## Bava Metzia Daf 119a

###### Bava Metzia 119a:1
[Bava Metzia 119a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bava%20Metzia/r/119a:1)

וּתְנַן נָמֵי גַּבֵּי עָרְלָה כִּי הַאי גַוְונָא: אִילָן הַיּוֹצֵא מִן הַגֶּזַע וּמִן הַשָּׁרָשִׁין – חַיָּיב בְּעָרְלָה, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: מִן הַגֶּזַע – פָּטוּר, מִן הַשָּׁרָשִׁין – חַיָּיב.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And we also learned a case like this** in a *baraita* (*Tosefta*, *Orla* 1:4), **with regard to** the prohibition against eating **the fruit of a tree during the first three years after its planting [*orla*]:** In the case of **a tree that sprouts from the trunk and from the roots** of an old tree, its owner is **obligated in *orla*,** since it is considered like a new tree, and the *orla* years must be counted anew. This is **the statement of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Yehuda says:** If it sprouts **from the trunk,** the owner is **exempt,** since it is considered like a branch of the old tree, but if it grows **from the roots,** the owner is **obligated.**


###### Bava Metzia 119a:2
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וּצְרִיכִי, דְּאִי אַשְׁמוֹעִינַן קַמַּיְיתָא: בְּהָא קָאָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה מִשּׁוּם דְּמָמוֹנָא, אֲבָל גַּבֵּי עָרְלָה דְּאִיסּוּרָא – אֵימָא מוֹדֵי לֵיהּ לְרַבִּי מֵאִיר. וְאִי אִיתְּמַר בְּהָא: בְּהָא קָאָמַר רַבִּי מֵאִיר, אֲבָל בְּהַהִיא – אֵימָא מוֹדֵי לֵיהּ לְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה, צְרִיכִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara comments: **And** both cases **are necessary** to be stated although they are both based on the same principle. **As had** it **taught us** only the **first** *halakha*, that of ownership, one could say that it is only **with regard to this** case that **Rabbi Yehuda said** his ruling, **due to** the fact **that** it pertains to **monetary matters, but with regard to *orla*, which is** a matter of **a prohibition,** one could **say** that **he concedes to Rabbi Meir. And if it was stated** only **with regard to this** case of *orla*, one could say that it is only **with regard to this** case that **Rabbi Meir said** his stringent ruling, **but with regard to that** case, one could **say** that **he concedes to Rabbi Yehuda.** It is therefore **necessary** to state both disputes.


###### Bava Metzia 119a:3
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אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן: כֹּל שֶׁהָעֶלְיוֹן יָכוֹל לִפְשׁוֹט [וְכוּ׳]. אָמְרִי דְּבֵי רַבִּי יַנַּאי: וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא יֵאָנֵס.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The mishna teaches: **Rabbi Shimon said: Any** vegetables **that the** owner of the **upper** garden **can stretch out** his hand and take, those vegetables are his, and the rest belong to the owner of the lower garden. In **the school of Rabbi Yannai they say: And** this is only so **provided that he does not force** himself, but simply stretches out his hand in the usual manner.


###### Bava Metzia 119a:4
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בָּעֵי רַב עָנָן, וְאִיתֵּימָא רַבִּי יִרְמְיָה: מַגִּיעַ לְנוֹפוֹ וְאֵין מַגִּיעַ לְעִיקָּרוֹ, מַגִּיעַ לְעִיקָּרוֹ וְאֵין מַגִּיעַ לְנוֹפוֹ, מַאי? תֵּיקוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Anan, and some say** it was **Rabbi Yirmeya, raised a dilemma:** If the owner of the upper garden can **reach its leaves, but** he **cannot reach its roots,** or if he can **reach its roots but** he **cannot reach its leaves, what** is the *halakha*? Is the plant considered to be within his reach or not? No answer was found for this question, and the Gemara concludes: The dilemma **shall stand** unresolved.


###### Bava Metzia 119a:5
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אָמַר אֶפְרַיִם סָפְרָא תַּלְמִידוֹ שֶׁל רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ מִשּׁוּם רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ: הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן. אַמְרוּהָ קַמֵּיהּ דְּשַׁבּוּר מַלְכָּא, אֲמַר לְהוּ: אָפְרִין נִמְטְיֵיהּ לְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Efrayim the scribe, a student of Reish Lakish, says in the name of Reish Lakish:** The ***halakha*** is **in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Shimon. They stated** this case **before** the Persian **King Shapur,** who expressed an interest in this legal issue, and **he said to them: Let us offer praise [*apiryon*] to Rabbi Shimon.** He too felt that this was the best resolution.


###### Bava Metzia 119a:6
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**הֲדַרַן עֲלָךְ הַבַּיִת וְהָעֲלִיָּיה וּסְלִיקָא לַהּ מַסֶּכֶת בָּבָא מְצִיעָא**