Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran

Can one use a ma li l'shaker claim against a chazaka , as in the case where a creditor demands payment after the date of the loan was already due and the borrower claims that they returned a loan before loan's due date? Do we believe the borrower since a better claim could have been made (that he/she paid back the loan on time) or is this not accepted since there is a chazaka , assumption that peo...

Seder Nezikin Kit - Order Form Bava Batra bookmark Ravina's property surrounded Runia's property on all four sides and Ravina put up a fence and insisted that Runia share in the cost, based on the ruling in the Mishna. Runia did not want to pay. They brought the case in front of Rava who ruled that Runia needed to pay at least the amount of money it would have cost him to bring a guard to protect...

Study Guide Bava Batra 4 How did Herod, who was a slave, become a king? How did he end up being the one who renovated the Temple? What are the rules for partitions in a garden or in a field where there is no established custom? When one resident cannot force the other to build a wall, the one who wants it builds it exclusively on their property and puts an identifying marker on it. Why does the ma...

Seder Nezikin Kit - Order Form Bava Batra bookmark After concluding that mechitza means a wall, the Gemara now brings an alternate version of the previous sugya in which the opposite conclusion is reached - that mechitza is a partition, concluding that one is responsible for preventing heizek re'iya , one neighbor looking into the other's courtyard. Two difficulties are raised against this explana...

Bava Batra bookmark Study Guide Bava Batra 2 Masechet Bava Batra is sponsored by Lori Stark in loving memory of her mother in law, Sara Shapiro and her father Nehemiah Sosewitz. "Sara proudly shared that her father taught her some Talmud at a time when that was not done. He came to Chicago from Stashov Poland and was known for delivering the laundry along with a dvar Torah. Sara was a highly respe...

Siyum Masechet Bava Metzia is sponsored by the Gewurz family in loving memory of their dear father and grandfather, Samuel Gewurz, Shmuel Ben Yehudah Leib v'Rachel Mirel, z"l. "He spent the last three years of his life learning Bava Metzia, with a chavruta, almost every day. Together, they made it to the middle of the eighth perek. We finished the eighth perek at the shiva. Now, we complete this s...

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Today's daf is sponsored by Tzippy Wolkenfeld in loving memory of Yakira Leeba bat Avrohom Yosef Yehuda v'Sara Gita. "Tomorrow marks the first yahrzeit of our beautiful granddaughter Yakira Leeba bat Avrohom Yosef Yehuda v'Sara Gita, a glorious little person who inspired tefilla and chesed around the world." If one has an olive press built into a rock and another has a garden above it, if the ceil...

Study Guide Bava Metzia 117 Today's daf is sponsored by the Hadran Women of Long Island in honor of the birth of a granddaughter, daughter of Aliza and Chesky Gewirtz, to our friend and co-learner Deena Rabinovich. "May the Rabinovich and Gewirtz families see much nachat as the new "Hadran Daf Addition" grows to Torah (and Daf), chuppa  and maasim tovim , and may this simcha bring joy, peace, and...

This week's learning is sponsored by the Storch, Joseph, and Cohen families for the refuah shleima of their dear friend Jenny, Esther Gittel Bat Miriam v''Asher Anshel. "We love you Jenny." If one seizes as collateral any item that is used for one purpose but made up of two parts, one transgresses two negative commandments. This is learned from the verse about the millstone, which is made of two p...

In the event of the borrower's death, if one had taken a collateral, the creditor can keep it as payment for the loan. The lender would lose their money if there was no collateral and no land to collect from. Does the collateral need to be in the hands of the creditor at the time of death or is it enough that it was originally taken as collateral, but could have been temporarily returned at the ti...

Today's daf is sponsored by the Hadran Women of Long Island in honor of the birth of a grandson, son of Dovid and Ahuva Lewis, to our friend and co-learner Debbie Portnoy.  May the Portnoy and Lewis families see much nachat as the new arrival grows to Torah (and Daf), chuppah and maasim tovim , and may this simcha bring joy, peace, and healing to the Jewish nation and the world.  If a borrower giv...

This month's learning is sponsored by Rabbi Hayim Herring with pride and love, in honor of his spouse, Terri Krivosha, who received this year's Sidney Barrows Lifetime Commitment Award from the Mpls. And St. Paul Federations in recognition of her distinguished contribution to the Twin Cities Legal and Jewish Communities. The employer is trusted to deny a worker's claim that the worker was not yet...

A braita extrapolates the verse in Devarim 24:15 that holding back salary is considered like taking away his/her soul. Whose soul - the worker or the employer? Rav Chisda and Rav Huna each bring different answers and explanations, based on verses in Proverbs. From the word "with you" in Vayikra 19:13, they derive three cases where the prohibition to delay salary does not apply. One exception is if...

Study Guide Bava Metzia 111 This month's learning is sponsored by Shifra Tyberg and Rephael Wenger in loving memory of Zvi ben Yisrael Yitzhak Tyberg on his yahrzeit, and in honor of their daughter Ayelet's upcoming marriage to Ori Kinberg.  Today's daf is sponsored by Nina Black in loving memory of her mother, Sophie Black, Sophia bat Avram, z"l whose yahrzeit is today. "Mom was a committed Jew,...

Today's daf is sponsored in loving memory of Eilon Weiss, brother of Tzippy Huri, one of our learners, who was killed on Shabbat in Gaza. Eilon also learned daf yomi daily, even while he was serving in Gaza.   

This week's learning is sponsored by Bob & Paula Cohen in loving memory of Helen Cohen, Henna bat Yitzchak Nechemia whose yahrzeit is on Friday. This week's learning is sponsored by Sara Averick & Jose Rosenfeld in loving memory of Sara's mother, Leah bat Rav Yehuda Leib Chaikel v'Chaya Masha. "She made sure her children got an excellent Jewish education." Today's daf is dedicated in memory of the...

Those who own land near the river should cut all trees along the river's edge to allow those who pull in the boats to have space to do so. A story is told of Raba bar Rav Huna who refused to cut his trees down. Although he was justified in his argument, Raba bar Rav Nachman came by without checking into the situation properly and had them cut down. Raba bar Rav Huna cursed him and the curse was fu...

If a landowner expects the sharecropper to plant a certain crop, can the sharecropper change to a different crop? This question hinges on whether the change benefits or harms the field in the long term. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel disagrees with the rabbis and forbids any change. The Gemara suggests possible explanations of why he forbids it. The first explanation is rejected but the second is accep...

Today's daf is sponsored by Jill and Jeff Shames in loving memory of Jill's father, Bill Baker, Zev Velvel ben Reuven v'Chana. "We were blessed to have him in our lives until three years ago. Dad, may you continue to shepp nachat from your children, your children's children and your children's children's children. We miss you."  A sharecropper ( chokher ) who cultivates another's land may face sce...

Rava discusses more issues regarding a heiter iska . If a sharecropper who pays a fixed amount to the owner is not permitted to decide not to weed the field, for various reasons cited in the Mishna and Gemara. If one sharecrops for percentages and there is very little yield, the sharecropper does not assume responsibility. However, there is a minimum amount. What is that amount? The Gemara digress...

If a sharecropper agrees to work an irrigated field and the river dries up, can the sharecropper deduct something from the payment to the owner, as the work is more difficult than expected? On what does it depend? If one agrees to sharecrop for a percentage of the yield and decides not to work the land, one still needs the landowner according to the agreed-upon percentage calculated at what the fi...

If the landlord claims that the tenant hasn't paid rent and the tenant claims they already paid, the tenant takes an oath verifying their claim and is exempt from payment. If a rental contract was written for a specific amount of years, but no date was included in the contract, even though the contract is in the hands of the tenant, since the landlord is the one who has original rights to the land...

This week's learning is sponsored by Joy Benatar in loving memory of Miriam Quint David on her 8th yahrzeit. "Proud mother and grandmother; passionate Jewish educator; pastry, ice cream and needlework enthusiast." Today's daf is sponsored by Batsheva Pava in loving memory of her father's family who arrived at Auschwitz only a few days before Shavuot. "His mother, Batsheva, and son, Moshe Meshel an...

If a river uprooted a tree and placed it in someone else's field, can the owner take it back? What if someone planted a tree on someone's property without the owner's knowledge? Does the one who planted receive payment for their work and how much? Would the law be the same for a house one built in someone else's ruin without the property owner's knowledge? How much advance notice is required for a...