Throughout most of history wealth was primarily a result of land ownership. The more land one owned…
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Bava Metzia 103: Time to Move
We often imagine that the ancient world was one in which almost all lived on farms tilling their…
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Bava Metzia 97: I Just Don't Know
“Arba shomrim hem, there are four guardians, a shomer chinam, an unpaid guardian; the shoel,…
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Bava Metzia 87: The Beauty of Old Age
Our society venerates youth, with an entire industry dedicated to keeping people looking and…
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Bava Metzia 92: Time to Eat
“Everything goes according to the custom of the land (Bava Metzia 83a). As much as lawyers…
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Vayigash: An Egyptian Education
“And you shall surely know that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not…
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Bava Metzia 85: For the Children
One of the challenges of higher education is ensuring that one does not sit in an ivory tower where…
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Bava Metzia 83: Was the Wine Good?
“Pray for the welfare of government for, if not fear of them, man would swallow his friend…
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Bava Metzia 85: Forget It!
Family owned businesses comprise some 90% of all business enterprises in the United States, account…
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Mikeitz: Counting on Charisma
Yosef was a most charismatic figure. How else to explain the appeal he had to so many people? The…
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Bava Metzia 84: I Can't Learn Without You
The traditional way to study Talmud is with a chavruta, a study partner, someone with whom to…
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Bava Metzia 76: I Love My Job
“’For they are My slaves’ (Vayikra 25:55) – and not slaves to My slaves…
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Chanukah: 70 Bulls and 8 Lights
Perhaps the greatest challenge facing Jewishly conscious people in the modern world is figuring out…
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VaYeshev: Time to Grow Up
Perhaps no Biblical story fascinates us like that of Yosef and his brothers. Its twists and turns…
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Bava Metzia 75: In Man We Don't Trust
Jews pray three times a day to be blessed with material wealth. Yet precisely because so much good…
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Bava Metzia 72: I Want to Be a Rich Man
People convert to Judaism for all kinds of reasons. Ideally, one may accept only those who…
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Talking to Parents
One of the aspects of teaching I enjoy greatly is parent-teacher meetings. Beyond friendly chatter…
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Bava Metzia 65: Sale Ends Today
One of the unique features of the prohibition of charging interest is that the prohibition cannot…