Shallow Dive Daf Yomi

Prenatal care • To nurse or not to nurse • A woman's household responsibilities

When trying to impact oneself, employ hushed and gentle words of wisdom to engrave truth in one's heart

Can the obligation of mezonos, to sustain a woman and her daughters, stand independently of the basic kesubah obligation? • Who is empowered to conclude the fulfillment of the kesubah and terminate continued mezonos payments, the widow or heirs? • Tosefes kesubah, additions to the kesubah are broadly considered like the kesubah itself

Explore familial relationships through diverse contexts in the parsha • The enticer par excellence; constructing a defense of the snake through Tosafos

What rights does a father have concerning his daughter? • What rights and obligations does a husband have concerning his wife?

A brief overview of the mitzvos in this week's parsha

At what ages are fines for assault issued? • At what ages may a father legally indenture his daughter? • When are confessions admissible? • Vigilante justice

The power of one witness • The power of casual talk • The Levites were fined by Ezra for not ascending to Israel • The marital status of a woman redeemed or ransomed

Witnesses may not alter their testimony once they have spoken • Can signatories authenticating a document ever undermine the validation of the document through subsequent testimony? • Must one be willing to give up his life rather than sign a false document which could then be used to rob another of his assets?

Tactics to combat oppression of women • Judean trickery • The priestly courts' alterations of kesubos • Do we believe the woman's claim to the detriment of her husband? • Do we believe the woman's claim of paternity? • In monetary matters, do we give greater credence to a claim of certitude or possession?