Bava Kamma

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Talmudic tractate tractate of Nezikin

Bava Kamma is a Talmudic tractate that systematically discusses civil law, particularly damages, property rights, and liability.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Babylonian Talmud, tractate Bava Kamma 2
Talmudic tractates Bava Kamma 1
Tractate Bava Kamma 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Talmudic tractate ⓘ
tractate of Nezikin ⓘ
canonicalStatus part of the Oral Torah ⓘ
discusses assessment of damages by courts ⓘ
direct damage ⓘ
fire damage ⓘ
four primary categories of damages ⓘ
half-damages and full damages ⓘ
indirect damage ⓘ
intentional damage ⓘ
laws of admission and denial in claims ⓘ
laws of false witnesses ⓘ
mav'eh (person or tooth damage, depending on interpretation) ⓘ
oath requirements in monetary disputes ⓘ
ox damage ⓘ
pit damage ⓘ
principle of grama (indirect causation) ⓘ
responsibility for one’s animals ⓘ
responsibility for one’s property ⓘ
responsibility for one’s servants or agents ⓘ
self-help and extra-judicial recovery ⓘ
unintentional damage ⓘ
focusesOn laws of bodily injury ⓘ
laws of custodians and bailees ⓘ
laws of fines and penalties ⓘ
laws of negligence ⓘ
laws of property damage ⓘ
laws of robbery ⓘ
laws of theft ⓘ
monetary compensation for damages ⓘ
tort law in Jewish law ⓘ
genre halakhic literature ⓘ
hasCommentaryBy Maimonides (Rambam, via Mishneh Torah cross-references) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rashi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tosafot NERFINISHED ⓘ
influences later halakhic codifications of civil law ⓘ
language Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalDomain Jewish civil law ⓘ
orderWithinNezikin first tractate ⓘ
partOf Babylonian Talmud NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jerusalem Talmud NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seder Nezikin NERFINISHED ⓘ
primarySubject civil law ⓘ
damages ⓘ
liability ⓘ
property law ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
studiedIn yeshivot ⓘ
titleMeaning First Gate ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abaye → associatedWithText → Bava Kamma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talmudic tractates Bava Kamma
Rav Sheshet → citedIn → Bava Kamma ⓘ
this entity surface form: tractate Bava Kamma
Rav Huna → contributedTo → Bava Kamma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian Talmud, tractate Bava Kamma
Kal va-chomer → hasExampleIn → Bava Kamma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tractate Bava Kamma
Seder Nezikin → includesTractate → Bava Kamma ⓘ
Rav Chisda → mentionedIn → Bava Kamma ⓘ
Shmuel of Nehardea → mentionedIn → Bava Kamma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian Talmud, tractate Bava Kamma