Daf Yomi

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.

Bava Metzia 68 : Marc Chipkin ; 2024-05-06 Leasing back to the borrower for a fixed amount. Joint ventures with half-loan half-profits structures. How much the managing partner must be paid?

Bava Metzia 67 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-05-05 A mistaken waiver is not an effective waiver. Dealing with pledged properly where the borrower can evict the lender by paying early. Different methods to avoid the problem of the yield of the property being considered interest.

Bava Metzia 66 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-05-04 Reassuring someone is not a binding commitment. An asmachta (exaggerated statement) as it relates to a borrower’s commitment that if he fails to pay, the lender keeps his field.

Bava Metzia 65 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-05-03 One may increase the rent of his property for delayed payment, but one may not increase the purchase price of a sale because of delayed payment. A "tarsha" - selling on credit at a higher price. Partial payment for a purchase which is completed retroactively upon full payment.

Bava Metzia 64 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-05-02 Advance purchase of produce which grows on its own. A transaction which is close to profit and far from loss. Using a borrower’s property for free or at a discount.

Bava Metzia 63 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-05-01 The final explanation of our mishna. Goods can be converted into money and vice versa. Rabbi Yehuda's view that interest contingent on one side of an agreement is permitted.

Bava Metzia 62 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-30 Does the court require the return of interest paid? Two people who were traveling, and only one had a flask of water. If both drink from it, they will both die from thirst, but if one drinks it, he will survive to reach a settlement. Tearing up a document containing interest provisions.

Bava Metzia 61 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-29 Interest prohibited from the Torah vs prohibited rabbinically. The connection between stealing, overcharging and interest. Various commandments connected to coming out of Egypt.

Bava Metzia 60 : Marc Chipkin: 2014-04-28 Mixing produce to deceive buyers. Practices to attract customers, and improving the appearance of merchandise. The difference between neshech and tarbit.

Bava Metzia 59 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-27 The severity of embarrassing someone in public. The gates of tears and ona'ah are never closed. "The Torah is not in heaven".

Bava Metzia 58 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-26 Half shekels sent with agents that got lost or stolen. Animals for which one bears responsibility. Wronging someone with words.

Bava Metzia 57 : Marc Chipkin: The items not subject to ona'ah - can the sale be voided? Deconsecrating hekdesh onto something less valuable. Interest does not apply to hekdesh.

Bava Metzia 56 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-24 Maaser sheni of demai. Items not subject to ona'ah. Items planted in the ground before they take root.

Bava Metzia 55 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-23 The five laws which apply to a minimum of a perutah. There are five surcharges of a fifth. The Sages treated their laws as strictly as Biblical laws.

Bava Metzia 54 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-22 Is the "fifth" a 20% surcharge or 25%? Is adding a fifth essential to redemption? Adding a fifth onto the fifth.

Bava Metzia 53 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-21 Maaser sheni worth less than the minimum amount. Maaser sheni entering and leaving Jerusalem. Does the "fifth" added onto maaser sheni redemption need to have a minimum value?

Bava Metzia 52 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-20 Rate of ona'ah for deficient coins. Time limits for returning deficient coins. Deconsecrating maaser sheni on a deficient coin.

Bava Metzia 51 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-19 A defrauded seller can always retract. There is no ona'ah for a householder. Entering into a sale on condition that there is no claim of ona'ah.

Bava Metzia 50 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-18 Does an overcharge of less than a sixth take effect immediately? If the overcharge is greater than a sixth can one retract indefinitely? Halacha : for less than a sixth, the sale is valid, and the deviation is waived immediately. If it is greater than a sixth, the sale can be voided. If the deviation is a sixth, the sale is valid, but he returns the difference. These last two claims must be made before enough time elapses to show the purchase to a merchant or relative.

Bava Metzia 49 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-17 Does retracting from a verbal commitment constitute lack of trustworthiness? Definition of ona'ah- over and under charging.

Bava Metzia 48 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-16 The "mi she'para" curse on someone who retracts from a purchase after giving money. Do we actually say the curse or just warn about it? Does a down payment acquire equal to its value, or the entire purchase?

Bava Metzia 47 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-15 Whose utensil is used to perform chalipin? Can an insignificant item be used for chalipin? Does an item have to be pulled into ones possession to acquire it from the the Torah?

Bava Metzia 46 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-14 Various chalipin discussions - can coins be acquired through chalipin, assessment of a item's value for chalipin, using disqualified coins for chalipin.

Bava Metzia 45 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-13 Maaser sheni being deconsecrated onto gold coins. Various explanations of this dispute. Coins and chalipin.

Bava Metzia 44 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-12 Is mere intention enough to be considered misappropriation? When exchanging gold coins for silver coins, the buyer’s acquiring of the gold coins acquires the silver coins for the seller, but the seller’s acquiring of the silver coins does not acquire the gold coins for the buyer.

Bava Metzia 43 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-11 Depositing money with different people. Misappropriation of a deposit - at what time is the person considered responsible?

Bava Metzia 42 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-10 Safeguarding money. Blessing is only found in that which is hidden from the eye. The mother hiding a deposit which she thought was her sons.