יום ג Date: 14 Cheshvan, 5776 (11/15/16) – Bava Metzia Daf 50 ~ Tani Guterman
PREMATURE PARTIES [50a top] Gemarah: When the merchants of Lod heard that R’ Tarfon ruled that a third of the price of …
יום ג Date: 14 Cheshvan, 5776 (11/15/16) – Bava Metzia Daf 50 ~ Eliezer Guterman
CATEGORICAL COMMANDMENTS [50b top] R’ Tarfon and the Rabbis argue about the parameters of Ona’ah (the prohibition of over/under charging). RambaN: The …
יום ב Date: 13 Cheshvan, 5776 (11/14/16) – Bava Metzia Daf 49 ~ Tani Guterman
TRANSCENDING TREASURES [49a bottom] R’ Pappi quoting Ravina: Even if R’ Tevus (or R’ Shmuel bar Zutra) was offered all the treasures …
יום ב Date: 13 Cheshvan, 5776 (11/14/16) – Bava Metzia Daf 49 ~ Eliezer Guterman
MAGNIFICENT MEALS [49a middle] R’ Yochanan ben Masya’s son hired workers for his father and made a commitment to feed them. His …
יום א Date: 12 Cheshvan, 5776 (11/13/16) – Bava Metzia Daf 48 ~ Tani Guterman
REPAYING RETRIBUTIONS [48a top] Gemarah: Hashem will exact retribution from one who does not abide by his word, just like he enacted …
יום א Date: 12 Cheshvan, 5776 (11/13/16) – Bava Metzia Daf 48 ~ Eliezer Guterman
PREDETERMINED PLOTS [48a top] Gemarah: Hashem exacted retribution from the Egyptians [who kept promising to let us go, but did not do …
שבת Date: 11 Cheshvan, 5776 (11/12/16) – Bava Metzia Daf 47 ~ Tani Guterman
HOLDING HANDFULS [47b top] Braisa: R’ Yishmael: The words, “And you shall bind the money in your hands..” come to include anything …
שבת Date: 11 Cheshvan, 5776 (11/12/16) – Bava Metzia Daf 47 ~ Eliezer Guterman
PROMISING PROJECTS [47a top] Gemarah: A and B agree to exchange A’s donkey for B’s cow and sheep. If A took hold …
יום ו Date: 10 Cheshvan, 5776 (11/11/16) – Bava Metzia Daf 46 ~ Tani Guterman
EQUALLY EXCHANGEABLE [46b bottom] Reish Lakish: All movables acquire one another, even a purse full of coins exchanged for another purse full …
יום ו Date: 10 Cheshvan, 5776 (11/11/16) – Bava Metzia Daf 46 ~ Eliezer Guterman
AWKWARD ASSUMPTIONS [46a top] The Gemarah assumes that since a man is currently standing in a grainery, he should be able to …