Gemara Baba Metzia Lesson 1 - Hashavat Aveidah

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Guemara Baba Metzia Lesson 1 Introduction Source Sheets

Part 1: Introduction to "Lost and Found"

You found a puppy. Do you think you can keep it, or have to look for its owner? Why?

1 point

You found a basketball. Do you think you can keep it, or have to look for its owner? Why?

1 point

You found change in the parking machine. Do you think you can keep it, or have to look for its owner? Why?

1 point

Part 2

Fill in the following sentence using the word below based on Devarim 22:1: "If a person sees ___A___ or ____B___ in a strange place, he may not ____C____. He is required to ____D_____ the lost item to ____E____"

5 points

return

sheep

its owner

ignore it

Clear selection

Based on this verse, check all of the following rules that are CORRECT:

1 point

If the owner of the lost item lives far away, you must hold onto it until he comes

If the owner of the lost item lives far away, you don't have to keep the item

If you don't know the owner of the lost item, you can keep it

When the owner shows up for the lost item, you have to give it back

Which of the following possible lost items are mentioned in the Torah?

3 points

donkey

sheep

bread

money

clothing

What are the two separate mitzvot connected with returning lost items?

Look back at what you wrote about the dog, the basketball and the money (don't change what you wrote). Do you still think what you wrote is correct, or do you now think something different? if you changed your mind, what's different?

Now watch the third part of our lesson.

Vocab!

6 points

השבת אבידה

בעלות

אבידה

סימן

ייאוש

הפקר

returning a lost item

ownership

a lost item

sign

giving up hope

ownerless

Clear selection

You see this cow walking in an open field. Based on what we learned, answer the following.

Does it have a סימן?

2 points

Is it הפקר?

2 points

Yes

Clear selection

Does the mitzvah of השבת אבידה apply?

2 points

Yes

Clear selection

How do you know? What information did you use to answer the past three questions?

3 points

Send me a copy of my responses.

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