## Bava Batra Daf 102b

###### Bava Batra 102b:1
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רַב שִׁישָׁא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב אִידִי אָמַר: לְעוֹלָם רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן הִיא, וְהָכָא בְּמַאי עָסְקִינַן – בְּנִיפְלֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Sheisha, son of Rav Idi, said: Actually,** the mishna **is** in accordance with the opinion of **Rabbi Shimon, and here we are dealing with** a case **where** the corpses found were of **non-viable newborns** buried in a smaller chamber only six cubits long. Adding a courtyard of six cubits and another regular-sized chamber of eight cubits yields a total length of the catacomb of twenty cubits.


###### Bava Batra 102b:2
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וּמִדְּהָא בְּנִיפְלֵי – הָא נָמֵי בְּנִיפְלֵי; תַּמְנֵי סְרֵי הָוְיָין! חֲדָא בְּנִיפְלֵי אָמְרִינַן, תַּרְתֵּי בְּנִיפְלֵי לָא אָמְרִינַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But since this** is dealing **with** a chamber that was created for burying **non-viable newborns,** there too, with regard to **that** chamber, on the other side of the courtyard, we are dealing **with** a chamber created for **non-viable newborns as well.** Therefore, the total length of the catacomb **would be eighteen** cubits. The Gemara answers: **We say** that perhaps **one** of the chambers is **for non-viable newborns,** but **we do not say** that **two** chambers might have been constructed **for non-viable newborns.**


###### Bava Batra 102b:3
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וְרָמֵי דְּרַבָּנַן אַדְּרַבָּנַן, וְרָמֵי דְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אַדְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן –

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ Above, the Gemara cited a *baraita* that relates a dispute between Rabbi Shimon and the Rabbis with regard to three corpses buried close together. The Rabbis hold that this is not considered a graveyard, whereas Rabbi Shimon maintains that it can be. **And** the Gemara **raises a contradiction** from another ruling **of the Rabbis against** this ruling **of the Rabbis, and it** also **raises a contradiction** from another ruling **of Rabbi Shimon against** this ruling **of Rabbi Shimon.**


###### Bava Batra 102b:4
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דְּתַנְיָא: כֶּרֶם הַנָּטוּעַ עַל פָּחוֹת מֵאַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת – רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר: אֵינוֹ כֶּרֶם. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: הֲרֵי זֶה כֶּרֶם, וְרוֹאִין אֶת הָאֶמְצָעִיִּם כְּאִילּוּ אֵינָן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**As it is taught** in a mishna (*Kilayim* 5:2): With regard to **a vineyard that is planted on** an area where there is **less than four cubits** of open space between the vines, **Rabbi Shimon says: It is not** considered to be **a vineyard** with regard to the prohibition of diverse kinds and other *halakhot*, as it is overcrowded. **And the Rabbis say: This is** considered to be **a vineyard, and** the reason for this is that **the middle** vines are **viewed as if** they **are not** there, and the outer vines meet the requirements for a vineyard. Therefore, it is prohibited to plant other crops anywhere in that area.


###### Bava Batra 102b:5
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קַשְׁיָא דְּרַבָּנַן אַדְּרַבָּנַן, וְקַשְׁיָא דְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אַדְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The ruling **of the Rabbis** in this mishna is **difficult,** as it is contradicted **by** the ruling **of the Rabbis** in the *baraita*, as there the Rabbis did not say: The middle ones are viewed as if they are not there. **And** the ruling **of Rabbi Shimon** in this mishna is **difficult,** as it is contradicted **by** the ruling **of Rabbi Shimon** in the *baraita*, as there he did say: The corpses in the middle are viewed as if they are not there.


###### Bava Batra 102b:6
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דְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אַדְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן לָא קַשְׁיָא – הָתָם, לָא נָטְעִי אִינָשֵׁי אַדַּעְתָּא לְמִיעְקַר; הָכָא, זִימְנִין דְּמִיתְרְמֵא לֵיהּ בֵּין הַשְּׁמָשׁוֹת, וּמִיקְּרֵי וּמַנְּחִי לֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: The fact that one ruling **of Rabbi Shimon** is contradicted **by** the other ruling **of Rabbi Shimon** is **not difficult. There,** with regard to vineyards, Rabbi Shimon holds that middle vines cannot be disregarded, as **people do not plant** vines **with the intention of uprooting** them. But **here,** with regard to burial, **sometimes it happens** that one has to bury a corpse **at twilight** just before the onset of Shabbat, **and indiscriminately inters** the body between other corpses with the intention of reburying it at a later date.


###### Bava Batra 102b:7
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דְּרַבָּנַן אַדְּרַבָּנַן נָמֵי לָא קַשְׁיָא – הָכָא, כֵּיוָן דְּמִינַּוַּל – לָא מִקְּרֵי קֶבֶר; הָתָם, מֵימָר אָמַר: הֵי מִינַּיְיהוּ דְּשַׁפִּיר – שַׁפִּיר, וּדְלָא שַׁפִּיר – לֶיהֱוֵי לְצִיבֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Similarly, the fact that one ruling **of the Rabbis** is contradicted **by** the other ruling **of the Rabbis** is **not difficult. Here,** with regard to burial, **since it is a disgrace** to bury bodies so close together, **it is not called** an area of **graves.** But **there,** with regard to vineyards, the owner of the vineyard **says** to himself: **Whichever of** the vines **will flourish, will flourish** and I will leave them, **and** whichever ones **do not flourish,** I will uproot them and **they will be for firewood.**


###### Bava Batra 102b:8
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**הֲדַרַן עֲלָךְ הַמּוֹכֵר פֵּירוֹת**


###### Bava Batra 102b:9
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הָאוֹמֵר לַחֲבֵירוֹ: ״**בֵּית כּוֹר** עָפָר אֲנִי מוֹכֵר לָךְ״ – הָיוּ שָׁם נְקָעִים עֲמוּקִּים עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים, אוֹ סְלָעִים גְּבוֹהִין עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים – אֵינָן נִמְדָּדִין עִמָּהּ. פָּחוֹת מִכָּאן – נִמְדָּדִין עִמָּהּ. וְאִם אָמַר לוֹ: ״כְּבֵית כּוֹר עָפָר״ – אֲפִילּוּ הָיוּ שָׁם נְקָעִים עֲמוּקִּים יוֹתֵר מֵעֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים, אוֹ סְלָעִים גְּבוֹהִין יוֹתֵר מֵעֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ נִמְדָּדִין עִמָּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** **If one says to another: I am selling you** a plot of **earth** of the size **required for sowing one *kor* of seed [*beit kor*],** and **there** on that plot **there were crevices** [***neka’im***] **ten handbreadths deep or rocks ten handbreadths high, they are not measured** together **with** the rest of the field. Rather, the buyer must be provided with land measuring a *beit kor* exclusive of those crevices or rocks. If the crevices or rocks measured **less than** ten handbreadths, **they are measured** together **with** the rest of the field. **But if** the seller **said to** the buyer: I am selling you a plot of **earth** that is **about** the size of **a *beit kor*,** then **even if there** on that plot **there were crevices deeper than ten handbreadths or rocks higher than ten handbreadths, they are measured** together **with** the rest of the field.


###### Bava Batra 102b:10
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**גְּמָ׳** תְּנַן הָתָם: הַמַּקְדִּישׁ שָׂדֵהוּ בִּשְׁעַת הַיּוֹבֵל, נוֹתֵן לוֹ לְבֵית זֶרַע חוֹמֶר שְׂעוֹרִים – חֲמִשִּׁים שֶׁקֶל כָּסֶף. הָיוּ שָׁם נְקָעִים עֲמוּקִּים עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים, אוֹ סְלָעִים גְּבוֹהִין עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים –

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** **We learned** in a mishna **elsewhere** (*Arakhin* 25a): With regard to **one who consecrates his** ancestral **field during the time** that the *halakhot* **of the Jubilee** Year are practiced, if he wishes to redeem the field **he must give** the Temple treasurer **fifty silver shekels for** every **place that is fit for sowing a *ḥomer* of barley seed,** which is the biblical equivalent of a *kor*, for all the years of the Jubilee cycle, as this is the sum fixed by the Torah for this purpose (see Leviticus 27:16). But if **there were crevices ten handbreadths deep there,** in the field, **or rocks ten handbreadths high,**