Monthly Archives: January 2017

In this parsha, Gd brings the plague of frogs. The Torah tells us that Pharoah asks Moshe to get rid of them and the plague ceases, however the stink and smell from the dead frogs remained. After the plague of … Continue reading →

Every year, the weekly parsha comes to town. Every year things hit you differently. This year, thanks to the Rambam the Shikkerdovid found himself thinking of Pharaoh alot. The Torah says in Chapt. 1 verse 11 that Phaorah order “task … Continue reading →

Today’s daf deals with entering the house of a borrower to obtain a security for a loan that is due. The Baraisa says an agent of the Court can enter the home and take all things, short of the bed … Continue reading →

Today’s daf might be one of the most impactful and insightful into human nature and the universe. In the middle of the page is a startling statement: “All is in the hands of heaven, except cold. Does this means don’t … Continue reading →

Today’s daf yomi, Bava Metzia 106 continues with landlord-tenant or sharecropper situations. The mishna discusses whether a sharecropper is released from his obligation to provide a certain minimum of produce or cash to the landlord if there is a crop … Continue reading →

Todays daf in Bava Mezia 105 had an interesting situation. There is an iska partnership which means that one person provides capital and the other does the work. The agreement is pursuant to a deal, a contract or a period … Continue reading →

The famous pasuk of Vayigash: I am Yosef, is my father still alive and the brothers could not answer him. The Midrash states (Don’t be so impressed, the Shikkerdovid reads it in English) that there ability to answer is because … Continue reading →