Talking Talmud

The daf entertains the idea that a woman may sell her ketubah to pay damages to someone she injured or to her husband she injured. The daf finally explains why this discussion about ketuvot appears in Bava Kamma.

The daf tried to determine why slaves are disqualified from being witnesses by comparing slaves to other categories of people. In the middle of the daf is an incident with the mother of Rav Shmuel bar Ava if Hegronya and what happened to her melug property after her death.

A new mishnah! It spells out a good number of cases that entail paying the 5 compensations, and when one would be exempt, including what happens when one strikes a parent and does or does not cause a bruise. Also, the Gemara here - beginning with one who injures a minor daughter (vs. an adult son), and carrying through to a trust for a son... and other monetary support.

On Boshet - humiliation. And how this compensation is assessed. Plus, which sage's opinion is represented in the mishnah. Also, a new mishnah- when one humiliates people on specific categories - a naked person, a blind person, and more - depending on when there is intent. The question of the degree of objectivity regarding what is considered humiliating is key. Plus, the Gemara narrows the apparen...

The daf continues the discussion in different types of payments when a person injures another person specifically repui and boshet and how each is calculated.

When the Torah says, "an eye for an eye," how is that the Gemara concludes that the perpetrator compensates for the damage with money, rather than coming after him physically? Also, the deep topic of how to assess damages - to compare the injured party to a slave, which was, perhaps, logical, but nonetheless off-putting. Also, this particular assessment was only done in Israel, and not to be used...

Finishing up chapter 7... With more on the prohibition against Greek wisdom, and the language, as well as other "foreign" languages. Also, starting chapter 8, with the 5 categories of payment for personal injury.

The daf lists the 10 rules set up by Ezra HaSofer when he resettled the land. Plus there is mention of 10 rules only for Jerusalem. The daf returns to the discussion of what animals may not be raised in Eretz Yisroel by sharing an event that may explain why pig is the biggest non-kosher taboo.

A barita describes ten rules established by Yehoshua when Bnei Yisroel settled the land. Another barita discusses how all of the tribes’ portions shared equal topography.

More on the prohibition against raising certain small animals. Plus, the story of a pious person who had pain in his heart, and the doctors had no cure except for fresh goat milk from the source. Also, the respect paid to rabbis by each other, and the prohibition against owning a cat (especially white cats; black cats might be okay). Plus, signing on the dotted line to purchase a home in the land...

How a thief can take formal possession of an animal even while on the owner's property, depending on when the thief leaves that property, for example. Plus, a discussion of why the ganav is treated more stringently than a gazlan is. Also, a new mishnah: specific animals that were not allowed to be raised in the land of Israel. Including specific details of sheep, goats, chickens, and dogs, among o...

How does the prohibition against mating diverse kinds of animals impact the fourfold or fivefold payments. Plus our favorite halakhic animal the Koy appears on the daf. A new Mishnah discussed what happens when only part of the animal is sold after it is stolen.

A tiny page of Gemara on amud left, with a massive amount of commentary by the Baalei HaTosafot - on the red heifer, and a parallel discussion from the tractate Hullin. Specifically, on whether the meat of kodshim and dough can join together to form a minimum measure (spoiler: they do not). Also, more on the slaughtering that takes place with the animal that has been stolen.... and how an animal t...

The daf examines the opinion of Rabbi Shimon and his distinction between payment of the fourfold or fivefold fine in the case of a korban with achraut versus a korban without achraut. Rabbi Yochanon and Reish Lakish disagree how to understand Rabbi Shimon and what is the significance that this discussion quotes amoraim from Eretz Yisroel?

[Who's Who: Rabban Gamliel and Tavi] The case of witnesses and admission, and when in that timeline one's obligation to pay a fine kicks in. Plus, the involvement of the court in the payment, and how far the court (and the witnesses) can go in charging the penalty. Plus, the thief's admission. Also, the different functioning of admission, and whether it gets one out of paying or ropes one into pay...

More on the disagreement between Abaye and Rava on the Mishnah from 70a. The daf then shares a new Mishnah which is the inverse of the Mishnah on 70a.

Rabbi Yosi's opinion on the witnesses who saw the theft and the slaughter or sale. Plus, a conversation about the generations of dispute in this arena. Also, Rava on the potentially conspiring witnesses.

More on the halakhot about slaughtering an animal that was stolen or consecrated, but slaughtered in the wrong place in the Temple - such that the slaughtering itself considered the very last moment, because otherwise, the act that is considered the moment of slaughtering would complicate the prohibitions against certain animals, like one stolen or consecrated. Also, a new mishnah: When a person s...

The daf discusses a three way disagreement between Rabbi Meir, Rabbi Yehuda, and Rabbi Yochanan HaSandlar on the status of food cooked on Shabbat and how it relates to our case of slaughtering on Shabbat. Rava tries to understand the case if a stolen ox owned by two people but the thief increases his crime to only one of the owners.

A practice from Neharde'a - where writing a document of agency or power of attorney was not permitted. (With the discussion of what the issues were) Also, a new mishnah - about stealing and then slaughtering it, when does one need to pay the penalty of the 4 or 5? Including the return of "kim leih be-derabbah minei" - when one I'd only given the harsher punishment for two violations in one act.

More on R. Yochanan's position... and attempts to determine whether he really held the position ascribed to him. With a counter from chases in another mishnah: kerem revai, orlah, graves - all of which were demarcated spaces so that people wouldn't fall into violations of impurity on the one hand, but theft on the other (which leads back to R. Yochanan). Also, more on those pious, righteous, discr...

Selling a stolen animal and the penalty incurred during the time when the owner is or is no longer hoping to get the animal back - subject to a machloket on whether the despair of the owner getting the animal back. The extra 4 and 5 payment only kicks in once the theft is "forever." After despair, the thief takes full possession, and the original owner is compensated. There is an important discuss...

Is a changing an object a mechanism by which someone can acquire an object or does it always maintain its identity as the original object? Why does the rule of fourfold and fivefold payment only apply to the sheep and ox?

How a thief acquires a stolen item, via the thief's changing the item or the despair of the owner that it will never be recovered (the thief still has to compensate the owner for the item). Plus, Abaye's arguments against the impact of despair on the thief's taking possession of that which he has stolen. Also, the difference between a "ganav" (who steals with stealth) and a "gazlan" (who steals br...

When the thief pays back what he owes plus the double, is the value assessed from the time of theft, or from the time of judgement? What if the value of an animal stolen increases? Also, what about the stolen item undergoing significant change while in the possession of the thief? That process means that the thief actually acquires the stolen item. But this is difficult. The thief comes out ahead!...