## Bava Batra Daf 99b

###### Bava Batra 99b:1
[Bava Batra 99b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/99b:1)

מִשּׁוּם חֲשַׁד אִשְׁתּוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
He does so **due to a suspicion** that the owner of the cistern might enter the house at a time when the owner of the house is not present, and thereby be secluded together in the house with the homeowner’s **wife.**


###### Bava Batra 99b:2
[Bava Batra 99b:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/99b:2)

**מַתְנִי׳** מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ גִּינָּה לִפְנִים מִגִּינָּתוֹ שֶׁל חֲבֵרוֹ – נִכְנָס בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ בְּנֵי אָדָם נִכְנָסִים, וְיוֹצֵא בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ בְּנֵי אָדָם יוֹצְאִין; וְאֵינוֹ מַכְנִיס לְתוֹכָהּ תַּגָּרִין; וְלֹא יִכָּנֵס מִתּוֹכָהּ לְתוֹךְ שָׂדֶה אַחֶרֶת; וְהַחִיצוֹן זוֹרֵעַ אֶת הַדֶּרֶךְ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** **One who has** ownership of **a garden** located **beyond the garden of another,** and also has access rights to it, **may enter** his garden only **at a time when it is usual for people to enter, and may leave** only **at a time when it is usual for people to leave.** Furthermore, he **may not bring merchants into** his garden, **and he may not** enter the garden solely in order to use it as a passageway, to **enter from it into another field. And the** owner of the **outer** garden **may sow the path** leading to the inner garden.


###### Bava Batra 99b:3
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נָתְנוּ לוֹ דֶּרֶךְ מִן הַצַּד מִדַּעַת שְׁנֵיהֶן – נִכְנָס בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁהוּא רוֹצֶה, וְיוֹצֵא בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁרוֹצֶה; וּמַכְנִיס לְתוֹכָהּ תַּגָּרִין. וְלֹא יִכָּנֵס מִתּוֹכָהּ לְתוֹךְ שָׂדֶה אַחֶרֶת. זֶה וָזֶה אֵינָן רַשָּׁאִים לְזוֹרְעָהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If the court **gave him** an access **path from the side** of the outer garden, **with the agreement of both of them,** he **may enter at** any **time he wants, and leave at** any **time he wants, and may bring merchants into** the inner garden. **But** he **may** still **not** enter the garden solely in order to **enter from it into another field.** In such a case, **neither this** one, the owner of the inner garden, **nor that** one, the owner of the outer garden, **is permitted to plant** that side path.


###### Bava Batra 99b:4
[Bava Batra 99b:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/99b:4)

**גְּמָ׳** אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: ״אַמָּה בֵּית הַשְּׁלָחִין אֲנִי מוֹכֵר לָךְ״ – נוֹתֵן לוֹ שְׁתֵּי אַמּוֹת לְתוֹכָהּ, וְאַמָּה מִכָּאן וְאַמָּה מִכָּאן לַאֲגַפֶּיהָ. ״אַמָּה בֵּית הַקִּילוֹן אֲנִי מוֹכֵר לָךְ״ – נוֹתֵן לוֹ אַמָּה אַחַת לְתוֹכָהּ, וַחֲצִי אַמָּה מִכָּאן וַחֲצִי אַמָּה מִכָּאן לַאֲגַפֶּיהָ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** **Rav Yehuda says** that **Shmuel says:** If a field owner says to another: **I am selling you** from my land a water **channel** fit **for** bringing water to **an irrigated field,** he is required to **give him** land **two cubits** wide **for the inside** of the channel, **and** one **cubit on this** side **and** one **cubit on that** side **for its banks.** If he said to him: **I am selling you a shadoof [*kilon*] channel,** he is required to **give him** land **one cubit** wide **for the inside** of the channel **and half a cubit on this** side **and half a cubit on that** side **for its banks.**


###### Bava Batra 99b:5
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וְאוֹתָן אֲגַפַּיִים – מִי זוֹרְעָם? רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: בַּעַל הַשָּׂדֶה זוֹרְעָם, רַב נַחְמָן אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: בַּעַל הַשָּׂדֶה נוֹטְעָם. מַאן דְּאָמַר זוֹרְעָם – כׇּל שֶׁכֵּן נוֹטְעָם. וּמַאן דְּאָמַר נוֹטְעָם – אֲבָל זוֹרְעָם לָא, חַלְחוֹלֵי מְחַלְחֲלִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And** with regard to **those banks, who** has permission to **sow them? Rav Yehuda** says that **Shmuel says: The field owner may sow them** with vegetables or crops. **Rav Naḥman** says that **Shmuel says: The field owner may plant them** with trees. The Gemara elaborates: **The one who says** that the field owner **may sow them** holds that **all the more so he may plant them** with trees. **And the one who says** that **he may plant them** with trees holds that he may only plant trees, **but sowing them** with other plants is **not** permitted. This is because the roots **perforate** the ground, which weakens it and can cause damage to the water channel.


###### Bava Batra 99b:6
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וְאָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: אַמַּת הַמַּיִם שֶׁכָּלוּ אֲגַפֶּיהָ – מְתַקְּנָהּ מֵאוֹתָה שָׂדֶה; בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁלֹּא כָּלוּ אֲגַפֶּיהָ אֶלָּא בְּאוֹתָהּ שָׂדֶה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **And Rav Yehuda says** that **Shmuel says:** With regard to **a water channel whose banks collapsed,** the owner of the channel may **repair it** with earth **from that field** through which the channel runs, even though the field does not belong to him. It is permitted because **it is known that** when **its banks collapsed** the earth that the banks were made from spread **only into that** surrounding **field.**


###### Bava Batra 99b:7
[Bava Batra 99b:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/99b:7)

מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רַב פָּפָּא, וְלֵימָא לֵיהּ: מַיָּיךְ אַשְׁפְּלוּהָ לְאַרְעָיךְ! אֶלָּא אָמַר רַב פָּפָּא: שֶׁעַל מְנָת כֵּן קִבֵּל עָלָיו בַּעַל הַשָּׂדֶה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Pappa objects to this: But let** the field owner **say to** the owner of the channel: **Your water** in your channel **carried away your earth** from your banks, so you have no right to take earth from my field. **Rather, Rav Pappa said** he may repair the banks with earth from the field **because** when **the field owner** sold the rights to the channel **he accepted that condition upon himself.**


###### Bava Batra 99b:8
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**מַתְנִי׳** מִי שֶׁהָיְתָה דֶּרֶךְ הָרַבִּים עוֹבֶרֶת לְתוֹךְ שָׂדֵהוּ; נְטָלָהּ וְנָתַן לָהֶם מִן הַצַּד – מַה שֶּׁנָּתַן נָתַן, וְשֶׁלּוֹ לֹא הִגִּיעוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** In the case of **one who had a public thoroughfare passing through his field,** and he **appropriated it and** instead **gave** the public an alternative thoroughfare **on the side** of his property, the *halakha* is that the thoroughfare **that he gave** them, **he gave** them, and they may use it. **But** the original thoroughfare that he took **for himself has not reached him,** i.e., he cannot appropriate it for his personal use.


###### Bava Batra 99b:9
[Bava Batra 99b:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/99b:9)

דֶּרֶךְ הַיָּחִיד – אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת. דֶּרֶךְ הָרַבִּים – שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה אַמָּה. דֶּרֶךְ הַמֶּלֶךְ – אֵין לָהּ שִׁיעוּר. דֶּרֶךְ הַקֶּבֶר – אֵין לָהּ שִׁיעוּר. הַמַּעֲמָד – דַּיָּינֵי צִפּוֹרִי אָמְרוּ: בֵּית אַרְבָּעָה קַבִּין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The standard width of **a private path** is **four cubits.** If a field owner sells the right to pass through his field to an individual, without specifying the width of the path, he must provide him with a path four cubits wide. The standard width of **a public thoroughfare** is **sixteen cubits.** The width of **a king’s thoroughfare has no** maximum **measure,** as the king may appropriate whatever width thoroughfare he wishes. The width of the **path for** the burial procession to **a grave has no** maximum **measure.** With regard to **the** practice of **standing** and comforting the mourners following a funeral, **the judges of Tzippori said** that the standard requisite size is the **area required for sowing four *kav* of seed.**


###### Bava Batra 99b:10
[Bava Batra 99b:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/99b:10)

**גְּמָ׳** אַמַּאי שֶׁלּוֹ לֹא הִגִּיעוֹ? לִינְקוֹט פַּזְרָא וְלִיתֵּיב! שָׁמְעַתְּ מִינַּהּ לָא עָבֵיד אִינִישׁ דִּינָא לְנַפְשֵׁיהּ – אֲפִילּוּ בִּמְקוֹם פְּסֵידָא?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The Gemara asks: **Why** does the mishna rule that the public thoroughfare that the landowner took **for himself has not reached him?** If by making the exchange the original thoroughfare now belongs to him, **let him take a stick [*pazra*] and sit** on the thoroughfare and physically prevent anyone from passing through. Apparently, the Sages did not permit him to do so. The Gemara suggests: Does it follow that one can **conclude from** the mishna’s ruling that **a person may not execute judgment for himself even in circumstances** where refraining from acting will cause him **a loss?** This would contradict the accepted *halakha* that one may do so.


###### Bava Batra 99b:11
[Bava Batra 99b:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Batra/r/99b:11)

אָמַר רַב זְבִיד מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרָבָא: גְּזֵירָה שֶׁמָּא יִתֵּן לָהֶן דֶּרֶךְ עֲקַלָּתוֹן. רַב מְשַׁרְשְׁיָא מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרָבָא אָמַר: בְּנוֹתֵן לָהֶם דֶּרֶךְ עֲקַלָּתוֹן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Zevid said in the name of Rava:** Although generally one may do so, in this case the Sages issued **a decree** prohibiting it, **lest he give them a circuitous route** that will lengthen the distance the public will have to travel. **Rav Mesharshiyya said in the name of Rava** that the ruling of the mishna applies only **where he** actually **gives them a circuitous route** instead of the original straight thoroughfare. But one may exchange a public thoroughfare for an equally straight thoroughfare, appropriating the original for his personal use.