## Bava Batra Daf 103b

###### Bava Batra 103b:1
[Bava Batra 103b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/103b:1)

כְּשִׁיר מַהוּ? כְּשׁוּרָה מַהוּ? אִיצְטְדִינִין מַהוּ? דֶּרֶךְ עֲקַלָּתוֹן מַהוּ? תֵּיקוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If the rocks are scattered throughout the greater part of the field but are arranged **like a ring, what is** the *halakha*? If the rocks stand **in a row, what is** the *halakha*? If the rocks form **an angle, what is** the *halakha*? If they are arranged in the shape of **a crooked path, what is** the *halakha*? The Gemara states: All these dilemmas **shall stand** unresolved.


###### Bava Batra 103b:2
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תָּנָא: אִם הָיָה סֶלַע יְחִידִי, אֲפִילּוּ כָּל שֶׁהוּא – אֵין נִמְדָּד עִמָּהּ. וְאִם הָיָה סָמוּךְ לַמֶּצֶר, אֲפִילּוּ כָּל שֶׁהוּא – אֵין נִמְדָּד עִמָּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
A Sage **taught** in a *baraita*: **If there is a solitary rock** on the outskirts of the field, **even** if it is of **a minimal** size, **it is not measured** together **with** the rest of the field. **And** further, **if** that rock **is adjacent to the** field’s **border, even** if it is of **a minimal** size, **it is not measured** together **with** the rest of the field.


###### Bava Batra 103b:3
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בָּעֵי רַב פָּפָּא: מוּפְסָק עָפָר בֵּינְתַיִם, מַהוּ? תֵּיקוּ. בָּעֵי רַב אָשֵׁי: עָפָר מִלְּמַטָּה וְצוּנְמָא לְמַעְלָה; עָפָר מִלְּמַעְלָה וְצוּנְמָא מִלְּמַטָּה – מַהוּ? תֵּיקוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Pappa raises a dilemma:** If **earth intervenes between** the rock and the border of the field, so that the rock does not actually touch the border, **what is** the *halakha*? The Gemara states: This dilemma as well **shall stand** unresolved. **Rav Ashi raises** another **dilemma:** If there was a layer of **earth below and rock above, or earth above and rock below, what is** the *halakha*? The Gemara states: This dilemma as well **shall stand** unresolved.


###### Bava Batra 103b:4
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**מַתְנִי׳** ״בֵּית כּוֹר עָפָר אֲנִי מוֹכֵר לָךְ – מִדָּה בְּחֶבֶל״, פִּיחֵת כׇּל שֶׁהוּא – יְנַכֶּה, הוֹתִיר כׇּל שֶׁהוּא – יַחֲזִיר. וְאִם אָמַר: ״הֵן חָסֵר הֵן יָתֵר״, אֲפִילּוּ פִּיחֵת רוֹבַע לִסְאָה, אוֹ הוֹתִיר רוֹבַע לִסְאָה – הִגִּיעוֹ. יוֹתֵר מִכָּאן, יַעֲשֶׂה חֶשְׁבּוֹן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** If one says to another: **I am selling you** a plot of **earth** the size of **a *beit kor*, measured** precisely **with a rope,** and **he gave** him even **the slightest amount less** than what was stipulated, the seller **must deduct** the difference from the purchase price of the field and return money to the buyer. If **he gave** him even **the slightest amount more** than what was stipulated, the buyer **must return** the difference to the seller. **And if** the seller **said** to the buyer that he is selling him a *beit kor* of land **more or less,** then **even if he gave** him **a quarter***-kav* **per *se’a* less** than what was stipulated, **or he gave him a quarter***-kav* **per *se’a* more** that what was stipulated, i.e., he gave him one twenty-fourth more or less than what was required, **it is his.** The sale is valid, since the seller told the buyer in advance that he was not committing himself to precise measurements. If the difference is **greater than that** amount, **he must make a calculation,** and the party that suffered a loss must be compensated.


###### Bava Batra 103b:5
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מָה הוּא מַחֲזִיר לוֹ? מָעוֹת. וְאִם רָצָה, מַחֲזִיר לוֹ קַרְקַע. וְלָמָה אָמְרוּ מַחֲזִיר לוֹ מָעוֹת? לְיַיפּוֹת כֹּחוֹ שֶׁל מוֹכֵר – שֶׁאִם שִׁיֵּיר בַּשָּׂדֶה בֵּית תִּשְׁעָה קַבִּין, וּבַגִּינָּה בֵּית חֲצִי קַב; וּכְדִבְרֵי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא – בֵּית רוֹבַע; מַחֲזִיר לוֹ אֶת הַקַּרְקַע. וְלֹא אֶת הָרוֹבַע בִּלְבַד הוּא מַחֲזִיר, אֶלָּא אֶת כָּל הַמּוֹתָר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If the buyer received too much land, so that he must now compensate the seller, **what does he return to him?** He returns **money,** i.e., he pays the seller for the surplus land. **And if** the seller so **wishes,** the buyer **returns** the surplus **land to him. Why** then **did** the Sages **say** that **he returns money to him?** They said this **in order to enhance the power of the seller,** and enable him to demand payment for the surplus land, rather than accept its return. **As, if the surplus in the field was an area required for sowing nine *kav*** of seed, **and in a garden an area required for sowing a half-*kav*** of seed, **or, according to the statement of Rabbi Akiva, an area required for sowing a quarter**-*kav* of seed (see 11a), the buyer must **return the land** itself **to** the seller, and the seller cannot demand payment in money. **And** if the surplus is greater than a quarter-*kav* per *se’a*, **it is not only the quarter**-*kav* **that he returns; rather,** he returns **all of the surplus.** Since he is already required to make a refund, the refund must be made in the precise amount.


###### Bava Batra 103b:6
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**גְּמָ׳** אִיבַּעְיָא לְהוּ: ״בֵּית כּוֹר״ סְתָמָא, מַאי? תָּא שְׁמַע: ״בֵּית כּוֹר עָפָר אֲנִי מוֹכֵר לָךְ – מִדָּה בְּחֶבֶל״,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The mishna considers two cases of selling a *beit kor* of land: First, where the seller said that he is selling a *beit kor* measured precisely with a rope, in which case a refund must be made no matter how small the deviation; and second, where the seller said that he is selling a *beit kor* more or less, in which case the sale is valid as long as the deviation is no more than a quarter-*kav* per *se’a*. In connection with these cases, **a dilemma was raised before** the Sages: If one says he is selling **a *beit kor*** of land, and he said this **without** any further **specification, what** is the *halakha*? The Gemara suggests: **Come** and **hear** a solution from what was taught in the mishna: If one says to another: **I am selling you** a plot of **earth** the size of **a *beit kor*, measured** precisely **with a rope,**