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Bava Batra 41: The Need for a Claim
Season 23 Episode 41
A new mishnah! On how occupying another's property without an actual claim is not enough to establish a presumption of ownership. But isn't that obvi…
2 years, 1 month ago
Bava Batra 40: Hidden Gifts
Season 23 Episode 40
The protesting owner, for whom witnesses came forward - does not need a document to be witnessed, nor does the protestor need to require a document -…
2 years, 1 month ago
Bava Batra 39: The Owner's Protest (Details)
Season 23 Episode 39
Querying before how many people did Rabbi Yochanan require for an owner to protest that he wasn't giving up his property -- a dispute: either 2 or 3.…
2 years, 1 month ago
Bava Batra 38: Rough Travels
Season 23 Episode 38
A new mishnah! The presumption of ownership is dependent on where the land that is under discussion is located - specifically, Judea vs. the Galilee.…
2 years, 1 month ago
Bava Batra 37: Uproot Your Trees and Go!
Season 23 Episode 37
A complicated case of two people taking possession of the same area, but divided between the trees and the land -- but how can one have the right to …
2 years, 1 month ago
Bava Batra 36: No Presumption of Ownership for Slaves (or Livestock)
Season 23 Episode 36
A case of claimants with regard to slaves, for which the Gemara draws a parallel to movable property -- for which a presumption of ownership does not…
2 years, 1 month ago
Bava Batra 35: A Sharecropper Is Not an Owner
Season 23 Episode 35
A case of two claimants to land, claiming an inheritance to that same land -- to which Rav Nachman says, let the stronger one prevail. Shmuel says th…
2 years, 1 month ago
Bava Batra 34: It's Mine! Or Using Oaths or the Court to Your Own Ends
Season 23 Episode 34
A case of contested use of produce -- whose is it? As parallel to Rabbi Abba's case, when one snatched a silver ingot, and how that case is compounde…
2 years, 1 month ago
Bava Batra 33: Back When There Was No Paper Trail
Season 23 Episode 33
A relative of Rav Idi bar Avin died and left a date tree as an inheritance -- which leads to a dispute with another relative over which is the closer…
2 years, 1 month ago
Bava Batra 32: A Counterfeit IOU
Season 23 Episode 32
Our Gemara cites a mishnah from Ketubot regarding not determining status, specifically of a kohen, when there is testimony from only one witness - wi…
2 years, 1 month ago