Reneging on an agreement

Avoiding falsehood

The power of a curse

Reneging on a verbal commitment displeases the sages - ein ruach chachamim nochah heimenu: Bava Metzia 48a

The power of verbal commitments in nochri society and transactions between Jews and nochrim: Bechorot 13b

A complaint if an employer's foreman tricks prospective employees by pledging a wage that's higher than the employer is willing to pay, or lower than the employer is willing to pay: Bava Metzia 75b-76a

A complaint if an employer or employee backs out: Bava Metzia 76b

A complaint if a rented donkey dies partway through the journey: Bava Metzia 79a

A complaint if someone rents a boat and then decides to remove the cargo partway through the journey: Bava Metzia 79b

Language of the curse: Bava Metzia 44a

Invoking the punishments of the Generation of the Flood and the Generation of the Tower of Babel in the Curse: Bava Metzia 44a

Is a warning given first: Bava Metzia 48b

Applying the curse to one who pledges to pay price X, and then tries to alter the price, simply because of the verbal commitment: Kiddushin 29a; Bava Metzia 47b-48a

Applying the curse to a person who gives money to a few different potential sellers, waiting to see which will produce the best product: Bava Metzia 63b

Applying the curse to a person who gave money in advance for goods, and now backs out: Bava Metzia 74b

Is a buyer's presence at the granary sufficient indication of his seriousness: Bava Metzia 63b

Is a buyer's verbal affirmation in the marketplace sufficient indication of his seriousness: Bava Metzia 63b

Applying the curse to someone who engaged in a situmta method of transaction: Bava Metzia 74a

Rabbi Yochanan threatening Rabbi Chiyya bar Yosef with a Mi shePara curse for his apparent intent to renege on an agreement: Bava Metzia 48b



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