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    Bava Metzia - perek "Elu Metziot"

    A blueprint for ye’ush, siman, and the duty of return

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    Chapter 1 · Sugya gateway: opening & structure

    4 lessons
    1. 01Opening the perek - the first Mishna (21a) 22 min
    2. 02Ye’ush of the owner - root of acquisition (21b) 24 min
    3. 03Siman and identification - how a lost item is returned (22b–23a) 22 min
    4. 04Sugya map - a 17-page blueprint 18 min
    02

    Chapter 2 · Central kushyot & analysis

    7 lessons
    1. 05First kushya - scattered produce (21a) 20 min
    2. 06Dates blown down by the wind (22b) 22 min
    3. 07Coins scattered in the marketplace (26a) 20 min
    4. 08He saw a coin fall - picked up before ye’ush (26b) 22 min
    5. 09Siman on the object vs. by location (27a) 20 min
    6. 10Avedah mi-da’at - is it even a "lost" item? (25b) 18 min
    7. 11The "asher to’vad" derashah and its limits (27a) 20 min
    03

    Chapter 3 · Resolutions of the Rishonim

    7 lessons
    1. 12Rashi - close reading of the text 20 min
    2. 13Tosafot - the kushya as engine 24 min
    3. 14Ramban - the integrative method 22 min
    4. 15Rashba - Hidushim on lost objects 20 min
    5. 16Ritva - systematic write-up of an entire sugya 20 min
    6. 17Meiri - the rule-first method 18 min
    7. 18Ran and Nimukei Yosef - two types of summary 18 min
    04

    Chapter 4 · Halakhic derivation

    6 lessons
    1. 19Rambam - Hilkhot Gezela ve-Aveida 13–17 22 min
    2. 20Tur and Shulchan Arukh - Hoshen Mishpat 259–262 22 min
    3. 21Contemporary applications - wallets, phones, digital assets 22 min
    4. 22Chavruta review - 8 cases from the perek 22 min
    5. 23Personal write-up - your own sugya sheet 25 min
    6. 24Self-test and finish - do you own the perek? 20 min
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