Chapter 8, Mishna 1
Topics covered:
What does it mean that owner is working for borrower?
What is relevance to time that animal was injured/died re: borrower’s liability?
Why is time of borrowing more important than time of mishap?
Does borrowed item need to have “tangible value” for liability to occur?
What if work done with borrowed item is worth less than one peruta?
What if item is borrowed from two owners, and one owner was working for borrower?
What if item is borrowed from woman and her husband worked for borrower?
If he owns it and she gets to use it, is that the same as owning it?
When does buyer bring first fruits and make declaration?
Can only husband nullify wife’s vows?
Is legal status of a person’s agent like himself?
Is possession of slave like possession of master?
Is husband who has usufruct right to wife’s property like a buyer or renter?
When is borrower like a renter?
Is a husband a borrower or renter?
Is borrower liable if animal dies while working in a normal way?
Opening song: Moshe Storch leads Hallel at Beis Medrash Hancock Park
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