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From how far away does does a tree take up nutrients? • If a tree is planted near a neighbor's property is the tree owner stealing, and may first fruits be brought? • If branches from a neighboring tree overhang into your property, how much may you chop?
How does King Solomon view retirement? • It is common to be easily stirred from sleep as the slumber of death approaches • What is the significance of decreased musical sensitivity as we age?
What objects can constitute a barrier that prevents ritual impurity spreading from one house to another through a shared window? • Must one bury a stillborn? • Distancing a mill from a wall owned by a neighbor • When one neighbor takes steps to establish property usage that would curtail his neighbor's usage rights if firmly established by precedent, the Gemara is uncertain if the restrictions already take effect • How Does the Vilna Gaon explain the disagreement between the Rambam and Rosh about how to rule in practice? • Residential zoning protections • Why is the second tithe extraordinary among commandments?
Equitable division of complex property • May one partner force the dissolution of a partnership, and if so, how? • When and why is a master required to free his slave? • When are mutually agreeable partners nonetheless barred from dividing their property?
Confronting systemic decline begins with awareness • Realistic assessment of one's weaknesses should inform the challenges one engages • Appreciate and utilize fleeting gifts • Dietary recommendations shift as we age
Is a dubious claim given credence if a more credible lie could have been crafted? • Above and beyond: when is one required to pay for a full half of a taller than necessary wall built by his neighbor? • The versatility of conveyed property easements • What facets of a property may be utilitzed by a tenant of a room in a large house? • The time to establish the presumtion of a property easement depends on the usage • Ensuring privacy between parallel rooftops • Ensuring privacy between adjacent courtyards with different elevations • Do property easements require a claim of explicit conveyance or merely a lack of protest to be established?
If a rented second story is damaged, when may the upstairs tenant move in downstairs with the landlord? • How do the Rambam and Rosh differ in their respective approaches to an unresolved question between Landlord and Tenant? • Who is responsible for repairing a leak that runs from the upper floor and damages the lower floor? • Does the right to build a second story include rights to utilize the ground directly?
Adjudicating ambiguous lease agreements • Chazaka, established possession does not confer "squatter rights" • Do creditor rights to foreclosure include property improvements made subsequent to the lien? • The Torah obligation to pay employees in a timely manner • The rabbinic obligation to pay beyond the biblical time frame
Landlord rights • Borrower rights • Primacy of established custom • When is a tenant entitled to a reduction in rent?
What liabilities apply to atypical borrowings? • What core facets of a borrowing transaction are required to generate the Torah's default liabilities upon borrowers? • Ba'alim Imo: exemptions from liabilities when the lender is employed by the borrower • Could a rabbinic court be liable for an inadvertent embezzlement of consecrated properties brought about by their enactment? • A borrower's exemption of Maysa Machmas Melacha, normal wear and tear and damage resulting from responsible use • Is the borrower liable for a borrowed cat killed by a group of aggressive mice? What if the cat overdosed on mice and died? • For the exemptions of Ba'alim Imo, when is a teacher considered an employee of his students and when are they considered to be employed by him?
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