Commentary for Bava Batra 209:2

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> אמר רבי אבא בר ממל אמר רב חולקין עליו חביריו על בן ננס מאי קא משמע לן תנינא מעשה בציפורי באחד ששכר מרחץ מחבירו בשנים עשר זהובים לשנה דינר זהב לחדש

It happened at Sepphoris that a person hired a bath house from another for twelve gold [<i>denarii</i>] per annum, one <i>denar</i> per month,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Both expressions were used at the time of hire, and the year was a leap-year, containing thirteen months. ');">³</span> and the matter<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The dispute whether the intercalary month was to be included in the year, on account of the first expression, 'twelve gold [denarii] per annum', or whether it was not to be so included, on account of the second expression, 'one denar per month'. ');">⁴</span> was brought before R. Simeon b. Gamaliel and before R. Jose who said that [the rent for] the intercalary month must be divided.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Between the tenant and the owner of the house, i.e., the former pays only for half a month, since it is doubtful to whom the rent of the month belongs. Now, this clearly shows that the Rabbis do not agree with Ben Nannus, according to whom the second expression would have had to be considered as binding and a full month's hire would have had to be paid. ');">⁵</span>

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