Shallow Dive Daf Yomi

Whitewashing sin: Is it your destiny? • Shared spoils are more fun and give less heartburn

When did the sages flip the oath to the counter-party? • When is a threat presumed to be serious or empty? • When the employer and employee disagree about the agreed upon wage, how and why is the employer favored? • What type of prior oath violations disqualify a person from being able to swear or testify?

The unknown provides a heightened sense of excitement • Contrasting perspectives on wealth

Biblical oaths for men and women • How much denial and admission to liability renders one obligated to swear or pay? • Why are even the righteous punished when someone takes a false oath? • Since only one party is lying, why are both parties surrounding the oath held responsible for the desecration of God's name? • The languages of court administered oaths

Oaths of testimony

Glorification of victimhood is an intolerably false paradigm of virtue which leads towards the brutish ethos of pragmatic violence

Oaths of testimony

Oaths of articulation, oaths in vain, and oaths of witnesses • When is one liable to bring an offering or to receive lashes?

An invitation to join the mob • The desensitizing effect of repeated bombardment • A warped sense of justice

Being emotionally anchored in the goodness of wisdom affords protection from vulnerability to the seduction of sinfulness