Podcast Episodes

Bava Metzia 100: Oath-taking to Establish a Sale (except for slaves)

Season 22 Episode 100

The laws of transactions between buyers and sellers, in parallel to borrowers and lenders. With the example of a pregnant cow that was traded for a d…

2 years, 1 month ago

Bava Metzia 99: 50 Dates Minus 1

Season 22 Episode 99

Rav discusses a case when a slave brings the borrowed object to the borrower and how does that affect the borrower’s liability. If a stolen item can …

2 years, 1 month ago

Bava Metzia 98: Liable for a Partial Admission

Season 22 Episode 98

If one person says to another - you owe me 100 dinar, and the other says, I only owe you 50, I don't know ow about the other half - which means he ca…

2 years, 1 month ago

Bava Metzia 97: When the Mice Unite against a Cat

Season 22 Episode 97

Stories! Unexpected work related harm - gender dynamics and the unlikelihood of mice going after a cat. That is, circumstances of death that we don't…

2 years, 1 month ago

Bava Metzia 96: Rami Bar Chama Pushes the Halakhic Boundries

Rana bar Chama shares a series of astounding questions exploring when a borrower may or may not be liable. The response to the questions may be even …

2 years, 1 month ago

Bava Metzia 95: The Borrower

Season 22 Episode 95

How do we derive the liability of a borrower for theft and loss? (Verses!) But the obligation to pay comes from logic. But Rav Hamnuna understands th…

2 years, 1 month ago

Bava Metzia 94: Stipulations on the Torah's Conditions

Season 22 Episode 94

Conditions, as set by the guardians - which counters the inherent conditions for each of them, as established in the Torah. Plus, exemptions that all…

2 years, 1 month ago

Bava Metzia 93: The Shomers

Season 22 Episode 93

Three mishnahs on this daf which discuss different laws about Shomrim

2 years, 1 month ago

Bava Metzia 92: The Cost of a Cucumber

Season 22 Episode 92

A new mishnah: the rights of the worker to eat - but what if the value of the produce he eats is more than his wages? It's a machloket. Plus, fine-tu…

2 years, 1 month ago

Bava Metzia 91: The Problem of Dairy Bread

Season 22 Episode 91

More on muzzling... Can a court enforce a monetary requirement on one who didn't muzzle when it was needed? What other costs come along with the muzz…

2 years, 1 month ago