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 …

Topics covered:Chapter 6, Mishna 1Who is liable if animal falls into someone’s garden and injures produce? Does owner of animal have to pay for benefit animal receives? If one repels a lion from entering another person’s property, can he then …

Topics covered:Chapter 6, Mishna 1Rav Yosef and Rabba – with an assist from Abaye – argue whether one who finds a lost object (and is holding it until he gets a chance to return it) bears the level of responsibility …

Topics covered:Chapter 6, Mishna 1What are the cases when person does not violate human law but does violate laws of Heaven? What are circumstances of hiring false witnesses? What are circumstances of “one who performs labor with water of purification”? …