Chapter 7, Mishna 1

What if hired worker and employer disagree on whether worker was paid or not?
Can worker swear an oath and get paid?
Who has burden of proof if they disagree about what the wage was that they agreed to?
What’s difference between craftsman and employee?
Who takes oath if craftsman and client disagree about the agreed upon payment?
What is relevance of who has possession of item purchased from craftsman?
What is relevance of partial admission?
When does worker have right to take an oath that he was not paid?
How is oath by rabbinic oath different than oath by Torah law?
What does worker getting paid or not have to do with victim of robbery?
How is taking collateral like robbery and how does that intersect with employer/employee law?
If witnesses saw a person go into another’s house, pick up stuff and put it under his garment and walk out with it, is he deemed credible?
What is relevance of whether owner is someone who is apt to sell items?
How to determine who has to prove his claim and one who can simply swear his claim?
When does injured person have to take an oath to receive compensation?
What is meaning of “even” a person who took an oath in vain with respect to who is suspected of swearing false oaths?

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

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