Chapter 1, Mishna 1

Can a Jew sell right to fetuses to gentile?
What if a Jew sells a labor animal to gentile?
What does it mean that he has to buy it back for up to ten times its value mean?
Could a Jew sell his Canaanite slave to a gentile?
If he does, does he have to buy him back and free him?
What does “the first born who opens the womb among the children of Israel” mean?
How much and which parts of the animal’s body must gentile own to exempt animal from bechor status?
Is a nonviable fetus also sanctified as bechor?
Is a hybrid sheep-goat eligible for bechor status?
Which blemishes apply to a person and which to animal?
If a gentile’s animal was given to a Jew to fatten and then unexpectedly gives birth, does animal have bechor status?
Why would owner sell animal’s ears?
What does it mean to abrogate sanctity of animal and when does it happen?

Opening song: Moshe Storch leads Hallel at Beis Medrash Hancock Park

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