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

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Similar to ona’at mammon, in which neither the consumer nor the seller may perform it (consumer can’t underpay; seller can’t overcharge), the prohibition of taking interest applies to both borrower and lender (borrower can’t give it; lender can’t charge/accept it). How does this factor impact our understanding of what the prohibition of interest (ribit) is all about?

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

What have we learned from the story of Akhnai's oven? The Tosafot teaches us new things and challenges what we previously knew.

Bava Metzia 59

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

Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study

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The gemara in Bava Metzia 58b states that oppression with speech (ona’at devarim) is a greater sin than oppression with finances (ona’at mammon). One reason given is because while the latter affects money, the former affects the “self.” This distinction is well-worn among Chazal, both in terms of protecting/harming someone’s possessions vs. their person and in terms of using one’s own possessions vs. one’s own person to do good. We will examine this distinction in this shiur.


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

As we approach Pesach, we'll look together at the sugya of "Mi ShePara," and will explore how, throughout the laws of transactions and the laws of shomrim, the words that we say become both ethically and legally meaningful even before legal action has been taken. Can words alone obligate me?

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Bava Metzia 49

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

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

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The Gemara describes ona’at mammon as overcharging (or underpaying) for portable items. This seems far afield from the description of ona’ah in the Torah (Vayikra 25). What does the discrepancy between the two tell us about the various dimensions of ona’at mammon?

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

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

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Bava Metzia 48

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