Daf Yomi

Bava Kamma 88 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-01-29 Why a slave cannot be a witness. Why a convert, although he can be a witness, can't be a king. The mother who transferred property to her son during her husband's lifetime.

Bava Kamma 87 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-01-28 A blind person's exemption from various mitzvot. Do a minor's damages belong to her or her father? Liability of a parent if they damage a child.

Bava Kamma 86 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-01-27 Paying damages for a temporary loss in value. How to calculate embarrassment. Embarrassing a sleeping person who then dies in his sleep.

Bava Kamma 85 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-01-26 Paying for pain, medical costs and loss of employment and how these are assessed.

Bava Kamma 84 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-01-25 Further derivations of why "an eye for an eye" means monetary compensation and can't be taken literally. What judges in Babylon can adjudicate and what only judges in Israel can adjudicate.

Bava Kamma 83 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-01-24 One is not allowed to keep a dangerous dog at home. Five payments made for wounding someone. An "eye for an eye" is not taken literally.

Bava Kamma 82 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-01-23 The ten enactments of Ezra. Ten things said about Jerusalem.

Bava Kamma 81 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-01-22 The ten enactments of Joshua when he divided the land amongst the tribes, to ensure harmony,

Bava Kamma 80 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-01-21 Various laws pertaining to raising small animals in Israel. Owning a cat. Anyone who is treated badly, will not quickly be treated well.

Bava Kamma 79 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-01-20 Does a guardian become responsible for an item as soon as he agrees to watch it? The difference between a thief and a robber. Why does a thief pay 5x for an ox and 4x for a sheep?

Bava Kamma 78 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-01-19 What did the word "seh" connotate? Paying for a stolen olah offering. Does the thief pay a multiple of the animal if he retains a portion of it?

Bava Kamma 77 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-01-18 Anything which stands to be redeemed is considered like it is already redeemed. If the slaughter wouldn't result in a penalty would the selling of the animal? The status of a crossbreed animal.

Bava Kamma 76 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-01-17 The effect of consecrating a stolen animal. Difference between animals for which one bears financial responsibility vs not. Slaughtering that is not fit to be eaten is not considered slaughter.

Bava Kamma 75 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-01-16 One who admits to a fine while witnesses are approaching. Admitting where his admission does not obligate him in anything. Sumchos' case of multiple witnesses.

Bava Kamma 74 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-01-15 Various cases where witnesses are contradicted.

Bava Kamma 73 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-01-14 Changing testimony immediately after giving it. How this impacts conspiring witnesses. Contradiction of the witness is the beginning of hazamma.

Bava Kamma 72 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-01-13 When is slaughter defined to have taken place? If witnesses to the theft and/or sale or slaughter are found to be conspiring (zommemim). Are such witnesses disqualified retroactively?

Bava Kamma 71 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-01-12 How a person could be liable for a four or five times payment even though the animal was slaughtered on Shabbat. The status of food cooked on Shabbat.

Bava Kamma 70 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-01-11 Writing an power of attorney for movables. Testimony about half a matter. A sale effectuated through breaking Shabbat.

Bava Kamma 69 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-01-10 Can one redeem an item that was stolen from him? In order to consecrate an item do you have to own it as well as have it your possession? Comparing maaser sheni and revai fruit.

Bava Kamma 68 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-01-09 Stealing from a thief. Dispute whether one who sells or slaughters a stolen animal before the owner gives up on recovering it is liable the 4 or 5 times penalty. Consecration of a stolen animal.

Bava Kamma 67 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-01-08 A thief acquires an item through a change in name. Ulla's view - ye'ush doesn't result in the thief acquiring the item. Multiple payments are specific to an ox and sheep.

Bava Kamma 66 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-01-07 A physical change to a stolen item causes the thief to acquire it. If the owner of a stolen item despairs of retrieving it- what is the effect thereof? The significance of a change of name.

Bava Kamma 65 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-01-06 A thief pays the principal according to its value when he stole it; and he pays double and the four- and fivefold payment according to its value at the time of appearance in court. Active destruction constitutes a new act of theft, payment according to new value. A significant physical change in a thief's possession.

Bava Kamma 64 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-01-05 Alternative derivations of paying double. One who admits to liability for a fine, and then witnesses came and testified as much, is exempt from the double amount. A thief pays double even without swearing.