Topics covered: Chapter 3, Mishna 1 The Torah rules that a rapist or seducer must marry the girl if she wants, and he may never divorce her, and he pays a fine. What is the difference if she’s a minor, …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 9, 10 A husband may not give testimony about his wife because she is considered the same person as him. If a couple divorced, she leaves the house unless she owned it before they were …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 7, 8 If a city is besieged by foreign soldiers, do we create a legal presumption that all the women in the city were raped, which would lead them to be prohibited to their husbands …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 6, 7 Sometimes we establish the legal status of a kohen, a priest, by surprising means, e.g. that he receives the Levite’s tithe. Can we establish a legal matter by the testimony of two witnesses …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 6 Do we establish that a man is a kohen – a priest – and fit to marry as a priest, because we saw that he stood up to bless the congregation alongside other priests? …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 6 Do we believe a man to testify about himself that he is a priest? Do we believe two men testifying about each other that they are priests? When do we say there is a …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 4, 5 How do witnesses or self-testimony establish a presumption of permitted or prohibited status for a woman to remarry, and how is the presumptive status uprooted?   #ketubah #jewishwedding #evidence #contracts #beisdin #rabbi #judge  …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 3, 4 What disqualifies a judge from serving on a tribunal? If he committed a crime and repented, may he serve as a judge? What is the principle, the mouth that prohibited is the mouth …

Topics covered: Chapter 2, Mishna 3 When a rabbinic court judges the validity of a ketubah or loan document, do the witnesses come to testify that their transaction happened, or only that their signatures are authentic? What is the practical …