## Bava Batra Daf 105a

###### Bava Batra 105a:1
[Bava Batra 105a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/105a:1)

בִּטֵּל ״מִדָּה בְּחֶבֶל״ ״הֵן חָסֵר הֵן יָתֵר״; דִּבְרֵי בֶּן נַנָּס.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
the words: **Measured** precisely **with a rope, nullify** the words: **More or less,** since the principle is that in all cases, one should attend to the final expression; this is **the statement of ben Nanas.**


###### Bava Batra 105a:2
[Bava Batra 105a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/105a:2)

**גְּמָ׳** אָמַר רַבִּי אַבָּא בַּר מֶמֶל אָמַר רַב: חוֹלְקִין עָלָיו חֲבֵירָיו עַל בֶּן נַנָּס. מַאי קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן? תְּנֵינָא: מַעֲשֶׂה בְּצִיפּוֹרִי, בְּאֶחָד שֶׁשָּׂכַר מֶרְחָץ מֵחֲבֵירוֹ בִּשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר זְהוּבִים לְשָׁנָה – דִּינַר זָהָב לְחֹדֶשׁ;

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** **Rabbi Abba bar Memel says** that **Rav says: Ben Nanas’s colleagues disagree with him** with regard to his ruling that one should attend to the final expression. The Gemara asks: **What** new *halakha* **is** Rav **teaching us?** Don’t **we** already **learn** that they disagree from a mishna (*Bava Metzia* 102a): There was once **an incident in Tzippori involving one who rented a bathhouse from another,** and it was stated that the rental fee would be **twelve gold dinars** [***zehuvim***] **a year, one gold** dinar **per month,** and the year was later intercalated, an extra month being added.


###### Bava Batra 105a:3
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וּבָא מַעֲשֶׂה לִפְנֵי רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל וְלִפְנֵי רַבִּי יוֹסֵי, וְאָמְרוּ: יַחְלוֹקוּ אֶת חֹדֶשׁ הָעִיבּוּר!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The incident came before Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel and before Rabbi Yosei** for a decision as to whether the intercalated month is included in the words: Twelve gold dinars a year, or whether an additional payment must be made for that month, as the agreement stipulated: One gold dinar per month. **And they said:** The landlord and the tenant **should divide the intercalated month** between them, and so the tenant should pay only half a gold dinar for it. This indicates that these Sages ruled that the meaning of an agreement containing two contradictory expressions is in doubt, and therefore the parties divide the disputed amount between them. From here it follows that they disagree with the opinion of ben Nanas, who says that in such a case one should attend to the final expression.


###### Bava Batra 105a:4
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אִי מֵהָתָם, הֲוָה אָמֵינָא: הָתָם הוּא דְּאִיכָּא לְמֵימַר מִיהְדָּר קָא הָדַר בֵּיהּ, וְאִיכָּא לְמֵימַר פָּרוֹשֵׁי קָא מְפָרֵשׁ. אֲבָל הָכָא, דְּוַדַּאי קָא הָדַר בֵּיהּ, אֵימָא לָא; קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara replies: **If** the Sages’ opinion was derived only **from there,** I would not know that they disagree with the opinion of ben Nanas in all cases, as **I would say** that **it is** only **there** that the Sages say that the parties divide the disputed sum between them. **As it is possible to say that** the landlord **retracted** his first statement and set the rental fee at one gold dinar per month, **but it is** also **possible to say that he is explaining** his earlier statement. That is to say, he did not mean to relate to the intercalated month; rather, he was clarifying that payment was to be made not with a lump sum at the end of the year, but in monthly installments. Since there is uncertainty with regard to his intention, the parties divide the contested sum between them. **But here** in the mishna, where the seller **certainly retracted** his first statement, one might **say** that the Sages do **not** disagree with ben Nanas. Therefore, the mishna **teaches us** that in all cases the Sages disagree with ben Nanas.


###### Bava Batra 105a:5
[Bava Batra 105a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/105a:5)

אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: זוֹ דִּבְרֵי בֶּן נַנָּס, אֲבָל חֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: הַלֵּךְ אַחַר פָּחוֹת שֶׁבַּלְּשׁוֹנוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Similar to what was cited above in the name of Rav, **Rav Yehuda says** that **Shmuel says: This is the statement of ben Nanas,** who says with regard to a case of contradictory expressions that one should attend to the final expression; **but the Sages say: Follow the least inclusive expression,** the one that is the least advantageous to the buyer, in keeping with the principle that in a case of uncertainty, the burden of proof rests upon the claimant.


###### Bava Batra 105a:6
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״זוֹ״ – וְלָא סְבִירָא לֵיהּ?! וְהָא רַב וּשְׁמוּאֵל דְּאָמְרִי תַּרְוַיְיהוּ: ״כּוֹר בִּשְׁלֹשִׁים אֲנִי מוֹכֵר לָךְ״ – יָכוֹל לַחֲזוֹר בּוֹ אֲפִילּוּ בַּסְּאָה הָאַחֲרוֹנָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: Did Shmuel mean to say that **this** is the statement of ben Nanas, **but** he, Shmuel, **does not agree with him? But don’t Rav and Shmuel both say:** If the seller said to the buyer: **I am selling you a *kor*** of grain, an amount equivalent to thirty *se’a*, **for** the sum of **thirty** *sela*, **he can renege** on the entire sale **even while** measuring out **the last *se’a*.** Since the seller stipulated that he was selling a full *kor* of grain, as long as he has not yet measured out the full amount, he may still renege, as the sale is not yet complete.


###### Bava Batra 105a:7
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״כּוֹר בִּשְׁלֹשִׁים – סְאָה בְּסֶלַע אֲנִי מוֹכֵר לָךְ״ – רִאשׁוֹן רִאשׁוֹן קָנָה. אֶלָּא ״זוֹ״ – וּסְבִירָא לֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
But if the seller said to the buyer: **I am selling you a *kor*** of grain **for thirty** *sela*, each ***se’a* for a *sela*,** the buyer **acquires** each *se’a* **one by one** as it is being measured out to him. Since the seller specified the price per *sela*, he has indicated that he is ready to sell each *sela* on its own. This seems to indicate that Shmuel maintains that in a case of contradictory expressions, one should attend to the final expression. **Rather,** Shmuel’s formulation: This is the statement of ben Nanas, must be explained as follows: **This** is the statement of ben Nanas, **and he,** Shmuel, **agrees with him** that one should attend to the final expression.


###### Bava Batra 105a:8
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וּמִי סְבִירָא לֵיהּ?! וְהָאָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: בְּבָא בָּאֶמְצַע הַחֹדֶשׁ עָסְקִינַן; אֲבָל בָּא בִּתְחִלַּת הַחֹדֶשׁ – כּוּלּוֹ לַמַּשְׂכִּיר. בְּסוֹף הַחֹדֶשׁ – כּוּלּוֹ לַשּׂוֹכֵר!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And does** Shmuel actually **agree with him? But doesn’t Shmuel say:** Concerning the ruling of the Sages that the landlord and the tenant should divide the intercalated month between them, **we are dealing with** a case **where** the landlord **came** to collect the rent **in the middle of the month.** Only in that case is the disputed rent divided between them. **But** in a case where **he came** to collect the rent **at the beginning of the month, the entire** sum goes **to the landlord** who is demanding payment, since he is in possession of the property. And if he came **at the end of the month, the entire** sum goes **to the tenant** who is refusing payment, since he is in possession of the money. This indicates that Shmuel maintains that in a case of contradictory expressions, one should not attend to the latter expression. Rather, the case is viewed as one of uncertainty, and the burden of proof rests upon the claimant.