Daf Yomi for Women - Hadran

Today's daf is sponsored by Diana Bloom in loving memory of her grandmother, Ita Rosa Sonabend Marmurek, on her yahrzeit. "Her strong character, fierce dedication to her family, unwavering Zionism and commitment to the Jewish community both in Buenos Aires and globally continue to serve as a role model and inspiration."  The rabbis continue to debate the issue of a squatter, one who lives on someo...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 20 Today's daf is sponsored by Tina & Shalom Lamm with gratitude to HKB"H on the occasion of the brit and naming of their new grandson, Nadav Oz, born to their children, Bracha & Akiva Berger. If an animal eats in the public domain, the owner is not liable. However, there are some exceptions where something in the public domain can be considered private, such as taking food...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 19 Today's daf is sponsored by Rochelle Cheifetz in loving memory of her father, Shragai Cohen, Shraga Faivel ben Avraham ben-Tzion Halevi on his yahrzeit. "His vocation, avocation and love were centered around Israel. He instilled that love in his children and it has been passed down to the next generation." Today's daf is sponsored by Miriam Tannenbaum, Medinah Korn and Ca...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 18 Today's daf is sponsored by Lesley Nadel in loving memory of her sister Ruth Lewis - Rachel bat Hershel haLevi v'Tova, on her 10th yahrzeit. "An  aishet chayil who left us too soon, before seeing her children's weddings and meeting her granddaughter. She is missed every day. May her memory be for a blessing."  Today's daf is sponsored by Judy Shapiro in loving memory of h...

What was unique about the respect given to Chizkiyahu upon his death? What is more important - learning Torah or keeping mitzvot? Learning Torah or teaching Torah? What rewards are given to those who learn Torah and do acts of kindness, chesed ?  What are the details of the main category called regel? Where and how is one liable? What are the subcategories? If the animal kicks up pebbles while wal...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 16 There are four different ways to understand the Mishna and whether it follows Rabbi Tarfon's position regarding keren (atypical) damages for a tam animal in a private domain (one pays full damages) or the rabbis' position (half damages). Damage by the animal crouching is considered atypical. But is this only for crouching on large items or also on small ones as well? Ther...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 15 Today's daf is sponsored by the Hadran Women of Long Island in honor of their co-learner and friend, Debbie Schreiber, on the birth of her grandson this week. "May the new arrival bring the family and the Jewish people much joy and nachat! תזכו לגדלו לתורה לחופה ולמעשים טובים" Today's daf is sponsored by Sara Berelowitz in honor of her new grandson Amiaz, son of Tani and...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 14 Today's daf is sponsored by Debbie Engelen-Eigles in honor of the first birthday of her grandson Tomer, עד מאה ועשרים, and for the safe return from battle of his father and all our chayalim and chayalot. "May HaShem strengthen them, bring them victory, and bring them and the hostages home to their families safely and soon."  According to one interpretation of the Mishna,...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 13 Rabbi Yosi h'Gelili holds that kodshim kalim are considered the property of the owner and not the property of God. The Gemara concludes that this is true even during the time of the Temple when they can be brought as sacrifices. Ben Azai holds that this is limited to only some types of koshei kodashim, however, there is a debate about which ones he excluded. Rava offers a...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 12 Rav Nachman and other amoraim disagree about categorizing Cannanite slaves - are they treated like land or like movable property? The Gemara suggests that perhaps there is a tannaitic debate as well regarding this issue, however, two versions of Rav Ika suggest that perhaps there is no tannaitic debate. Even if one were to compare them to land or movable property, in the...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 11 This week's learning is sponsored by Jason and Danielle Friedman in honor of Oliver Friedman's upcoming bar mitzva.  Even without the verse "and the body will be his," it would have been clear that the one whose animal was killed is left with the carcass of the animal and the one who damaged only pays the difference. If so, the verse must be teaching that if the carcass o...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 10 The week's learning is dedicated by Phyllis and Yossie Hecht. "With hakarat hatov l'Hashem for finishing Masechet Kiddushin and having our first grandchild, Liam Yisrael. Born in these days of much needed tefillot, Liam Yisrael should continue to bring light and have the zechut to be a guardian for Am Yisrael as he continues to grow l'chuppah, l'Torah and l'maasim t ovim...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 9 If one is purchasing land from another and others lay claim that the land was originally theirs, at what point and under what circumstances can the buyer renege on the deal? Rav Huna resolves a previous contradiction (on Bava Kamma 7) by saying that one who needs to pay damages can pay either with money or property. A challenge is raised against this statement but is resol...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 8 Today's daf is sponsored by Rabbi Hayim Herring and Terri Krivosha in loving memory of Sgt. Elisheva Rose Lubin, Rose Elisheva bat Chaim David and Nechama Rachel, great-niece of their friends Eddie and Minda Snitkoff, who was murdered on Monday morning November 6, 2023 in Jerusalem. "May her short life and radiant and exuberant spirit be a memory and source of strength to...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 7 Today's daf is sponsored by Amy Rubin in loving memory of Edith and Herb Rubin.  What did Rabbi Akiva mean by " kal vahomer l'hekdesh. " How can we be sure that Rabbi Akiva disagrees with Rabbi Yishmael on the issue of whether the best land is evaluated by the land of the one who caused the damage or by the one who was damaged? Abaye raises a contradiction - on the one han...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 6 Today's daf is sponsored by Jeremy Booty in loving memory of Ari Chaim ben Yarden Yehoshua v' Leah Devorah. The Gemara assumes that when the Mishna mentions the common denominator between all four categories of damages, it must intend to include an additional case that we would not have been able to learn from any of the categories. Four different rabbis each suggest a uni...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 5 Rabbi Oshaya listed thirteen categories of damages and Rabbi Chiya had twenty-four. Why did Rabbi Oshaya not include all of the categories that Rabbi Chiya included? The Mishna, Rabbi Oshaya and Rabbi Chiya each specified how many main categories there are (4, 13, 24). The assumption is that when one specifies a number it is there to preclude other items. The Mishna was sa...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 4 Rav and Shmuel disagree about the word mav'e in the Mishna - is it damages a person causes or damages an animal causes while eating? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each position? How can the categories in the Mishna be understood according to each and how does it fit in with the words in the continuation of the Mishna when they compare each category to the ot...

For the text of the Hadran ceremony, click here . For more information about What is a Siyum, click here . The Siyum is  dedicated to the safety of our soldiers, residents of the South and the North, and the whole country, to the safe return of the captives, in memory of those who have fallen, and for a refuah shleima to all those injured. The Siyum is sponsored by Ilana Friedman in loving memory...

Study Guide Bava Kamma 3 Today's daf is sponsored by Rabbi Lisa Malik in loving memory of her father, David Malik, David ben Aharon Tzvi Hersh v'Shayndel. "It is so fitting that we are also having the Siyum for Masechet Kiddushin & Seder Nashim on this day, because it was in my dad's honor that I made the commitment to participate in this Daf Yomi cycle, while I was saying kaddish for him in 5780/...

Bava Kamma bookmark and checklist Today's daf is sponsored by Caroline Ben-Ari in honour of her birthday, which falls today according to the Hebrew date and on Shabbat according to the civil date.  The Mishna lists four main categories of damages - an ox, a pit, maveh (either damage by humans or the teeth of an animal), and fire.  The Mishna makes a few distinctions between the categories. The ide...

Introduction to Masechet Bava Kamma

Today's daf is sponsored by Martin Gaynor in loving memory of Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz. Today's daf is sponsored by Rivka and Martin Himmel in loving memory of her grandparents, Yechiel ben Meir and Feige bat Meir hy"d who were taken out to be murdered with many of the Jews of their town in Poland on the 18th of Cheshvan.  Today's daf is sponsored by Elisheva Gray in honor of all the hostages, our cou...

This month's learning is sponsored by Esther Kremer in loving memory of her father, Manny Gross z'l, on his 1st yahrzeit. Today's daf is sponsored by Diana Bloom in loving memory of her Zeyde, Israel Marmurek. "The memory of his commitment to the State of Israel, and the Jewish community of Buenos Aires continues to serve as an inspiration."  Today's daf is sponsored in memory of the soldiers kill...

Study Guide Kiddushin 79 Today's daf is sponsored by the Hadran Zoom Family. "With overwhelming joy and בחסדי ה', we learn today's daf in honor of the release of Ori Megidish by the IDF and the Shab"ak forces and with a Tefilla that all the hostages will be released quickly." There is a debate between Rav and Shmuel regarding a case where a father betrothed a daughter on the same day that the daug...