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Sep 10, 2024, 6:37 PM

Intuition, Oral Torah and Blank Spaces Bava Basra 76-78

76 The Oral Torah and Blank Spaces There are certain conventions in the Talmud that are difficult for the new learner to comprehend. Frankly, they would be difficult for many seasoned lamdanim as well, but after years and years of seeing...

Sep 8, 2024, 9:46 AM

Unbreakable Love, Spiritual Anchors and More Bava Basra 72-75

72 Who Got Esau’s Goat? Our Gemara on Amud Aleph continues the sugya of ayin yaffa, that certain sales and/or gifts are done with a generous spirit which implies that certain extras may be included in a sale or gift. A...

Sep 5, 2024, 9:26 PM

The Ethics of Halachic Loopholes and More Bava Basra 69-71

69 Law of Attraction Our Gemara on Amud Beis offers a proof text for the concept of field boundaries within a sale from the biblical story of Avraham’s purchase of the Ma’aras Hamachpela cave from Efron (Bereishis 23:17). וַיָּ֣קׇם שְׂדֵ֣ה עֶפְר֗וֹן אֲשֶׁר֙ בַּמַּכְפֵּלָ֔ה...

Sep 3, 2024, 8:06 PM

The Old Work Ethic and more Bava Basra 67-68

67 The Old Work Ethic Our Gemara on on Amud Aleph discusses circumstances, under which an act to signify acquisition and legal title of one field that is being sold automatically enacts an acquisition of other fields within the sale as well. If...

Sep 2, 2024, 10:57 PM

The Path to Torah and Taming of the Ego Bava Basra 65-66

65 The Path to Torah In continuing the sugya of ayin yaffa, our daf discusses when a sale is made with a generous attitude, which has implications regarding if one sells passage rights to get to the property, even if it...

Aug 27, 2024, 7:05 PM

Silence is Olden and Enforced Dignity and more Bava Basra 62-64

62 Silence is Olden Our Gemara on Amud Aleph and Beis record halachic discussions and situations when the great Amora, Rav was presented with a challenge to his argument, it was met with silence on his part. Rashbam (“Umodeh”) notes that...

Aug 25, 2024, 4:56 AM

Does This Feel Like Exile? And More Bava Basra 58-61

58 Biting Words Our Gemara on Amud Aleph uses an Aramaic idiom to describe slander and libel, “ochel kurtza”, for now we can translate it as “nibbling” a metaphor for gossip. This Aramaic idiom is used generally for any type of...

Aug 20, 2024, 6:20 PM

Depressed or Lazy? And More Bava Basra 55-57

55 Depressed or Lazy? Our Gemara on Amud Aleph refers to a pardakhas, which is an idle person. Rashbam describes this person as follows: A person who is idle from work, learning, derech eretz, and is not involved with settlement of the...

Aug 18, 2024, 8:57 AM

The Definition And Process Of Rationalization and More Bava Basra 51-54

51 Being in the Zone Our Gemara on Amud Aleph records a discussion where one sage mentions that the other was not within our “techum” so he was not able to join the discussion. The word “techum” in Hebrew, translates to...

Aug 12, 2024, 2:15 PM

Judaism and the Myth of the Noble Savage And More Bava Basra 45-47

45 Judaism and the Myth of the Noble Savage Our Gemara on Amud Beis quotes a verse from Tehilim (37:21): לוה רשע ולא ישלם וצדיק חונן ונותן The wicked man borrows and does not repay, the righteous is generous and keeps giving. The mystical...

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