Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 2, 3 Concluding the analysis of why one either pays damages or gets executed, but not both. The new mishna finds a dispute between Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Yosei HaGelili regarding a “young woman” who …

Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 2 Apropos their analysis of Jewish women who were formerly captives, slaves or non-Jews, the Sages debate whether such women need to wait for three months before marrying a Jewish man in case they’re currently …

Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1, 2 The Sages further refine which women have a presumptive legal status of virginity when they enter marriage, and which do not. We’re careful to distinguish between the fine paid for rape and the …

Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1 Rabbi Yochanan, Reish Lakish and other Sages debate whether one who is subject to death penalty or lashes, as well as monetary liability, pays the $ if the corporal punishment was not actually imposed. …

Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1 Examining when one incurs capital punishment and liability for a finaincial fine simulatenously, which penalty applies. What if one steals a cow and slaughters it on Shabbat, or if the cow is set to …

Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1 When one becomes liable to lashes and monetary damages simultaneously, the lashes are usually waived. What are the exceptions to this rule, and how do they relate to a man who rapes or seduces …

Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1 When one becomes liable to capital punishment and monetary damages simultaneously, the damages are usually waived. What are the exceptions to this rule, and how do they relate to a man who rapesor seduces …

Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1 The Torah rules that a rapist or seducer must marry the girl if she wants, and he may never divorce her, and he pays a fine. What is the difference if she’s a minor, …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 9, 10 A husband may not give testimony about his wife because she is considered the same person as him. If a couple divorced, she leaves the house unless she owned it before they were …