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  • Chapter 7, Mishna 1 What is a beis kor? Why are rocks and crevices in a field treated differently than other areas? What does it mean to consecrate your field? How to redeem ancestral fields that have been consecrated? What …

  • Chapter 6, Mishna 8 If one sells land for a catacomb or contracts to have one created, what is size range of catacomb? How many burial niches and how are they positioned/accessed? How many niches per chamber? How many chambers …

  • Chapter 6, Mishna 7 If a field owner provides a second thoroughfare for public, can people use both of them? Why should people be allowed to appropriate land from a private owner? Can owner destroy the public thoroughfare if he …

  • Chapter 6, Mishna 4, 5, 6, 7 What size were cherubs/statues of angels in the Temple? Why does it say 30 cubits tall in one verse and 20 cubits in another? What is the verse teaching us by considering only …

  • Chapter 6, Mishna 3, 4 When is seller responsible to provide better wine than the inferior wine he sold? When does seller bear responsibility when wine sours? Does it matter if which jug it soured in? Why is cooking wine …

  • Chapter 6, Mishna 2 What quality of wine can/can’t one say kiddush on? What wine is fit to bring as a libation? If wine that is not fit is brought as a libation, is it disqualified? Can one squeeze juice …

  • Chapter 6, Mishna 2 What if wine is sold and after sale it turns to vinegar? What if buyer agitated it and caused it to sour? What blessing do we say over beverage that is made from grapes but isn’t …

  • Chapter 6, Mishna 2 What is a “cellar’s worth” of wine? What is the wine that is sold in the shops? What if seller says he’s selling barrel without mentioning wine, is he liable if wine is sour? Is there …

  • Chapter 6, Mishna 1 What if buyer comes to sift produce and finds there is more than acceptable amount of impurity? Why is seller responsible to pay for all produce even part that isn’t impure? Is it a strict law …

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