Talmud for Bava Batra 5:1

ודא דתימר חוץ מן הכביסה מפני כבוד בנות ישראל ברם בארבע אמות דנפשיה ממחי הוא בידיה. ודא דתימר בכל שותפין ממחין זה על זה בחצר בכל החצר ברם ארבע אמות דחבריה לא ממחי בידיה. ואם היה מקום מנדרון אפילו בד' אמות דחבריה ממחי בידיה דו יכיל מימר ליה את שפיך גו דידך והוא נחית גו דידי. רבי יוחנן בשם רבי לעזר בי רבי שמעון מי שאינו רוצה לערב נכנסין לביתו ומערבין לו בעל כרחו. והא תני והוא אינו רוצה לערב אינו ממאן נכנסין לביתו ומערבין לו על כורחו מפני שאין ממאן אבל אם היה ממאן לא ותני כן כופין הן בני המבוי זה את זה לעשות להן לחי וקורה למבוי. א"ר יוסי בי רבי בון לא שאינו רוצה לערב אלא מנפש בישא לא בעי מערבא. רב חונה אמר חצר מתחלקת לפתחין אמר רב חסדא לזבלין היא מתניתא ותני כן בכירה טפח בזבלין לפי תחים באכסדר' לפי אדם. החצירות שהיו משתמשות באמה ונתקלקלה כולם מתקנות עם העליונה. והעליונה מתקנת כנגדה והשאר עם השנייה. והשנייה מתקנת כנגדה ותחתונה מתקנת עם כולם ומתקנת כנגדה. חמשה דיוטות שהיו משתמשות בבית ונתקלקל כולם מתקנות עם התחתונה והתחתונה מתקנת כנגדה והשאר עם השנייה. והשנייה מתקנת כנגדה והעליונה מתקנת כנגדה ומתקנת עם כולם. היו עשוין לגשמים יכולין למחות בידן לכביסה לכביסה אין יכולין למחות בידן לגשמים: וכתבי הקודש אף ע"פ ששניהן רוצין לא יחלוקו. א"ר הושעיה כגון תילים ודברי הימים אבל תילין בתילין חולקין. אמר ר' עוקבה

R. Hanina says: The sun must have gone down and the moon have commenced to rise. In effect R. Samuel says: The moon cannot shine as long as the sun still lightens, neither can the moon shine after the sun has darted his (morning) beams. R. Samuel bar-Hiya, in the name of R. Hanina, says: If a man, when the sun has begun to set, descends from the summit of Mount Carmel to bathe in the sea, and re-ascends to partake of the oblations, he has certainly bathed during the daytime. It is, however, only a certainty in the case of one taking cross-roads to shorten the route; but not in the case of one who follows the high road (Strata). What is meant by "the intermediate period "? R. Tanhooma says: It resembles the delay of a drop of blood placed on the edge of a sword, i.e. the time required for the drop of blood to divide and run down on either side of the blade, is equivalent to the period of transition. According to R. Nehemiah, it means the time it would require for a man to run half a mile, after sunset. R. Yosse says: This twilight lasts no longer than the twinkling of an eye, and not even the men of science could measure it. Whilst the R. Yosse and R. Aha were together, the former said to the latter: Does it not seem to you that the passage of this half a mile (twilight) lasts but a second? It is certainly my opinion, said R. Aha. However, R. Hiya does not say so, but each twinkling of an eye, measured by the duration of the passage of half a mile (as R. Nehemiah), is doubtful. R. Mena says : I have made an objection in the presence of R. Aha: Have we not learnt elsewhere, that if an impurity is seen, once during the day and again during the intermediate period, or once in the twilight and again on the morrow, when the certainty exists that the impurity dates partly from this day and partly from the next day, there is a certainty as to the circumstances of the impurity, and the sacrifice is obligatory.

Jerusalem Talmud Bava Batra

²²This is a reformulation of a paragraph in Qiddušin 1:5, Notes 502–513; cf. Babli 52b/53a. Rebbi Yasa in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: If two fields of a proselyte were involved²³By becoming Jewish, the proselyte changed his ethnic status and severed his links with his biological family. If he failed to start a Jewish family, he died without heirs; the fields now are ownerless property. {It was characteristic of Egyption intercommunal law that inheritance across ethnic boundaries was impossible. So the daughter of a Roman missicius as Roman citizen could not inherit from her native Egyptian mother (cf. R. Taubenschlag, loc. cit. Bava meṣia‘ 1, Note 84, p. 142.)
The fields can be acquired only by performing some agricultural work, e. g., weeding. But work on a field only acquires real estate adjacent to the place on which the work was done., with a boundary strip in between. If he cut off from one of them with the intent of taking possession also of the other but not the boundary strip in between, the one was acquired by him but not the other. Rebbi Ze‘ira asked before Rebbi Yasa: If he intended to acquire starting [from]²⁴Reading of E, missing in L, confirmed by the text in Qiddušin. the boundary strip and below? Rav Ḥisda said, property of a proselyte which he took possession of in the North by cutting off with the intent of also acquiring the one to the South, but did not have the intent of acquiring the strip in the middle, he acquired the one to the North but not the one to the South²⁵This statement is really the same as the one attributed earlier to R. Joḥanan. The genuine source is Qiddušin 1:5 where the two statements refer to different situations.. There, we have stated²⁶Mishnah 5:9. This refers to a standing crop on a field. After harvest, the produce is taken into possession by the buyer by moving some of the crop. The problem is, how can standing crop be acquired while the field remains the seller’s property? Cf. Qiddušin 1:5 Note 513.: “If it was connected to the ground and he cut off anything, he acquired.” Samuel said, he acquired only what he cut off. Rebbi Eudaimon the Emigrant said, this was said concerning the property of a proselyte²⁷Since no real estate was acquired, taking some stalks can have no influence on the remainder of the ownerless crop.. Rav Ḥisda said, Rebbi Isaac: It was reported that this was said concerning the property of a proselyte, so it should present no difficulty for Samuel²⁸Since if the crop was paid for and the buyer was told by the seller to harvest it, Samuel must agree that by cutting the first stalk he takes possession of the entire crop..

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Jerusalem Talmud Bava Metzia

If he sold him what was worth five for six; [the buyer] did not have time to ask around until it appreciated to be worth seven. Rebbi Jacob bar Idi, Rebbi Abbahu in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: Since the sale is annulled for one⁸¹The buyer originally was overcharged by 20%, which gives him the right to annul the transaction, even though at the moment he could realize a 16 2/3% gain., it also is annulled for the other⁸²The seller can take back the merchandise and sell it again at a higher price.. There, we have stated⁸³Mishnah Bava batra 5:8.: “Four situations in sales. If he sold him high quality wheat and it turned out to be low quality, the buyer can annul the transaction. Low quality and it turned out to be high quality, the seller can annul the transaction.” [Therefore, the buyer cannot annul the transaction.]⁸⁴Text of E, missing in L; but it is clearly understood that the Mishnah Bava batra was quoted to contradict R. Joḥanan’s statement that the seller can annul the sale because the buyer could. Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Abun said, it follows this Tanna: “Nobody dealing in words only may one deliver to “Him Who exacted retribution”^45,Sevi‘it 10:9, Notes 129–130; Babli 49a, Tosephta 3:14. As long as there was no action of acquisition, the person who goes back on his word can be considered untrustworthy but is not subject to judicial censure.⁸⁵Even according to R. Joḥanan, the seller can retract his committment to a sale only as long as no money has changed hands; otherwise the buyer could haul him into court publicly to be cursed. The Babli, Bava batra 83b/84a flatly rejects the possibility that a dishonest trader enjoy a privilege from which the honest trader was barred..

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Jerusalem Talmud Bava Batra

HALAKHAH: “He who sells an olive-press,” etc. In fact, if it does not have a beam, it is not called an olive press³⁶Since without a beam there is no olive press as stated in the Halakhah (and the Babli, 67b).. You would say, who stated this? Rebbi Eliezer, since it was stated in the name of Rebbi Eliezer: ³⁷Tosephta 3:2, Babli 67b; anonymous in both sources.“He who sells an olive-press building sold the vats, the basket weaves³⁸Explanation of Rashbam. These are mats strung around the olive press to hold the olives together during the crushing process., and the breakstones³⁹According to the Babli, 67b, מפרכת is synonymous with ממל., and the lower millstone but not the upper one⁴⁰Built-in mills are sold, movable ones not., nor the sacks nor the bags⁴¹Greek μάρσιππος, ὁ, “bag, pouch”, Latin marsupium, marsuppium, -ii. it contains. But if he said to him, ‘it and all it contains,…’⁴²One has to add: all is sold. In neither case did he sell the paved space surrounding the building²A building ancillary to the main building (1K. 6:5,6,10). According to Maimonides it is a paved space surrounding the building., or the [ditches]⁴³One has to read שיחין for שבוין and החדותין for החרורין, cf. Mishnah 1 (S. Lieberman)., or the [cellars]⁴³One has to read שיחין for שבוין and החדותין for החרורין, cf. Mishnah 1 (S. Lieberman)..”

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