Topics covered:
Chapter 9, Mishna 5, 6
What is the device that exempts someone who swears falsely from 1/5 in addition to double patment? What is difference in penalty between someone caught stealing and someone who confesses? What is additional penalty if he swears an oath that he didnβt do it? If two are guarding ox and they swear that it was stolen, then one of them admits and the other gets caught, what is difference in their penalties? What if someone takes two false oaths to different courts? What if unpaid bailee swears that item was stolen, is he liable? What about a paid bailee? To whom does double payment go? Does thief become exempt from double payment when he admits to bailee but not to the owner? What if bailee rises to take false oath but owner doesnβt let him? Is bailee agent of owner for purpose of administering oath? Is paid bailee liable if armed bandits came and stole animal he was guarding? What if thief returns animal to house of bailee and it dies because of baileeβs negligence? Who gets money if one robs his father, takes an oath that he didnβt, then father dies and son admits false oath?
Opening song: Moshe Storch leads Hallel at Beis Medrash Hancock Park
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