Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 8 The difficult incident of a marriage contract negotiation in which a witnessing Sage’s silence was mi sunderstood. Other incidents in which a widow or a daughter sought sustenance from the heirs of their husband’s …

Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 7, 8 Some husbands are not obligated to redeem their wives from captivity – why? The vast majority are obligated. Is there a limit on how much he can or must spend to ransom their …

Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 6, 7 How does the law of marriage contracts intersect with the law of property liens? A husband and wife may not agree to an amount less than the minimum for her marriage settlement, nor …

Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 6 Having learned some practical laws and incidents from that occurred in Usha, we learn a few more. One should not give away more than 20% of his property to charity lest he later become …

Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 5, 6 Using the law of altgernative death penalty for young woman’s adultery vs. a grown woman’s adultery, we learn something about the transfer of authority from a daughter’s father to her new husband. Legally, …

Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 4, 5 When does a daughter legally leave her father’s household and enter her husband’s? Does the answer differ for inheritance vs. sustenance? Does a husband have an absolute obligation to redeem his wife from …

Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 3, 4 How is the case of the wife defamer brought before the court? When/how do the rights and obligations of the father give way to the rights and obligations of the husband?   #ketubah …

Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 3 A female who commits adultery as a young woman received a different death penalty than grown woman. How does the timing of the discovery of her crime affect the penalty? How does the law …

Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 2, 3 A wife gets an automatic lien on her husband’s property for the sake of her ketuba payment. When does this lien kick in? Normally, there is no legal distinction between a born Jew …