## Bava Batra Daf 80a

###### Bava Batra 80a:1
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**מַתְנִי׳** הַלּוֹקֵחַ פֵּירוֹת שׁוֹבָךְ מֵחֲבֵירוֹ – מַפְרִיחַ בְּרִיכָה רִאשׁוֹנָה. פֵּירוֹת כַּוֶּורֶת – נוֹטֵל שְׁלֹשָׁה נְחִילִים, וּמְסָרֵס. חַלּוֹת דְּבַשׁ – מַנִּיחַ שְׁתֵּי חַלּוֹת. זֵיתִים לָקוֹץ – מַנִּיחַ שְׁתֵּי גְרוֹפִיּוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** **One who buys the produce of a dovecote from another,** i.e., the doves that will hatch over the course of the year in a dovecote, **must leave [*mafriaḥ*]** the **first** pair of doves from the **brood** for the seller. If one buys **the produce of a beehive,** i.e., all the bees produced from a beehive over the course of the year, the buyer **takes three swarms and** then the seller **renders** the bees **impotent,** so that they will stop producing offspring and instead produce only honey. One who buys **honeycombs must leave two combs.** If one buys **olive** trees **for felling, he must leave two shoots** for the seller.


###### Bava Batra 80a:2
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**גְּמָ׳** וְהָתַנְיָא: בְּרִיכָה רִאשׁוֹנָה וּשְׁנִיָּה! אָמַר רַב כָּהֲנָא: לָא קַשְׁיָא; הָא לַהּ, הָא לְאִמַּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The mishna teaches that one who buys the brood of a dovecote must leave the first pair of the brood for the seller. The Gemara asks: **But isn’t it taught** in a *baraita* that one must leave the **first and** the **second** pairs of **a brood** for the seller? **Rav Kahana said:** This is **not difficult. This** statement in the mishna is referring to the pair left **for** the first pair of the brood **itself,** i.e., an extra pair of doves must be left behind to ensure that the first brood will not fly away. **That** statement of the *baraita* is referring to a pair left **for the mother** of the pair discussed in the mishna. In other words, the *baraita* is saying that one must leave a pair of doves for the mother, and later a second pair from the brood of her children, which is the pair mentioned by the mishna.


###### Bava Batra 80a:3
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מַאי שְׁנָא אִמַּהּ – דְּמִיצְטַוְּותָא אַבַּרְתָּא וְאַזּוּגָא דְּשָׁבְקִינַן לַהּ; אִיהִי נָמֵי – תִּיצְטַוַּות אַאִמַּהּ, וְאַזּוּגָא דְּשָׁבְקִינַן לַהּ! אִמַּהּ אַבַּרְתָּא מִיצְטַוְּותָא, בְּרַתָּא אַאִמַּהּ לָא מִיצְטַוְּותָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What is different** about **the mother** that there is no concern that she will escape from the dovecote? If the reason is **that she is attached to her daughter and the mate which one leaves for her,** this should also be true with regard to the daughter, i.e., **she too will become attached to her mother and the mate which one leaves for her.** Why, then, is it necessary to leave behind a pair of the daughter’s own brood to ensure that the daughter will not leave? The Gemara answers: **A mother is attached to her daughter,** whereas **a daughter is not attached to her mother.** Therefore, in order for the daughter to remain in the dovecote it is necessary to leave the daughter’s brood with her.


###### Bava Batra 80a:4
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פֵּירוֹת כַּוֶּורֶת – נוֹטֵל שְׁלֹשָׁה נְחִילִין, וּמְסָרֵס. בַּמֶּה מְסָרְסָן? אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: בְּחַרְדָּל. אָמְרִי בְּמַעְרְבָא מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי בַּר חֲנִינָא: לֹא חַרְדָּל מְסָרְסָן, אֶלָּא מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁפִּיהֶן חַד – חוֹזְרוֹת וְאוֹכְלוֹת אֶת דּוּבְשָׁנָן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The mishna teaches that one who buys the **produce of a beehive takes three swarms and** then the seller **renders** the bees **impotent [*mesares*].** The Gemara asks: **By what** means **does he render them impotent? Rav Yehuda said** that **Shmuel said:** He renders them impotent **by** feeding them **mustard. They say in the West,** Eretz Yisrael, **in the name of Rabbi Yosei bar Ḥanina:** It is **not** the **mustard** itself that **renders them impotent. Rather, since their mouths sting** from the bitterness of the mustard, **they return and eat their own honey.** Due to their excessive eating of honey, they cease to form new swarms and instead produce honey for the seller.


###### Bava Batra 80a:5
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רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר: נוֹטֵל שְׁלֹשָׁה נְחִילִין – בְּסֵירוּס. בְּמַתְנִיתָא תָּנָא: נוֹטֵל שְׁלֹשָׁה נְחִילִין בָּזֶה אַחַר זֶה, מִכָּאן וְאֵילָךְ – נוֹטֵל אַחַת וּמַנִּיחַ אַחַת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yoḥanan says:** This is not the meaning of *mesares*. Rather, the mishna should be understood as follows: One **takes three swarms by skipping [*beseirus*]** every other swarm, so that the buyer receives the first, third, and fifth swarms, while the others remain with the seller. **It is taught in a *baraita*:** The buyer **takes** the first **three swarms one after the other,** and **from this** point **forward he takes one and leaves one.**


###### Bava Batra 80a:6
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חַלּוֹת דְּבַשׁ – מַנִּיחַ שְׁתֵּי חַלּוֹת וְכוּ׳. אָמַר רַב כָּהֲנָא: דְּבַשׁ בְּכַוֶּורֶת אֵינוֹ יוֹצֵא מִידֵי מַאֲכָל לְעוֹלָם. אַלְמָא קָסָבַר לָא בָּעֵי מַחְשָׁבָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The mishna teaches that one who buys **honeycombs must leave two combs** and one who buys olive trees for felling must leave two shoots. **Rav Kahana says:** As long as **honey** remains **in the beehive it never leaves** its status as **food,** i.e., it is always considered fit for human consumption. The Gemara notes: **Apparently,** Rav Kahana **holds** that honey **does not require** that one have **intention** to eat it for it to be susceptible to ritual impurity.


###### Bava Batra 80a:7
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מֵיתִיבִי: דְּבַשׁ בְּכַוֶּורֶת – אֵינוֹ לֹא אוֹכֶל וְלֹא מַשְׁקֶה! אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: לָא צְרִיכָא אֶלָּא לְאוֹתָן שְׁתֵּי חַלּוֹת. רָבָא אָמַר: דְּרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר הִיא –

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara **raises an objection** from a *baraita*: **Honey in a beehive is not** considered to have the status of **either food or liquid** with regard to ritual impurity. **Abaye said:** This *halakha*, that honey is considered neither food nor liquid, **is necessary only with** regard to **those two combs** mentioned in the mishna, which are designated for the sustenance of the bees and are not for human consumption. **Rava said:** The *baraita* **is** in accordance with the opinion **of Rabbi Eliezer.**