The seventh chapter of Tractate Baba Mezia discusses laws regarding hiring of workers and the various rights and responsibilities of a worker vis-a-vis his employer, including the requirement of the employer to feed his workers. Students prepare the applicable Talmudic texts as well as the major halachic opinions of the rishonim and acharonim, and the opinions of various other commentaries and decisors. The instructor guides students in understanding the issues raised and assists them to deduce the crux of these issues. Topics include: precedents regarding workers rights; starting and ending times for workers; aggadic literature regarding R' Eliezer b' R' Shimon; the beauty of Jerusalem; acceptance of the yoke of Torah; aspects of halachic decisions; showing mercy for all living things; Elijah the Prophet, the person; adhering to heavenly rulings; practices regarding feeding workers; history of illnesses; Biblical and Rabbinic sources and requirements of feeding one's laborers; ramifications of prohibition without any physical actions; eating bread kneaded with milk; study of Rabbinic ordinances. NOTE: This tractate is studied by all students in a given trimester. While the scope of instruction is the same, the depth of study depends upon what level the student is in.