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  • Topics covered:Chapter 9, Mishna 5Can robbery victim designate an agent to get payment from robber? If agent is appointed in front of witness does that mean the agent is legitimate? When is loan considered to be repaid if there’s a …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 9, Mishna 4, 5What is role and responsibility of Exilarch? Can Exilarch be compelled to sell a field? What if seller sells field in name of another? If one sells something for profit in another’s name and it …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 9, Mishna 4What if wool belongs to one person and dye belongs to another, and another entity dyed the wool with dye? Is item dyed with orlah dye forbidden? What is significance change in appearance created by blood? …

  • Topics covered: Chapter 9, Mishna 3, 4 Who does not need to learn about currency? If a judge issues a ruling, is he on the hook if his ruling was wrong? What does kelabus mean? What if craftsman made something …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 9, Mishna 3If someone gives carpenter wood to make a bowl and carpenter ruined it, what is liability? Does craftsman acquire ownership rights through enhancement of vessel? What if homeowner’s herbs are ruined by the dyer? What if …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 9, Mishna 2, 3Is money that fell into sea considered lost? What is the king’s mountain? When is someone exempt from human law but not laws of heaven? Is there liability when damage is caused by indirect action? …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 9, Mishna 2How is legal status of stolen slave different than other property. Does master get compensated for loss of stolen slave’s labor? When a Jew owes another Jew money, can substitutions be made? Is slave’s labor worth …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 9, Mishna 1, 2If item is stolen by a Jew from a Jew, but non-Jew comes to own it, does that affect penalty for robber? What qualifies as a significant change (to a stolen item)? What is relevance …

  • Topics covered:Chapter 9, Mishna 1How did sages make it easier for robber to change his wicked ways? What is penalty if robber steals a pregnant cow and returns it after it gives birth? Does one acquire an item due to …

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