Bava Metzia 119a Amud Yomi Shiur
BSD Last page of Bava Metzia. Case: Some Vegetables grow in the ground of one person but their leaves grow and jut out into someone else's airspace. Who owns these vegetables?
Bava Metzia 118b Amud Yomi Shiur
BSD "Do it at your own risk". Does Jewish law endorse this concept? E.g. Would Beth Din allow someone to place a hazardous object in the public domain (for whichever reason) yet demand of him to pay if damage was caused?
Bava Metzia 118a Amud Yomi Shiur
BSD An offer you can (not?) refuse, in the eyes of Halacha. Case 1: Reuven's stonewall fell into the garden of his neighbor, Shimon. Instead of clearing away the stones, Reuven tells Shimon that he can keep the stones for himself and do as he wishes with them. Is that a workable deal, or [...]
Bava Metzia 117b Amud Yomi Shiur
BSD Don't touch the (not so) kosher money. Even if it is legally ok to benefit from someone else's money, it's not always the right thing to do.
Hilchos Chol Hamoed with Rav Zachariash (8)
Rabbi Avrohom Baruch Zachariash teaches the halachas of Chol Hamoed with the Mishnah Berurah (O.C. 534). Washing clothes and towels on Chol Hamoed, plus lots more!
Bava Metzia 117a (second part) Amud Yomi Shiur
BSD The roof is leaking! What does halacha say about leaking roofs and other "neighborly" damages? Is it always clear that the damaging party has to pay? E.g. can a person plant a tree in his own field if its roots would eventually damage his friend's water well?
Simchas Beis Hashoeva 5784
Rabbi Avrohom Baruch Zachariash speaks at the Beis Medrash Ahavas Shalom Simchas Beis Shoeva 5784 (September 30, 2023)
Bava Metzia 117a Amud Yomi Shiur
BSD There's a hole in the floor! (of the rented house, and the landlord refuses to fix it....) The Mishnah says that in some cases, if a landlord refuses to fix the floor of the tenant (who is living above him), then the tenant has the right to move in to the landlord's house [...]
Chizuk from the Rav due to the WAR
Rabbi Avrohom Baruch Zachariash gives Chizuk and then leads the recitation of psalms due to the current war in Israel
Bava Metzia 116b Amud Yomi Shiur
BSD The Talmud and the Law of Gravity. The case of the falling house. In this shiur the Mishnah presents us with the following case: A two story building is owned by two people, each one owning another floor. Now the house collapsed, and the two neighbors collect (and divide between them) the broken [...]