Daf Yomi

Bava Metzia 65 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-05-03 One may increase the rent of his property for delayed payment, but one may not increase the purchase price of a sale because of delayed payment. A "tarsha" - selling on credit at a higher price. Partial payment for a purchase which is completed retroactively upon full payment.

Bava Metzia 64 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-05-02 Advance purchase of produce which grows on its own. A transaction which is close to profit and far from loss. Using a borrower’s property for free or at a discount.

Bava Metzia 63 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-05-01 The final explanation of our mishna. Goods can be converted into money and vice versa. Rabbi Yehuda's view that interest contingent on one side of an agreement is permitted.

Bava Metzia 62 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-30 Does the court require the return of interest paid? Two people who were traveling, and only one had a flask of water. If both drink from it, they will both die from thirst, but if one drinks it, he will survive to reach a settlement. Tearing up a document containing interest provisions.

Bava Metzia 61 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-29 Interest prohibited from the Torah vs prohibited rabbinically. The connection between stealing, overcharging and interest. Various commandments connected to coming out of Egypt.

Bava Metzia 60 : Marc Chipkin: 2014-04-28 Mixing produce to deceive buyers. Practices to attract customers, and improving the appearance of merchandise. The difference between neshech and tarbit.

Bava Metzia 59 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-27 The severity of embarrassing someone in public. The gates of tears and ona'ah are never closed. "The Torah is not in heaven".

Bava Metzia 58 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-26 Half shekels sent with agents that got lost or stolen. Animals for which one bears responsibility. Wronging someone with words.

Bava Metzia 57 : Marc Chipkin: The items not subject to ona'ah - can the sale be voided? Deconsecrating hekdesh onto something less valuable. Interest does not apply to hekdesh.

Bava Metzia 56 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-24 Maaser sheni of demai. Items not subject to ona'ah. Items planted in the ground before they take root.

Bava Metzia 55 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-23 The five laws which apply to a minimum of a perutah. There are five surcharges of a fifth. The Sages treated their laws as strictly as Biblical laws.

Bava Metzia 54 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-22 Is the "fifth" a 20% surcharge or 25%? Is adding a fifth essential to redemption? Adding a fifth onto the fifth.

Bava Metzia 53 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-21 Maaser sheni worth less than the minimum amount. Maaser sheni entering and leaving Jerusalem. Does the "fifth" added onto maaser sheni redemption need to have a minimum value?

Bava Metzia 52 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-20 Rate of ona'ah for deficient coins. Time limits for returning deficient coins. Deconsecrating maaser sheni on a deficient coin.

Bava Metzia 51 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-19 A defrauded seller can always retract. There is no ona'ah for a householder. Entering into a sale on condition that there is no claim of ona'ah.

Bava Metzia 50 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-18 Does an overcharge of less than a sixth take effect immediately? If the overcharge is greater than a sixth can one retract indefinitely? Halacha : for less than a sixth, the sale is valid, and the deviation is waived immediately. If it is greater than a sixth, the sale can be voided. If the deviation is a sixth, the sale is valid, but he returns the difference. These last two claims must be made before enough time elapses to show the purchase to a merchant or relative.

Bava Metzia 49 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-17 Does retracting from a verbal commitment constitute lack of trustworthiness? Definition of ona'ah- over and under charging.

Bava Metzia 48 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-04-16 The "mi she'para" curse on someone who retracts from a purchase after giving money. Do we actually say the curse or just warn about it? Does a down payment acquire equal to its value, or the entire purchase?

Bava Metzia 47 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-15 Whose utensil is used to perform chalipin? Can an insignificant item be used for chalipin? Does an item have to be pulled into ones possession to acquire it from the the Torah?

Bava Metzia 46 : Marc Chipkin: 2024-04-14 Various chalipin discussions - can coins be acquired through chalipin, assessment of a item's value for chalipin, using disqualified coins for chalipin.