Topics covered: Chapter 7, Mishna 1 What is difference in law if thief is the father, and his son makes restitution after inheriting? Does owner’s despair cause thief to acquire stolen object? What is legal difference for purpose of reparation …

Topics covered: Chapter 7, Mishna 1 What are ways thief can acquire ownership of a stolen object? What is legal despair When is there leniency in case of doubt and when stringency? What if Jew steals bread from fellow Jew …

Topics covered:Chapter 7, Mishna 1How/when is value of stolen item calculated? When does four/five fold payment kick in? When is 1/5 added to monetary compensation? When is one obligated to bring guilt offering? How much is thief liable for if …

Topics covered:Chapter 7, Mishna 1When does doubled payment apply to theft, and when the fourfold or fivefold payment? What is definition of “theft”? How do we derive laws from details and generalizations? Can we create new exegetical principles? Why use …

Topics covered:Chapter 7, Mishna 1How does the exegetical principle of generalization-detail-generalization apply to the list of animals and objects that trigger the double payment when stolen? Opening song: Moshe Storch leads Hallel at Beis Medrash Hancock Park Our best content …

Topics covered:Chapter 6, Mishna 7, 8 Chapter 7, Mishna 1Do we apply Rabbi Yehuda’s principle – that one is liable for fire damage to concealed items – to valuable concealed in a safe? Liability of a camel owner for a …

Topics covered:Chapter 6, Mishna 5, 6, 7When is a person liable for kindling a fire that spreads and damages the property of another? Factors: distance, barriers in between, type of fire, type of property damaged, accessibility to the property damaged, …

Topics covered:Chapter 6, Mishna 3, 4If someone starts a cooking fire, and a wind comes along and spreads it into a damaging fire, is he liable? Why does the Torah specify four examples of fires spreading and causing damage, when …

Topics covered:Chapter 6, Mishna 1, 2, 3What if animal ate produce from one of several garden beds but we don’t know quality of produce? How is vineyard’s worth calculated? What about a date palm? How did shoes in Talmudic times …