Tractate Bava Metzia
Mishnah Bava Metzia, the thirty-second tractate of Seder Nezikin, governs lost items, deposits, hiring, and commercial transactions. It has 10 chapters and 101 mishnayot.
Bava Metzia - Chapter 1
Two people holding the same object, and how ownership is divided in a disputed case.
Bava Metzia - Chapter 2
The categories of lost items, and the obligation to return them.
Bava Metzia - Chapter 3
One entrusted with an item as custodian, and the various cases of deposits.
Bava Metzia - Chapter 4
The prohibition of overcharging (ona'ah), and transactions involving gold and silver.
Bava Metzia - Chapter 5
The prohibition of charging interest (ribbit) on loans.
Bava Metzia - Chapter 6
The hiring of craftsmen, and their liability for defective work.
Bava Metzia - Chapter 7
The hiring of laborers, and their right to eat from the produce they harvest.
Bava Metzia - Chapter 8
One who borrows an item, and the various cases of borrowing.
Bava Metzia - Chapter 9
One who receives a field to farm as a sharecropper.
Bava Metzia - Chapter 10
A house and its upper story shared by two owners, and their respective responsibilities.