Shallow Dive Daf Yomi

How was the land of Israel inherited? • Grace, an antidote to resentment

How do we know that a man inherits his mother? • Dayo, limiting the extension of a Kal Vachomer (a fortiori) • A messy controversy: Does a mother bequeath to her children equally, or to her sons before daughters? • Does a mother ever bequeath a double portion? How do we know that a man inherits his wife? • Is the husband's inheritance Biblical or Rabbinic?

If you were an ox, how could you develop an appreciation for the glamourless cattle prod? • Discerning decisive truth among conflicting theoretical truths

When selling an unmeasured field, when is the estimated yet imprecise parcel size binding on both parties, and when are adjustments needed? • Do the same parameters apply to larger transactions? • Price gouging on real property • When adjustments are warranted, when is the purchase price increased and when is part of the property returned to the seller?

When should the blessing borei peri hagafen be recited over wine dreg extract? • What types of wine should not be used for libations but may be used for kiddush, consecration of the hallowed day?

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When is it permissible to repurpose and maintain a faulty measure? • Limits on altering measures and currency values • Limits on profit margins • No intervention can be more effective than a calculated intervention towards maintaining lower prices in the longer term • Restrictions on exports of basic necessities when supply is tight help maintain local affordability

The Talmudic debate about what King Solomon sought, yet was denied • Man's potential and the Messianic era

When selling a group of trees, when is the land between them included? • Four types of transactions: When can the Seller, Buyer, neither or both back out?

King Solomon, master of learning and sharing wisdom, was fueled by relentless drive • When is self-promotion appropriate?