Chapter 4, Mishna 4Topics covered:We add a fifth when redeeming second tithe produce or consecrated property. A fifth of what?What if the owner didn’t add the fifth?Does the answer change on Shabbos? Opening song: Moshe Storch leads Hallel at Beis …

Chapter 4, Mishna 4Topics covered:When and where can second tithe produce be desacralized?What if someone partakes of teruma produce unwillingly?When can one eat second tithe food?What is difference between second tithe and terumah?What items have permitting factors?Can second tithe be …

Chapter 4, Mishna 4Topics covered:News from Columbia University and danger to Jewish students.When does an eroded coin become unusable?How long does one who receives such a coin have to lodge a complaint against the one who gave it to him?What …

Chapter 4, Mishna 3Topics covered:How do we know that both buyer and seller are subject to laws of exploitation?How is merchant different than a seller?Why is merchant not subject to laws of exploitation?How can buyer avoid exploitation?What is one who …

Chapter 4, Mishna 2Topics covered:How much over or under market value constitutes exploitation in a sale of movable goods according to Torah law?Until when may the exploited party make a claim of exploitation?What is the consequence of a successful claim? …

Chapter 4, Mishna 1Topics covered:What constitutes an act of bad faith?Can one ever make a commitment that they have no intention of keeping it?If someone reneges on a verbal commitment does that mean he acted in bad faith?Is seller who …

Chapter 4, Mishna 1Topics covered:What if someone accepts deposit and denies it?How are transactional business laws an opportunity for holiness?What are two types of deposit?If money changing hands is not trigger for transaction, why is that me’ila? (i’m confused)When is …

Chapter 4, Mishna 1Topics covered:What can nd can’t be an item of symbolic exchange?How can you sell land and movable goods in one transaction?What is relevance of Boaz and Ruth to law of symbolic exchange?When can produce be used as …

Chapter 4, Mishna 1Topics covered:Are coins acquired by means of a transaction of exchange?What is property that is being used as monetary value?How is appraisal of grain different from appraisal of coins?What if property-for-money transaction is converted into a property-for-property …