Chapter 7, Mishna 1

When is oath transferred?
What if someone is suspected of lying when he takes oaths?
What if claimant claims that defendant injured him?
When is one considered to be suspect re oaths?
What is relevance of storekeeper acting as a kind of local bank?
When do workers have to take an oath before receiving wages?
If there’s a dispute whether money changer was paid, does customer or money changer take an oath?
Does a woman who vitiates her marriage contract by acknowledging receipt of partial payment have to take an oath before receiving remainder?
Do orphans have to take an oath to collect money owed to their father?
Can an absentee landowner impose an oath on his sharecropper without a basis for suspicion?
Do oaths by Torah law only exempt one from payment?
What is different about a hired worker that he needs to take an oath to receive wages?
How are employers protected by the law?
Does burden of proof always rest on the claimant?
How is a hired worker different than a craftsman?
Is one deemed credible when he makes a less advantageous claim that he could have made?
What is relevance of whether worker was hired in presence of witnesses?

Opening song: Moshe Storch leads Hallel at Beis Medrash Hancock Park

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