What liabilities apply to atypical borrowings? • What core facets of a borrowing transaction are required to generate the Torah's default liabilities upon borrowers? • Ba'alim Imo: exemptions from liabilities when the lender is employed by the borrower • Could a rabbinic court be liable for an inadvertent embezzlement of consecrated properties brought about by their enactment? • A borrower's exemption of Maysa Machmas Melacha, normal wear and tear and damage resulting from responsible use • Is the borrower liable for a borrowed cat killed by a group of aggressive mice? What if the cat overdosed on mice and died? • For the exemptions of Ba'alim Imo, when is a teacher considered an employee of his students and when are they considered to be employed by him?

Workers' rights to eat from produce they are cultivating • The Torah prohibits muzzling an ox while he is threshing; what are the implications of Man's shared identity with other creatures? • Strategies for employers and employees to enhance their respective profits • By fixing terms of consumption with his employer, the employee's baseline rights can be eclipsed, with tithe implications

When a lender takes collateral for a loan, what liabilities does he become responsible for? • When may a lender rent out the collateral to reduce the principal of the loan without permission?