## Bava Batra Daf 150b

###### Bava Batra 150b:1
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אֲנַן – מִשּׁוּם דְּלָאו כְּרוֹת גִּיטָּא מַתְנֵינַן לַהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rav Ashi **said to** Ravina: The reason the slave is not emancipated if the master reserved part of the property for himself is not that the slave is included in the property that the owner reserved for himself. Rather, **we teach this** *halakha* as being **due to** the fact **that** the document is **not a bill** of manumission **that** completely **severs** the bond between the slave and the master.


###### Bava Batra 150b:2
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אָמַר רָבָא אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן: חֲמִשָּׁה עַד שֶׁיִּכְתְּבוּ כָּל נִכְסֵיהֶם; וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: שְׁכִיב מְרַע, עַבְדּוֹ, אִשְׁתּוֹ, וּבָנָיו, מַבְרַחַת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rava says** that **Rav Naḥman says:** There are **five** types of gifts to which specific *halakhot* apply, but the *halakhot* do not apply **until** the owners **write** a deed granting **all** of **their property** to another without reserving anything for themselves, **and they are as follows:** The gift of **a person on his deathbed,** a gift to one’s Canaanite **slave,** a gift to one’s **wife,** a gift to one’s **sons,** and the gift of **a woman who shelters** her property from her prospective husband by transferring her property to another before her marriage. In this latter case the Sages instituted that if her husband dies or divorces her she can reclaim the property.


###### Bava Batra 150b:3
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שְׁכִיב מְרַע – דִּתְנַן: שְׁכִיב מְרַע שֶׁכָּתַב כׇּל נְכָסָיו לַאֲחֵרִים, וְשִׁיֵּיר קַרְקַע כׇּל שֶׁהוּא – מַתְּנָתוֹ קַיֶּימֶת; לֹא שִׁיֵּיר קַרְקַע כָּל שֶׁהוּא – אֵין מַתְּנָתוֹ קַיֶּימֶת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara explains each of these cases: In the case of a gift of **a person on his deathbed,** this is **as we learned** in the mishna (146b): With regard to **a person on his deathbed who wrote** a deed granting **all of his property to others, and he reserved** for himself **any amount of land, his gift stands** even if he subsequently recovers. If **he did not reserve** for himself **any amount of land,** and he recovered, **his gift does not stand,** as the gift was conditional upon his death, since evidently he did not intend to leave himself without means of support if he survived.


###### Bava Batra 150b:4
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עַבְדּוֹ – דִּתְנַן: הַכּוֹתֵב כׇּל נְכָסָיו לְעַבְדּוֹ – יָצָא בֶּן חוֹרִין, שִׁיֵּיר קַרְקַע כָּל שֶׁהוּא – לֹא יָצָא בֶּן חוֹרִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
In the case of a gift to one’s **slave,** this is **as we learned** in a mishna (*Pe’a* 3:8): With regard to **one who writes** a deed granting **all of his property to his** Canaanite **slave,** the slave **has been emancipated,** but if he **reserved** for himself **any amount of land,** then he **has not been emancipated,** as perhaps he reserved the slave for himself as well.


###### Bava Batra 150b:5
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אִשְׁתּוֹ – דְּאָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: הַכּוֹתֵב כׇּל נְכָסָיו לְאִשְׁתּוֹ – לֹא עֲשָׂאָהּ אֶלָּא אַפֹּטְרוֹפָּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
In the case of a gift to one’s **wife,** this is **as Rav Yehuda says** that **Shmuel says: One who writes** a deed granting **all of his property to his wife renders her only a steward** of his property, i.e., he intends only to place her in charge of the property and she does not acquire it. According to Rav Naḥman, this applies only if he did not reserve any part of the property for himself.


###### Bava Batra 150b:6
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בָּנָיו – דִּתְנַן: הַכּוֹתֵב כׇּל נְכָסָיו לְבָנָיו, וְכָתַב לְאִשְׁתּוֹ קַרְקַע כׇּל שֶׁהוּא – אִבְּדָה כְּתוּבָּתָהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
In the case of a gift to one’s **sons,** this is **as we learned** in a mishna (*Pe’a* 3:7): With regard to **one who writes** a deed granting **all of his property to his sons, and he writes** in the deed that he grants **any amount of land to his wife, she forfeits** payment of **her marriage contract.** If he reserves any amount of land for himself, his wife does not forfeit payment of her marriage contract.


###### Bava Batra 150b:7
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מַבְרַחַת – דְּאָמַר מָר: מַבְרַחַת צְרִיכָה שֶׁתִּכְתּוֹב כׇּל נְכָסֶיהָ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
In the case of a gift of **a woman who shelters** her property from her intended husband, this is **as the Master says:** In the case of **a woman who** wishes to **shelter** her property from her prospective husband, **she must write** a deed granting **all** of **her property** to another. If she reserves for herself any amount of property, she cannot reclaim the property if she is widowed or divorced.


###### Bava Batra 150b:8
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וּבְכוּלְּהוּ מִטַּלְטְלֵי הָוֵי שִׁיּוּר, לְבַר מִכְּתוּבָה – דְּאַמְּקַרְקְעֵי תַּקִּינוּ רַבָּנַן, מִמִּטַּלְטְלֵי לָא תַּקּוּן רַבָּנַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara concludes: **With regard to all of these** cases, reserving **movable property is** considered a significant **reserving** of property, **except with regard to** a woman’s **marriage contract.** If one grants all of his property to his sons except for any amount of land, which he gives to his wife, and he reserves for himself only movable property, his wife forfeits payment of her marriage contract, as nothing remains in the husband’s possession from which she is entitled to collect payment. This is **because the Sages instituted** that the lien on the marriage contract is placed **on land,** and **the Sages did not institute** that the marriage contract can be collected **from movable property.**


###### Bava Batra 150b:9
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אַמֵּימָר אָמַר: מִטַּלְטְלֵי דִּכְתִיבִי בִּכְתוּבָּה, וְאִיתַנְהוּ בְּעֵינַיְיהוּ – הָוֵי שִׁיּוּר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Ameimar said:** With regard to **movable property that is** explicitly **written in the marriage contract** as property from which the debt may be collected **and is** still **extant,** if the husband reserves this property for himself, this **is** considered a significant **reserving** of property, and his wife does not forfeit payment of her marriage contract.


###### Bava Batra 150b:10
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אָמַר ״נִכְסַי לִפְלָנְיָא״ – עַבְדָּא אִיקְּרִי ״נִכְסֵי״, דִּתְנַן: הַכּוֹתֵב כׇּל נְכָסָיו לְעַבְדּוֹ – יָצָא בֶּן חוֹרִין. אַרְעָא אִיקְּרִי ״נִכְסֵי״, דִּתְנַן: נְכָסִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהֶן אַחְרָיוּת, נִקְנִין בְּכֶסֶף וּבִשְׁטָר וּבַחֲזָקָה. גְּלִימָא אִיקְּרִי ״נִכְסֵי״, דִּתְנַן: וְשֶׁאֵין לָהֶן אַחְרָיוּת – אֵין נִקְנִין אֶלָּא בִּמְשִׁיכָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ If one **said: My property** shall go **to so-and-so,** anything that is referred to as property is included in the gift. A Canaanite **slave is called property, as we learned** in a mishna (*Pe’a* 3:8): With regard to **one who writes,** i.e., gives via a document, **all of his property to his** Canaanite **slave,** the slave **has been emancipated. Land is called property, as we learned** in a mishna (*Kiddushin* 26a): **Property that serves as a guarantee,** i.e., land, **can be acquired by** means of **money, by** means of **a deed, or by taking possession** of it. **A cloak,** as well as other garments and movable property, **is called property, as we learned** in that same mishna: **And** property **that does not serve as a guarantee,** i.e., movable property, **can be acquired only by pulling.**


###### Bava Batra 150b:11
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זוּזֵי אִיקְּרִי ״נִכְסֵי״, דִּתְנַן: וְשֶׁאֵין לָהֶן אַחְרָיוּת נִקְנִין עִם נְכָסִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהֶן אַחְרָיוּת – בְּכֶסֶף וּבִשְׁטָר וּבַחֲזָקָה. כִּי הָא דְּרַב פָּפָּא הֲווֹ לֵיהּ תְּרֵיסַר אַלְפֵי זוּזֵי בֵּי חוֹזָאֵי, אַקְנִינְהוּ נִיהֲלֵיהּ לְרַב שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר אַחָא אַגַּב אַסִּיפָּא דְבֵיתֵיהּ. כִּי אֲתָא, נְפַק לְאַפֵּיהּ עַד ״תְּווֹךְ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Money [*zuzei*] is called property, as we learned** in that same mishna: **And** property **that does not serve as a guarantee can be acquired** together **with property that serves as a guarantee by** means of **money, by** means of **a deed, or by taking possession** of it. Money is among the types of property that can be acquired by means of the acquisition of land, **as** is evident from **this** incident **involving Rav Pappa,** who **had twelve thousand dinars** loaned to the people of **Bei Ḥozai.** Rav Pappa **transferred** ownership of the money **to Rav Shmuel bar Aḥa,** who was traveling to Bei Ḥozai, **by means of** transferring ownership of **the threshold of his house,** so that Rav Shmuel bar Aḥa could collect the money. **When** Rav Shmuel bar Aḥa **came** back with the money, Rav Pappa was so pleased that he **went out as far as Tavakh to meet him.**


###### Bava Batra 150b:12
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שְׁטָרָא אִיקְּרִי ״נִכְסֵי״, דְּאָמַר רַבָּה בַּר יִצְחָק: שְׁנֵי שְׁטָרוֹת הֵן; אָמַר ״זְכוּ בְּשָׂדֶה זֶה לִפְלוֹנִי, וְכִתְבוּ לוֹ אֶת הַשְּׁטָר״ – חוֹזֵר בַּשְּׁטָר, וְאֵינוֹ חוֹזֵר בַּשָּׂדֶה. ״עַל מְנָת שֶׁתִּכְתְּבוּ לוֹ אֶת הַשְּׁטָר״ – חוֹזֵר בֵּין בַּשְּׁטָר בֵּין בַּשָּׂדֶה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**A deed is called property, as Rabba bar Yitzḥak says: There are two** types of **deeds** with regard to the acquisition of land. If one **said** to the witnesses: **Acquire this field on behalf of so-and-so and write the deed for him** as proof of the sale, the giver **can retract the deed but he cannot retract the** transfer of ownership of the **field** once the other party has taken possession of it. If one said: Acquire this field on behalf of so-and-so **on the condition that you write the deed for him,** the giver **can retract both the deed and** the transfer of **the field,** as he stipulated that the acquisition of the field is dependent on the writing of the deed.


###### Bava Batra 150b:13
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וְרַב חִיָּיא בַּר אָבִין אָמַר רַב הוּנָא: שְׁלֹשָׁה שְׁטָרוֹת הֵן; תְּרֵי – הָנֵי דַּאֲמַרַן, אִידַּךְ – אִם קָדַם מוֹכֵר וְכָתַב אֶת הַשְּׁטָר, כְּאוֹתָהּ שֶׁשָּׁנִינוּ:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rav Ḥiyya bar Avin** says that **Rav Huna says: There are three** types of **deeds. Two** are **those that we stated** above, and **the other** is as follows: **If the seller wrote the deed in advance** and kept it until the buyer would come and pay him. The Gemara adds parenthetically: This is **like that** *halakha* **that we learned** in a mishna (167b):