Talking Talmud Yardaena Osband & Anne Gordon
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Bava Metzia 86: Letters from the Sky
The daf shares the story of Rabbah bar Nachmani and his mysterious death. The Genara tries to understand why Rabbi Yochanom ben Matya uses the image of the Solomon’s banquet.
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Bava Metzia 85: How Great Was Rabbi Hiyya!
More aggadah - the suffering of R. Elazar, and not bring buried properly. With Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi's reaction, and his own suffering. Plus, other experiences of suffering and empathy in the context of Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi. Also, the question of people dying "before" their time. Plus, burial practices of these sages and families. Also, the exceptional scholarship and Torah commitment of Rabbi Hiyya. Plus, a hierarchy of other sages.
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Bava Metzia 84: Rabbi Yochanon and Reish Leikish
The daf shares the poignant story of Rabbi Yochanon and Reish Leikish: hiw they met and ultimately how they both die because of slight. The daf also shares about the life of Rabbi Elazar the son of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.
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Bava Metzia 83: Caring for the Workers
Closing chapter 6, starting chapter 7. First, 6: If one is a witness, one must come forward to give proof, and avoid litigants needing to take an oath. This law (of Isi ben Yehudah) is then put into practice in a series of example. And 7: More attention to workers rights, especially pertaining to food, while on the job, and also whether an employer can require his workers to work very early and/or very late in the day.
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Bava Metzia 82: Watching Lost Objects
The daf poses a question about a person who finds a lost object and is the finder considered to be an unpaid shomer or a paid shomer. A new mishnah dealing with the laws around a broken keg but the Gemara has trouble reconciling a barita with our mishnah.
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Bava Metzia 81: Put It Down!
A dilemma - when one is exempt from the liability of a borrower, does that mean he has no liability or just as one who is paid to watch over it. Plus, why a donkey who isn't sold is a different case from a gift of pottery, for example. Also, the parameters of the paid guardian, and the requirements of an unpaid guardian, and the interaction with the one who owns the item being guarded. The formulation of statements may make the difference.
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