Bava Metzia II

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This course in Advanced Talmud will explore the comparative approaches assigned to different types of possessions. A broader analysis of beit dins approach toward uncertain monetary conflicts will seek to clarify beit din's primary goals in adjudicating the case - achieving a veritable resolution that is truthful to what occurred, resolving the case in the most equitable fashion for all involved parties in the dispute, or a pragmatism that is primarily motivated in moving forward from conflict. Resolution methods such as kol di'alim gevar, yachloku, shuda di'dayyni, and yehei munach will be weighed against one another, as well as the myriad factors that might influence the preference of one over the other.