## Bava Batra Daf 100b

###### Bava Batra 100b:1
[Bava Batra 100b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/100b:1)

דֶּרֶךְ הָרַבִּים – שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה אַמּוֹת. דֶּרֶךְ עָרֵי מִקְלָט – שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם אַמּוֹת. אָמַר רַב הוּנָא: מַאי קְרָאָה? דִּכְתִיב: ״תָּכִין לְךָ הַדֶּרֶךְ״ – ״דֶּרֶךְ–הַדֶּרֶךְ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The standard width of **a public thoroughfare** is **sixteen cubits. A road** leading to one of the **cities of refuge** must be at least **thirty-two cubits** wide. **Rav Huna said: What is the verse** from which this is derived? **As it is written** with regard to the cities of refuge: **“You shall prepare for yourself the way,** and divide the borders of your land that the Lord, your God, caused you to inherit, into three parts, so that every manslayer may flee there” (Deuteronomy 19:3). Instead of simply stating: **A way,** the verse states: **“The way,”** to indicate that the road must be twice as wide as a standard public thoroughfare.


###### Bava Batra 100b:2
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דֶּרֶךְ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵין לָהּ שִׁיעוּר. שֶׁהַמֶּלֶךְ פּוֹרֵץ גָּדֵר לַעֲשׂוֹת לוֹ דֶּרֶךְ, וְאֵין מְמַחִין בְּיָדוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The mishna teaches: **A king’s thoroughfare has no** maximum **measure.** The Gemara explains: This is **because** the *halakha* is **that a king may breach** the **fence** of an individual **in order to create a thoroughfare for himself, and none** may **protest his** actions.


###### Bava Batra 100b:3
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דֶּרֶךְ הַקֶּבֶר אֵין לָהּ שִׁיעוּר. מִשּׁוּם יְקָרָא דְשָׁכְבָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The mishna teaches: The **path for** those accompanying a deceased person to **a grave has no** maximum **measure.** The Gemara explains: This is **due to the honor of the deceased.**


###### Bava Batra 100b:4
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הַמַּעֲמָד – דַּיָּינֵי צִיפּוֹרִי אָמְרוּ: בֵּת אַרְבַּע קַבִּין כּוּ׳. תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: הַמּוֹכֵר קִבְרוֹ, דֶּרֶךְ קִבְרוֹ, מְקוֹם מַעֲמָדוֹ וּבֵית הֶסְפֵּדוֹ – בָּאִין בְּנֵי מִשְׁפָּחָה וְקוֹבְרִין אוֹתוֹ עַל כׇּרְחוֹ, מִשּׁוּם פְּגַם מִשְׁפָּחָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The mishna teaches: With regard to the practice of **standing** and comforting the mourners following a funeral, **the judges of Tzippori said** that the standard requisite size is the **area required for sowing four *kav* of seed. The Sages taught** in a *baraita*: With regard to a family burial plot, even if **one** of the family **sells** the land designated for **his** own **grave** to another, or sells **the path** that will be used by the burial procession **to his grave,** or sells **the place** that will be used **for standing** and comforting **his** mourners, **or** sells the **site** that will be used **for his eulogy,** his **family members may come and bury him** in his grave **even against the will of** the buyer, **due to** the need to avoid **a family flaw,** i.e., harm to the family name that would arise if one of the family members was not buried with the rest of his family.


###### Bava Batra 100b:5
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: אֵין פּוֹחֲתִין מִשִּׁבְעָה מַעֲמָדוֹת וּמוֹשָׁבוֹת לְמֵת, כְּנֶגֶד ״הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים אָמַר קֹהֶלֶת, הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים הַכֹּל הָבֶל״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Sages taught** in a *baraita*: On their return from the burial, the mourners would stop after traveling a short distance and would sit to bewail the loss of the deceased. They would then stand and continue journeying for a short while and then repeat the procedure. The mourners perform **no fewer than seven standings and sittings** in honor **of the deceased.** These seven **correspond** to the seven references to “vanity” in the verse: **“Vanity of vanities, says Kohelet; vanity of vanities, all is vanity”** (Ecclesiastes 1:2), counting the plural term “vanities” as two references.


###### Bava Batra 100b:6
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב אַחָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרָבָא לְרַב אָשֵׁי: הֵיכִי עָבְדִי? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: כִּדְתַנְיָא, אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה: בִּיהוּדָה, בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה לֹא הָיוּ פּוֹחֲתִין מִשִּׁבְעָה מַעֲמָדוֹת וּמוֹשָׁבוֹת לְמֵת, כְּגוֹן: ״עִמְדוּ יְקָרִים עֲמוֹדוּ״; ״שְׁבוּ יְקָרִים שֵׁבוּ״. אָמְרוּ לוֹ: אִם כֵּן, אַף בְּשַׁבָּת מוּתָּר לַעֲשׂוֹת כֵּן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Aḥa, son of Rava, said to Rav Ashi: How do they perform** this ceremony? Rav Ashi **said to him** that it is done **as it is taught** in a *baraita*: **Rabbi Yehuda said** that **in Judea, initially they would** perform **no fewer than seven standings and sittings** in honor **of the deceased.** One of the procession would make a statement **such as: Stand, dear** friends, **stand,** after which the mourners would continue on their journey to their home, and then he would say: **Sit down, dear** friends, **sit down,** at which point they would sit. The Rabbis **said to him: If so,** that this is all that the practice entails, then it should be **permitted to do so even on Shabbat,** since there is no explicit eulogy or mourning, whereas the custom is not to do so.


###### Bava Batra 100b:7
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אֲחָתֵיהּ דְּרָמֵי בַּר פָּפָּא הֲוָה נְסִיבָא לֵיהּ לְרַב אַוְיָא. שְׁכִיבָא, עֲבַד לַהּ מַעֲמָד וּמוֹשָׁב. אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: טְעָה בְּתַרְתֵּי; טְעָה – שֶׁאֵין עוֹשִׂין אֶלָּא בִּקְרוֹבִים, וְהוּא עֲבַד אֲפִילּוּ בִּרְחוֹקִים; וּטְעָה – שֶׁאֵין עוֹשִׂין אֶלָּא בְּיוֹם רִאשׁוֹן, וְהוּא עֲבַד בְּיוֹם שֵׁנִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates: **The sister of Rami bar Pappa was married to Rav Avya.** When **she died** Rav Avya **performed** the practice of **standing and sitting for her. Rav Yosef said: He erred in two** matters. **He erred,** as the ceremony is to be **performed only with** the participation of **close** family members, **and he performed** it **even with a distant** relative. **And** he **erred** again, **as** mourners should **perform this** ceremony **only on the first day** of mourning, the day of the burial, **and he performed it on the second day.**


###### Bava Batra 100b:8
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אַבָּיֵי אָמַר: בְּהָא נָמֵי טְעָה – שֶׁאֵין עוֹשִׂין אֶלָּא בְּבֵית הַקְּבָרוֹת, וְהוּא עָשָׂה בָּעִיר. רָבָא אָמַר: בְּהָא נָמֵי טְעָה – שֶׁאֵין עוֹשִׂין אֶלָּא בִּמְקוֹם שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ, וְהָתָם לָא נְהוּג.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Abaye said: He also erred in this, as** mourners should **perform** the ceremony **only in** the **cemetery, but he performed it in the city. Rava said: He also erred in this, as** mourners should **perform it only in a locale where** people **are accustomed do so, but there,** where he performed it, **it was not the custom** to do so.


###### Bava Batra 100b:9
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מֵיתִיבִי, אָמְרוּ לוֹ: אִם כֵּן, אַף בְּשַׁבָּת מוּתָּר לַעֲשׂוֹת כֵּן. וְאִי אָמְרַתְּ בְּבֵית הַקְּבָרוֹת וּבְיוֹם רִאשׁוֹן, בֵּית הַקְּבָרוֹת בְּשַׁבָּת מַאי בָּעֵי? בְּעִיר הַסְּמוּכָה לְבֵית הַקְּבָרוֹת, דְּאַמְטְיוּהוּ בֵּין הַשְּׁמָשׁוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara **raises an objection** to the claims of Rav Yosef and Abaye from the *baraita* cited above: The Rabbis **said to him: If so,** that this is all that the practice entails, then it should be **permitted to do so even on Shabbat.** The Gemara explains the objection: **And if you say,** as Abaye did, that the ceremony should be performed only **in** the **cemetery, or,** as Rav Yosef did, **on the first day,** then how could it occur that the ceremony would be performed on Shabbat; **what would** anyone **want** to be doing **in a cemetery on Shabbat,** when it is prohibited to perform a burial? The Gemara explains: It could happen **in a city that is close to the cemetery,** and this is a case **where they brought** the deceased **for burial at twilight** just before Shabbat began, so that the return journey took place on Shabbat itself.


###### Bava Batra 100b:10
[Bava Batra 100b:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/100b:10)

**מַתְנִי׳** הַמּוֹכֵר מָקוֹם לַחֲבֵרוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת לוֹ קֶבֶר, וְכֵן הַמְקַבֵּל מֵחֲבֵרוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת לוֹ קֶבֶר – עוֹשֶׂה תּוֹכָהּ שֶׁל מְעָרָה אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת עַל שֵׁשׁ. וּפוֹתֵחַ לְתוֹכָהּ שְׁמוֹנָה כּוּכִין – שָׁלֹשׁ מִכָּאן וְשָׁלֹשׁ מִכָּאן, וּשְׁנַיִם מִכְּנֶגְדָּן. וְכוּכִין – אׇרְכָּן אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת, וְרוּמָן שֶׁבַע,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** There is the case of **one who sells a plot** of land **to another** in order for him **to construct for himself** an underground **catacomb, and similarly** the case of a contractor **who receives a plot** of land **from another** under a commission **to construct for him a catacomb.** If the size of the catacomb was not specified, then **he should make the inside of** each burial **chamber four cubits** wide **by six** cubits long **and open up into** the chamber, by digging into its walls, **eight** burial **niches [*kukhin*]** in which the coffins will rest. **Three** niches should be opened up **from** the wall **here,** along the length of the chamber, **and three from there,** along the other side, **and two** niches **from** the wall **facing** the entrance. **And** these **niches** should be formed so that **their length** is **four cubits and their height** is **seven** handbreadths,