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Gefet: Gemara, Perushim and Tosfot

An in-depth (Iyun) Gemara shiur with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz (Episode 87)


What happens when the testimony of two witnesses contradicts the testimony of two others? Clearly, someone is lying - we just don't know who the liars are. Can these witnesses testify again in the future? Rav Huna thinks they can, but Rav Chisda disagrees. What is Rav Huna's rationale? And why should this case be any different from a case of Eidim Zomemim, in which we believe the second set of witnesses? Join us for a taste a complex sugya that deals with sefekot, chazakot, truth, and trust.

Bava Batra 31

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

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Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain
What is the concept behind חזקת ג’ שנים?

Bava Batra 28a
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The third perek of Bava Batra introduces the concept of חזקת ג’ שנים, that one who has been living on a property for three years without protest from the original property owner is considered the new owner despite having no official deed of sale. Why and how does this work? What does it teach us about human relationships to landed property and about this financial arena as a whole?

Dr. Elana Stein Hain – dinanddaf@hadran.org.il

Gefet: Gemara, Perushim and Tosfot

An in-depth (Iyun) Gemara shiur with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz (Episode 86)

The Mishnah at the end of yesterday's Daf becomes the basis for the legal principle of "gerama benizakin assur." Gerama is damage that comes about as an indirect or roundabout result of a person's actions. This principle raises the larger question of the nature of the responsibility that a person bears for her actions' downstream effects, and the Rishonim offer several different perspectives on the scope and force of that responsibility.

Bava Batra 23

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 Batra 26 27 28

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

Why Was Rabbi Yirmiyah Thrown out of the Beit Midrash? 
Measurements, in Theory and in Practice

Bava Batra 23

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On Bava Batra 23b, R. Yirmiyah gets thrown out of the beit midrash for questioning the standard measurement established for determining ownership of a fallen bird by offering a theoretical exception. In at least three other places in the Talmud Bavli, R. Yirmiyah is also found questioning legal measurements or standards by offering theoretical exceptions or outlier test cases. What is this questioning about, and what do R. Zeira’s answers teach us about rabbinic understanding of the halakhic system?

Dr. Elana Stein Hain – dinanddaf@hadran.org.il

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

Bava Batra 21

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