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On Second Thought: Delving Into the Sugya with Rabbanit Yafit Clymer

Bava Metzia 104

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Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain

חזקת מרא קמא

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BM 100

Of the many principles afforded by the Gemara about how to resolve property disputes, perhaps the most surprising is what’s known as חזקת מרא קמא, presuming that the property still belongs to the person who originally owned it even if it is no longer physically there! What is the logic behind this principle? What can it teach us about presumptions about the reality? About ownership? About dealing with uncertainty?

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Gefet with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz is in collaboration with Yeshivat Drisha
Bava Metzia 100

The Mishnah says that when someone exchanges a pregnant cow for a donkey and there is doubt as to whether the cow gave birth before or after the transaction, the two parties split the value of the calf, and no one is required to take an oath. But in the beginning of our masekhet, we learned that when in doubt about the ownership of a garment that two people are holding, they divide it but need to take an oath. And in Bava Batra, in a case when two people are fighting over land they each claim is theirs, the verdict is "kol d'alim gvar," meaning that they fight over it. What's the difference between the cases? The gemara says that in the case of the animal exchange there is "derara d'mamona," while in the other two cases there is not. But what is derara d'mamona? Rashi and Tosafot offer different explanations -- join us for a deep dive into this famous debate.

Gefet Ep.81

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Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain

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BM 90a

In discussing the prohibition of muzzling an animal as it does farm work, the Gemara asks whether one may ask a non-Jew to muzzle the animal and work it instead. What is the logic behind the prohibition to ask a non-Jew to perform an action for a Jew that the Jew herself may not perform?

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Gefet: Gemara, Perushim and Tosfot

An in-depth (Iyun) Gemara shiur with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz (Episode 80)

Bava Metzia 86

In its discussion of provisions for workers, the gemara speaks about Avraham's seudah and notes that the angels didn't actually eat there. Tosafot is surprised, and says that this is up for debate! So who is it who thinks that the angels really ate, and why would someone say something so bizarre? Join is for this unique Gefet, which bridges halakha and aggadah.

Gefet with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz is in collaboration with Yeshivat Drisha

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On Second Thought: Delving Into the Sugya with Rabbanit Yafit Clymer

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Bava Metzia 85-89

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