## Bava Batra Daf 74a

###### Bava Batra 74a:1
[Bava Batra 74a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/74a:1)

וְגָנוּ אַפַּרְקִיד. וַהֲוָה זְקִיפָא בִּרְכֵּיהּ דְּחַד מִינַּיְיהוּ, וְעָיֵל טַיָּיעָא תּוּתֵי בִּרְכֵּיהּ כִּי רְכִיב גַּמְלָא, וּזְקִיפָא רוּמְחֵיהּ וְלָא נָגַע בֵּיהּ. פְּסַקִי חֲדָא קַרְנָא דִתְכֵלְתָּא דְּחַד מִינַּיְיהוּ, וְלָא הֲוָה מִסְתַּגִּי לַן. אָמַר לִי: דִּלְמָא שְׁקַלְתְּ מִידֵּי מִינַּיְיהוּ? אַהְדְּרֵיהּ, דִּגְמִירִי דְּמַאן דְּשָׁקֵיל מִידֵּי מִינַּיְיהוּ לָא מִסְתַּגִּי לֵיהּ. אֲזַלִי אַהְדַּרְתֵּיהּ, וַהֲדַר מִסְתַּגִּי לַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**and they were lying on their backs. And the knee of one of them was elevated, and** he was so enormous that the **Arab entered under his knee while riding a camel and with his spear upright, and he did not touch him. I cut one corner of the sky-blue** garment that contains ritual fringes **of one of them, and we were unable to walk.** The Arab **said to me: Perhaps you took something from them? Return it, as we know** by tradition **that one who takes something from them cannot walk. I then returned** the corner of the garment, **and then we were able to walk.**


###### Bava Batra 74a:2
[Bava Batra 74a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/74a:2)

כִּי אֲתַאי לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּרַבָּנַן, אֲמַרוּ לִי: כֹּל ״אַבָּא״ – חַמְרָא, וְכֹל ״בַּר בַּר חָנָה״ – סִיכְסָא! לְמַאי הִלְכְתָא עֲבַדְתְּ הָכִי? לְמִידַּע אִי כְּבֵית שַׁמַּאי אִי כְּבֵית הִלֵּל? אִיבְּעִי לָךְ לְמִימְנֵי חוּטִין וּלְמִימְנֵי חוּלְיוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**When I came before the Sages, they said to me** in rebuke: **Every Abba** is **a donkey, and every bar bar Ḥana** is **an idiot. For** the purpose of clarifying **what *halakha* did you do that?** If you wanted **to know whether** the *halakha* **is in accordance with** the opinion of **Beit Shammai or in accordance with** the opinion of **Beit Hillel,** as to whether there are four or three threads and joints in ritual fringes, in that case there was no need to take anything with you, as **you should have** simply **counted the threads and counted the joints.**


###### Bava Batra 74a:3
[Bava Batra 74a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/74a:3)

אֲמַר לִי: תָּא אַחְוֵי לָךְ הַר סִינַי. אֲזַלִי, חֲזַאי דְּהָדְרָא לֵיהּ עַקְרַבָּא, וְקָיְימָא כִּי חֲמָרֵי חִווֹרָתִי. שָׁמַעְתִּי בַּת קוֹל שֶׁאוֹמֶרֶת: ״אוֹי לִי שֶׁנִּשְׁבַּעְתִּי; וְעַכְשָׁיו שֶׁנִּשְׁבַּעְתִּי – מִי מֵפֵר לִי?״

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rabba bar bar Ḥana continues his account. That Arab also **said to me: Come, I will show you Mount Sinai. I went** and **saw that scorpions were encircling it, and they were standing** as high **as white donkeys. I heard a Divine Voice saying: Woe is Me that I took an oath; and now that I took the oath, who will nullify it for me?**


###### Bava Batra 74a:4
[Bava Batra 74a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/74a:4)

כִּי אֲתַאי לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּרַבָּנַן, אֲמַרוּ לִי: כָּל ״אַבָּא״ – חַמְרָא, כׇּל ״בַּר בַּר חָנָה״ – סִיכְסָא! הָיָה לְךָ לוֹמַר ״מוּפָר לָךְ״! וְהוּא סָבַר: דִּלְמָא שְׁבוּעֲתָא דְמַבּוּל הוּא. וְרַבָּנַן – אִם כֵּן, ״אוֹי לִי״ לָמָּה?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**When I came before the Sages, they said to me** in rebuke: **Every Abba** is **a donkey, and every bar bar Ḥana** is **an idiot. You should have said: Your** oath **is nullified.** The Gemara explains: **And** Rabba bar bar Ḥana did not nullify the oath because **he reasoned: Perhaps** God **is** referring to the **oath that** He will not **flood** the earth again. **But the Sages** would argue that **if** that were **so, why** say: **Woe is Me?** Rather, this must be referring to God’s oath of exile upon the Jewish people.


###### Bava Batra 74a:5
[Bava Batra 74a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/74a:5)

אָמַר לִי: תָּא אַחְוֵי לָךְ בְּלוּעֵי דְקֹרַח. חֲזַאי תְּרֵי בִּיזְעֵי, וַהֲווֹ קָא מַפְּקִי קוּטְרָא. שְׁקַל גְּבָבָא דְעַמְרָא וְאַמְשִׁינֵּהּ בְּמַיָּא, וְדַעֲצִיתֵהּ בְּרֵאשֵׁהּ דְּרוּמְחָא וְעַיְּילֵיהּ הָתָם, וְכִי אַפֵּיק, הֲוָה אִיחֲרַךְ אִיחֲרוֹכֵי. אָמַר לִי: אַצֵּית מַאי שָׁמְעַתְּ, וּשְׁמַעִית דַּהֲווֹ אָמְרִין: ״מֹשֶׁה וְתוֹרָתוֹ אֱמֶת, וְהֵן בַּדָּאִין״. אֲמַר לִי: כֹּל תְּלָתִין יוֹמֵי מַהְדַּר לְהוּ גֵּיהִנָּם לְהָכָא כְּבָשָׂר בְּקַלַּחַת, וְאָמְרִי הָכִי: ״מֹשֶׁה וְתוֹרָתוֹ אֱמֶת, וְהֵן בַּדָּאִין״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rabba bar bar Ḥana continues his account. The Arab also **said to me: Come, I will show you those who were swallowed** by the earth due to the sin **of Korah. I saw two rifts** in the ground **that were issuing smoke.** The Arab **took a shearing of wool, and dipped it in water, and inserted it on the head of a spear, and placed it** in **there. And when he removed** the wool, it **was scorched. He said to me: Listen** to **what you hear; and I heard that they were saying: Moses and his Torah are true, and they,** i.e., we in the earth, **are liars.** The Arab further **said to me: Every thirty days Gehenna returns them to here, like meat in a pot** that is moved around by the boiling water as it cooks. **And** every time **they say this: Moses and his Torah are true, and they,** i.e., we in the earth, **are liars.**


###### Bava Batra 74a:6
[Bava Batra 74a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/74a:6)

אָמַר לִי: תָּא אַחְוֵי לָךְ הֵיכָא דְּנָשְׁקִי אַרְעָא וּרְקִיעָא אַהֲדָדֵי. שְׁקַלְתָּא לְסִילְתַּאי, אַתְנַחְתָּא בְּכַוְּותָא דִרְקִיעָא. אַדִּמְצַלֵּינָא, בְּעֵיתֵיהּ וְלָא אַשְׁכַּחְתֵּהּ. אָמֵינָא לֵיהּ: אִיכָּא גַּנָּבֵי הָכָא? אֲמַר לִי: הַאי גִּלְגְּלָא דִרְקִיעָא הֲוָה דְּהָדַר, נְטַר עַד לִמְחַר הָכָא – וּמַשְׁכַּחַתְּ לַהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
This Arab also **said to me: Come, I will show you** the place **where the earth and the heavens touch each other. I took my basket** and **placed it in a window of the heavens. After I** finished **praying, I searched for it but did not find it. I said to him: Are there thieves here? He said to me: This is the heavenly sphere that is turning around; wait here until tomorrow and you will find it.**


###### Bava Batra 74a:7
[Bava Batra 74a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/74a:7)

רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן מִשְׁתַּעֵי: זִימְנָא חֲדָא הֲוָה קָא אָזְלִינַן בִּסְפִינְתָּא; וַחֲזֵינַן הָהוּא כְּווֹרָא דְּאַפְּקֵיהּ לְרֵישֵׁיהּ מִיַּמָּא, וְדָמְיָין עַיְינֵיהּ כִּתְרֵי סֵיהֲרֵי; וּנְפוּץ מַיָּא מִתַּרְתֵּי זִימֵיהּ כִּתְרֵי מַבָּרֵי דְסוּרָא. רַב סָפְרָא מִשְׁתַּעֵי: זִימְנָא חֲדָא הֲוָה קָא אָזְלִינַן בִּסְפִינְתָּא; וַחֲזֵינַן הָהוּא כְּווֹרָא דְּאַפְּקֵיהּ לְרֵישֵׁיהּ מִיַּמָּא, וַהֲוָה לֵיהּ קַרְנֵי וַחֲקִיק עֲלָיהּ: ״אֲנָא בְּרִיָּה קַלָּה שֶׁבַּיָּם״; וַהֲוֵינָא תְּלָת מְאָה פַּרְסֵי, וְאָזֵילְנָא לְפוּמָּא דְלִוְיָתָן. אָמַר רַב אָשֵׁי: הָהוּא עִיזָּא דְיַמָּא הוּא, דְּבָחִישָׁא וְאִית לַהּ קַרְנֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rabbi Yoḥanan relates: Once we were traveling on a ship and we saw a certain fish that took its head out of the sea, and its eyes had the appearance of two moons, and water scattered from its two gills like the two rivers of Sura. Rav Safra relates: Once we were traveling on a ship and we saw a certain fish that took its head out of the sea, and it had horns, and** the following was **inscribed on them: I am a lowly creature of the sea and I am three hundred parasangs** long, **and I am going into the mouth of the leviathan. Rav Ashi said: That is the goat of the sea, which searches** through the sea **and has horns.**


###### Bava Batra 74a:8
[Bava Batra 74a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/74a:8)

רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן מִשְׁתַּעֵי: זִימְנָא חֲדָא הֲוָה קָא אָזְלִינַן בִּסְפִינְתָּא; וַחֲזֵינַן הָהִיא קַרְטְלִיתָא, דַּהֲווֹ קָא מְקַבְּעִי בַּהּ אֲבָנִים טוֹבוֹת וּמַרְגָּלִיּוֹת, וְהָדְרִי לַהּ מִינֵי דִכְווֹרֵי דְּמִקְּרֵי כַּרְשָׁא. נְחֵית

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yoḥanan relates: Once we were traveling on a ship and we saw a certain crate [*kartalita*] in which precious stones and pearls were set, and a species of fish called sharks encircled it.** He **descended,**