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Bava Kamma 17: Can Chickens Break a Bucket?
Wrapping up the first chapter – with some aggadata doing some analysis of biblical verses that seems to connect to the halakhic topics at hand…
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The daf discusses how different wild animals are damagers and can they ever be not considered muad. The Mishnah finally spells out some of the…
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Bava Kamma 16: Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh My!
The daf discusses how different wild animals are damagers and can they ever be not considered muad. The Mishnah finally spells out some of the…
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Bava Kamma 15: Why 3?
Why do we need three proofs to determine that women are included in the laws of damages. A Mishnah discusses other types of damagers. Click…
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Bava Kamma 14: 4 or Maybe 3
The daf finishes up itโs discussion of the second Mishnah in our Masechet by discussing the 4 rules of damages attributed to Rabbi Shimon Ben…
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Bava Kamma 13: Kodshim as a Damager
What happens when Kodshim cause damage and are they considered property? The daf comments in what to do about duplicate mishnahs. Click here for the…
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Bava Kamma 12: Rabbi Yossi HaGilili and Kodshim Kalim
Rav Nachmun issues a halahkic ruling about orphans and the repayment of loans. The daf explores when do kodshim kalim becone subject to meilah and…
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Bava Kamma 11: Ulla x 7
Are there categories of damagers who the course does help with the valuation of the damages? Where category is the borrower in? The daf also…
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Bava Kamma 10: Partial Damager
The daf discusses what is mean to cause some of the damage and what liability that incurs for the damager. Then the Gemara presents scriptural…
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Bava Kamma 8: Land Equity
When a buyer purchases land from a seller that owes money the owed money stays with the sold land. The daf explains different ways the…
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