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  • Topics covered:Chapter 8, Mishna 1If someone is liable for loss of livelihood, are they necessarily liable for medical costs? Vice versa? If medical care made injury worse, is person who caused injury liable for additional medical costs? What does it …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 8, MIshna 1How does court appraise the injured party? Can you pay a ransom for causing someone to lose a body part? Which courts did and didn’t have power to impose penalties? What is difference in damages between …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 7, Mishna 7, Chapter 8, MIshna 1Why is one who raises dogs like one who raises pigs? When does divine presence not rest on the Jewish people? What is relevance of range of a pigeon? What does “eye …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 7, Mishna 7Why can’t you raise sheep or goats in the settled areas of Israel and how is that relevant to topic? If shepherd doesn’t follow this ordinance and then repents, does he lose his flock? What are …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 7, Mishna 4, 5, 6When is thief liable for multifold payment for slaughter or sale of treifa? What if it’s an animal of diverse kinds? Is slaughter of treifa a slaughter? Can an animal of diverse kinds – …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 7, Mishna 3, 4What if someone changes his mind or pauses while he’s giving testimony? How is pause defined? What is time required for speaking a short phrase? What is a conspiring witness and what is their punishment? …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 7, Mishna 2, 3What happens if non-sacred animal is slaughtered in Temple courtyard? How is “act of slaughtering” defined? When does thief become obligated to pay four or five fold payment? How do we establish conspiring witnesses? What …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 7, Mishna 2Is it worse to slaughter on YK or Shabbat? What if an agent slaughters or sells on behalf of thief? Can you eat meat that was slaughtered on Shabbos? What if a thief steals something that …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 7, Mishna 1Which is worse, eating stolen grapes or consecrated grapes? What quality defines the “Pious Ones”? What if a poor person steals without realizing they are stealing? Who owns second tithed produce? Can fruit be de-sacralized after …

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