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Bava Kamma 98: Indirect Damages: Who Is Liable?
Season 21 Episode 98
If one throws another's coin into the Mediterranean Sea, when is that exempt from paying back and when must you? Also, what if one burns a promissory…
2 years, 5 months ago
Bava Kamma 97: Worthless Coins
Season 21 Episode 97
Comparing slaves to land and to movable objects - unpleasant comparisons, but useful in trying to understand whether one can steal another's slave. P…
2 years, 5 months ago
Bava Kamma 96: When Is a Palm Tree No Longer a Palm Tree?
Season 21 Episode 96
When a thief improves what he's stolen and sells it or leaves the object to his heirs... the buyer acquires the right to that improvement. But what a…
2 years, 5 months ago
Bava Kamma 95: Rebbi’s Meir and shinui koneh
The daf explores Rebbe Meir’s approach to the question of whether change to an object effects acquisition. A question to consider: does the robber ga…
2 years, 5 months ago
Bava Kamma 94: Rebbe’s Takana for Teshuva
The Daf continues its discussion on shinuy koneh and why the Halacha follow R. Shimon Ben Elazar. R. Yehudah HaNasi constructs a takana to encourage …
2 years, 5 months ago
Bava Kamma 93: Making Something Your Own
Season 21 Episode 93
If one person invites another to injure himself (or herself), both the physical injury and the damage to a family's reputation. Plus, when one invite…
2 years, 5 months ago
Bava Kamma 92: Pray for Mercy on Others' Behalf
Season 21 Episode 92
Last mishnah of the chapter: When one injures another, and pays compensation, he still isn't forgiven until the victim offers it -- as learned from t…
2 years, 5 months ago
Bava Kamma 91: When an Object Becomes a Weapon
Season 21 Episode 91
Is there an assessment by the court to establish damages? Certainly, if the injured party is killed, the item is assessed to be a potential tool to k…
2 years, 5 months ago
Bava Kamma 90: What Judge Recreates the Cases He Judges?!
Season 21 Episode 90
A bit more on Takanat Usha. Plus, a man who strikes his slave and the slave dies, the owner is punished with capital punishment. Also, a very long mi…
2 years, 5 months ago
Bava Kamma 89: Back in Ketuvot
The daf entertains the idea that a woman may sell her ketubah to pay damages to someone she injured or to her husband she injured. The daf finally ex…
2 years, 5 months ago