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  • #1016 – Kesubos 102 If a man stipulates that he will sustain his stepdaughter for five years, is the obligation enforceable?Is it enforceable to the extent of collecting from sold properties via lien?How does this compare to a man who …

  • Chapter 1, Mishna 1 Can a Jew sell right to fetuses to gentile?What if a Jew sells a labor animal to gentile?What does it mean that he has to buy it back for up to ten times its value mean?Could …

  • Chapter 1, Mishna 1 Why do we learn Torah?What if we can’t retain what we learn?Why is there a sanctity of firstborn?Why can a donkey, which is a nonkosher animal, be a bechor?When must a donkey bechor be redeemed?What if …

  • Chapter 12, Mishna 4, 5 In Rabbi Yehuda’s view, why is one flogged for taking the mother bird?Why is a robber flogged even though he must return what he stole?What does the robber’s case teach about Rabbi Yehuda’s view?Why is …

  • Chapter 12, MIshna 1, 2, 3 Can the mother bird be compared to the fledglings?What does “tzippor” teach about non-kosher birds?What does “a mother of fledglings that is tereifa” mean?Why is the mitzvah still required when the mother is tereifa?Does …

  • Chapter 12, MIshna 1 What does it mean that people are assigned a value?What does it mean “it is incumbent on me to donate my valuation”?What birds does mitzvah of shooing away mother apply to?Should every Jew be trying to …

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