## Bava Batra Daf 118a

###### Bava Batra 118a:1
[Bava Batra 118a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/118a:1)

אֶלָּא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר לְבָאֵי הָאָרֶץ, מַאי ״לָרַב תַּרְבּוּ נַחֲלָתוֹ״? קַשְׁיָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**But according to the one who says** that Eretz Yisrael was divided **among those who entered Eretz** Yisrael, **what** does the verse: **“To the more you shall give the more inheritance”** teach? It is obvious that larger families will receive more land due to their greater numbers. The Gemara concludes: This poses **a difficulty** to one who holds that opinion.


###### Bava Batra 118a:2
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וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב פָּפָּא לְאַבָּיֵי: בִּשְׁלָמָא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר לְיוֹצְאֵי מִצְרַיִם, הַיְינוּ דְּקָא צָוְוחָן בְּנוֹת צְלָפְחָד. אֶלָּא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר לְבָאֵי הָאָרֶץ, אַמַּאי צָוְוחָן? הָא לֵיתֵיהּ דְּלִשְׁקוֹל!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara presents the second question. **And Rav Pappa said to Abaye: Granted, according to the one who says** that Eretz Yisrael was divided **among those who left Egypt, this is** why **the daughters of Zelophehad cried out** in protest of the fact that they would be denied their father’s portion, to which he was entitled as one who left Egypt. **But according to the one who says** that Eretz Yisrael was divided **among those who entered Eretz** Yisrael, **why did they cry out** in protest; after all, Zelophehad **was not** there **to take** his portion, so his daughters should have no claim to the land?


###### Bava Batra 118a:3
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אֶלָּא לַחֲזָרָה, וְלִיטּוֹל בְּנִכְסֵי חֵפֶר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Abaye answers: **Rather,** according to this opinion, the protest of Zelophehad’s daughters was in reference **to the returning** of the portions from the generation that entered Eretz Yisrael to the generation that left Egypt, as described in the *baraita* above. **And** accordingly, Zelophehad’s daughters demanded **to take** their portion **in** the **property of** their grandfather **Hepher,** who received land posthumously through his children, their uncles.


###### Bava Batra 118a:4
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בִּשְׁלָמָא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר לְיוֹצְאֵי מִצְרַיִם, הַיְינוּ דְּקָא צָוְוחָן בְּנֵי יוֹסֵף – דִּכְתִיב: ״וַיְדַבְּרוּ בְּנֵי יוֹסֵף״. אֶלָּא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר לְבָאֵי הָאָרֶץ, מַאי קָא צָוְוחִי? כּוּלְּהוּ שְׁקוּל!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara presents Rav Pappa’s third question: **Granted, according to the one who says** that Eretz Yisrael was divided **among those who left Egypt, this is** why **the descendants of Joseph cried out** in protest of the fact that they would receive an inadequate portion of land due to the fact that they had proliferated greatly in the wilderness. **As it is written: “And the children of Joseph spoke** to Joshua, saying: Why have you given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, because the Lord has blessed me thus” (Joshua 17:14). **But according to the one who says** that Eretz Yisrael was divided **among those who entered Eretz** Yisrael, **what** is the reason **they were crying out? They** were **all** entitled to **take** their own portion of land and should have had no cause for complaint.


###### Bava Batra 118a:5
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מִשּׁוּם טְפָלִים דַּהֲווֹ נְפִישִׁי לְהוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: They protested **due to the children, as they had many** children who were not entitled to a portion of the land.


###### Bava Batra 118a:6
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אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ, לָא הֲוָה חַד דְּלָא שָׁקֵיל; דְּאִי סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ הֲוָה חַד דְּלָא שָׁקֵיל, אִיבְּעִי לֵיהּ לְמִצְוַוח! וְכִי תֵּימָא: דִּצְוַוח וְאַהֲנִי – כַּתְבֵיהּ קְרָא, דִּצְוַוח וְלָא אַהֲנִי – לָא כַּתְבֵיהּ קְרָא; הָא בְּנֵי יוֹסֵף – דְּצָוְוחִי וְלָא אַהֲנִי, וְכַתְבִינְהוּ קְרָא!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Abaye said: Learn from** the fact that the Bible records the complaints of only the daughters of Zelophehad and the descendants of Joseph that **there was not one** other individual **who did not take** a portion of land; **as if it enters your mind** that **there was** even **one** other **who did not take** a portion of land, **he should have cried out** in protest. **And if you would say: The verse wrote** about one **who cried out and** his protest **was effective,** and **the verse did not write** about one **who cried out and** his protest **was not effective,** that is difficult. **But** there is the counterexample of **the descendants of Joseph, who cried out and** their protest **was not effective, and the verse wrote** about **them.**


###### Bava Batra 118a:7
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הָתָם עֵצָה טוֹבָה קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן, דְּאִיבְּעִי לֵיהּ לְאִינִישׁ לְאִיזְדְּהוֹרֵי מֵעֵינָא בִּישָׁא. וְהַיְינוּ דְּקָאָמַר לְהוּ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ – דִּכְתִיב: ״וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, אִם עַם רַב אַתָּה, עֲלֵה לְךָ הַיַּעְרָה״. אֲמַר לְהוּ: לְכוּ וְהַחְבִּאוּ עַצְמְכֶם בִּיעָרִים, שֶׁלֹּא תִּשְׁלוֹט בָּכֶם עַיִן רַע.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara rejects Abaye’s inference: Generally, the verse would not record an instance where one cried out if his protest was not effective, and **there,** the verse includes the protest of Joseph’s descendants in order to **teach us** a measure of **good advice: That a person should be wary of the evil eye. And this is what Joshua said to them, as it is written: “And Joshua said unto them: If you be a great people, go up to the forest,** and cut down for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim” (Joshua 17:15). Joshua **said to them: Go and conceal yourselves in the forests so that the evil eye will not have dominion over you.**