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 …

Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 1, 2 In the case of payments owed to a father for arising from a defendant’s transgression against his daughter, and the father dies, do the payments go the father’s heirs or the daughter? What …

Topics covered: Chapter 4, Mishna 1 One liable to pay a fine AND damages for a transgression doesn’t pay the fine if he admits to it without being brought to trial. What if he swears an oath that he didn’t …

Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 8 The seducer, the thief and the owner of an ox who killed all pay a fine in addition to damages in certain situations, but if they come forward of their own volition without being …

Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 4, 5, 6, 7 Distinguishing the rapist from the seducer of a young woman regarding his obligations toward his victim, and her father if she is still under his authority. How do we measure damages …

Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 3, 4 The rapist of a “young woman” owes the rapist’s penalty to her father. What if she becomes a grown woman, or gets married or betrothed after the rape but before her attacker is …

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 …