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Bava Metzia 30: Taking Care with Others' Stuff
Season 22 Episode 30
Found items of different materials - silver, copper, wood, and so on - can be used by the finder in different ways, depending on the substance. Plus,…
2 years, 3 months ago
Bava Metzia 29: Lost Tefillin and More
Season 22 Episode 29
A dispute between Rabbi Tarfon and Rabbi Akiva, about whether one can use the funds from the sale of a found animal that isn't monetarily helpful. Al…
2 years, 3 months ago
Bava Metzia 28: Lost & Found
Season 22 Episode 28
More on distinguishing marks - and whether they are a Torah requirement or a rabbinic one. Also, how long must one hold on to a lost object? Also, pi…
2 years, 3 months ago
Bava Metzia 27: Returning Lost Objects Is a Mitzvah (But Not Quite Always)
Season 22 Episode 27
The biblical text for the requirements of returning lost objects, including which objects require returning. How, then, does the question of distingu…
2 years, 3 months ago
Bava Metzia 26: A Few Considerations
The daf has a few mishnahs dealing with a few halachot around lost objects? Does the location where a lost object is found determine ownership or if …
2 years, 3 months ago
Bava Metzia 25: Dropped Coins
Season 22 Episode 25
A new mishnah - with a list of when a finder has to proclaim and declare the found item(s), so that the original owner can come forward. With debates…
2 years, 3 months ago
Bava Metzia 24: Be Nice and Give It Back
Season 22 Episode 24
A story about Mar Zutra the Pious, when a silver cup was stolen, and Mar Zutra finds the guilty party. Unidentifiable items go to the finder - if the…
2 years, 3 months ago
Bava Metzia 23: Incidental Simanim
Season 22 Episode 23
The daf discusses objects found that may or may not have a purposeful siman.
2 years, 3 months ago
Bava Metzia 22: Hospitality
Season 22 Episode 22
Several sages were in an orchard, and a worker there gave them samples of fruit, but Mar Zutra did not eat. And then it seems that the orchard owner …
2 years, 3 months ago
Bava Metzia 21: Yaush and Siman
The daf begins the second perek of the masechet which starts with a mishnah discussing lost objects and when the finder does or does not have to find…
2 years, 3 months ago