Bava Kamma 38 - December 10, 27 Kislev

Today's daf is sponsored by Jeremy Booty in loving memory of Yehonatan Ezra ben Yarden Yehoshua v' Leah Deborah on his yahrzeit.  Today’s daf is sponsored by Mindy Feldman Hecht and family in loving memory of Dr. Charles Feldman z”l. "Beloved husband, father and Saba, devoted doctor and communal leader. He would have found light in these dark days from Torah learning and strength from his family members currently serving Medinat Yisrael. May HaShem protect them and bring all the hostages home safely. Chanukah sameach u’meir." Today's daf is dedicated by Debbie and Yossi Gevir to the refuah of their son-in-law Boaz Shlomo Ben Shulamit Sara who was lightly wounded in Gaza on Shabbat morning. Wishing him and all of our wounded in the war a refuah shlema. To all of Am Yisrael -Niflaot veyishuot, niflaot unehamot. Today's daf is dedicated to the refuah shleima of Netanel Yaakov ben Yehudit Sara, who was injured in Gaza.  If one's animal injures a gentile's ox, the owner is exempt from payment. If a gentile's ox injured a Jew's ox, the owner pays a full payment, even if the animal was a shor tam. Why is this the case? Two different verses are brought to suggest that the gentiles were penalized by God for either not accepting the seven Noahide laws or the Torah. Since they had no system of law, were it not for the obligation to pay damages, their oxen would not be watched and would be a hazard to others. Would this apply to all gentiles? Does a gentile get rewarded for learning Torah? What is appropriate and not appropriate to be said to someone mourning a loss? Ulla disagreed with the Babylonian rabbis on this issue. A discussion of the merits of Amon and Moav is brought and what lesson can be learned from them. How do we treat the Samaritans in terms of laws of damages - like gentiles or like Jews? Why?