Chapter 7, Mishna 1Topics covered:Why did king send messenger to hunt down Rabbah bar Nachmani?Why did messenger’s face turn around?What’s difference between studying Torah on earth and in heavenly academy?How can Sages in heaven disagree with God?Why was Rabbah chosen …

Chapter 7, Mishna 1Topics covered:What is story of Yosei, the wayward son of Rabbi Elazar?Why couldn’t Yosei be buried in cave with father and grandfather?Why did Rebbi exert himself so much to save wayward sons of great rabbis?Why does verse …

Chapter 7, Mishna 1Topics covered:How did Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish meet?When a knife or sword is being fabricated, when is it considered to be finished?How could R’ Yochanan publicly mention Resh Lakish’s past as a bandit ?Why was R’ …

Chapter 7, Mishna 1Topics covered:What is employer’s responsibility to feed laborers?is employer obligated to pay worker’s travel expense?What is relevance of these phrases:“You make darkness and there is night”?“beasts of forest”?“the sun rises and they slink away”“And couch in their …

Chapter 6, Mishna 5, 6Topics covered:If collateral is lost, is loan always lost?What is relevance of law of lost item to bailees?When is holder of collateral like a paid and when like an unpaid bailee?What if lender wants to use …

Chapter 6, Mishna 5Topics covered:When is borrower who doesn’t return item on time exempt from liability?What is status of borrower who keeps item past due date because he can’t return it yet?What is someone buys item for gift with arrangement …

Chapter 6, Mishna 3, 4, 5Topics covered:What if one rents an animal to plow on mountain, instead he plows on valley and plowshare breaks?What he hired cow to thresh grain but instead threshed legumes, and vice versa?Who is responsible if …

Chapter 6, Mishna 2Topics covered:What is relevance of worm rot?If rented donkey is seized by govt, when is it the renter’s problem and when is it owner’s problem?When does owner have to provide another donkey to renter?What does “that which …

Chapter 6, Mishna 1, 2Topics covered:When workers walk off a job, do they get paid for work already done?Can they be penalized for financial loss to the employer due to the walk-off?Does it depend on whether workers are available to …