שעשועי הדף בבא מציעא שעשועי הדף בבא מציעא Daf Delights Bava Metzia Rabbi Zev Reichman 2018/5778 Dedicated to the memory of my chavrusa, friend, mentor, and inspiration מנחם מנדל בן הרב יואל דוד באלק ע’’ה Mr. Mendel Balk, o.b.m. May the Torah learning from this book add to his many merits and bring blessings to his entire family. With deep appreciation and gratitude to Raphael and Linda Benaroya for their leadership, friendship, and support. May the Torah from this work add to the eternal merits of דוד ז״ל בן רפאל ולינדה )יפה( הי״ו David Benaroya יעקב בן רפאל וז׳ולי ז״ל Jacob Benaroya רחל בת יום טוב ורוזה ז״ל Rachel Benaroya תנצב״ה ספר זה מוקדש לעילוי נשמות זקנינו ר' חיים אליהו בן ר' זאב רייכמן ז''ל ר' יחזקאל בן ר' יצחק רפאל הלוי עציון ז''ל מרת מינה נחמה בת הרב ברוך משה נחמיה לאבל ז''ל ר' שמעון בן ר' יצחק הכהן בלוך ז''ל יקירתנו מרת רחל בלוך בת החבר ר׳ אברהם הלוי פרנקל ע״ה ר' משה יצחק בן ר' ישעיהו חיים פייערשטיין ז''ל Dedicated in loving memory of Mr. Jack Diamond o.b.m. by his children Lloyd and Ellen Sokoloff Le’iluy Nishmat Moshe ben Makhlouf ve’Leah and Dov ben Zalman by the Bousbib family Dedicated to the eternal memory of Joseph and Gwendolyn Straus and Jack Gabel by Joyce and Daniel Straus In loving memory of our dear husband, father, and grandfather שאול גרשון בן חיים שמואל ז"ל Dr. Saul G. Agus o.b.m. and in honor of our mother and grandmother, Mrs. Marcelle Agus by the Agus family לזכרון בהיכל ה’ לעילוי נשמת הורינו וזקנינו היקרים יצחק בן דוד לעמל הכהן וזוגתו שיינדל בת יעקב כהנא ולעילוי נשמת יצחק בן דוד וזוגתו מעטיל בת בן–ציון הלוי גולדפליס ולעילוי נשמת יצחק בן בן–ציון הלוי קרנקל ת.נ.צ.ב.ה. על ידי ר׳ דוד יעקב הכהן וזוגתו חי׳ה שרה כהנא ומשפחתם שיחי׳ Dedicated to Moshe and Ida Baruch By their children, grandchildren, and great- grandchildren, Howie, Razy, Julia, David, Ari, Shaina, Shimmy, Evan, and Zach מוקדש לעילוי נשמת מרגלית בת מרדכי לוי ובנה רונן בן יהושע לוי מאת בני משפחתם יצחק ושולמית אשכנזי Dedicated in loving memory of our grandson, Calev Schwartz, z”l You will always have a place in our hearts Deborah and Michael Gottlieb Dedicated in loving memory of Daniel Ben Yosef Ve’Ohra Gohar Bolour by the Bolour family כגן 8 פעיה"ק ירושלם ת"ו בס"ד י"ג סיון תשע"ז הן שמעתי על פועלו הגדול של הרה"ג ר' זאב רייכמן שליט"א רב בק"ק ענגלוואד ניו ג'רזי שמאהב את התורה על עם ישראל ובמסגרת שיעוריו בדף היומי נותן בכשרון רב למשתתפי שיעוריו לטעום משעשוע ודבשה של תורה בשאלות אקטואליות, ועתה העלה על הכתב בשפה ברורה ובנעימה את ההגיגים והרעיונות שהעלה בפני חברים מקשיבים משתתפי שיעוריו. ברכתי להרה"ג שליט"א שיזכה תמיד להגדיל תורה ולהאדירה כשאיפתו הטהורה, ורק שמחה ונחת יהיה מנת חלקו כל הימים. בברכת התורה באהבה אשר וייס Table of Contents 2. When Two Yahrtzeits Clash, for a Father Versus for a Grandfather, How Should We Split Up Leading the Davening? ..........................24 Glancing and Staring ...................................................................... 27 3. Self-Incrimination .......................................................................... 29 4. We Try Never to Disqualify a Get ................................................ 32 5. Do Children Have to Make Up Missed Prayers? ........................ 34 6. Seizing Funds from a Person Who Owes Money to You and Refuses to Pay .................................................................................. 36 7. Must We Rise to Honor Someone Who Might Be Elderly? ...... 39 Chalifin with Part of a Pair of Glasses.......................................... 41 8. Does the Offender Need to Apologize in Person? ...................... 44 9. Do the Passengers in Cars Make a Street a Public Domain? .... 46 10. Reciting a Blessing on the Actions of an Employee ................... 48 11. Can the Cleaning Man Keep the Coins He Found on the Bus? 51 12. Gifting a Lulav and Esrog to a Child ............................................ 54 13. Can One Recite a Blessing on Tefillin That He Found in a Genizah? ....................................................... 56 14. May One Break an Engagement If He Finds Out That There Are Rumors About His Bride?.............................................................. 58 15. He Meant to Give a Gift ................................................................. 60 Would a Slaughterer Who Colored His Hair Lose His Credibility? ...................................................................................... 62 16. Gifts and Transactions ................................................................... 65 17. The Need to Respect the Court ..................................................... 67 18. How to Bless .................................................................................... 70 19. A Jew Misplaced His Esrog on the First Day of Sukkos. Someone Found a Lost Esrog. The Jew Claims the Esrog with a Slight Sign and His Recognition of the Item. Can He Recite the Blessing? ........................................................................................... 72 20. Torah Can Only Be Transmitted by Modest and Humble Sages ........................................................................................................... 74 21. A Child Found a Lost Object Before the Owner Knew He Had Lost It. Later the Owner Despaired. The Child Then Reached Adulthood. Must the Child Return the Object? ......................... 77 22. Should a Teacher Refuse an Honorary Aliyah His Student Gives Him out of Concern That It May Not Have Been Given with a Full Heart? ....................................................................................... 79 23. May You Walk By Bread Lying in the Street? .............................. 82 24. Should a Collector Lie About the Generosity of His Donors? .. 84 25. May We Use the Gentile Calendar Date? .................................... 87 26. Who Owns the Money That Fell out of a Couch? ...................... 89 27. A Mirror Fell off an Egged Bus. Must the Finder Bring It Back to the Company? ............................................................................. 91 28. Utilizing the Police to Return Objects ......................................... 93 29. Taping a Rebbe’s Class Without Permission ............................... 96 30. Must I Accept Suffering Humiliation to Save Someone Else’s Life? .................................................................................................. 99 Finding a Muktzah Item on Shabbos ......................................... 101 31. If While Walking near a Closed Store I Hear the Air Conditioner Running, Do I Need to Inform the Storeowner?........................... 103 32. Can a Father Lose His Entitlement to Kaddish? ....................... 105 33. Do We Honor Parents Because of Gratitude? ........................... 109 34. Mentally Forgiving a Debt ........................................................... 112 35. Profiting from Someone Else’s Property .................................... 115 36. Reporting a Doctor’s Error to the Ministry of Health ............. 118 When the Housekeeper Steals, Is the Homeowner Liable? ..... 119 37. Using a Lie Detector to Return a Lost Object ........................... 121 Notice the Poor Students ............................................................. 122 38. Trust Our Sages ............................................................................. 124 When We Find Out That News Is Good, Should We Recite Shehecheyanu? .............................................................................. 126 39. Captivity and Presumption of Life ............................................. 129 40. Who Must Pay When Mice Damage? ........................................ 133 May Pharmaceutical Companies Charge Exorbitant Prices for Lifesaving Medications? ............................................................... 135 41. Is a Shomeir an Employee? .......................................................... 137 42. Financial Advice ........................................................................... 139 43. A Custodian Falsely Claimed He Did Not Have the Deposit to Teach a Lesson; Is He a Thief? .................................................... 142 44. What Should a Child Call His Father Who Is Also His Rebbe Muvhak? ....................................................................................... 144 45. Using Money for Mishlo’ach Manos .......................................... 146 46. The Customer Left His Purchases in the Store. They Were Stolen. Is the Storeowner Liable? ................................................ 148 47. Can a Rabbi Use a Soiled Napkin at a Wedding? ..................... 151 48. Can You Back Out of Your Promise to Attend a Meal at Your Friend’s House In Order To Go to Another Friend’s Bris Celebration? ....... 153 Watch Your Word ......................................................................... 154 49. He Told a Kohein He Would Redeem His Firstborn with Him; May He Back Out? ........................................................................ 156 50. The Time Frame to Reverse a Deal ............................................ 158 51. Can There Be a Violation of Overcharging When a Homeowner Sells His Used Washing Machine? .............................................. 160 52. May a Man Wear a Necklace? ..................................................... 162 53. May I Annul Treif Utensils by Majority? ................................... 164 54. Can the Gabbai Seize Property from the Donor’s Home?....... 167 55. The Blessing in Communal Mitzvos .......................................... 170 56. Is There Ona’ah in Overcharging for