Rava and Raba bar Meri continue to derive sources from the Torah for various values statements.  The gemara then brings two different reasons for the distinction the mishna makes between a case where one exempts amonther for inflicting upon him bodily damage to a case where one exempts another for destroying his possessions. A contradiction…

Abaye brings halachot of 5 different tannaim and claims that all of them agree that changing an item doesn’t change ownership over it.  Rava disagrees and explains why each case is unique and can’t teach a general principle.  Rabbi Yochanan holds that one has to return the stolen item as is and not the value…

Shmuel lists 3 people who can demand land that they are owed – even if it’s valued higher now because its value increased – and then need to return the value of the increase to the other.  A contradictory statement of Shmuel is brought and it is reconciled.  When one steals and item and it increases…

The mishna distinguishes between noticeable changes and those that aren’t noticeable.  The robber acquires only through a noticeable change.  There is a debate in the mishna regarding slaves – whether they are treated like land in which the robber does not acquire the slave or is it like movable property and it is acquired by…

More discussions on the effects of currency changes on outstanding loans – distinctions are made between the percentage of change.  Raba brings 4 halachot where indirect damage is concerned and rules in all 4 cases that the one who caused the damage is exempt.  Different important halachic principles are discussed such as garmei and davar hagorem…

If you hire someone to  fix something and they break it, they are responsible to pay you the value of it.  Rav Asi holds that if you give someone wood to build you a closet and he builds it but breaks it before he gives it to you,  he is not responsible for the broken item because the object…

Shmuel teaches that if a slaughterer messes up and treifs up the animal, he is responsible whether or not he did it for free or for pay.  Rabbi Yochanan disagrees and distinguishes between one who gets paid and one who does it for free.  He compares it to laws of shomrim and just as one who…

The gemara asks whether the value of wool that is dyed is considered like it is wool with dye in it or do we say that since the dye isn’t tangible, we don’t view it as being made up of dye and wool.  The gemara then proceeds to explain in what case there is relevance…

An opinion of the people in Israel is brought that claims that if a middleman changes from what the buyer wants, the buyer cannot acquire the item because the seller had no intent to give rights to the buyer – his intent was on the middleman.  A braita is brought to contradict that claim –…

The mishna assumes that one who swears falsely is the one who needs to ensure that he gets what he stole directly to the one who he stole from.  But that if he stole but didn’t swear about it, it would be sufficient to send in the hands of a messenger.  The gemara questions how this…