The second Mesechet in the order of Nezikin in the Talmud.
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Why "for 700 zuz"?
The ninth chapter of mishnayos Bava M'tzia had numerous cases in which someone is working someone else's field, whether as part of a sharecropping agreement or under lease. Most of them do not indicate the price. Some do so so as to indicate that…
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הפה שאסר הוא הפה שהתיר
On Bava Metzia 3a, it talks about a concept that if a plaintiff claims Bob owes him 100 and Bob says no I don’t, nothing is done, but if Bob admits and says “I only only you 50, not 100,” (or if witnesses say he owes at least 50) then Bob has to…
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Bava Metzia: Dual meaning of "Metzia"
Has anyone ever commented on the fact that Bava Metzia, literally the "middle gate," can also mean the gate of "found things," and Bava Metzia is the one masechta that deals with finding lost objects?
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Story between Rabbi Elazar ben Shimon and Rebbi
I'm now learning Bava metzia and I've come across a story between Rebbi and Rabbi Elazar when they were young.
It says that they used to sit on the floor until the teachers made benches for them etc.. but One of the rabbis put them back on the…
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Why did R"G admit that he acted inHalachicly?
After the incident of Tanuro Shel Akhnai (B"M 59), G-d tried to threaten/punish R"G by wrecking his ship, probably realizing that he [somehow] sinned. His response was that he acted out of "שלא ירבו מחלוקות בישראל" (to minimize/prevent future…
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