## Bava Batra Daf 2a

###### Bava Batra 2a:1
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**הַשּׁוּתָּפִין** שֶׁרָצוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת מְחִיצָה בְּחָצֵר – בּוֹנִין אֶת הַכּוֹתֶל בְּאֶמְצַע. מָקוֹם שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ לִבְנוֹת גְּוִיל, גָּזִית, כְּפִיסִין, לְבֵינִין – בּוֹנִין; הַכֹּל כְּמִנְהַג הַמְּדִינָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** **Partners who wished to make a partition [*meḥitza*] in** a jointly owned **courtyard build the wall** for the partition **in the middle** of the courtyard. What is this wall fashioned from? In **a place where it is customary to build** such a wall with **non-chiseled stone [*gevil*],** or **chiseled stone [*gazit*],** or **small bricks [*kefisin*],** or **large bricks [*leveinim*], they must build** the wall with that material. **Everything is in accordance with the regional custom.**


###### Bava Batra 2a:2
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גְּוִיל – זֶה נוֹתֵן שְׁלֹשָׁה טְפָחִים, וְזֶה נוֹתֵן שְׁלֹשָׁה טְפָחִים. בַּגָּזִית – זֶה נוֹתֵן טִפְחַיִים וּמֶחֱצָה וְזֶה נוֹתֵן טִפְחַיִים וּמֶחֱצָה. בַּכְּפִיסִין – זֶה נוֹתֵן טִפְחַיִים וְזֶה נוֹתֵן טִפְחַיִים. בִּלְבֵינִין – זֶה נוֹתֵן טֶפַח וּמֶחֱצָה וְזֶה נוֹתֵן טֶפַח וּמֶחֱצָה. לְפִיכָךְ, אִם נָפַל הַכּוֹתֶל – הַמָּקוֹם וְהָאֲבָנִים שֶׁל שְׁנֵיהֶם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If they build the wall with **non-chiseled stone, this** partner **provides three handbreadths** of his portion of the courtyard **and that** partner **provides three handbreadths,** since the thickness of such a wall is six handbreadths. If they build the wall with **chiseled stone, this** partner **provides two and a half handbreadths and that** partner **provides two and a half handbreadths,** since such a wall is five handbreadths thick. If they build the wall **with small bricks, this** one **provides two handbreadths and that** one **provides two handbreadths,** since the thickness of such a wall is four handbreadths. If they build **with large bricks, this** one **provides one and a half handbreadths and that** one **provides one and a half handbreadths,** since the thickness of such a wall is three handbreadths. **Therefore, if the wall** later **falls,** the assumption is that **the space** where the wall stood **and the stones belong to both of them,** to be divided equally.


###### Bava Batra 2a:3
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וְכֵן בַּגִּינָּה – מְקוֹם שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ לִגְדּוֹר – מְחַיְּיבִין אוֹתוֹ. אֲבָל בַּבִּקְעָה – מְקוֹם שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ שֶׁלֹּא לִגְדּוֹר – אֵין מְחַיְּיבִין אוֹתוֹ,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And similarly with regard to a garden,** in **a place where it is customary to build a partition** in the middle of a garden jointly owned by two people, and one of them wishes to build such a partition, the court **obligates** his neighbor to join in building the partition. **But with regard to** an expanse of **fields [*babbika*],** in **a place where it is customary not to build a partition** between two people’s fields, and one person wishes to build a partition between his field and that of his neighbor, the court **does not obligate** his neighbor to build such a partition.


###### Bava Batra 2a:4
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אֶלָּא אִם רָצָה, כּוֹנֵס לְתוֹךְ שֶׁלּוֹ וּבוֹנֶה, וְעוֹשֶׂה חֲזִית מִבַּחוּץ. לְפִיכָךְ, אִם נָפַל הַכּוֹתֶל – הַמָּקוֹם וְהָאֲבָנִים שֶׁלּוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather, if** one person **wishes** to erect a partition, **he must withdraw into his own** field **and build** the partition there. **And he makes** a border **mark on the outer side** of the barrier facing his neighbor’s property, indicating that he built the entire structure of his own materials and on his own land. **Therefore, if the wall** later **falls,** the assumption is that **the space** where the wall stood **and the stones** belong only **to him,** as is indicated by the mark on the wall.


###### Bava Batra 2a:5
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אִם עָשׂוּ מִדַּעַת שְׁנֵיהֶם – בּוֹנִין אֶת הַכּוֹתֶל בָּאֶמְצַע, וְעוֹשִׂין חֲזִית מִכָּאן וּמִכָּאן. לְפִיכָךְ, אִם נָפַל הַכּוֹתֶל – הַמָּקוֹם וְהָאֲבָנִים שֶׁל שְׁנֵיהֶם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Nevertheless, in a place where it is not customary to build a partition between two people’s fields, **if they made** such a partition **with the agreement of the two of them, they build it in the middle,** i.e., on the property line, **and make** a border **mark on the one** side **and on the other** side. **Therefore, if the wall** later **falls,** the assumption is that **the space** where the wall stood **and the stones** belong **to both of them,** to be divided equally.


###### Bava Batra 2a:6
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**גְּמָ׳** סַבְרוּהָ מַאי ״מְחִיצָה״ – גּוּדָּא; כִּדְתַנְיָא: מְחִיצַת הַכֶּרֶם שֶׁנִּפְרְצָה, אוֹמֵר לוֹ: ״גְּדוֹר״. חָזְרָה וְנִפְרְצָה – אוֹמֵר לוֹ: ״גְּדוֹר״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The Sages initially **assumed: What** is the meaning of the term ***meḥitza*** mentioned in the mishna? It means **a partition, as it is taught** in a *baraita*: Consider the case where **a partition of [*meḥitzat*] a vineyard** which separates the vineyard from a field of grain **was breached,** resulting, if the situation is not rectified, in the grain and grapes becoming items from which deriving benefit is prohibited due to the prohibition of diverse kinds planted in a vineyard. The owner of the field of grain may **say to** the owner of the vineyard: **Build a partition** between the vineyard and the field of grain. If the owner of the vineyard did so, and the partition **was breached again,** the owner of the field of grain may **say to him** again: **Build a partition.**