The Daily Mishnah with Benedict

Iif you rent a field, can you cut a beam out of the sycamore tree? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

Crop rotation in the time of the Mishnah! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

You rent a field but you don't want to weed it! What happens? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

You rent a field. What happens if its spring dries up? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

You fix an annual rent for your house. What happens in a leap-year, with thirteen months? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

Your olive trees are washed away into your neighbour’s field! Who owns the oil? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

You borrow a cow and the lender has it sent over, but it dies on the way! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

You borrow one cow and rent another. One of them dies, but you don’t know which is which! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

Can you make a contract to avoid an obligation that the Torah mandates? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

Is there a limit to a shepherd's liability for damage? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

How much of the employer's food is a labourer entitled to eat at work? Is there a limit? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com

Some of your workers have an absolute right to eat from your fields! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

How well do you have to feed your workers? Is dessert a requirement? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

Paid and unpaid custodians? Is a lender paid for his loan? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

How much can you overload a camel? Or a donkey? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

Hiring a plough? Or hiring out a donkey? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

Hiring workers or equipment? What if they go on strike half-way through the job? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com  

Interest on a service provided? Helping someone else pay or take interest? Interest in the form of words? Stay away! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com

Can you trade forward contracts in commodities? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com  

Can you pay interest to a non-Jew? Or charge interest when you lend to a non-Jew? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

Using "benefit in kind" to create a synthetic interest payment for an equity stake! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

Using financial engineering to create a synthetic interest payment! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

Taking interest on a loan? Using financial engineering to avoid interest? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

Can you "steal" someone's eye? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

Which is worse, ripping someone off or insulting them in public? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

Can you be ripped off when buying a Torah scroll or a pearl? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com

Number games with fives! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com  

How much weight can a coin lose before becoming invalid? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

Price-gouging? In the time of the Mishnah? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

What does God do when people don't stand by their promises? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

What kind of liability does the custodian take on if he uses the deposit for his own purposes? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

At what point does a custodian become negligent? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

If your friend leaves a barrel in your care and it breaks, who is responsible? What if you've moved it? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

Responsibilities of a custodian! Do they include shrinkage? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia  For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

You've stolen money but you can't remember who from! What's your liability? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia  For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

If you rent a cow and it dies, are you liable? What if you borrow it? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

Who takes precedence, your father or your teacher? And what about you? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com  

How many times do we have to return a runaway cow to its owner? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com  

How do we deal with deceitful claimants? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

For how long do we need to announce our find? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com  

Maybe we shouldn't return the lost object! Maybe we just leave it where we found it! For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com

When are "finders keepers"? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

How many sheets make a bundle? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

When are we forbidden to return a lost object? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

If you find a lost object, who owns it? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

Financial judgements are about more than money! Feelings matter too. For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaMetzia For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

What does it take to be a truly holy person?  For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaKama For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

What if the thief can't remember whether he brought back the stolen object? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaKama For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

If a thief is robbed by another thief, does he still need to repay? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaKama For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com 

Returning stolen property? For the source sheet, look here: https://tinyurl.com/MishnatBavaKama For other resources go to https://www.thedailymishnah.com