Topics covered:
Chapter 4, Mishna 3, 4
How can debt be secured without land? What can serve as basis for a prosbul? Do we still use prosbul today? What kind of debt is canceled by sabbatical year? Do laws that apply to Jews apply to Canaanite slaves as well? If Jew purchases Canaanite slave owned by non-Jew, does he continue to be a slave? Does slave who escapes from prison become ownerless? If slave becomes ownerless, does he lose status of being a slave? Can an owner emancipate their slave? How does one consecrate a slave? If a childless convert dies, who are his heirs? What is legal process to emancipate a slave?
Opening song: Rainforest sounds