Podcast Episodes

Bava Kamma 28: Don't Take the Law into Your Own Hands

Season 21 Episode 28

[Who's Who: Ben Bag Bag] The Gemara brings a lot of cases to argue that one cannot take the law into his or her own hands - even when it comes to mak…

2 years, 7 months ago

Bava Kamma 27: Left Objects

The seocnd perek closes with a series of outlandish accidents that try to help define the parameters of liability. The third perek begins with a Mish…

2 years, 7 months ago

Bava Kamma 26: When the Logic Doesn't Apply

Season 21 Episode 26

More on kal va-chomer logic, and several apparently relevant examples (of damages) when it is not applied. Plus, a new mishnah - and how a person is …

2 years, 7 months ago

Bava Kamma 25: Sufficient Logic

Season 21 Episode 25

First, a long mishnah - paying damages for the ox that damages. Depending on where the damage took place. But what impact does the location have, onc…

2 years, 7 months ago

Bava Kamma 24: When an Animal You Don't Own Is Your Weapon

Season 21 Episode 24

More on how an ox shifts from being "tam" to "mu'ad" - is the ox or the person whose somewhat negligence has given it room to gore? Also, the case of…

2 years, 7 months ago

Bava Kamma 23: Big Mouth

Does a cow’s mouth belong to the owner and if a cow eats someone else’s property is the damage taking place in the damager’s property - the mouth of …

2 years, 7 months ago

Bava Kamma: How By Fire

The daf presents a makhloket between Rabbi Yochanon and Reish Leikish on the how fire damages. The Gemara also mentions a Jewish holiday that usually…

2 years, 7 months ago

Bava Kamma 21: Dog on a Hot Tin Roof

Season 21 Episode 21

How does the owner of an animal that caused damage by eating pay for that damage? Specifically when the animal turns its head to eat from the side - …

2 years, 7 months ago

Bava Kamma 20: Squatter's Rights

Season 21 Episode 20

What if your animal eats food from the pack on the back of another animal? Or comparable damage. Who's responsible? Is this standard behavior or not?…

2 years, 7 months ago

Bava Kamma 19: Wag the Dog

Season 21 Episode 19

More, yes, on attenuated causation. [Who's Who: Rabbi Yehudah Nesiah] What about a wagging tail? Does the animal's owner need to hold on to the tail …

2 years, 7 months ago