Shallow Dive Daf Yomi

From how far away does does a tree take up nutrients? • If a tree is planted near a neighbor's property is the tree owner stealing, and may first fruits be brought? • If branches from a neighboring tree overhang into your property, how much may you chop?

How does King Solomon view retirement? • It is common to be easily stirred from sleep as the slumber of death approaches • What is the significance of decreased musical sensitivity as we age?

What objects can constitute a barrier that prevents ritual impurity spreading from one house to another through a shared window? • Must one bury a stillborn? • Distancing a mill from a wall owned by a neighbor • When one neighbor takes steps to establish property usage that would curtail his neighbor's usage rights if firmly established by precedent, the Gemara is uncertain if the restrictions...

Equitable division of complex property • May one partner force the dissolution of a partnership, and if so, how? • When and why is a master required to free his slave? • When are mutually agreeable partners nonetheless barred from dividing their property?

Confronting systemic decline begins with awareness • Realistic assessment of one's weaknesses should inform the challenges one engages • Appreciate and utilize fleeting gifts • Dietary recommendations shift as we age

Is a dubious claim given credence if a more credible lie could have been crafted? • Above and beyond: when is one required to pay for a full half of a taller than necessary wall built by his neighbor? • The versatility of conveyed property easements • What facets of a property may be utilitzed by a tenant of a room in a large house? • The time to establish the presumtion of a property easement dep...

If a rented second story is damaged, when may the upstairs tenant move in downstairs with the landlord? • How do the Rambam and Rosh differ in their respective approaches to an unresolved question between Landlord and Tenant? • Who is responsible for repairing a leak that runs from the upper floor and damages the lower floor? • Does the right to build a second story include rights to utilize the g...

Adjudicating ambiguous lease agreements • Chazaka, established possession does not confer "squatter rights" • Do creditor rights to foreclosure include property improvements made subsequent to the lien? • The Torah obligation to pay employees in a timely manner • The rabbinic obligation to pay beyond the biblical time frame

Landlord rights • Borrower rights • Primacy of established custom • When is a tenant entitled to a reduction in rent?

What liabilities apply to atypical borrowings? • What core facets of a borrowing transaction are required to generate the Torah's default liabilities upon borrowers? • Ba'alim Imo: exemptions from liabilities when the lender is employed by the borrower • Could a rabbinic court be liable for an inadvertent embezzlement of consecrated properties brought about by their enactment? • A borrower...

Workers' rights to eat from produce they are cultivating • The Torah prohibits muzzling an ox while he is threshing; what are the implications of Man's shared identity with other creatures? • Strategies for employers and employees to enhance their respective profits • By fixing terms of consumption with his employer, the employee's baseline rights can be eclipsed, with tithe implicatio...

When a lender takes collateral for a loan, what liabilities does he become responsible for? • When may a lender rent out the collateral to reduce the principal of the loan without permission?

Commodity loans • Permitted pseudo-interest loans between Torah scholars • Pseudo-interest loans between family members can lead to usury • One may not pay interest even with mere words • To avoid stumbling, witnesses and documentation of a loan protect both lender and borrower • Remaining in a locale with sustained hardships instead of moving away is tantamount to self inflicted suffering

May a lender enjoy an undermarket lease granted by the borrower? • A secured loan gives the lender the status of Bar Metzra, with the first right of refusal upon sale of the collateral • A passive investor with security on the principal must offer additional compensation to his borrower/business partner beyond simple profit-sharing to avoid the prohibition of interest

What are the implications of Man's waning resilience? • Mortality is a process • Each stage of life presents unique opportunities

Prohibited forms of usury • Stealing money with noble intentions • Prohibited deceptive practices • You won't eat bugs and you'll be happy • Inherited usury • Your own life comes first

How is Chomesh, an additional charge for the owner's redemption of his second tithe, calculated; is it 20% or 25% of the principle value? • Assymetric bidding wars for redeeming consecrated assets • When can Chomesh be charged on a prior Chomesh assessment?

The bill is coming, or is it? Rav Mordechai Elefant's formative experience • Strategies to remember your Creator in youth • The Steipler explains that by abandoning God, a person is engulfed in a spirit of impurity which leads him to embrace outlandish folly

Can one effect a barter transaction with money, or only engage in a sale transaction with money? • Transactions with grey market money • When can the transfer of money be utilized to effect a transaction without the purchaser also doing Meshicha, drawing the acquisition towards himself? Who provides the token object to effect a Chalipin exchange, the recipient or donor?

Claiming an inheritance as a long lost brother • Wicked mice have block parties • Healthy profit margins • Buyers and sellers negotiate

Divine glory is strikingly manifest on earth through His wondrous salvation of His people in the merit of deep focused Torah study, integration of Torah enlightenment in our lives, and supporting Torah • By observing His wondrous protection of Israel, those engaging in violence, defamatory rhetoric, and disingenuous vengeful posturing are encouraged to realign themselves with God

Preventing harmful human strife takes priority over reducing animal distress • How should one prioritize the returning of objects lost by oneself, by one's rebbe, and by one's father? • What should one prioritize in Torah study? • The culpability for sins committed willfully yet in ignorance is less than the culpability for issuing erroneous rulings borne out of inadequate study • Does the owner o...

Laws pertaining to a lost object hidden in a wall • Finding an object in an Airbnb • Mordechai 258 silver plated tin: sold or found?

When should a lost bill of divorce, bill of emancipation, will, promissory note, or documented gift be returned to the beneficiaries?

What causes Amalek to agitate against Israel, and what causes them to escalate their aggression to violent attacks?