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On Second Thought: Delving Into the Sugya with Rabbanit Yafit Clymer Bava Batra 21 Sources Learn more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hadran.org.il

Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain Bava Batra 10a sources On Bava Batra 10a, Rabbi Akiva and Turnusrufus have a discussion about whether God wants people to be poor or not. It turns out that Turnusrufus thinks that God must want there to be poor people in the world if they exist, and no one should intervene to change that. Rabbi Akiva on the...

On Second Thought: Delving Into the Sugya with Rabbanit Yafit Clymer Masechet Bava Batra On the topic of neighbors, a recurring theme in the masechet Printable Sources Learn more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hadran.org.il

Gefet: Gemara, Perushim and Tosfot An in-depth ( Iyun ) Gemara shiur with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz (Episode 85) On the 17th of Tammuz, the luchot were broken. Our sugya arrives, via a question about how to distribute sacred texts, at a discussion of what, precisely, was in the Aron haBerit - the Ark of the Covenant - and teaches that both "the tablets and the shattered tab...

Gefet: Gemara, Perushim and Tosfot An in-depth ( Iyun ) Gemara shiur with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz (Episode 84) Is it a good thing for a society to force tzedakah? Is it beit din's responsibility to ensure, even if they have to resort to force, that citizens give charity? Tosafot on our sugya addresses this question, and through their answer, we can take a broader look at t...

Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain Bava Batra 3b, Bava Batra 8 In this session, we examine several sources within the Bavli about the mitzvah of redeeming captives that conflict with each other, having great impact on decisions about what “cost” or sacrifice is appropriate to expend on saving hostages. Given the resonance of this topic with t...

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Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain From Hadran's Siyum Masechet Bava Metzia Watch the full Siyum ⁠here⁠ . Dr. Elana Stein Hain – dinanddaf@hadran.org.il

On Second Thought: Delving Into the Sugya with Rabbanit Yafit Clymer Bava Metzia 111 112 113 Learn more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hadran.org.il

Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain Bava Metzia general concept: Mashkon In this shiur, we will examine some of the limitations that the Torah places on lenders towards those who borrow money from them through the halakhot of mashkon. This will give us a sense of how lending money is meant to be a type of tzedakah rather than a cold business t...

Gefet with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz is in collaboration with Yeshivat Drisha Bava Metzia 112 Why does a contractor collect his wages via an oath? Why not believe the employer? The gemara explains that an employer is readily confused and doesn't remember who has been paid, and is therefore less trustworthy. Tosafot is extremely troubled by this sugya, and is left without an...

Gefet with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz is in collaboration with Yeshivat Drisha Bava Metzia 104 While we left behind the laws of loans and interest a few weeks ago, our perek gives us an opportunity to turn back and understand one of the mechanisms that allows for us to follow the prohibition of ribit (interest) in a functional modern economy. What is heter iska? How can I take ou...

On Second Thought: Delving Into the Sugya with Rabbanit Yafit Clymer Bava Metzia 104 Learn more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠hadran.org.il

Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain חזקת מרא קמא ⁠⁠source sheet⁠⁠ BM 100 Of the many principles afforded by the Gemara about how to resolve property disputes, perhaps the most surprising is what’s known as חזקת מרא קמא, presuming that the property still belongs to the person who originally owned it even if it is no longer physically there! Wha...

Gefet with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz is in collaboration with Yeshivat Drisha Bava Metzia 100 The Mishnah says that when someone exchanges a pregnant cow for a donkey and there is doubt as to whether the cow gave birth before or after the transaction, the two parties split the value of the calf, and no one is required to take an oath. But in the beginning of our masekhet, we lea...

Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain ⁠source sheet⁠ BM 90a In discussing the prohibition of muzzling an animal as it does farm work, the Gemara asks whether one may ask a non-Jew to muzzle the animal and work it instead. What is the logic behind the prohibition to ask a non-Jew to perform an action for a Jew that the Jew herself may not perform...

Gefet:  Gemara, Perushim and Tosfot An in-depth (Iyun) Gemara shiur with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz (Episode 80) Bava Metzia 86 In its discussion of provisions for workers, the gemara speaks about Avraham's seudah and notes that the angels didn't actually eat there. Tosafot is surprised, and says that this is up for debate! So who is it who thinks that the angels really a...

On Second Thought: Delving Into the Sugya with Rabbanit Yafit Clymer ⁠⁠⁠ Sources Bava Metzia 85-89 Learn more on ⁠⁠⁠hadran.org.il

Gefet:  Gemara, Perushim and Tosfot An in-depth (Iyun) Gemara shiur with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz (Episode 79) Bava Metzia 72 75 Are witnesses who testified about a loan with interest considered valid? The Mishnah at the end of the perek clarifies that witnesses violate the lav of "lo tesimun alav neshech" , and Tosafot explains that sometimes they also violate the pr...

Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain source sheet What are the principles upon which the heter iska is built? How do we understand the role of legal circumvention in upholding Jewish law and life? Questions? Comments? Email dinanddaf@gmail.com For more on Chazal’s legal circuvmentions, check out my new book, Circumventing the Law. It’s availabl...

Gefet:  Gemara, Perushim and Tosfot An in-depth (Iyun) Gemara shiur with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz (Episode 78) Bava Metzia 64 Gefet with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz is in collaboration with Yeshivat Drisha SOURCES Learn more on Hadran's website

On Second Thought: Delving Into the Sugya with Rabbanit Yafit Clymer ⁠⁠⁠ Sources⁠⁠⁠ Bava Metzia 70-80 Learn more on ⁠⁠hadran.org.il

Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain source sheet Similar to ona’at mammon, in which neither the consumer nor the seller may perform it (consumer can’t underpay; seller can’t overcharge), the prohibition of taking interest applies to both borrower and lender (borrower can’t give it; lender can’t charge/accept it). How does this factor impact ou...

Gefet: Gemara, Perushim and Tosfot An in-depth (Iyun) Gemara shiur with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz What have we learned from the story of Akhnai's oven? The Tosafot teaches us new things and challenges what we previously knew. Bava Metzia 59 Gefet with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz is in collaboration with Yeshivat Drisha

Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study source sheet The gemara in Bava Metzia 58b states that oppression with speech (ona’at devarim) is a greater sin than oppression with finances (ona’at mammon). One reason given is because while the latter affects money, the former affects the “self.” This distinction is well-worn among Chazal, both in terms of protecting/harming someo...