Venue: Yeshiva of Central Queens Yeshiva of Central Queens

Gemara:

Berachot 

Collections: R' Schachter YCQ Bechoros

References: Bechorot: 48b ,  Bechorot: 49a  

Description

Does one recite a bracha when fulfilling a mitzvah or only when one is performing a mitzvah? Can one perform pidyon haben on shabbos? In which three cases is shaveh kesef not like kesef? Does the thief of a thief pay keifel? Can one make a harsha'ah on metaltelim? What issur applies only in Eretz Yisrael regarding stealing land? Define shtar kinyan and shtar ra'ayah and give examples. Can one use a printed kesuva already containing the words ve'kinyanei menei? On which line is the time, in a kesuva and in the tena'im? Can one first sign, and then write the document? What is the status of the child that dies before reaching thirty days in regards to yibum and aveilus? Is yibum required if the brother fathered a child mamzer via an affair?