Chapter 4, Mishna 8Topics covered:What is exploitation in words?What is verbal mistreatment?Why should we not be like friends of Job?How is penalty for verbal mistreatment different from one for monetary mistreatment?Who are the three who don’t ascend from gehinna?What are …

Chapter 4, Mishna 7Topics covered:When is sanctity of consecrated animal transferred to another animal?If you borrow something and return it the next week, but value has increased, is that usury?How do we learn from a generalization/detail/generalization in Torah?With what items …

Chapter 4, Mishna 6, 7Topics covered:Is Rabbi Meir stricter than the other Sages when it comes to enforcing rabbinic decrees, or more lenient?What can we learn from laws of divorce that applies to doubtfully tithed produce?Which items are not subject …

Chapter 4, Mishna 4, 5, 6Topics covered:What is subject to laws of meilah?What kind of property is “devoted entirely to heaven?”Is non-kosher animal subject to same laws of consecration as kosher animal?When can a consecrated animal be exchanged for another …

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? …