In our previous posts we discussed the difference between an ox classified as a tam, a domesticated animal who is not at risk of…
Bava Kamma 24: Minor Damages
“The victim and the perpetrator share in the [payment] of damages.” (Bava Kamma 14b) Being a victim of an accident is never pleasant…
Miriam and the Goring Ox: Bava Kamma 24
One would not expect to connect Miriam’s speaking negatively against Moshe, read (at least in the Diaspora) this past Shabbat, with the laws…
Bava Kamma 8: This Law is Not For Me
One of the basic differences between the religious and civil laws of the Torah is while the former are mandatory the latter are not necessarily so…
A Goring Ox: Bava Kamma 4
Arba avot nezikin, there are four primary categories of damages, the ox, the pit, the man and fire." (Bava Kamman 2a) As …
I Love Animals: Bava Kamma 2
"There are four primary categories of damages - the ox, the pit, the man and the fire...the common denominator of them is that…
Some Opening Thoughts on Seder Nezikin
"One who wants to sharpen his mind should involve himself in monetary law as there is no section of the Torah larger than them; they are like an…