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BSD In Jewish law, what happens if a husbands accidently smashed his wife's car? Is he liable? A husband and wife's financial agreements, as viewed in Jewish Law; A renter vs. borrower.

BSD In this video: Several questions regarding the liabilities of a borrower according to Halacha. Once a person made "kinyan meshichah" to an item in order to borrow it, he is liable to any damage done to it. Even if the damage happened by pure accident, the sho'el is liable, as he benefits from [...]

BSD How can a person borrow an item, lose it and yet be exempt from paying the owner? Watch this Talmud class to know more.

BSD How does the Mishnah know? When it comes to the four shomrim, there are cases mentioned in the Mishnah as having chiyuv (liability), yet they are not mentioned in the Torah. Examples for such cases are: 1) re the paid guard, only theft is mentioned and not a loss. 2) re a borrower, [...]

Rabbi Avrohom Baruch Zachariash teaches the halachas of The Three Weeks with the Mishnah Berurah. Includes discussions on painting a house and giving a child an Upshirin during the three weeks.

BSD Beginning of the 8th chapter of Bava Metzia, this Torah class is dealing with the laws of the four guards. Given by R' Akiva Teichtal of the Ahavas Shalom Torah Center, Bet Shemesh.

BSD End of seventh Perk of Bava Metzia. More on conditions in Jewish Law. If someone makes an impossible condition, does the condition take effect (and the action annulled), or is the condition disqualified and the action takes place regardless?

BSD Man vs. Wolf in the Talmud. According to the Torah, if a paid shepherd is facing a wolf does he have to fight it or can he run away? I.e., how far does his responsibility go to look after the sheep? Does he have to fight an armed robber? *** Can a person [...]

BSD A paid guard should be more committed than a non-paid one, and therefore his obligations are higher too. A non paid guard only has to compensate the owner in case of a loss that resulted from real negligence. A paid one, however, has to pay even if the loss was a result of [...]

BSD In this video we discuss... a) The Inactive Worker. Does the guard of a field get to eat of the fruit like other workers do? This is a dispute between Rav & Shmuel. It revolves around one question: Is a passive worker equal to an active one or not? This question has ramifications [...]