## Bava Batra Daf 137b

###### Bava Batra 137b:1
[Bava Batra 137b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/137b:1)

אִי מִיפָּק לָא נָפֵיק בֵּיהּ, לְמַאי יַהֲבֵיהּ נִיהֲלֵיהּ?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**if he does not fulfill** his obligation **with it, for what** purpose **did** the owner **give it to him?**


###### Bava Batra 137b:2
[Bava Batra 137b:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/137b:2)

אֶלָּא מִיפָּק – דְּכוּלֵּי עָלְמָא לָא פְּלִיגִי, דְּנָפֵיק בֵּיהּ; מְכָרָהּ אוֹ אֲכָלָהּ – בָּאנוּ לְמַחְלוֹקֶת רַבִּי וְרַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather,** with regard to **fulfilling** his obligation, **everyone agrees that he fulfills** his obligation **with it.** It is only in a case where the first recipient **sold it or consumed it,** that **we have arrived at the dispute between Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi **and Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel.** According to Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi, if he sold it, the second recipient can repossess the *etrog* from the purchaser, and if he consumed it he must pay the second recipient its value, whereas according to Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel, he owes nothing to the second recipient, as the *etrog* belongs to him.


###### Bava Batra 137b:3
[Bava Batra 137b:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/137b:3)

אָמַר רַבָּה בַּר רַב הוּנָא: הָאַחִין שֶׁקָּנוּ אֶתְרוֹג בִּתְפוּסַת הַבַּיִת; נְטָלוֹ אֶחָד מֵהֶן וְיָצָא בּוֹ – אִם יָכוֹל לְאוֹכְלוֹ, יָצָא; וְאִם לָאו, לֹא יָצָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabba bar Rav Huna says:** In a case of **brothers who acquired an *etrog* with** money from the jointly **held** property **of the estate,** and **one of them took it** on *Sukkot* **and** attempted to **fulfill** his obligation **with it,** the *halakha* depends on the limits of his ownership of the *etrog*: **If he may eat it,** i.e., his brothers allow him to do so, **he has fulfilled** his obligation to perform the mitzva, **and if not, he has not fulfilled** his obligation.


###### Bava Batra 137b:4
[Bava Batra 137b:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/137b:4)

וְדַוְקָא דְּאִיכָּא אֶתְרוֹג לְכׇל חַד וְחַד, אֲבָל פָּרִישׁ אוֹ רִמּוֹן – לֹא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** this is **specifically** in a case **where there is an *etrog* for each and every one** of the brothers; **but** if the other brothers get merely **a quince or a pomegranate,** he has **not** fulfilled his obligation even if he has the right to eat it.


###### Bava Batra 137b:5
[Bava Batra 137b:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/137b:5)

אָמַר רָבָא: ״אֶתְרוֹג זֶה נָתוּן לְךָ בְּמַתָּנָה, עַל מְנָת שֶׁתַּחְזִירֵהוּ לִי״, נְטָלוֹ וְיָצָא בּוֹ; הֶחְזִירוֹ – יָצָא, לֹא הֶחְזִירוֹ – לֹא יָצָא. קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן דְּמַתָּנָה עַל מְנָת לְהַחֲזִיר – שְׁמָהּ מַתָּנָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava says:** If one person said to another: **This *etrog* is given to you as a gift on the condition that you return it to me,** and the recipient **took it** on *Sukkot* **and** attempted to **fulfill** his obligation **with it,** if he ultimately **returned it, he has fulfilled** his obligation; if he **did not return it, he has not fulfilled** his obligation, as he did not fulfill the condition, thereby retroactively invalidating the gift. The Gemara explains that Rava **teaches us that a gift** given **on the condition that it be returned is considered** a valid **gift.**


###### Bava Batra 137b:6
[Bava Batra 137b:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/137b:6)

הַהִיא אִיתְּתָא דַּהֲוָה לַהּ דִּיקְלָא בְּאַרְעָא דְּרַב בִּיבִי בַּר אַבָּיֵי. כׇּל אֵימַת דַּהֲוָת אָזְלָא לְמִיגְזְרֵיהּ, הֲוָה קָפֵיד עִילָּוַהּ. אַקְנִיתֵיהּ נִיהֲלֵיהּ כֹּל שְׁנֵי חַיָּיו. אֲזַל אִיהוּ אַקְנְיֵיהּ נִיהֲלֵיהּ לִבְנוֹ קָטָן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Gemara relates: There was **a certain woman who had a palm tree on the land of Rav Beivai bar Abaye. Whenever she would go to harvest** the produce from **it, he would get angry at her** for trampling on his crops. Since she did not wish to anger him, **she** decided to temporarily waive her right to the tree’s produce, and **transferred** ownership of **it to him** for **all the years of his life,** so that after his death she would once again be able to harvest the produce. **He** then **went and transferred it to his minor son,** so that it would remain in his family even following his death.


###### Bava Batra 137b:7
[Bava Batra 137b:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/137b:7)

אָמַר רַב הוּנָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב יְהוֹשֻׁעַ: מִשּׁוּם דְּאָתוּ מִמּוּלָאֵי, אָמְרִיתוּ מִילֵּי מוּלְיָאתָא? אֲפִילּוּ רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל לָא קָאָמַר אֶלָּא לְאַחֵר, אֲבָל לְעַצְמוֹ – לֹא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, said** to Rav Beivai bar Abaye: Is it **because you descend from truncated [*mula’ei*]** people, as Rav Beivai’s family traced their lineage to Eli, all of whose descendants were condemned to premature death (see I Samuel 2:31), that **you speak truncated [*mulyata*]** and unsound **matters? Even Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel,** who holds that in a case where one says: My property is given to you, and after you, to so-and-so, if the first recipient sells the property the sale is valid, **says** so **only** in a case where it was to be given **to another** person; **but** if the giver said that it will return **to himself,** he did **not** say that the first recipient can sell it, as the giver clearly intended to maintain his ownership of the property. Accordingly, Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, held that Rav Beivai’s sale did not take effect.


###### Bava Batra 137b:8
[Bava Batra 137b:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/137b:8)

אָמַר רָבָא אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן: ״שׁוֹר זֶה נָתוּן לְךָ בְּמַתָּנָה, עַל מְנָת שֶׁתַּחְזִירֵהוּ לִי״; הִקְדִּישׁוֹ וְהֶחְזִירוֹ – הֲרֵי זֶה מוּקְדָּשׁ וּמוּחְזָר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rava says** that **Rav Naḥman says:** If one said to another: **This ox is given to you as a gift on the condition that you return it to me,** and the recipient **consecrated it and** then **returned it** to him, **it is consecrated and returned.** The consecration takes effect, and although the owner may not use it, nevertheless it is considered returned and the condition is fulfilled.


###### Bava Batra 137b:9
[Bava Batra 137b:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/137b:9)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ רָבָא לְרַב נַחְמָן: מַאי אַהְדְּרֵיהּ? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: וּמַאי חַסְּרֵיהּ? אֶלָּא אָמַר רַב אָשֵׁי: חָזֵינַן; אִי אֲמַר לֵיהּ: ״עַל מְנָת שֶׁתַּחְזִירֵהוּ״ – הָא אַהְדְּרֵיהּ. אִי אֲמַר לֵיהּ: ״עַל מְנָת שֶׁתַּחְזִירֵהוּ לִי״ – מִידֵּי דַּחֲזֵי לֵיהּ קָאָמַר לֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava said to Rav Naḥman: What did he return to him?** The ox was not returned to the possession of the giver, as it is consecrated. Rav Naḥman **said to him: And what did he cause him to lose?** He returned the ox. **Rather, Rav Ashi said:** We must rule in this case based on what **we see. If** the giver **said to** the recipient: **On the condition that you return it,** it is considered returned, as **he returned it.** But **if he said to him: On the condition that you return it to me, he was** effectively **saying to him** that he must return **something fit for him** to use. Consequently, the consecration prevents the condition from being fulfilled, and both the gift and the consecration are retroactively nullified.


###### Bava Batra 137b:10
[Bava Batra 137b:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/137b:10)

אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: הַכּוֹתֵב נְכָסָיו לְאַחֵר, וְאָמַר הַלָּה ״אִי אֶפְשִׁי בָּהֶן״ – קָנָה, וַאֲפִילּוּ עוֹמֵד וְצוֹוֵחַ. וְרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר: לֹא קָנָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rav Yehuda says** that **Shmuel says:** If **one writes** a document granting **his property to another, and the other** person **says: I do not want it,** he **acquires** it, **and** this is the *halakha* **even** if he is **standing and shouting** in protest that he does not want it. **And Rabbi Yoḥanan says** that he **does not acquire** it.


###### Bava Batra 137b:11
[Bava Batra 137b:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/137b:11)

אָמַר רַבִּי אַבָּא בַּר מֶמֶל: וְלָא פְּלִיגִי;

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Abba bar Memel said: And they do not disagree** with each other: