## Bava Batra Daf 108a

###### Bava Batra 108a:1
[Bava Batra 108a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/108a:1)

כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא תְּהֵא חַיָּה קוֹפֶצֶת. וְלַעֲבֵיד חָרִיץ – וְלָא לַעֲבֵיד בֶּן חָרִיץ! אַיְּידֵי דְּרָוַוח, קָיְימָא בְּגַוֵּיהּ וְקָפְצָה. וְלַעֲבֵיד בֶּן חָרִיץ – וְלָא לַעֲבֵיד חָרִיץ! אַיְּידֵי דְּקַטִּין, קָיְימָא אַשִּׂפְתֵּיהּ וְקָפְצָה. וְכַמָּה בֵּין חָרִיץ לְבֶן חָרִיץ? טֶפַח.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**so that an animal will not jump** over the fence, enter the field, and cause damage. The Gemara asks: **Let him make** only a larger **ditch and not make a smaller ditch.** The Gemara replies: **Since** the ditch **is wide,** the animal **can stand inside it and jump** from there over the fence. The Gemara asks: If so, **then let him make** only **a smaller ditch and not make** a larger **ditch? Since the ditch is small,** the animal **stands on its edge and jumps** over the fence. The *baraita* explains the matter further: **And how much** space is there **between** the larger **ditch and the smaller ditch? One handbreadth.**


###### Bava Batra 108a:2
[Bava Batra 108a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/108a:2)

**הֲדַרַן עֲלָךְ בֵּית כּוֹר**


###### Bava Batra 108a:3
[Bava Batra 108a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/108a:3)

**יֵשׁ נוֹחֲלִין** וּמַנְחִילִין, וְיֵשׁ נוֹחֲלִין וְלֹא מַנְחִילִין; מַנְחִילִין וְלֹא נוֹחֲלִין; לֹא נוֹחֲלִין וְלֹא מַנְחִילִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** **There are** family members who both **inherit** from **and bequeath** to each other upon their respective deaths; **and there are** those who **inherit** from certain relatives **but do not bequeath** to them; and there are those who **bequeath** to certain relatives **but do not inherit** from them; and there are those who, despite being relatives, **do not inherit** from **nor bequeath** to one another.


###### Bava Batra 108a:4
[Bava Batra 108a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/108a:4)

וְאֵלּוּ נוֹחֲלִין וּמַנְחִילִין: הָאָב אֶת הַבָּנִים, וְהַבָּנִים אֶת הָאָב, וְהָאַחִין מִן הָאָב – נוֹחֲלִין וּמַנְחִילִין. הָאִישׁ אֶת אִמּוֹ, וְהָאִישׁ אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ, וּבְנֵי אֲחָיוֹת – נוֹחֲלִין וְלֹא מַנְחִילִין. הָאִשָּׁה אֶת בָּנֶיהָ, וְהָאִשָּׁה אֶת בַּעְלָהּ, וַאֲחֵי הָאֵם – מַנְחִילִין וְלֹא נוֹחֲלִין. וְהָאַחִין מִן הָאֵם – לֹא נוֹחֲלִין וְלֹא מַנְחִילִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The mishna lists those referred to above. **And these** both **inherit and bequeath: A father** with regard to his **sons, and sons** with regard to their **father, and paternal brothers;** all **inherit** from one another **and bequeath** to each other. **A man** with regard to **his mother, and a man** with regard to **his wife, and sons of sisters,** i.e., nephews born to the sisters of the deceased, all **inherit** from their respective relatives **but do not bequeath** to them. **A woman** with regard to **her sons, and a woman** with regard to **her husband, and maternal uncles,** all **bequeath** to their respective relatives **but do not inherit** from them. **And maternal brothers,** despite being blood relatives, **do not inherit** from each other **nor** do they **bequeath** to one another, as they are not considered relatives for the purpose of inheritance.


###### Bava Batra 108a:5
[Bava Batra 108a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/108a:5)

**גְּמָ׳** מַאי שְׁנָא דְּקָתָנֵי ״הָאָב אֶת הַבָּנִים״ בְּרֵישָׁא? לִיתְנֵי ״הַבָּנִים אֶת הָאָב״ בְּרֵישָׁא – חֲדָא, דְּאַתְחוֹלֵי בְּפוּרְעֲנוּתָא לָא מַתְחֲלִינַן;

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The Gemara begins by clarifying the order of the list in the mishna. **What is different,** i.e., what is the reason, **that** the mishna **teaches: A father** with regard to his **sons,** as **the first** example? **Let** it **teach: Sons** with regard to their **father,** as **the first** example. The Gemara explains why this would be preferable: **One** reason is **that we do not** want to **begin with a calamity,** as the death of a son during his father’s lifetime is a calamity; therefore, it would have been appropriate to begin with the example of sons inheriting from their father.