## Bava Batra Daf 63a

###### Bava Batra 63a:1
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וְלָא הִיא, דְּאָמַר רַב יֵימַר בַּר שֶׁלֶמְיָה: לְדִידִי מִפָּרְשָׁא לִי מִינֵּיהּ דְּאַבָּיֵי: בֵּין ״מֶצֶר אַרְעָא דְּמִינַּהּ פַּלְגָא״, וּבֵין ״מֶצֶר אַרְעָא דְּמִינַּהּ פְּסִיקָא״ – אִי אֲמַר לֵיהּ: ״אִלֵּין מִצְרָנַהָא״ – פַּלְגָא, לָא אֲמַר לֵיהּ: ״אִלֵּין מִצְרָנַהָא״ – תִּשְׁעָה קַבִּין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**But** that **is not so, as Rav Yeimar bar Shelemya said:** The matter **was explained to me by Abaye,** as follows: **Whether** the seller writes with regard to the fourth boundary: **The boundary** of the field is **the land through which** the field **is halved, or** he writes: **The boundary** of the field is **the land through which** a plot **can be set apart, if he said to** the buyer: **These are its boundaries,** he has sold him **half** of the field. But if **he did not say to** the buyer: **These are its boundaries,** he has sold him only an area fit for sowing **nine *kav*** of seed.


###### Bava Batra 63a:2
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פְּשִׁיטָא – אָמַר: ״יַחֲלוֹק פְּלוֹנִי בִּנְכָסַי״ – פַּלְגָא. ״תְּנוּ חֵלֶק לִפְלוֹנִי בִּנְכָסַי״ – מַאי?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Gemara raises a question about a similar case: **It** is **obvious** that if one **said: So-and-so should share in my property,** he means to give him **half** of the property. If he said: **Give so-and-so a portion of my property, what** is the *halakha*? What portion of the property must he give him?


###### Bava Batra 63a:3
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אָמַר רָבִינָא בַּר קִיסִי, תָּא שְׁמַע: דְּתַנְיָא, הָאוֹמֵר: ״תְּנוּ חֵלֶק לִפְלוֹנִי בְּבוֹר״ – סוֹמְכוֹס אוֹמֵר: אֵין פָּחוֹת מֵרְבִיעַ. ״לְחָבִית״ – אֵין פָּחוֹת מִשְּׁמִינִית. ״לִקְדֵרָה״ – אֵין פָּחוֹת מִשְּׁנֵים עָשָׂר. ״לְטָפִיחַ״ – אֵין פָּחוֹת מִשִּׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Ravina bar Kisi said: Come** and **hear** a proof concerning the *halakha* in this case, **as it is taught** in a *baraita*: With regard to **one who says: Give so-and-so a portion of** my **cistern** for his water needs, **Sumakhos says:** He must give him **not less than one-quarter** of the water in the cistern. If he qualifies his words and says: Give so-and-so a portion of my cistern’s water **for** his **barrel,** he must give him **not less than one-eighth** of the water. If he says: Give him a portion **for** his **pot,** he must give him **not less than one-twelfth** of the water. And if he says: Give him **for** his **cup,** he must give him **not less than one-sixteenth** of the water. In any event, this *baraita* indicates that the unqualified phrase: Give so-and-so a portion, should be understood to mean: Give him one-quarter.


###### Bava Batra 63a:4
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: בֶּן לֵוִי שֶׁמָּכַר שָׂדֶה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאָמַר לוֹ: ״עַל מְנָת שֶׁמַּעֲשֵׂר רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁלִּי״ – מַעֲשֵׂר רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁלּוֹ. וְאִם אָמַר: ״לִי וּלְבָנַיי״ – מֵת, יִתֵּן לְבָנָיו.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara now considers another case in which the seller withholds something for himself in a sale. **The Sages taught** in a *baraita*: With regard to **a Levite who sold a field to an Israelite and said to him:** I am selling you this field **on the condition that the first tithe** from the produce growing in the field, which must be given to a Levite, is **mine,** and it will be given to me every year and not to any other Levite, **the first tithe is his. And if he said:** I am selling you the field on the condition that the tithe will be given **to me and to my sons,** then if **he dies,** the buyer **must give** the tithe **to his sons.**


###### Bava Batra 63a:5
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וְאִם אָמַר לוֹ: ״כׇּל זְמַן שֶׁהַשָּׂדֶה זוֹ בְּיָדְךָ״ – מְכָרָהּ וְחָזַר וּלְקָחָהּ, אֵין לוֹ עָלָיו כְּלוּם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**But if** the seller **said to** the buyer: This stipulation will remain in force **as long as this field is in your possession,** then if the buyer **sold it and** afterward **bought it** back **again,** the seller **has no** claim **on him.** Since the field left the buyer’s possession in the interim, the seller no longer has a claim to the tithe.


###### Bava Batra 63a:6
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אַמַּאי? אֵין אָדָם מַקְנֶה דָּבָר שֶׁלֹּא בָּא לָעוֹלָם! כֵּיוָן דְּאָמַר לֵיהּ: ״עַל מְנָת שֶׁמַּעֲשֵׂר רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁלִּי״ – שַׁיּוֹרֵי שַׁיְּירֵיהּ לִמְקוֹם מַעֲשֵׂר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara challenges the *halakha* taught in the *baraita*: **Why** should the seller ever have a right to the tithe after he has sold the field? After all, **a person cannot transfer ownership** of **an object that has not** yet **come into the world.** How, then, can the seller acquire a portion of the produce that does not yet exist? The Gemara answers that **since** the seller **said to** the buyer: I am selling you this field **on the condition that the first tithe** is **mine,** it is as if **he withheld the site** where the **tithe** is grown for himself when he sold the field, and that site already exists.


###### Bava Batra 63a:7
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אָמַר רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ: זֹאת אוֹמֶרֶת, הַמּוֹכֵר בַּיִת לַחֲבֵירוֹ, וְאָמַר לוֹ: ״עַל מְנָת שֶׁדְּיוֹטָא הָעֶלְיוֹנָה שֶׁלִּי״ – דְּיוֹטָא הָעֶלְיוֹנָה שֶׁלּוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Reish Lakish said: That is to say** that with regard to one **who sells a house to another and says to him:** I am selling you this house **on the condition that the upper story [*deyota*] is mine, the upper story is his.**