Bava Batra 166

Chapter 166

א בעי רב אשי בור מהו שתפסיק אמת המים מהו שתפסיק רשות הרבים מהו ריכבא דדיקלי מהו תיקו
1 R. Ashi inquired: [In the case of the sale of three trees] does a [water] cistern [situated between them] form a division?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To deprive the buyer from any title to the ground. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> [If not],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because the water is not exposed. ');"><sup>2</sup></span> does a water canal<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where the water is exposed. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
ב בעא מיניה הלל מרבי עלה ארז ביניהן מהו עלה ברשותא דידיה נפק אלא היה ארז ביניהן מהו אמר ליה קנה וקנה:
2 form a division? [If this also is not regarded a division], what [is the law if] a <i>reshuth harabbim</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Reshuth harabbim (v. p. 307, n. 8), its normal width is sixteen cubits. Here, of course, (cf. Raba's statement, inter alia, supra 83a), it is assumed to be between four, and just under sixteen cubits in width. ');"><sup>4</sup></span> [intercepts] or a nursery of young inoculated palm-trees? — The matter stands undecided. Hillel inquired from Rabbi: What if a cedar sprang up between them?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Between the three trees sold. ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
ג כיצד הן עומדים רב אמר כשורה ושמואל אמר כחצובא מ"ד כשורה כ"ש כחצובא ומ"ד כחצובא אבל כשורה לא מ"ט משום דמיזדרע בינתייהו
3 [Is it regarded as a division between the trees]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. n. 5. ');"><sup>6</sup></span> — [What a question! If it] sprang up [after the sale], it [obviously] grew in [the buyer's] own territory! But [no; this is the question: What if] there was a cedar between them [at the time of the sale]? — He replied unto him: He has certainly acquired<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit. 'he acquired and acquired'. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> [its ownership].
ד מתקיף לה רב המנונא ולמ"ד כחצובא מ"ט דלא מיזדרע בינתייהו אלא מעתה זבין ליה תלת היגי רומייתא דלא מיזדרע בינתייהו הכי נמי דיש לו קרקע א"ל הנך לא חשיבי הנך חשיבי:
4 What must be the disposition [of the three trees]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' About which it has been taught that, if the distances between them are from four to sixteen cubits, the necessary ground also is acquired. ');"><sup>8</sup></span> — Rab said: As a straight line; and Samuel said: Like a tripod.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Planted in triangular shape. ');"><sup>9</sup></span> He who said, 'as a straight line' [agrees]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the ground also is acquired. ');"><sup>10</sup></span>
ה <big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> המוכר ראש בהמה גסה לא מכר את הרגלים מכר את הרגלים לא מכר את הראש מכר את הקנה לא מכר את הכבד מכר את הכבד לא מכר את הקנה אבל בדקה מכר את הראש מכר את הרגלים מכר את הרגלים לא מכר את הראש מכר את הקנה מכר את הכבד מכר את הכבד לא מכר את הקנה:
5 so much the more [in the case when they are arranged] as a tripod.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When the trees are arranged triangularly it is more difficult to plough the intervening ground. and the seller is, therefore, less likely to retain it for himself. ');"><sup>11</sup></span> But he who said, 'like a tripod' [holds the opinion that if the trees are arranged] as [in] a straight line [the ground is] not acquired, because one can sow between them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The plough can easily pass between the trees. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> R. Hamnuna raised a difficulty: Is not the reason given by him, who insists on a triangular disposition. that one cannot sow between them? If so, let the ground be acquired also by him to whom three Roman thorns<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prob. eryngo. ');"><sup>13</sup></span>
ו ארבע מדות במוכרין מכר לו חטין יפות ונמצאו רעות הלוקח יכול לחזור בו רעות ונמצאו יפות מוכר יכול לחזור בו רעות ונמצאו רעות יפות ונמצאו יפות אין אחד מהם יכול לחזור בו
6 have been sold, since one cannot sow between them! — He replied to him: Those [thorns] are of no importance, [but] these [trees] are important.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Two conditions are required: 1. Importance of the trees, and 2. Inability to draw the plough, i.e., to sow between them. ');"><sup>14</sup></span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. HE WHO SELLS THE HEAD OF LARGE CATTLE HAS NOT SOLD THE FEET; HE WHO SOLD THE FEET HAS NOT SOLD THE HEAD. [IF] HE HAS SOLD THE LUNGS<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'windpipe'. ');"><sup>15</sup></span> HE HAS NOT SOLD THE LIVER, [IF] HE HAS SOLD THE LIVER HE HAS NOT SOLD THE LUNGS. BUT, IN [THE CASE OF] SMALL CATTLE, [IF] HE HAS SOLD THE HEAD HE HAS SOLD THE FEET, [IF] HE HAS SOLD THE FEET HE HAS NOT SOLD THE HEAD. [IF] HE HAS SOLD THE LUNGS HE HAS SOLD THE LIVER, [IF] HE HAS SOLD THE LIVER HE HAS NOT SOLD THE LUNGS.
ז שחמתית ונמצאת לבנה לבנה ונמצאת שחמתית עצים של זית ונמצאו של שקמה של שקמה ונמצאו של זית יין ונמצא חומץ חומץ ונמצא יין שניהם יכולין לחזור בהן:
7 FOUR<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 1. the buyer, 2. the seller, 3. neither, and 4. both may withdraw. ');"><sup>16</sup></span> [DIFFERENT] LAWS [ARE APPLICABLE] TO SALES.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'sellers'. ');"><sup>17</sup></span> [IF] ONE HAS SOLD WHEAT AS GOOD, AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE BAD, THE BUYER MAY WITHDRAW [FROM THE SALE]. [IF SOLD AS] BAD, AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE GOOD, THE SELLER MAY WITHDRAW. [IF AS] BAD, AND IT WAS FOUND TO BE BAD; [OR AS] GOOD, AND IT WAS FOUND TO BE GOOD, NEITHER MAY WITHDRAW. [IF ONE HAS SOLD WHEAT AS] DARK<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Dark red. ');"><sup>18</sup></span>
ח <big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> אמר רב חסדא מכר לו שוה חמש בשש והוקר ועמד על שמנה מי נתאנה לוקח לוקח יכול לחזור בו ולא מוכר משום
8 — COLOURED, AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE WHITE, [OR AS] WHITE, AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE DARK;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Dark red. ');"><sup>18</sup></span> [ OR IF ONE HAS SOLD] WOOD [AS] OLIVE, AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE SYCAMORE, [OR AS] SYCAMORE, AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE OLIVE; [OR IF A LIQUID HAS BEEN SOLD AS] WINE, AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE VINEGAR, [OR AS] VINEGAR, AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE WINE, BOTH MAY WITHDRAW. <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. R. Hisda said: If one has sold to another what was worth five for six<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus overcharging the buyer a sixth of the selling price (fifth of the value of the object). ');"><sup>19</sup></span> and [subsequently]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After the sale, and before the period allowed to the buyer to consult a dealer or a friend, has elapsed; v. B.M. 49b. ');"><sup>20</sup></span> the price has risen to eight,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that now the seller is losing much more than a sixth, and wishes, therefore, to withdraw. ');"><sup>21</sup></span> since the buyer has been imposed upon he may withdraw, but not so the seller,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Although the period allowed for consulting a dealer or friend has not elapsed, and though, consequently, the buyer may still withdraw. ');"><sup>22</sup></span> because