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Matmonim: Daf Yomi by Rabbi David Lapin Rabbi David Lapin
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- Religion & Spirituality
Matmonim means "hidden treasures." In less than 20 minutes each episode highlights, develops and explains one actionable insight from the Daf Yomi Talmud study cycle. People around the world, from uninitiated seeker to seasoned scholar, are finding inspiration, meaning, and relevance in the wisdom that the Matmonim exposes from every page of Talmud. Matmonim will give you skills to deepen your own learning to get greater satisfaction from the effort you are investing. The podcast is given as a live class each morning at the Raanana Kollel in Israel and focuses on the Daf of the day.
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Bava Metzia 68a Moral Capitalism - מי יימר דהוא רווחא
We reveal the soul of the prohibition of charging interest as the foundation of the Torah’s economic model of free market capitalism governed by strict principles of Divine Law and Ethics and recognizing that only in true partnership with labor (whether physical or intellectual) can capital create value and wealth.
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Bava Metzia 65b - 66a A Reassuring Voice - פטומי מילי בעלמא הוא
Context determines when a statement is merely an effort to provide a reassuring voice to the other party and when it reflects contractual intent.
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Bava Metzia 65a The Importance of Context - תרשא דרב נחמן
The intentions of deeds and transactions can sometimes be determined by words, agreements, and contracts. Often however, deeds need to be interpreted by the context in which they occur.
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Bava Metzia 63b - 64a Discounts and Credit - אגר נטר
Trade Finance presents interesting challenges in the laws of interest bearing credit.
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Bava Metzia 60 - 62 Interest Bearing Loans - איזהו נשך – פתיחה
Lending and borrowing with interest is a unique law that is foundational to faith and community.
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Bava Metzia 59b Truth or Opinion? - תנור של עכנאי
“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” – Marcus Arelius, Meditations. How applicable is this in Torah?
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