Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Bava Kamma 93 - Invitation to Do Damage (Torts)

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If one says to his fellow, "Blind my eye," "Cut off my hand," or "Break my leg," and the fellow did so, the as...
Monday, March 30, 2009

Bava Kamma 92 - Assailant Must Ask Forgiveness from his Victim (Torts)

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Although the assailant gives his victim compensation, the assailant is not pardoned by God until he requests forgiveness from his victim, as...
Sunday, March 29, 2009

Bava Kamma 91 - Assessment of Weapons (Torts)

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" If two men fight together, and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist ..." Says Rabbi Shimon HaTimni: "An extra wor...
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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Bava Kamma 90 - Amounts Paid for Humiliation (Torts)

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One who boxes (alternatively, shouts into) the ear of his fellow must give him a Sela ($200), but Rabbi Yehudah says a Maneh ($5,000). If he...
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Friday, March 27, 2009

Bava Kamma 89 - Trading in One's Ketubah (Torts)

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A married woman can sell her Ketubah with the stipulation that if she is widowed or divorced, the buyer will collect the entire face value o...
Thursday, March 26, 2009

Bava Kamma 88 - Payment for the Humiliation of a Canaanite Slave (Torts)

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One who wounds a Canaanite slave of others is liable to all five categories of payment; Rabbi Yehudah says that " a man and his brothe...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Bava Kamma 87 - One Who is Obligated and Does Observe the Laws (Torts)

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According to Rabbi Yehudah, a blind person is exempt from the laws of exile for inadvertent murder because of " without seeing ," ...