Quiz on בבא מציעא צח



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  1. Why does Rami Bar Chama explain the Saifa’s case as four cows?
    1.   Beis Din does not invoke a Shevu’ah for less than four cows.
    2.   The number must be even in order to allow for a Yachloku.
    3.   Two that were borrowed and two that were rented; this way there is no majority that will tell us to assume from which group the dead cow belonged.
    4.   Two to have a Kefirah and Hoda’ah, one that was certainly borrowed, one that was certainly rented, and they are arguing which one of these two died.
    5.   Because that is the Derech among people who borrow cows; one for plowing, one for threshing, one for milking, and one as a reserve.