Reuven’s smartphone was stolen and sold. Then, the police caught the thief. Rav, citing his uncle and teacher, Rabbi Chiyya, says Reuven’s claim is only
A Tosefta (Bava Kamma 94b) discusses a repentant robber or usurer who tries to return the ill-gotten gains. One should not accept it from them,
A Mishna in Kiddushin (25b) mentions mechanisms for acquiring a large animal. Rabbi Meir and Rabbi [Eleazar1] say that is may be acquired via מְסִירָה,
If Reuven digs or opens a deep pit and Shimon’s ox falls to its death, Reuven must make restitution, and the animal’s carcass is “his,”
The Mishna on Kiddushin 74a deals with people prohibited to marry into the Israelite congregation, e.g. a mamzer. The Tanna Kamma says all such prohibited
When Adam was in Gan Eden, Hashem told him not to eat from the etz hadaat, “… for on the day you shall eat from
A somewhat cryptic mishna on Kiddushin 28a seems to discuss chalipin, such as exchanging a donkey for an ox and when each is acquired. The
Rabba (bar Nachmani) and Rav Yosef (bar Chiyya) were third-generation Amoraim situated in Pumbedita, and were frequent disputants. Rav Yehuda (bar Yechezkel) was their teacher
By Rabbi Dr. Joshua Waxman Why did Abaye and Rava spend so much time arguing about Halacha, bringing proofs from Mishnayot and braytot, and reinterpreting
In shul, after a person has completed his aliyah and is en-route to his seat, I am in the habit of congratulating him by telling
The Mishna in Gittin (2a) begins with a statement that an agent bringing a get from abroad must declare that it was written and signed
As I write this, we approach Shavuot, celebrating the giving of the Torah from Hashem to Israel. Midrashim consider Matan Torah to function conceptually as
