Daf Yomi

Bava Metzia 93 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-05-31 Those who guard produce may eat from it based on common practice. The four types of custodians and their levels of responsibility.

Bava Metzia 92 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-05-30 A worker eating more than he is paid. Eating the first and only grape cluster picked. Does a worker eat his own food or does he eat Heaven’s food?

Bava Metzia 91 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-05-29 How can one be liable for monetary compensation as well as lashes for muzzling an animal? Does a worker have to work with both his hands and feet? If one was working with one grapevine, may he eat from another grapevine?

Bava Metzia 90 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-05-28 Threshing terumah and maaser. Asking a non-Jew to do a prohibition on your behalf. Is an owner obligated to remove external impediments which would stop the animal eating?

Bava Metzia 89 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-05-27 Different concepts learned from threshing. Can a worker toast grain and eat it while he is working? Salting produce and the maaser obligation.

Bava Metzia 88 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-05-26 At which point does produce becomes obligated in maaser? Source that a human worker may eat detached produce and that that animals may eat from attached produce.

Bava Metzia 87 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-05-25 Righteous promise a little and do a lot, the wicked say a lot, and do not even do a little. Why the angels asked about Sarah’s whereabouts? The Biblical food entitlements of certain workers.

Bava Metzia 86 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-05-24 Rabbah dying while being pursued by the authorities. The greatness of Avraham's feast. Avraham’s desire to find guests.

Bava Metzia 85 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-05-23 Rebbi's efforts to bring children to Torah. The importance of the blessing before learning Torah. The greatness of Rabbi Chiya and how he would ensure that Torah would never be forgotten.

Bava Metzia 84 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-05-22 The beauty of various sages. The story of Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish. Rabbi Elazar ben Rabbi Shimon’s suffering, death, and delayed burial.

Bava Metzia 83 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-05-21 Rabbah bar bar Chanan and the porters who broke his barrel. Day laborers hired without stipulating terms, or with a commitment to feed them. Rabbi Elazar the son of Rabbi Shimon’s role as officer to arrest thieves.

Bava Metzia 82 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-05-20 A lender who has received collateral - what type of guardian is he considered? Must the collateral be equal to the loan? A porter who breaks a barrel he is transporting.

Bava Metzia 81 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-05-19 The status of a borrower once the loan period ends. The donkey that traveled by the Pekod River. Different responses to a request to watch an item for someone.

Bava Metzia 80 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-05-18 Who is responsible for breaking the plow’s blade? How increased volume impacts a load. The status of an artisan after he has completed the job.

Bava Metzia 79 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-05-17 A rented donkey which dies midway. A boat rental which sinks midway in its journey. Women riding a donkey.

Bava Metzia 78 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-05-16 One rented a donkey to lead it on a mountain but led it in a valley, or vice versa, and it died. Anyone who violates the owner’s intent is considered a thief. What happens if the animal is seized for service by the government?

Bava Metzia 77 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-05-15 Workers hired to draw water for a field, and then it rains. Does the employee or the employer have the upper hand? Reneging on a land sale after partial payment.

Bava Metzia 76 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-05-14 If one hires craftsmen and they deceive each other, they have nothing but complaints against one another, but no monetary claim. Does one rely on what the agent purports or does one only rely on the principal? Once the workers have arrived at work they need to be paid.

Bava Metzia 75 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-05-13 The case of "seah b'seah". Advance and subsequent interest. The various interest prohibitions and who violates them. Lending money without witnesses.

Bava Metzia 74 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-05-12 An agent’s liability for failing to purchase an item while its price is low. Law of "simtuta". Which processes may be lacking in produce and still be considered as if it is in his possession.

Bava Metzia 73 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-05-11 Advance payment for future wine of a vineyard at a reduced price. Removing sharecroppers too early from the land. Subjugating fellow Jews.

Bava Metzia 72 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-05-10 If a non-Jewish lender or borrower converts, how does one deal with the interest? Is a document with interest totally invalid or can the principal be collected? Lending produce with an established market price.

Bava Metzia 71 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-05-09 The reward of lending without interest. Borrowing with interest from a non-Jew with an intermediary. Non-Jews and agency.

Bava Metzia 70 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-05-08 Can orphans receive interest? The ownership of "tzon barzel" properties. Lending to a non-Jew with interest.

Bava Metzia 69 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-05-07 1. Unilaterally dividing a partnership of money vs. a partnership of merchandise. The distinction between lending money and rental of articles. The Torah only forbade interest paid]from the borrower to the lender.