Batra 60: Those Who Mourn Jerusalem Will Merit to See It Rebuilt
Season 23 Episode 60
2 new mishnayot: The openings one cannot make in one's home that is on a courtyard - especially when facing other homes openings, in contrast to fac…
2 years ago
Bava Batra 59: Forcing People to Be Considerate
Season 23 Episode 59
If one opens a window lower than 4 amot, and the neighbors don't protest, then the one who did so can keep it, as a chazakah. A high window, however,…
2 years ago
Bava Batra 58: The Visions of Rabbi Benaya
Season 23 Episode 58
More on Rabbi Benaya, including a visit to the Cave of Machpelah, and an encounter with Abraham, Sarah, and more... Also, a return to the discussion …
2 years ago
Bava Batra 57: The Modesty of Men
Season 23 Episode 57
A new mishnah! Listing what does work for chazakah (yes, really) and what does not. Also, how residents on a courtyard can protest and prevent activi…
2 years ago
Bava Batra 56: Combining Witnesses
Season 23 Episode 56
How do false witnesses pay back the owner of a field? To prove chazakah does one require one set of witnesses for all three years or different sets o…
2 years ago
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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years ago