Daf Yomi

Bava Batra 25 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-07-20 The direction of the Divine presence. Which way to face when praying. A tree cannot be planted near a cistern.

Bava Batra 24 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-07-19 More cases of majority vs proximity. Distancing trees from a city. Distancing a threshing floor from a city and a neighbour.

Bava Batra 23 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-07-18 There is no chazakah for causing damage. The rights and restrictions of a dovecote. the relative strength of following "רוב" – majority, and "קרוב" – proximity.

Bava Batra 22 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-07-17 Allowance for peddlers from another town to sell cosmetics. The death of Rav Adda bar Abba. Foot traffic between walls.

Bava Batra 21 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-07-16 Yehoshua ben Gamla's education system. Choosing between different teachers, and the hazards of learning with errors. Intruding on a neighbor’s business.

Bava Batra 20 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-07-15 Various items in a window opening which reduce the size for tumah. Salt being used as a barrier. Safety requirements for ovens in houses.

Bava Batra 19 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-07-14 Why stones and sand are each missing from a different list of items that generate heat. Do seeds spread roots sideways? Food left in an opening does not reduce its size regarding tumah.

Bava Batra 18 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-07-13 Can one place something dangerous near the border of one's neighbour before anything is there? Distancing mustard plants from bees. Is it incumbent upon the owner of the hazard to distance it from the victim?

Bava Batra 17 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-07-12 The personalities over whom the angel of death had no power, and those who died without sin. Distancing a pit in your property from your neighbours pit. Digging a pit near the boundary when his neighbor does not have a pit.

Bava Batra 16 : Marc Chipkin : 2024-07-11 The Satan is the Prosecutor, he is the Evil Inclination, and he is the Angel of Death. Job's questioning whether G-d could have gotten confused. G-d blessed Avraham "ba'kol".