Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 4, 5 How do witnesses or self-testimony establish a presumption of permitted or prohibited status for a woman to remarry, and how is the presumptive status uprooted?   #ketubah #jewishwedding #evidence #contracts #beisdin #rabbi #judge  …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 3, 4 What disqualifies a judge from serving on a tribunal? If he committed a crime and repented, may he serve as a judge? What is the principle, the mouth that prohibited is the mouth …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 3 When a rabbinic court judges the validity of a ketubah or loan document, do the witnesses come to testify that their transaction happened, or only that their signatures are authentic? What is the practical …

Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1-10, Chapter 2, Mishna 1, 2 Catch-up day! Covering 18 pages, including ten mishnas in chapter 1 and two in chapter 2. The basic theme we find amid these many teachings is an inquiry into …

Topics covered: Chapter 1, Mishna 1 What day of the week do Jews get married and why? From when does a betrothed man become liable for his wife’s sustenance? What happens if the wedding is delayed? What happens when a …

Topics covered: Chapter 16, Mishna 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Completing our journey through Tractate Yevamos! Which witnesses may be believed if they say they saw a man die? What kind of lighting is acceptable? Must we see the speaker …

Topics covered: Chapter 16, Mishna 3, 4, 5 If a witness sees a man suffer a fatal injury, but the man hasn’t bled out yet, can he testify to the man’s death? Can a widow remarry based on this? What …

Topics covered: Chapter 16, Mishna 1, 2, 3 If a woman’s childless husband went overseas with her co-wife, and witnesses report he died, the woman must be concerned that the co-wife had a baby, thus prohibiting the first woman to …

Topics covered: Chapter 15, Mishna 6, 7, 8, 9 A co-wife’s testimony cannot free a widow to remarry, and this causes difficult situations, especially if the husband was a priest. Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Tarfon disagree in a case where …