Daf-by-daf iyun in Bava Kamma
Rabbi Ari Walden's shiurim are focused Gemara learning on a single tractate: Maseches Bava Kamma. Titled as daf iyun and running in order — for example, dappim 17, 18, 19, 20, and onward — they take the Talmud one page at a time and study each in depth rather than in summary.
Iyun means exactly that: an in-depth reading. Rather than covering ground quickly, this kind of shiur lingers on the logic of the sugya, the give-and-take of the Gemara, and the analysis of the Rishonim, aiming for genuine command of the page over speed through the tractate.
What Bava Kamma covers
Bava Kamma is the first of the three "Bavos" — Kamma, Metzia, and Basra — that make up the core of the Talmud's civil law. Its subject is nezikin, damages: an ox that gores, a pit left open, a spreading fire, and the liabilities that arise from theft and injury.
These sugyos are foundational to how the Gemara reasons about responsibility and compensation, and they are famous for their sharp logical structure. A careful series through Bava Kamma is therefore not only about its own laws but about learning to think the way the Talmud thinks.
Depth over breadth
An iyun approach is a deliberate choice to go deep rather than wide. Fewer dappim are covered, but each is understood thoroughly — the questions, the answers, and the reasoning that connects them — which builds the analytical skill that carries a learner into any part of Shas.
For someone learning Bava Kamma in a yeshiva, a night seder, or on their own, an ordered set of in-depth shiurim is a reliable partner. It keeps the pace steady, models how to break down a sugya, and lets a difficult page be revisited until the argument is clear.
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At a glance
Key takeaways
- Rabbi Ari Walden teaches iyun (in-depth) Gemara shiurim on Maseches Bava Kamma.
- The series proceeds daf by daf — for example, Bava Kamma dappim 17 through 22 and onward.
- Bava Kamma, the first of the three Bavos, deals with the laws of damages.
- An iyun shiur favors depth of analysis over broad, rapid coverage.
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