## Bava Kamma Daf 80a

###### Bava Kamma 80a:1
[Bava Kamma 80a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Kamma/r/80a:1)

וְהַטַּבָּח לוֹקֵחַ וְשׁוֹחֵט, לוֹקֵחַ וְשׁוֹהֶה – וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא יְשַׁהֶה הָעֲגוּנָה שֶׁבָּהֶן שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues: **And a butcher may buy** small domesticated animals **and slaughter** them, and again **buy** small domesticated animals **and keep** them for a while, **provided that he does not keep the last one of them** that he bought beyond **thirty days.**


###### Bava Kamma 80a:2
[Bava Kamma 80a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Kamma/r/80a:2)

שָׁאֲלוּ תַּלְמִידָיו אֶת רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל: מַהוּ לְגַדֵּל? אָמַר לָהֶן: מוּתָּר. וְהָתְנַן: אֵין מְגַדְּלִין!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**His students asked Rabban Gamliel: What is** the *halakha* **with regard to raising** small domesticated animals in Eretz Yisrael? Rabban Gamliel **said to them: It is permitted.** The Gemara interrupts its citation of the *baraita* to pose a question: How could Rabban Gamliel say this? **But didn’t we learn** in the mishna: **One may not raise** small domesticated animals in Eretz Yisrael?


###### Bava Kamma 80a:3
[Bava Kamma 80a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Kamma/r/80a:3)

אֶלָּא הָכִי קָא בָּעוּ מִינֵּיהּ: מַהוּ לְשַׁהוֹת? אָמַר לָהֶן: מוּתָּר, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא תֵּצֵא וְתִרְעֶה בָּעֵדֶר; אֶלָּא קוֹשְׁרָהּ בְּכַרְעֵי הַמִּטָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather,** the text of the *baraita* must be emended, and **they** actually **raised this dilemma before him: What is** the *halakha* **with regard to keeping** them for a while? The Gemara resumes the quotation of the *baraita*: Rabban Gamliel **said to them:** It is **permitted, provided that** the animal **does not go out and graze among the flock. Rather,** one should **tie it to the legs of the bed** in his house.


###### Bava Kamma 80a:4
[Bava Kamma 80a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Kamma/r/80a:4)

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: מַעֲשֶׂה בְּחָסִיד אֶחָד שֶׁהָיָה גּוֹנֵחַ מִלִּבּוֹ, וְשָׁאֲלוּ לָרוֹפְאִים, וְאָמְרוּ: אֵין לוֹ תַּקָּנָה עַד שֶׁיִּנַק חָלָב רוֹתֵחַ מִשַּׁחֲרִית לְשַׁחֲרִית. וְהֵבִיאוּ לוֹ עֵז וְקָשְׁרוּ לוֹ בְּכַרְעֵי הַמִּטָּה, וְהָיָה יוֹנֵק מִמֶּנָּה מִשַּׁחֲרִית לְשַׁחֲרִית.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Sages taught** in a *baraita*: There was **an incident involving a certain pious man who was groaning,** i.e., suffering, **due to** a pain in **his heart.** Those caring for the man **asked the physicians** what to do for him, **and they said: There is no other remedy for him but that he should suckle warm milk every morning. And they brought him a she-goat and tied it to the leg of the bed for him, and he would suckle** milk **from it every morning.**


###### Bava Kamma 80a:5
[Bava Kamma 80a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Kamma/r/80a:5)

לְיָמִים נִכְנְסוּ חֲבֵירָיו לְבַקְּרוֹ, כֵּיוָן שֶׁרָאוּ אוֹתָהּ הָעֵז קְשׁוּרָה בְּכַרְעֵי הַמִּטָּה – חָזְרוּ לַאֲחוֹרֵיהֶם, וְאָמְרוּ: לִסְטִים מְזוּיָּין בְּבֵיתוֹ שֶׁל זֶה, וְאָנוּ נִכְנָסִין אֶצְלוֹ?!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Days later, his friends came in to visit him. When they saw that she-goat tied to the legs of the bed, they turned back, saying:** There is **an armed bandit in this** man’s **house, and we are going in to** visit **him?** They referred to the goat in this manner because small animals habitually graze on the vegetation of others, thereby stealing their crops.


###### Bava Kamma 80a:6
[Bava Kamma 80a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Kamma/r/80a:6)

יָשְׁבוּ וּבָדְקוּ, וְלֹא מָצְאוּ בּוֹ אֶלָּא אוֹתוֹ עָוֹן שֶׁל אוֹתָהּ הָעֵז. וְאַף הוּא בִּשְׁעַת מִיתָתוֹ אָמַר: יוֹדֵעַ אֲנִי שֶׁאֵין בִּי עָוֹן אֶלָּא עֲוֹן אוֹתָהּ הָעֵז, שֶׁעָבַרְתִּי עַל דִּבְרֵי חֲבֵרַי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
His friends **sat down and investigated** this pious man’s behavior, **and they could not find** any sin attributable **to him except that sin of** keeping **that she-goat** in his house. That man **himself also said at the time of his death: I know** for a fact **that I have no sin** attributable **to me except** the **sin of** keeping **that she-goat** in my house, **as I transgressed the statement of my colleagues,** the Sages.


###### Bava Kamma 80a:7
[Bava Kamma 80a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Kamma/r/80a:7)

אָמַר רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל: מִבַּעֲלֵי בָתִּים שֶׁבַּגָּלִיל הָעֶלְיוֹן הָיוּ בֵּית אַבָּא; וּמִפְּנֵי מָה חָרְבוּ? שֶׁהָיוּ מַרְעִין בָּחוֹרָשִׁין, וְדָנִין דִּינֵי מָמוֹנוֹת בְּיָחִיד. וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהָיוּ לָהֶם חוֹרָשִׁים סָמוּךְ לְבָתֵּיהֶם, שָׂדֶה קְטַנָּה הָיְתָה וּמַעֲבִירִין דֶּרֶךְ עָלֶיהָ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yishmael said:** The members of my **father’s family were among the wealthy property holders in the upper Galilee. And for what reason were they destroyed?** It was due to the fact **that they would graze** flocks **in the forests, and** also because they would **judge** cases of **monetary law by** means of **a single** judge. **And even though there were forests close to their houses,** and therefore there should have been no problem for them to take their animals to graze in these forests, **there was a small,** private **field and they would convey** the animals on **a path through it.**


###### Bava Kamma 80a:8
[Bava Kamma 80a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Kamma/r/80a:8)

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: רוֹעֶה שֶׁעָשָׂה תְּשׁוּבָה – אֵין מְחַיְּיבִין אוֹתוֹ לִמְכּוֹר מִיָּד, אֶלָּא מוֹכֵר עַל יָד עַל יָד. וְכֵן גֵּר שֶׁנָּפְלוּ לוֹ כְּלָבִים וַחֲזִירִים בִּירוּשָּׁתוֹ – אֵין מְחַיְּיבִין אוֹתוֹ לִמְכּוֹר מִיָּד, אֶלָּא מוֹכֵר עַל יָד עַל יָד.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **The Sages taught** in a *baraita*: If there is **a shepherd** of small domesticated animals **who repented,** the court **does not obligate him to sell** all his animals **immediately. Rather, he may sell** them **gradually. And likewise,** in the case of **a convert who came into** possession of **dogs and pigs** (see 83a) **as** part of **his inheritance,** the court **does not obligate him to sell** all of them **immediately. Rather, he may sell** them **gradually.**


###### Bava Kamma 80a:9
[Bava Kamma 80a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Kamma/r/80a:9)

וְכֵן מִי שֶׁנָּדַר לִיקַּח בַּיִת וְלִיקַּח אִשָּׁה בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל – אֵין מְחַיְּיבִין אוֹתוֹ לִיקַּח מִיָּד, עַד שֶׁיִּמְצָא אֶת הַהוֹגֶנֶת לוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And similarly,** with regard to **one who vowed to purchase a house or to marry a woman in Eretz Yisrael,** the court **does not obligate him to acquire** the first house or marry the first woman he sees **immediately** upon his arrival in Eretz Yisrael. Instead, he may wait **until he finds** the house or wife **appropriate for him.**


###### Bava Kamma 80a:10
[Bava Kamma 80a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Kamma/r/80a:10)

וּמַעֲשֶׂה בְּאִשָּׁה אַחַת שֶׁהָיָה בְּנָהּ מֵיצֵר לָהּ, וְקָפְצָה וְנִשְׁבְּעָה: ״כׇּל מִי שֶׁיָּבֹא, אֵינִי מַחְזִירָתוֹ״, וְקָפְצוּ עָלֶיהָ בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁאֵינָן מְהוּגָּנִין. וּכְשֶׁבָּא הַדָּבָר אֵצֶל חֲכָמִים, אָמְרוּ: לֹא נִתְכַּוְּונָה זוֹ אֶלָּא לְהָגוּן לָהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** there was **an incident involving a certain** unmarried **woman who had a son who was distressing her, and she jumped up and took an oath** impulsively: **Any** man **who comes** to marry me and will discipline my son, **I will not turn him away. And unworthy men jumped at** the opportunity to marry **her. And when the matter came before the Sages, they said:** She need not marry one of these men, as **this** woman’s **intention** in her oath was certainly **to** marry **only** a man **who is appropriate for her.**


###### Bava Kamma 80a:11
[Bava Kamma 80a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Kamma/r/80a:11)

כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאָמְרוּ אֵין מְגַדְּלִין בְּהֵמָה דַּקָּה, כָּךְ אָמְרוּ אֵין מְגַדְּלִין חַיָּה דַּקָּה. רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר: מְגַדְּלִין כְּלָבִים כּוּפְרִין, וַחֲתוּלִים, וְקוֹפִין, וְחוּלְדּוֹת סְנָאִים – מִפְּנֵי שֶׁעֲשׂוּיִים לְנַקֵּר אֶת הַבַּיִת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues: **Just as** the Sages **said** that **one may not raise small domesticated animals,** i.e., sheep and goats, **so** too **they said** that **one may not raise small undomesticated animals. Rabbi Yishmael says: One may raise village dogs, cats, monkeys, and genets, because they serve to clean the house** of mice and other vermin.


###### Bava Kamma 80a:12
[Bava Kamma 80a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Kamma/r/80a:12)

מַאי חוּלְדּוֹת סְנָאִים? אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה: שִׁרְצָא חַרְצָא. וְאִיכָּא דְּאָמְרִי: חַרְזָא – דְּקַטִּינֵי שָׁקַיהּ, וְרָעֲיָא בֵּינֵי וַורְדִּינֵי. וּמַאי שִׁרְצָא? דְּמִתַּתִּאי שָׁקַיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What are** these **genets? Rav Yehuda said:** These are known in Aramaic as ***shartza ḥartza*. And there are** those **who say** that in Aramaic this animal is called ***ḥarza*.** This creature **has short thighs and it grazes among the thorn bushes. And what** is the reason that they are called ***shartza*,** a term that generally refers to creeping creatures that slither [*shoretz*] rather than walk? It is **because its thighs are** so **short** that it appears to slither instead of walking on legs.


###### Bava Kamma 80a:13
[Bava Kamma 80a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Kamma/r/80a:13)

אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר רַב: עָשִׂינוּ עַצְמֵנוּ בְּבָבֶל כְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל לִבְהֵמָה דַּקָּה. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב אַדָּא בַּר אַהֲבָה לְרַב הוּנָא: דִּידָךְ מַאי?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rav Yehuda says** that **Rav says: We in Babylonia have rendered ourselves like** the residents of **Eretz Yisrael** with regard **to** the prohibition of the Sages against raising **small domesticated animals. Rav Adda bar Ahava said to Rav Huna: What of your** sheep and goats? How can you raise these animals in Babylonia?


###### Bava Kamma 80a:14
[Bava Kamma 80a:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Kamma/r/80a:14)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ: דִּידַן קָא מְינַטְּרָא לְהוּ חוּבָּה. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: חוּבָּה תִּקְבְּרִינְהוּ לִבְנַהּ. כּוּלְּהוּ שְׁנֵיהּ דְּרַב אַדָּא בַּר אַהֲבָה לָא אִקַּיַּים זַרְעָא לְרַב הוּנָא מֵחוּבָּה. אִיכָּא דְּאָמְרִי, אָמַר רַב הוּנָא אָמַר רַב: עָשִׂינוּ עַצְמֵנוּ בְּבָבֶל כְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל לִבְהֵמָה דַּקָּה, מִכִּי אֲתָא רַב לְבָבֶל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rav Huna **said to him: Ḥova,** my wife, **watches** the animals to ensure that they do not graze on land belonging to others. Rav Adda bar Ahava cursed Rav Huna and **said to him: May Ḥova bury her son!** In **all the years of Rav Adda bar Ahava, no children of Rav Huna from Ḥova survived,** due to this curse. **There are** those **who say** a different version of the above statement: **Rav Huna says** that **Rav says: We in Babylonia rendered ourselves like** those of **Eretz Yisrael** with regard **to** raising **small domesticated animals, from** the time **when Rav came to Babylonia.**


###### Bava Kamma 80a:15
[Bava Kamma 80a:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Kamma/r/80a:15)

רַב וּשְׁמוּאֵל וְרַב אַסִּי אִיקְּלַעוּ לְבֵי שְׁבוּעַ הַבֵּן, וְאָמְרִי לַהּ לְבֵי יְשׁוּעַ הַבֵּן. רַב לָא עָיֵיל קַמֵּיהּ דִּשְׁמוּאֵל,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rav and Shmuel and Rav Asi** once **happened to be** present **at a house** where a celebration was being held marking the passage **of a week of** a newborn **son,** i.e., a circumcision. **And some say it was a house** where a celebration was being held marking the **redemption of** a firstborn **son. Rav** would **not enter before Shmuel,** for reasons the Gemara will explain;