Talmud for Bava Batra 4:2
אין חולקין את החצר עד שיהא בה ארבע אמות לזה וארבע אמות לזה ולא את השדה עד שיהא בה תשעת קבין לזה ותשעת קבין לזה ר' יהודה אומר עד שיהא בה תשעת חצאין קבין לזה ותשעת חצאי קבין לזה ולא את הגנה עד שיהא בה חצי קב לזה וחצי קב לזה ר' עקיבה אומר בית רובע ולא את הטריקלין ולא את המורן ולא את השובך ולא את הטלית ולא את המרחץ ולא את בית הבד עד שיהא בהם כדי לזה וכדי לזה אימתי בזמן שאין שניהם רוצין אבל בזמן ששניהן רוצין אפילו בפחות יחלוקו וכתבי הקודש אע"פ ששניהן רוצין לא יחלוקו:
know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves.2 In Palestine they said: Also the Key of
Jerusalem Talmud Bava Batra
MISHNAH: He who sells a ship sold the mast, and the sail, and the anchors, and all steering gear, but he neither sold the slaves, nor the storage bags1Cf. Chapter 4, Note 41. Containers in which the load is stored., nor the load2Greek ἐνθήκη.. If he said, “it and all that is in it,” all is sold.
He who sold a truck3Greek κάρρος, κάρρον, Latin carrus, carrum “two-wheeled cart”. did not sell the mules; he who sold the mules did not sell the truck. He who sold the yoke did not sell the cattle4For ploughing.; he who sold the cattle did not sell the yoke. Rebbi Jehudah says, the price is an indicator. How is that? If he said to him, sell me your yoke and harness for 200 denars5In his time a sum whose possession disqualified one from receiving public assistance; Mishnah Peah 8:8., it is obvious that yoke and harness are not worth 200 denars. But the Sages say, the price is no indicator.
He who sells a donkey did not sell its gear6The gear needed to fasten the animal.. Nahum the Mede says, he sold the gear. Rebbi Jehudah says, sometimes it is sold, sometimes it is not sold. How is this? If a donkey was standing there with his gear on it and he said, sell me this donkey, his gear is sold; your donkey, for this one the gear is not sold.
He who sells a donkey sold the foal7As long as the foal is dependent on its mother it cannot be separated from her.; he who sold a cow did not sell its young8Since a calf can be slaughtered, it represents an independent value.. He who sold a dungheap sold the manure; he who sold a cistern sold its water. He who sold a beehive sold the bees; he who sold the dovecote sold the pigeons. He who bought the yield of a dovecote leaves the first brood to fledge, of a beehive takes three swarms and then intermittently9In order to preserve the population he takes only the second and all the odd-numbered swarms., honeycombs leaves two honeycombs10For the bees to survive the winter., olive trees to cut down leaves two handbreadths11Interpretation of Maimonides. One might translate “two twigs” but it is difficult to see how the tree could be cut down and two twigs be left standing. But on a trunk extending two handbreadths above the ground a new olive tree can be grafted..
He who sold a truck3Greek κάρρος, κάρρον, Latin carrus, carrum “two-wheeled cart”. did not sell the mules; he who sold the mules did not sell the truck. He who sold the yoke did not sell the cattle4For ploughing.; he who sold the cattle did not sell the yoke. Rebbi Jehudah says, the price is an indicator. How is that? If he said to him, sell me your yoke and harness for 200 denars5In his time a sum whose possession disqualified one from receiving public assistance; Mishnah Peah 8:8., it is obvious that yoke and harness are not worth 200 denars. But the Sages say, the price is no indicator.
He who sells a donkey did not sell its gear6The gear needed to fasten the animal.. Nahum the Mede says, he sold the gear. Rebbi Jehudah says, sometimes it is sold, sometimes it is not sold. How is this? If a donkey was standing there with his gear on it and he said, sell me this donkey, his gear is sold; your donkey, for this one the gear is not sold.
He who sells a donkey sold the foal7As long as the foal is dependent on its mother it cannot be separated from her.; he who sold a cow did not sell its young8Since a calf can be slaughtered, it represents an independent value.. He who sold a dungheap sold the manure; he who sold a cistern sold its water. He who sold a beehive sold the bees; he who sold the dovecote sold the pigeons. He who bought the yield of a dovecote leaves the first brood to fledge, of a beehive takes three swarms and then intermittently9In order to preserve the population he takes only the second and all the odd-numbered swarms., honeycombs leaves two honeycombs10For the bees to survive the winter., olive trees to cut down leaves two handbreadths11Interpretation of Maimonides. One might translate “two twigs” but it is difficult to see how the tree could be cut down and two twigs be left standing. But on a trunk extending two handbreadths above the ground a new olive tree can be grafted..
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