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Bava Kamma 5

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Jun 052016
 

Study Guide Bava Kamma 5

The gemara compares different lists compiled by tanaim about damages – each lists includes additional items.  The gemara discusses why one didn’t include what the other included.   The gemara then goes back to our mishna which compared the 4 nezikin and discusses further differences between the categories and why it was necessary to have a separate listing for each one (both in the mishna and in the Torah itself, upon which the mishna was based).  See attached sheet for charts that highlight the differences in categorization and the differences in halacha between them.

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Bava Kamma 2

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Jun 022016
 

Study Guide Bava Kamma 2

The mishna sets up 4 main categories of damages – an ox, a pit, maveh (acording to the gemara either man or the teeth of an animal) and fire.  The mishna makes a few distinctions between the categories.  The gemara then compares it to the laws of shabbat and impurities where there are also main categories and sub categories and tries to determine whether the categories and subcategories of damages are treated the same by law or different.  Rav Paapa answers that some are the same and some are different.  The gemara then attempts to determine what he meant by that statement (whcih are which).

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Kiddushin 82 – Siyum Masechet

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Jun 012016
 

With whom is yichud allowed and with whom is it not?  What professions are ideal?  Which ones are frowned upon?  As the masechet ends, we discussed similarities between the beginning and end of the masechet and discussed the significance of that.

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Kiddushin 80

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May 302016
 

If a husband goes abroad with a wife or without a wife and shows up on the scene with or without a wife and with kids – depending on the situation, he may have to prove that the wife’s lineage or that the kids belong to the wife or both or neither.   The gemara then proceeds to discuss presumptive status and how far we take it.  The next mishna deals with laws of seclusion, yichud – who can be secluded with who and who can’t.

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Kiddushin 79

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May 292016
 

Study Guide Kiddushin 79

There is a debate between Rav and Shmuel regarding a case where a father bethrothed a daughter at the same time that the daughter betrothed herself and then it became clear after that the daughter had reached the stage of maturity, which is a stage where the father can no longer betroth her.  Rav says we assume she was already mature when the betrothal of the father took place and therefore she is only betrothed from her own betrothal.  Shmuel holds that she is betrothed to both because we don’t know what her status was at the time of the betrothal.  Two other cases are brought to question Shmuel’s psak – one, a mikveh that was found to be less than the minimum amount and another where wine that was used to separate trumot and maasrot and turned to vinegar.   The gemara then explains why those cases are different.  Then the gemara suggests that there was a tannaitic debate about the same thing but ultimately rejects the suggestion.

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Kiddushin 76

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May 262016
 

Study Guide Kiddushin 76

The gemara gives a number explanations for Rabbi Elazar’s opinion about why a Cuti can’t marry a Cutit.  How far back does one need to check the lineage of the woman’s family he is planning to marry?  It depends on if she is from the family of Kohanim or not.  Why does one need to check her family but she doesn’t need to check the man’s family?  There are all sorts of people whose family lineage doesn’t need checking.  The gemara explains each one.

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Kiddushin 75

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May 252016
 

Study Guide Kiddushin 75

Different opinions whether having had a forbidden relationship forbids one from marrying a Kohen.  Does it depend on whether the situation would have caused a problem for the offspring or not?  The gemara then proceeds to understand the final opinion brought in the mishna that questionable people can’t marry each other nor can they marry mamzerim.  Rav and Shmuel have a difference opinion about who to hold like and it contradicts their opinions elsewhere.  Various explanations are brought to resolve the contradiction.

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Kiddushin 74

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May 242016
 

Various people are mentioned who are believed in particular situations to identify who is who – for ex. who is the first born, who bought the item from the store owner and who won a court case.  In all these cases there is a time frame given for the identifier (midwife and mother in firstborn case, store owner and judge in the other 2 cases) Why did Abba Shaul call a shtuki “beduki“?  A mishna which seems somewhat like the previous mishna is brought regarding people who are forbidden to marry within but are allowed to marry without.  The gemara raises many questions on the mishna and several interpretations are brought which are then analyzed.

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