Chapter 2, Mishna 11, 12
Topics covered:
How is someone’s responsibility to return lost item calculated?
How does the finder’s salary impact his responsibility to return lost item?
If animal is lost in a graveyard, does kohen have obligation to return it?
When is passerby obligated to unload an animal’s burden with owner’s help? Without owner’s help?
What is the stable that sage’s mention?
When is animal “secure enough” to absolve finder of responsibility to return?
Is there a mitzvah to load a wagon? How is unloading different than loading?
Is unloading performed for free? Is loading performed for free?
What is relevance of monetary loss to loading? Unloading?
What is extent of finder’s responsibility to save animals from suffering?
Is saving animals from suffering by Torah law?
What is obligation to unload animal of non-Jew?
What if animal is loaded with wine used by non-Jew for idolatry?
When does one forgo helping the animal?
Opening song: Moshe Storch leads Hallel at Beis Medrash Hancock Park
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