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 …
יום ה Date: 9 Cheshvan, 5776 (11/10/16) – Bava Metzia Daf 45 ~ Tani Guterman
CONCENTRATED COINS [45a top] Beis Shammai hold that one (Rashi🙂 may / (Tosephos🙂 must convert ALL his Copper Ma’aser Sheni coins onto …
יום ה Date: 9 Cheshvan, 5776 (11/10/16) – Bava Metzia Daf 45 ~ Eliezer Guterman
DELAYED DECONSECRATIONS [45a bottom] Beis Shammai: One may not deconsecrate Silver Selaim onto Gold Dinars out of concern that perhaps one might …
יום ג Date: 23 Tishrei, 5776 (10/25/16) – Bava Metzia Daf 29 ~ Tani Guterman
BORROWING BOOKS [29b middle] Braisa: If one borrows a Torah scroll from his friend he may not lend it to another person …