Bava Metzia 106: Crop Failures and Their Many Consequences

Talking Talmud - A podcast by Yardaena Osband & Anne Gordon

Natural calamities... and how years with no rain (and therefore no produce) were characterized as "Elijah's years." Plus, calculating produce per the years of Shemitah (and Yovel) - and how that connects to redeeming one's conscrated ancestral lands. Plus, mishnah! Cultivating wheat when the crop fails is a challenge to pay back....