4-5 Minute insights from the daily "daf yomi"
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To give guidance and advice in life to others, one must have overcome obstacles in their own life. We learn this from Moshe.
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When a seller uses a certain word in a business deal and the buyer believes that the sale includes other items based on that word, Whose side do we follow?
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The mechanics of kinyan meshicha/pulling and how to sell chametz to a gentile before Pesach
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The seven chuppot of every tzaddik in olam haba and why one of them will be made of fire
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The tales of Rabbah Bar Bar Chanah with Rav Kook's commentary Part II
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Tales of Rabbah bar bar Chana in Rav Kook's commentary Part I
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The special law of the ancestral land
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A gift is given b'ayin yafeh
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What kind of defense claim is a court allowed to make on behalf of orphans who are being brought to court on behalf of their father?
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Are: window frames, keys, air conditioners, safes, and light fixtures included in a house sale?
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Is one permitted to name a child after a wicked person?
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Is there a problem with having a bath in our homes according to Rabbi Yehuda Hachasid?
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Can a swimming pool be used as a mikvah?
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Can an aron kodesh be nailed or drilled into the wall of a shul without it sitting on the ground?
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When you sell a house without an itemized list of what's included in the sale, what do you have in mind that you are including in that dale? What does this say about you as a person?
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How could the kohanim leviim legally gain ownership over the future gifts/tithes they would receive while in the desert when they were not yet in the Land of Israel?
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How do we conclude in Jewish law when there is a contradiction between the hidden and revealed parts of the Torah?
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The minimum height required for a fence/maakeh around one's roof
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The depth of laws of respecting privacy and building a modest society
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The Torah that is learned by each generation passes down to the next one but it is not automatic
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The cryptic aggadda which describes what Rabbi Bena'a saw in the burial cave of Avraham in Me'arat Hamachpela
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How to live elevated holy lives vis-a-vis the inappropriate images and dress that are all around
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Will the tribe of Levi have a portion in the expanded Land of Israel in the future?
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Can I pour from boiling water into a cup that has small droplets in the bottom on Shabbat?
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The parameters and limits of the principle "dina dmalchuta dina"
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The parameters and reason for the custom to leave an unfinished square on the wall in a newly built home
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Why is the Torah called a "segulah"?
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What areas of Torah and level of complexity is permissible to learn on Shabbat?
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The unique law of a master being being permitted to strike their slave , but not in all cases...
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why witnesses are only allowed to give their testimony once
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Why the Baraita uses sacrifices as the paradigm for revealing a person's true will to fulfill the will of Hashem
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What does a person really believe in their heart of hearts and how do we bring that out?
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The classic case of my coat being swapped for the coat next to it, can I wear home the other coat until I get mine back?
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What motivating factors invalidate a person from testifying? i.e. when does bias impact a testimony- monetary, familial, social?
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Does every Jew have a right/possession of a part of Eretz Yisrael?
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Does Torah learning bring pleasure and enjoyment to the learner that it will make them biased to that Torah ?
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The parameters of how closing or locking a door creates ownership
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Is there a concept of a chazaka on a mitzvah? e.g. someone who always leads kol nidrei every year, does that give him the automatic right to lead again the next year?
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Is a beit din allowed to pressure a husband monetarily in order to force him to give his wife a divorce?
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May one speak lashon hara if it takes place in front of 3 or more people?
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What wording constitutes a proper protest to prevent a squatter from establishing ownership over one's field?
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When two buyers split buying a piece of land - one buys the trees and the other the piece of land- how the Meshech Chochma resolved a dispute over aliyah ltorah on Shabbat Rosh Adar II in 1882
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The parameters of the law that a movable item in someone's possession is under that person's ownership
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Are judges allowed to make decisions arbitrarily or based on who they like better when there is no evidence or proofs to whom a piece of land/money belongs?
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How the principle of "whoever is stronger wins" works
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Is one allowed to visit a Jewish doctor on Shabbat in a non life-threatening illness situation?
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Is it a mitzvah to take an oath? Is it preferable to find a compromise?
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Are two litigants allowed to go to a 2nd court for another opinion after receiving the psak/decision of a first court? Would that constitute contempt of court?
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Promising to compensate a fired worker an exorbitant severance not expecting to actually have to pay that amount and then being asked to pay it. Is the employer required to pay?
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Building beautiful homes outside of Israel: Is there a mitzvah?
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