Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran

Today's daf is sponsored by Art Gould in loving memory of Art's father Joseph, Yosef ben Shlomo Shabtai v'Rachel on his 23rd yahrzeit. "Joe was an ordinary man of extraordinary dignity, decency and dedication. When my mother first saw him she was immediately interested. Then he removed his hat; she saw his bald head and concluded he was already married with children. He wasn't. The rest is family...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 95 If one steals a pregnant animal or a sheep with its wool and it increases in value in the hands of the thief, then gives birth or is sheared, does the thief need to compensate the owner for the increased value as well? Rabbi Meir, Rabbi Yehuda and Rabbi Shimon disagree. There are two different versions brought of a question that was asked on Rabbi Meir's approach. The fir...

Today's daf is sponsored by Harriet Hartman in loving memory of Uri (Uriel) Ben-Ami who passed away last Thursday. " Yehi zichro m'vurach . A strong Zionist with a lifetime of stories to tell, he was the husband of my dear friend Henrietta Ben-Ami." Abaye brings halakhot of five different tanaim and claims that all agree that changing an item does not change the ownership over the item. Rava disag...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 93 Today's daf is sponsored by Debbie Pine and Mark Orenshein in loving memory of Mark's mother, Sandy Orenshein, Zlata Rochel bat Dovid v'Malka on her 5th yahrzeit. Rava and Raba bar Meri derive from the Torah one more expression that people use. Other rabbis derive other similar-type statements from the Torah. Why is there a distinction in the Mishna between a case where o...

This week's learning is sponsored by Glenn Miller and Ruth Rotenberg in memory of their daughter Tanielle Miller's 19th yahrzeit. "This year embodying Tanielle's passions, the Tanielle Miller Foundation has blossomed into a hub for over six initiatives in Israel from civilian first responders to organizing ER doctors from around the world, all to support our victory in Israel. יחד ננצח May the lea...

Today's daf is sponsored by Becki Goldstein in loving memory of her mother, Shoshana Rosa bat Shmuel and Minda Lea. "A self-made woman who at the age of 60 graduated high school with honors. She found fulfillment in the sanctuary of Torah learning which she bequeathed to her children and grandchildren.  She was known for the trait of hakarat hatov . She was always the first to thank a lecturer and...

Today's daf is sponsored by the Hadran Women of Long Island "as we share the simcha of our friend and co-learner Shoshana Shur and her family upon the engagement of her son Eli to Rochel Markel. May the joy of this new couple spread to encompass all of klal Yisrael - and may we all continue to share smachot!" After rejecting the suggestion that the tanaim debate whether or not there was a takana i...

Today's daf is sponsored by Gabrielle Altman in loving memory of Honorable Myriam Altman. "She was a beloved wife, mother and grandmother, and an unforgettable role model and jurist. A Holocaust survivor, she would have been so proud of her family and Am Yisrael, today and every day." Two sources, one of them our Mishna, are brought to prove that there was a takana instituted in Usha that a woman...

The rabbis and Rabbi Yehuda disagree about whether a humiliation payment is paid by one who humiliates a Canaanite slave. The basis of their debate depends on whether a Caananite slave falls under the term 'your brother' that is used in the verse in the Torah regarding the humiliation payment. How do their interpretations of 'brother' fit in with other Torah verses that use that term as well, such...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 87 Rabbi Yehuda's opinion regarding blind people appears in several braitot. In one braita, Rabbi Yehuda extends the exemption of blind people to judgment and in another one, he extends it to all mitzvot. Rav Yosef, who was blind, was, at first, thrilled to hear about this opinion and said that if we were to hold that way he would celebrate as it meant he was keeping mitzvot...

Raba asks if there is a requirement to pay for damages for causing a temporary injury (the injury will eventually heal completely). Rava and Abaye each have different positions on this question. They disagree as well in a case of permanent damage to a Jewish slave - to whom does the payment go - to the slave or the owner? According to which tanaitic opinion in our braita does the Mishna follow whe...

Two different suggestions are offered to explain according to which opinion the Mishna accords when it rules that there is payment for pain even when there is no financial damage. It depends on how a debate between Rebbi and Ben Azai about Shmot 21:25 is understood. How is pain assessed when there is financial damage? There are three different opinions regarding payments for growths that developed...

Today's Daf is sponsored by David and Mitzi Geffen in loving memory of David's grandmother, Rabbanit Sara Hene Rabinowitz Geffen, on her Tu B'Shevat yahrzeit. "She and her husband, Rav Tuvia Geffen, Rabbi of Sherith Israel Synagogue in Atlanta for 60 years, brought up their eight children with love and learning. Seven of their grandchildren made a liyah and many great-grandchildren and great-great...

Today's daf is sponsored by Betsy and Tevie Mehlman in honor of the birth of their grandson Lavi to Hillel and Shaked. "His name symbolizes strength. May he be a continuing source of pride and joy to his parents and his entire family." Today's daf is sponsored by Deborah Kotz for the refuah shleima of Yonatan Yitzchak Ben Ateret, an IDF soldier critically injured in his tank in Gaza on Friday. Tod...

Today's daf is sponsored by Terri Krivosha and Rabbi Hayim Herring in loving memory of Terri's father Nachum Meir ben David and Malka, Judge Norman Krivosha, on his 3rd yahrzeit, and in honor of their granddaughter, Orli Nessa bat Avi and Sheyna, named in his memory. And in memory of those killed in the war, for the release of the hostages and the refuah shleima of all those who have been wounded....

Today's daf is sponsored by the Hadran family for the refuah shleima of our wonderful Hadran chevruta Rhona Fink, Chana bat Malka, and her family. "Ill with a heavy case of influenza which has disrupted the tail end of a lovely shared vacation. Wishing Rhona, Ray and the entire family much strength and full recovery - soon, b'ezrat Hashem.  Yehoshua instituted ten takanot upon entering the land of...

Today's daf is sponsored by Rozy & Larry Jaffe in loving memory of Rozy's mother, Dita Muhlrad, Doba Faiga bat Menachem on her 8th yahrzeit. "Although she's gone 8 years, "nana" continues to inspire us all daily by recalling her elegance, generosity, and sharp witticisms. Born on Simchat Torah, she always smiled and exuded simcha to all who knew her." Under what circumstances can one raise small a...

Even though there is no agency for doing a transgression, there is an exception to the rule with slaughtering an animal that one stole and if the thief has an agent slaughter it, the thief will be liable to pay the four/five payment. To be liable for stealing, slaughtering/selling, the item must have been removed at some point from the original owner's property as an act of acquiring must be perfo...

Rava said that the word " se - sheep" in the Torah comes to exclude mixed breeds. To what halakha was this statement referring to? If one took upon oneself to bring a sacrifice of a burnt offering (" harei alai olah "), designated a bull and then someone stole it, does the thief have to replace it with a bull or can the thief replace it with a sheep or bird as the original owner can give one of th...

Today's daf is sponsored by Zeev Segal, Chaya Sara Nisan and Naomi Noi in loving memory of Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Segel. Today's daf is sponsored by Sara Averick and Jose Rosenfeld in loving memory of Sara's brother, Moshe David ben Naftali Yosef Halevi v'Leah. "שהעמיד תלמידים הרבה" We learn from the red heifer that an item that can be potentially redeemed is considered as if it is redeemed for certa...

Today's daf is sponsored by Jessica Shklar in honor of Ruth Leah Kahan. "It has been quite an experience learning Bava Kamma and hearing my impeccably-mannered older sister described as a thief who can't look after her oxen. I want to assure the Daf Yomi community that she is neither of those things."  Today's daf is also dedicated to the continued refuah shleima of Nadav Efraim ben Shulamit Leah....

Today's daf is sponsored by Joshua Waxman in loving memory of Alex Kahan, Eliyahu ben Shlomo ha-Kohen v'Aliza, father of Aimee Kahan, on his shloshim. "A passionate and gentle teacher who touched countless lives." Today's daf is sponsored by Blima Slutksy in loving memory of Mazal (Tina) bat David and Rina. Today's daf is dedicated to the refuah shleima of three boys from our community who were in...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 74 Rava and Abaye disagree on the understanding of a braita, which causes them to disagree about whether witnesses contradicted in court can later be convicted of being eidim zomemim . Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Yochanan also debated the same issue. The next Mishna brings cases where the thief will not be charged payments of four/five times. From the beginning of the Mishna one...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 73 This week's learning is sponsored anonymously in honor of our dear friend and gifted teacher Rabba Yaffa Epstein to pay tribute to the memory of her nephew Yakir Yamin Hexter z"l who was killed in Azza. Today's learning is dedicated by the Hadran Zoom family in honor of the birthday of our very own "Rabbi Yirmiya", Becki Goldstein, whose pointed questions keep us on our t...

Rav Nachman changed his mind and ruled that if one slaughtered and sold an animal that was jointly owned and the thief admitted to one owner, the thief would have to pay a partial payment of four/five times to the other owner. If so, how does Rav Nachman understand the difference between the cases of one who stole an animal of one's father in this Mishna and the next Mishna – why in the case where...