## Bava Batra Daf 25a

###### Bava Batra 25a:1
[Bava Batra 25a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/25a:1)

שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה אוֹתוֹ גָּלָל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**he turns it** into **manure,** i.e., the chaff acts like manure, and an excessive amount of manure damages the seeds.


###### Bava Batra 25a:2
[Bava Batra 25a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/25a:2)

**מַתְנִי׳** מַרְחִיקִין אֶת הַנְּבֵלוֹת וְאֶת הַקְּבָרוֹת וְאֶת הַבּוּרְסְקִי מִן הָעִיר – חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה. אֵין עוֹשִׂין בּוּרְסְקִי אֶלָּא לְמִזְרַח הָעִיר. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר: לְכׇל רוּחַ הוּא עוֹשֶׂה, חוּץ מִמַּעֲרָבָהּ; וּמַרְחִיק חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה. וּמֵרְחִיקִין אֶת הַמִּשְׁרָה מִן הַיָּרָק, וְאֶת הַכְּרֵישִׁין מִן הַבְּצָלִים, וְאֶת הַחַרְדָּל מִן הַדְּבוֹרִים. וְרַבִּי יוֹסֵי מַתִּיר בְּחַרְדָּל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** **One must distance** animal **carcasses, and graves, and a tannery [*haburseki*],** a place where hides are processed, **fifty cubits from the city. One may establish a tannery only on the east side of the city,** because winds usually blow from the west and the foul smells would therefore be blown away from the residential area. **Rabbi Akiva says: One may establish** a tannery **on any side** of a city **except for the west,** as the winds blowing from that direction will bring the odors into the city, **and one must distance** it **fifty cubits** from the city. **One must distance from vegetables water in which flax is steeped,** because this water ruins them; **and** likewise one must distance **leeks from onions, and mustard from bees. And Rabbi Yosei permits** one not to do so in the case **of mustard.**


###### Bava Batra 25a:3
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**גְּמָ׳** אִיבַּעְיָא לְהוּ: רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא הֵיכִי קָאָמַר? לְכׇל רוּחַ הוּא עוֹשֶׂה וְסוֹמֵךְ, חוּץ מִמַּעֲרָבָהּ – דְּמַרְחִיק חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה וְעוֹשֶׂה; אוֹ דִּלְמָא: לְכׇל רוּחַ הוּא עוֹשֶׂה וּמַרְחִיק חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה, חוּץ מִמַּעֲרָבָהּ – דְּאֵינוֹ עוֹשֶׂה כְּלָל?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** **A dilemma was raised before** the Sages: With regard to **what** case **is Rabbi Akiva speaking?** Did he mean that **one may establish** a tannery **on any side** of a city, **and** one may even **place** the tannery **close** to the city, **except for the west side,** where **one must establish it at a distance of fifty cubits? Or perhaps** he meant that **one may establish** a tannery **on any side and distance it fifty cubits, except for the west side,** where one **may not establish** a tannery **at all.**


###### Bava Batra 25a:4
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תָּא שְׁמַע: דְּתַנְיָא, רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר: לְכׇל רוּחַ הוּא עוֹשֶׂה וּמַרְחִיק חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה, חוּץ מִמַּעֲרָבָהּ דְּאֵינוֹ עוֹשֶׂה כׇּל עִיקָּר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהִיא תְּדִירָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara cites a proof: **Come** and **hear, as it is taught** in a *baraita*: **Rabbi Akiva says** that **one may establish** a tannery **on any side** of the city **and distance it fifty cubits, except for the west side,** where one **may not establish** a tannery **at all, because** the western wind is **frequent.**


###### Bava Batra 25a:5
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ רָבָא לְרַב נַחְמָן: מַאי תְּדִירָא? אִילֵּימָא תְּדִירָא בְּרוּחוֹת, וְהָא אָמַר רַב חָנָן בַּר אַבָּא אָמַר רַב: אַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת מְנַשְּׁבוֹת בְּכׇל יוֹם, וְרוּחַ צְפוֹנִית עִם כּוּלָּן; שֶׁאִילְמָלֵא כֵּן – אֵין הָעוֹלָם מִתְקַיֵּים אֲפִילּוּ שָׁעָה אַחַת. וְרוּחַ דְּרוֹמִית קָשָׁה מִכּוּלָּן, וְאִילְמָלֵא בֶּן נֵץ שֶׁמַּעֲמִידָהּ – מַחְרֶבֶת אֶת הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״הֲמִבִּינָתְךָ יַאֲבֶר נֵץ, יִפְרֹשׂ כְּנָפָו לְתֵימָן״!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ With regard to the last statement of the *baraita*, **Rava said to Rav Naḥman: What** does **frequent** mean in this context? **If we say** it means **frequent among the winds,** i.e., this wind blows all the time, that is difficult. **But doesn’t Rav Ḥanan bar Abba say** that **Rav says: Four winds blow every day** from different directions, **and the northern wind** blows **with each of** the other three; **as, if this were not so,** i.e., if it did not blow, **the world would not exist for even one hour,** as the northern wind is pleasant and tempers the bitter effects of the other winds. **And the southern wind** is **harsher than all of them, and were it not** for the angel named ***Ben Netz*,** who **stops it** from blowing even harder, it would **destroy the** entire **world, as it is stated: “Does the hawk [*netz*] soar by your wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?”** (Job 39:26). This indicates that the northern wind is the most constant, not the western wind.


###### Bava Batra 25a:6
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אֶלָּא מַאי תְּדִירָא – תְּדִירָא בִּשְׁכִינָה. דְּאָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי: בּוֹאוּ וְנַחֲזִיק טוֹבָה לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ, שֶׁהוֹדִיעוּ מְקוֹם תְּפִלָּה – דִּכְתִיב: ״וּצְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם לְךָ מִשְׁתַּחֲוִים״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather, what** is the meaning of **frequent?** It means **frequent with the Divine Presence,** i.e., the Divine Presence is found on the western side, and therefore it is inappropriate to set up a tannery there with its foul odors. **As Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi says: Come and let us be grateful to our ancestors who revealed** to us **the place of prayer, as it is written: “And the hosts of heaven bow down to You”** (Nehemiah 9:6). Since the celestial bodies move from east to west, they bow in that direction, which indicates that the Divine Presence is in the west.


###### Bava Batra 25a:7
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מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רַב אַחָא בַּר יַעֲקֹב: וְדִלְמָא כְּעֶבֶד שֶׁנּוֹטֵל פְּרָס מֵרַבּוֹ, וְחוֹזֵר לַאֲחוֹרָיו וּמִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה! קַשְׁיָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Aḥa bar Ya’akov objects to this: But perhaps** the celestial bodies are **like a servant who receives a gift from his master and walks backward** while **bowing.** If so, the Divine Presence is in the east and the celestial bodies are moving backward. The Gemara comments: Indeed, this is **difficult,** i.e., the verse does not provide a definitive proof.


###### Bava Batra 25a:8
[Bava Batra 25a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/25a:8)

וְרַבִּי אוֹשַׁעְיָא סָבַר: שְׁכִינָה בְּכׇל מָקוֹם. דְּאָמַר רַבִּי אוֹשַׁעְיָא, מַאי דִּכְתִיב: ״אַתָּה הוּא ה׳ לְבַדֶּךָ, אַתָּה עָשִׂיתָ אֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְגוֹ׳״? שְׁלוּחֶיךָ לֹא כִּשְׁלוּחֵי בָּשָׂר וָדָם; שְׁלוּחֵי בָּשָׂר וָדָם, מִמָּקוֹם שֶׁמִּשְׁתַּלְּחִים – לְשָׁם מַחֲזִירִים שְׁלִיחוּתָן; אֲבָל שְׁלוּחֶיךָ, לְמָקוֹם שֶׁמִּשְׁתַּלְּחִין – מִשָּׁם מַחְזִירִין שְׁלִיחוּתָן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״הַתְשַׁלַּח בְּרָקִים וְיֵלֵכוּ וְיֹאמְרוּ לְךָ הִנֵּנוּ״ – ״יָבוֹאוּ וְיֹאמְרוּ״ לֹא נֶאֱמַר, אֶלָּא ״וְיֵלֵכוּ וְיֹאמְרוּ״, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁהַשְּׁכִינָה בְּכׇל מָקוֹם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara comments: **And Rabbi Oshaya holds** that **the Divine Presence** is found **in every place, as Rabbi Oshaya says: What** is the meaning of that **which is written: “You are the Lord, even You alone, You have made heaven…**You preserve them all alive and the hosts of heaven bow down to You” (Nehemiah 9:6)? This indicates that **Your messengers are not like the messengers of flesh and blood. The messengers of flesh and blood return to the place from where they were sent** to report on **their mission. But Your messengers return** and report on **their mission from the** very same **place** to **which they are sent, as it is stated “Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go out and say to you: Here we are?”** (Job 38:35). The verse **does not state: They will come and say,** i.e., they do not return to their point of departure, **but: “They may go out and say,”** which **teaches that the Divine Presence** is found **in every place.**


###### Bava Batra 25a:9
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וְאַף רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל סָבַר שְׁכִינָה בְּכׇל מָקוֹם. דְּתָנָא דְּבֵי רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל: מִנַּיִן שֶׁשְּׁכִינָה בְּכׇל מָקוֹם? שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״הִנֵּה הַמַּלְאָךְ הַדֹּבֵר בִּי יֹצֵא, וּמַלְאָךְ אַחֵר יֹצֵא לִקְרָאתוֹ״ – ״אַחֲרָיו״ לֹא נֶאֱמַר, אֶלָּא ״לִקְרָאתוֹ״, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁשְּׁכִינָה בְּכׇל מָקוֹם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara comments: **And Rabbi Yishmael, too, holds** that **the Divine Presence** is **in every place, as** one of the Sages of **the school of Rabbi Yishmael taught: From where** is it derived **that the Divine Presence** is **in every place? As it is stated: “And behold the angel who spoke with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him”** (Zechariah 2:7). Although both angels were coming from the Divine Presence, the verse **does not state: After him, but: “To meet him,”** which **teaches that the Divine Presence** is **in every place,** and therefore the angels depart for their missions from every place.


###### Bava Batra 25a:10
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וְאַף רַב שֵׁשֶׁת סָבַר שְׁכִינָה בְּכׇל מָקוֹם. דַּאֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב שֵׁשֶׁת לְשַׁמָּעֵיהּ: לְכׇל רוּחָתָא אוֹקְמַן, לְבַר מִמִּזְרָח. וְלָאו מִשּׁוּם דְּלֵית בֵּיהּ שְׁכִינָה, אֶלָּא מִשּׁוּם דְּמוֹרוּ בֵּהּ מִינֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rav Sheshet, too, holds** that **the Divine Presence** is **in every place, as Rav Sheshet said to his servant: Set me facing any direction** to pray **except for the east.** Rav Sheshet, who was blind, required the assistance of his aide to prepare for prayer. He explained to his servant: **And** the reason I do not wish to face east is **not because it does not contain the Divine Presence, but because the heretics instruct** people to pray **in that** direction.


###### Bava Batra 25a:11
[Bava Batra 25a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/25a:11)

וְרַבִּי אֲבָהוּ אָמַר: שְׁכִינָה בַּמַּעֲרָב – דְּאָמַר רַבִּי אֲבָהוּ: מַאי ״אוֹרְיָה״? אֲוִיר יָהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**But Rabbi Abbahu says: The Divine Presence** is **in the west, as Rabbi Abbahu says: What** is the meaning of ***oriyya*,** which is a name for the west? It means **the air of God [*avir Yah*],** i.e., this is the place of the Divine Presence.


###### Bava Batra 25a:12
[Bava Batra 25a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/25a:12)

אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה, מַאי דִּכְתִיב ״יַעֲרֹף כַּמָּטָר לִקְחִי״? זוֹ רוּחַ מַעֲרָבִית, שֶׁבָּאָה מֵעׇרְפּוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara cites a statement connected to the four winds. **Rav Yehuda said: What** is the meaning of that **which is written: “My doctrine shall drop as the rain,** my speech shall distill as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender growth, and as the showers upon the herb” (Deuteronomy 32:2)? “My doctrine shall drop [*ya’arof* ] as the rain”; **this is the western wind, which comes from the back of [*me’orpo*] the world,** as the west is also referred to as the back.


###### Bava Batra 25a:13
[Bava Batra 25a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/25a:13)

״תִּזַּל כַּטַּל אִמְרָתִי״ – זוֹ רוּחַ צְפוֹנִית, שֶׁמַּזֶּלֶת אֶת הַזָּהָב. וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר: ״הַזָּלִים זָהָב מִכִּיס״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**“My speech shall distill [*tizzal*] as the dew”; this is the northern wind, which** brings dry air that reduces the rain and grain and thereby **devalues [*mazzelet*] gold.** When grain crops are reduced their price appreciates, and consequently the value of gold decreases. **And in addition, it says: “You who lavish [*hazzalim*] gold out of the bag”** (Isaiah 46:6).


###### Bava Batra 25a:14
[Bava Batra 25a:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/25a:14)

״כִּשְׂעִירִם עֲלֵי דֶשֶׁא״ – זוֹ רוּחַ מִזְרָחִית, שֶׁמַּסְעֶרֶת אֶת כׇּל הָעוֹלָם כְּשָׂעִיר. ״וְכִרְבִיבִים עֲלֵי עֵשֶׂב״ – זוֹ רוּחַ דְּרוֹמִית, שֶׁהִיא מַעֲלָה רְבִיבִים וּמְגַדֶּלֶת עֲשָׂבִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**“As the small rain [*kisirim*] upon the tender growth”; this is the eastern wind that rages through [*maseret*] the entire world like a demon [*sa’ir*]** when it blows strongly. **“And as the showers upon the herb”; this is the southern wind, which raises showers and causes herbs to grow.**


###### Bava Batra 25a:15
[Bava Batra 25a:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/25a:15)

תַּנְיָא, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: עוֹלָם

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**It is taught** in a *baraita* that **Rabbi Eliezer says:** The **world**