Bava Batra 44

Today’s Talmud page, Bava Batra 44, informs us that real estate is different from movable objects because it has a kol, literally a voice, meaning people talk about it and therefore tell each other everything there is to know about any piece of property. Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern of Yeshiva University’s Straus Center joins us to talk about the wild real estate situation in Modi’in, Israel, where buying a home is a contact sport. What is the one thing you should never, ever do when trying to buy some property in the Promised Land? Listen and find out.

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