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Bechorot 35a Robotic vs. Human Action – כל שהוא לדעתו אסור

2026/10/22

Intentionality of the agent transforms his action from that of an agentic robot to a human action.The intentionality of the owner makes that action his. Source Sheet

Bechorot 33b-34a Cheating G-d - הצורם אוזן בכור

2026/10/21

When we create an opportunity by doing something wrong, the opportunity itself becomes un-kosher. Source Sheet

Bechorot 32b-33a The Sanctity of Jewish Ownership - ובית הלל מתירין אפילו עכום

2026/10/20

An object owned by a Jew is subject to more halachot than one owned by a non-Jew, and is therefore part of a higher system of kedusha. Source Sheet

Bechorot 31a Cheapening that which is Sacred - הבכור והמעשר הנייתו לבעלים

2026/10/19

Often we find that principles of spirituality and of economics overlap. That is an indication of their Truth. The value of things is expressed not only by how we handle them but also by the price we are willing to pay for them. Source Sheet

Bechorot 21b The Profit Motive or Piety - אם במוכר או בלוקח תליא מלתא

2026/10/09

The seller of a cow that has not previously given birth is conflited between preserving the price by not revealing the fact to the buyer, and the piety of potentially causing the buyer to transgress by eating kodshim outside the beit hamikdash. Can the buyer rely on the seller’s piety? The Rambam and the Rosh disagree (as do the Shulchan Aruch and the Ramah in 316) Source Sheet

Bechorot 20a A System Built for Intimacy - רובא דתלי במעשה

2026/10/08

Intimacy within the system of the human couple is more natural than it is for random male and female animals in a herd. Source Sheet

Bechorot 19a The Special Treatment of the Bechor - הנקבה בכור לכל מילי היא

2026/10/07

The key to understanding the special status given to the first born in the Torah and its linkage to yetziat mitzrayim (the Exodus from Egypt), lies in the truthfulness of translation. Source Sheet

Bechorot 18b Don’t Get it Done. Do It. - דניחא ליה דליתעביד מצוה בממוניה

2026/10/06

Our hurried lives focus on getting things done. But growth happens from doing the right things not just from getting them done. This is especially true with respect to Torah and Mitzvot. Source Sheet

Bechorot 17b-18a Coincidence (Simultaneity) - אי אפשר לצמצם

2026/10/05

The Gemarra explores the statistical chances of exact coincidence both in nature and in humanly engineered events, and our ability to measure it. It emerges that the human capacity of certainty and exactitude is inherently limited. Source Sheet

Bechorot 9a & 13a The Value of Money - ספק פטר חמור וחיוב עריפתו

2026/10/01

Although the Torah is critical of a person who protects his assets against the rights of the kohein to the redemption of his first born donkey, nevertheless the Torah itself is protective of a person’s money wherever possible. Source Sheet

Bechorot 13a A Mitzvah to Destroy Assets - מצוות הפדיה קודמת למצוות עריפה

2026/09/30

The instruction to behead an unredeemed first-born donkey is one of the stranger ones in the Torah. Yet in it we will appreciate the depths of the Torah’s understanding of the extent of human meanness and its root cause. Source Sheet

Bechorot 11a-12a The Rights of Initiators - אין לו שה פודהו בשויו

2026/09/29

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Bechorot 11a Initiators Have Greater Rights - אין לו שה פודהו בשויו

2026/09/28

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Bechorot 8b Knowledge vs. Wisdom - ר' יהושוע בן חנניה וסבי דבי אתונה

2026/09/25

The wisdom of the Torah is sourced from a completely different place than the wisdom of the nations of the world. Source Sheet

Bechorot 7a-b Mental Linkages - היוצא מן הטמא

2026/09/24

In the laws of kashrut, some substances are defined by their chemical composition, others by their conceptual definititons. Here we learn of a further definition of issur (prohibition), issur by mental association. Source Sheet