Kesubos
Kesubos 16b–17a
The Beis Shammai/Beis Hillel machloket over praising every bride as beautiful, whether that counts as lying, and when bending the truth for shalom is permitted -- with stories illustrating the cost of false versus genuine kindness.
Kesubos 17a
Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman's question on why the Gemara highlights escorting a bride and burying the dead over Torah study itself, with reflections on marriage, family, and the challenges of travel.
Kesubos 17b
A Kesubos sugya on wedding customs for a widow -- the veil, roasted grain, and oil poured on rabbis' heads -- comparing practices in Bavel and Eretz Yisrael.
Kesubos 18a
A Bava Metzia-style sugya comparing a borrower's claim of repayment to a thief's confession, why teshuva lowers the bar of proof required, and the toil (amal) that real Torah learning demands.
Kesubos 18a
A Bava Metzia/Shevuos sugya on the three Torah-level oaths, why a partial admission (moda b'miktzas) requires swearing, and why an oath functions as a psychological nudge toward truth.
Kesubos 18a
Continues the moda b'miktzas sugya -- whether the principle of a 'returner of a lost object' extends to loans, with Rashi and the Rabbanan debating the scope.
Kesubos 18a
Continues the sugya on partial admissions and oaths -- Tosafos's d'oraisa argument, the Pnei Yehoshua, and why a minor or deaf person is exempt from swearing.
Kesubos 29a
A detailed sugya on the Torah's penalty (kenas) for seduction -- which women qualify, the status of a convert, and the age at which a father versus the victim herself receives the payment.
Kesubos 10a
A detailed Kesubos sugya on the rabbinic takanah protecting a bride's and widow's ketubah, Rava's chazakah that no one wastes a wedding feast, and who bears the burden of proof over a disputed condition.
Kesubos 10a
A detailed Kesubos sugya on the rabbinic takanah protecting a bride's and widow's ketubah, Rava's chazakah that no one wastes a wedding feast, and who bears the burden of proof over a disputed condition.
Kesubos 10a–10b
A Kesubos sugya on whether the ketubah's monetary amount is really d'oraisa, the difference between a virgin's and a widow's ketubah, and a side discussion on the punishment of lashes for defamation.
Kesubos 10b
A detailed Kesubos sugya on Rabban Gamliel's physical test for a bride's virginity claim, why the test exists to protect the woman, and whether it's reliable enough to use today.
Kesubos 10b
A detailed Kesubos sugya on Rabban Gamliel's physical test for a bride's virginity claim, the wine-smell test alternative, and whether it's reliable enough to use today.
Kesubos 11a
A detailed Kesubos/Yevamos-style sugya on converting a minor as a zechus (benefit) acquired on their behalf, the role of Beis Din, and whether the child can later reject the conversion.
Kesubos 11a
A detailed sugya on converting a minor as a zechus acquired on their behalf, the role of Beis Din, and the Rashba's clarification of parental involvement in the process.
Kesubos 9a
A Sotah sugya opening with Rabbi Elazar's statement that a wife is only forbidden to her husband through kinui and setirah -- the warning and seclusion that trigger the sotah process -- and the Gemara's challenge to that claim from the story of Avner.