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September 11, 2024 Din & Daf: The Logic Behind Ridiculous Transactions - with Dr. Elana Stein Hain
Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain
How should we interpret ridiculous transactions? The case of massive overpayment.
Bava Batra 78a
בכדי שאין הדעת טועה
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The Gemara suggests that the overpayment which is obvious to the buyer is not considered ona’ah, and the transaction is valid. This is because we assume that the buyer was aware of the overpayment for the item and was willing to give the extra money that they paid as a gift. This raises the question, which comes up in different places in Shas, of how we should interpret the intentions of people who are party to a transaction that is exaggerated, ridiculous, nonsensical, etc. In this shiur, we will look at a few such examples in Shas that are not only about ona’ah.
Dr. Elana Stein Hain – [email protected]
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28 min
September 09, 2024 Din & Daf: Generosity in Transactions - Ayin Yafa - with Dr. Elana Stein Hain
Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain
Bava Batra 64a, 71a
The Gemara in the fourth perek of Bava Batra addresses the question of whether people selling land, giving gifts, and sanctifying property for hekdesh generally act with an attitude of generosity, making their handover of property more inclusive, or whether they generally act with an attitude of withholding, meaning that they are not looking to give more than the minimum of what their transaction indicates. In this shiur, we will examine the concept of עין יפה, a generous posture on the part of the seller, and why it is such a chiddush!
Dr. Elana Stein Hain – [email protected]
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21 min
August 23, 2024 Damage by Sight, Privacy and a Prophet with a Closed Eye - On Second Thought with Rabbanit Yafit Clymer
On Second Thought: Delving Into the Sugya with Rabbanit Yafit Clymer
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Bava Batra 59 60
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17 min
August 18, 2024 Din & Daf: Following the Law of the Land- Dina d'Malchuta Dina with Dr. Elana Stein Hain
Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain
דינא דמלכותא דינא
Bava Batra 54b-55a
Shmuel introduces the notion that the law of the land must be followed by Jews. What is the concept behind this? How much does the law of the land become part of Jewish law, and how much is Jewish law “subject” to the law of the land?
Dr. Elana Stein Hain – [email protected]
30 min
August 08, 2024 Din & Daf: What is Mechilah? with Dr. Elana Stein Hain
Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain
What is Mechilah? How the Case of Mistaken Mechilah Answers that Question
Bava Batra 41a
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The possibility of having a chazakah of three years over landed property corresponds to presumed mechilah (or waiving of rights) by the original owner? But what is mechilah actually? Is it a type of kinyan, or something else? The case of mechilah b’taut, mistaken mechilah, helps us probe that question.
Dr. Elana Stein Hain – [email protected]
34 min
August 04, 2024 Din & Daf: Oaths- How and Why does a Shevua Impact Payment? with Dr. Elana Stein Hain
Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain
כׇל הַמְחוּיָּב שְׁבוּעָה שֶׁאֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לִישָּׁבַע – מְשַׁלֵּם
Bava Batra 33-34
On Bava Batra 34a, a principle is introduced in the name of Rabbi Abba, that in a case of monetary dispute, anyone who is obligated to take an oath but cannot do so must pay the other litigant. How should we understand this position?How does it square with similar situations, such as where a defendant would like to take an oath, but is not believed in court because of prior misdeeds? What does all this teach us about the role of oaths in general in monetary disputes?
Dr. Elana Stein Hain – [email protected]
33 min
July 29, 2024 Shuda D'dayanei - Gefet with Shalhevet Schwartz
Gefet: Gemara, Perushim and Tosfot
An in-depth (Iyun) Gemara shiur with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz (Episode 88)
"God's seal is truth," and so the duty of a judge when faced with a dispute is, in general, to successfully bring the truth to light. But what does a judge do when there is no failsafe way to determine the right answer? Today we'll familiarize ourselves with the legal tools that make it possible to pave a way forward when judges face uncertainty, and we'll dive deeper into one particularly fascinating solution known as shuda d'dayanei.
Bava Batra 35
Gefet with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz is in collaboration with Yeshivat Drisha
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34 min
July 25, 2024 Contradicting Testimonies: Rav Huna vs Rav Chisda - Gefet with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni
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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31 min
July 25, 2024 Din & Daf: Chezkat 3 Shanim with Dr. Elana Stein Hain
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 – [email protected]
32 min
July 22, 2024 Gerama and Garmi - Gefet with Shalhevet Schwartz
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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28 min

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