## Bava Batra Daf 96a

###### Bava Batra 96a:1
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דְּתַנְיָא: הַבּוֹדֵק אֶת הֶחָבִית לִהְיוֹת מַפְרִישׁ עָלֶיהָ תְּרוּמָה וְהוֹלֵךְ, וְאַחַר כָּךְ נִמְצֵאת חוֹמֶץ; כׇּל שְׁלֹשָׁה יוֹם – וַדַּאי, מִכָּאן וְאֵילָךְ – סָפֵק.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**As it is taught** in a *baraita* (*Tosefta*, *Terumot* 2:8): With regard to **one who inspects a barrel** to see if it still contains enough wine **to continually** mentally **separate *teruma* from it** to exempt other untithed wine he has, until all the wine in that barrel would be *teruma* and would be given to a priest, **and afterward** the contents of the barrel **were found** to have turned to **vinegar,** which cannot be set aside as *teruma* for untithed wine, then **all three days** after he had last inspected it, it is **definitely** viewed as having been wine, and any wine for which *teruma* was separated during those days is tithed. **From that** point **onward,** more than three days after the previous inspection, it is **uncertain** as to whether it had already turned to vinegar, and any wine for which *teruma* was separated during those days is not tithed.


###### Bava Batra 96a:2
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מַאי קָאָמַר? אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן, הָכִי קָאָמַר: כׇּל שְׁלֹשָׁה יָמִים הָרִאשׁוֹנִים – וַדַּאי יַיִן, מִכָּאן וְאֵילָךְ – סָפֵק.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara clarifies: **What is** the *baraita* **saying? Rabbi Yoḥanan says** that **this** is what it **is saying:** For **all** of **the first three days** following the inspection, it is **definitely** viewed as having been **wine** that had not yet turned to vinegar. **From that** point **onward,** it is **uncertain** as to whether it had already turned to vinegar. Accordingly, any wine for which *teruma* was separated after those three days by means of designating the contents of that barrel as *teruma* has an uncertain status.


###### Bava Batra 96a:3
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מַאי טַעְמָא? חַמְרָא – מֵעִילַּאי עָקַר, וְהַאי טַעֲימֵיהּ וְלָא עֲקַר. אִם תִּמְצָא לוֹמַר: בָּתַר דְּטַעֲימֵיהּ עֲקַר; הָוֵה רֵיחָא חַלָּא וְטַעְמֵיהּ חַמְרָא, וְכֹל רֵיחֵיהּ חַלָּא וְטַעְמֵיהּ חַמְרָא – חַמְרָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**What is the reason?** The process in which **wine turns sour** and becomes vinegar starts **with** the wine at the **top** of the barrel; **and** it is **that** wine which **he tasted** when he inspected it, **and** at that time **it had not** yet **soured.** And even **if you say** that immediately **after he tasted it** the wine began to **sour,** during the following three days **it** would **have the odor of vinegar and its taste** would be **of wine, and anything** that **has an odor of vinegar but its taste is of wine** is regarded as **wine.**


###### Bava Batra 96a:4
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וְרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי אָמַר: כׇּל שְׁלֹשָׁה יָמִים הָאַחֲרוֹנִים – וַדַּאי חוֹמֶץ. מִכָּאן וּלְהַלָּן – סָפֵק.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi says** that there is a different interpretation of the *baraita*: For **all** of **the last three days** preceding the discovery that the wine had turned into vinegar, it is **definitely** viewed as having been **vinegar. From that** point and **earlier,** until the time it had been inspected, it is **uncertain** whether or not it was wine or vinegar.


###### Bava Batra 96a:5
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מַאי טַעְמָא? חַמְרָא מִתַּתַּאי עָקַר, וְאֵימוֹר עֲקַר וְלָאו אַדַּעְתֵּיהּ. וְאִם תִּמְצָא לוֹמַר מֵעִילַּאי עָקַר, וְהָא טַעֲימֵיהּ וְלָא עֲקַר; דִּלְמָא בָּתַר דְּטַעֲימֵיהּ עֲקַר – הָוֵה רֵיחֵיהּ חַלָּא וְטַעְמֵיהּ חַמְרָא, וְרֵיחֵיהּ חַלָּא וְטַעְמֵיהּ חַמְרָא – חַלָּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**What is the reason?** The process in which **wine turns sour** and becomes vinegar starts **with** the wine at the **bottom** of the barrel, **and** therefore, since the inspection was limited to the wine at the top of the barrel, it is possible to **say** that wine at the bottom **had** already started to **sour and one was unaware of it.** Consequently, it is possible that on the day he tasted it the wine turned entirely into vinegar. **And** even **if you say** that the process in which **wine turns sour** and becomes vinegar starts **with** the wine at the **top** of the barrel, **and** it is **that** wine that **he tasted** when he inspected it **and** at that time **it had not** yet **soured, perhaps** immediately **after he tasted it** the wine began to **sour,** in which case **its odor** would be **of vinegar and its taste of wine, and** anything that **has an odor of vinegar but its taste is of wine** is regarded as **vinegar.**


###### Bava Batra 96a:6
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דָּרוֹמָאֵי מַתְנוּ מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי: רִאשׁוֹנִים – וַדַּאי יַיִן, אַחֲרוֹנִים – וַדַּאי חוֹמֶץ, אֶמְצָעִיִּים – סָפֵק.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Sages **of the South taught** another interpretation of the *baraita* **in the name of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi:** For the **first** three days it is **definitely** viewed as having been **wine.** For the **last** three days it is **definitely** viewed as having been **vinegar.** The status of the wine during the **intervening** period is **uncertain.**


###### Bava Batra 96a:7
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הָא גוּפָא קַשְׁיָא – אָמְרַתְּ: רִאשׁוֹנִים וַדַּאי יַיִן, אַלְמָא רֵיחֵיהּ חַלָּא וְטַעְמֵיהּ חַמְרָא – חַמְרָא; וַהֲדַר אָמְרַתְּ: אַחֲרוֹנִים וַדַּאי חוֹמֶץ, אַלְמָא רֵיחֵיהּ חַלָּא וְטַעְמֵיהּ חַמְרָא – חַלָּא!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **This matter itself** is **difficult,** as, since **you said** that for the **first** three days it is **definitely** viewed as having been **wine; apparently,** if **it has the odor of vinegar but its taste is of wine** it is regarded as **wine. But then you said** that for the **last** three days it is **definitely** viewed as having been **vinegar; apparently,** if **it has the odor of vinegar but its taste is of wine** it is regarded as **vinegar,** as it can be established only that the odor had changed three days ago.


###### Bava Batra 96a:8
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כְּגוֹן דְּאִשְׁתְּכַח חַלָּא סִיפְתְּקָא, דְּאִי לָאו דַּעֲקַר תְּלָתָא יוֹמֵי – לָא הֲוָה מִשְׁתְּכַח חַלָּא סִיפְתְּקָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara resolves the difficulty: The Sages of the South hold that as long as the wine still tastes like wine, it is regarded as wine. When they said that when a barrel is found to contain vinegar it is certain that the wine had already turned into vinegar three days previously, they were referring to a case **where** the barrel **was found** to contain **strong vinegar, as, had it not** already **soured three days** previously, the barrel **would not have been found** to contain **strong vinegar;** rather, it would contain only mild vinegar.


###### Bava Batra 96a:9
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כְּמַאן פְּשַׁט לֵיהּ? פְּלִיגִי בַּהּ רַב מָרִי וְרַב זְבִיד; חַד אָמַר: כְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן, וְחַד אָמַר: כְּרַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rav Yosef claimed that this *baraita* can serve as proof with regard to which blessing is recited over wine that has the odor of vinegar but tastes like wine. Having cited three different interpretations of the *baraita*, the Gemara asks: **In accordance with** whose interpretation did Rav Yosef **resolve** the question of which blessing to recite? **Rav Mari and Rav Zevid disagree about it. One said** that Rav Yosef resolved it **in accordance with** the interpretation of **Rabbi Yoḥanan,** that this liquid is regarded as wine and the blessing for wine should be recited over it. **And one said** that Rav Yosef resolved it **in accordance with** the interpretation of **Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi,** that the liquid is regarded as vinegar and the generic blessing: By Whose word all things came to be, should be recited over it. There is no definitive resolution of the dispute.


###### Bava Batra 96a:10
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אִיתְּמַר: הַמּוֹכֵר חָבִית יַיִן לַחֲבֵרוֹ, וְהֶחְמִיצָה – אָמַר רַב: כׇּל שְׁלֹשָׁה יָמִים הָרִאשׁוֹנִים בִּרְשׁוּת מוֹכֵר, מִכָּאן וְאֵילָךְ בִּרְשׁוּת לוֹקֵחַ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ An amoraic dispute **was stated** with regard to **one who sells a barrel of wine to another, and** following the sale **it turned to vinegar. Rav said:** If it soured during **any of the first three days** following the sale, it is presumed that it had already began to sour **in the domain of** the **seller,** and he bears financial responsibility for it; **from that** point **onward,** it is presumed that the wine soured **in the domain of** the **buyer,** and it is his loss.