Daf Yomi

Bava Metzia 49 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-17 Does retracting from a verbal commitment constitute lack of trustworthiness? Definition of ona'ah- over and under charging.

Bava Metzia 48 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-16 The "mi she'para" curse on someone who retracts from a purchase after giving money. Do we actually say the curse or just warn about it? Does a down payment acquire equal to its value, or the entire purchase?

Bava Metzia 47 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-15 Whose utensil is used to perform chalipin? Can an insignificant item be used for chalipin? Does an item have to be pulled into ones possession to acquire it from the the Torah?

Bava Metzia 46 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-14 Various chalipin discussions - can coins be acquired through chalipin, assessment of a item's value for chalipin, using disqualified coins for chalipin.

Bava Metzia 45 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-13 Maaser sheni being deconsecrated onto gold coins. Various explanations of this dispute. Coins and chalipin.

Bava Metzia 44 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-12 Is mere intention enough to be considered misappropriation? When exchanging gold coins for silver coins, the buyer’s acquiring of the gold coins acquires the silver coins for the seller, but the seller’s acquiring of the silver coins does not acquire the gold coins for the buyer.

Bava Metzia 43 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-11 Depositing money with different people. Misappropriation of a deposit - at what time is the person considered responsible?

Bava Metzia 42 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-10 Safeguarding money. Blessing is only found in that which is hidden from the eye. The mother hiding a deposit which she thought was her sons.

Bava Metzia 41 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-09 A guardian who steals a deposit and returns it without the owner’s knowledge, or to the wrong place. Does misappropriation of a deposit requires a partial loss for the guardian to be liable?

Bava Metzia 40 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-08 Deducting normal depreciation from produce. Can one deduct on the basis of a percentage? If one may mix settled sediment back into oil when selling it.

Bava Metzia 39 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-07 All those who accept to manage a relative’s property, we evaluate the profits for them like a sharecropper’s normal share. A young child is not installed in a captive’s property, nor is a relative installed in a young child's property. The doubtful estate of captives.

Bava Metzia 38 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-06 What to do with deposited produce which is starting to decay. Produce which is becoming excessively ruined may be sold. Laws of a captive’s property.

Bava Metzia 37 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-05 Stealing money from one of two people, you have to pay both back vs two people who deposit an item with someone, only the lower amount needs to be returned. Definite vs doubtful claims.

Bava Metzia 36 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-04 A guardian who gave over an item to another guardian, is he liable if something happens? Being negligent and then something unavoidable happens.

Bava Metzia 35 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-03 People often believe that the lender’s honesty brought about his wealth. Until when can property which was appraised and seized to pay a debt be returned? A rented cow can be on-lent.

Bava Metzia 34 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-02 How a guardian acquires the double payment. Agreeing to pay is tantamount to paying. Payments of heirs, partial payments, or a wife’s property.

Bava Metzia 33 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-01 Who is defined as one's main teacher? Comparing the study of different areas of Torah. A guardian who pays the owner when he could have exempted himself via an oath receives the additional payments if the thief is found.

Bava Metzia 32 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-03-31 Not listening to one’s father to transgress a sin. One has to unload an animal for free but can get compensation for loading an animal. The prohibition of causing suffering to animals.

Bava Metzia 31 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-03-30 Saving land from damage. When a running or grazing animal is considered lost. Many double expressions in the Torah.

Bava Metzia 30 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-03-29 A found garment should be spread out for its benefit, but not for the finder’s benefit. Tthere are times that you may hide. Jerusalem was destroyed only because they judged there according to Torah law...?!

Bava Metzia 29 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-03-28 What one can do with money received from the sale of a lost item. Looking after a scroll, and a garment.

Bava Metzia 28 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-03-27 Until when is one obligated to announce a lost item? How a lost item is announced. Lost animals which incur a cost to maintain.

Bava Metzia 27 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-03-26 Laws derived from the verse about lost items. Lost items worth less than a perutah don't have to be returned. Is the law to return lost objects based on providing identifying marks Biblical or Rabbinical?

Bava Metzia 26 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-03-25 Coins found near animal dealers in Jerusalem are assumed to be maaser sheni. If someone saw a sela fall from one of two people, he must return it, because the owner does not despair of it. Possible transgressions for unlawfully taking a lost item to keep.

Bava Metzia 25 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-03-24 Produce or money found in front of a container. Three coins one upon the other must be returned. Something hidden, or possibly hidden, may not be touched.