The Mishnah is probably the greatest and the most important Jewish book ever written. We are following a global study cycle with the aim of studying all of it, the entire Mishnah, by January 2028. Running five days/week, we cover between two and four Mishnayot on every episode. For source sheets and materials, visit www.thedailymishnah.com.
Can we protest that a school should not be located "in my backyard"? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaBatra For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Neighbourhood pollution! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaBatra For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Can we divide a Torah scroll? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaBatra For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Are we permitted to make our homes in a gated community? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaBatra For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Must a neighbour share the cost of the fence? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaBatra For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Neighbours' disputes and the right to privacy. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaBatra For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
How do we solve an insoluble problem? We compromise. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Passive-aggressive neighbour! Do we listen to him? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
More neighbours' building disputes! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Neighbours' building disputes! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Echoes of Shylock! We can't take a person's life as a pledge. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
For how long can you delay paying your workers? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
If you rent a field, can you cut a beam out of the sycamore tree? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Crop rotation in the time of the Mishnah! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
You rent a field but you don't want to weed it! What happens? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
You rent a field. What happens if its spring dries up? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
You fix an annual rent for your house. What happens in a leap-year, with thirteen months? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Your olive trees are washed away into your neighbour's field! Who owns the oil? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
You borrow a cow and the lender has it sent over, but it dies on the way! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
You borrow one cow and rent another. One of them dies, but you don't know which is which! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Can you make a contract to avoid an obligation that the Torah mandates? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Is there a limit to a shepherd's liability for damage? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
How much of the employer's food is a labourer entitled to eat at work? Is there a limit? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Some of your workers have an absolute right to eat from your fields! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
How well do you have to feed your workers? Is dessert a requirement? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Paid and unpaid custodians? Is a lender paid for his loan? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
How much can you overload a camel? Or a donkey? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Hiring a plough? Or hiring out a donkey? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Hiring workers or equipment? What if they go on strike half-way through the job? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Interest on a service provided? Helping someone else pay or take interest? Interest in the form of words? Stay away! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Can you trade forward contracts in commodities? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Can you pay interest to a non-Jew? Or charge interest when you lend to a non-Jew? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Using "benefit in kind" to create a synthetic interest payment for an equity stake! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Using financial engineering to create a synthetic interest payment! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Taking interest on a loan? Using financial engineering to avoid interest? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Can you "steal" someone's eye? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Which is worse, ripping someone off or insulting them in public? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Can you be ripped off when buying a Torah scroll or a pearl? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Number games with fives! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
How much weight can a coin lose before becoming invalid? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Price-gouging? In the time of the Mishnah? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
What does God do when people don't stand by their promises? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
What kind of liability does the custodian take on if he uses the deposit for his own purposes? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
At what point does a custodian become negligent? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
If your friend leaves a barrel in your care and it breaks, who is responsible? What if you've moved it? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Responsibilities of a custodian! Do they include shrinkage? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
You've stolen money but you can't remember who from! What's your liability? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
If you rent a cow and it dies, are you liable? What if you borrow it? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
Who takes precedence, your father or your teacher? And what about you? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
How many times do we have to return a runaway cow to its owner? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
How do we deal with deceitful claimants? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com
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