## Bava Metzia Daf 9b

###### Bava Metzia 9b:1
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וְאִי רְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים הוּא – קָנֵי, וְאִי אָדָם חָשׁוּב הוּא – קָנֵי, וְאִי אִשָּׁה הִיא – קָנְיָא, וְאִי אִינִישׁ זִילָא הוּא – קָנֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if** he rides **it** in **the public domain, he acquires** it, as people commonly ride animals in the city’s public domain. **And if he is an important person,** who always rides his animal rather than leading it, **he acquires** it even in an alleyway. **And if** the buyer **is a woman, she acquires** the animal, as women do not normally lead animals. **And if** the buyer **is a detestable person,** who rides even where other people do not, he too **acquires** the animal.


###### Bava Metzia 9b:2
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בָּעֵי רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: הָאוֹמֵר לַחֲבֵירוֹ ״מְשׁוֹךְ בְּהֵמָה זוֹ לִקְנוֹת כֵּלִים שֶׁעָלֶיהָ״, מַהוּ?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rabbi Elazar raises a dilemma:** With regard to **one who says to another,** to whom he wishes to sell vessels: **Pull this animal in order** to **acquire** the **vessels that are upon it, what is** the *halakha*? Can the buyer acquire the vessels by pulling the animal?


###### Bava Metzia 9b:3
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לִקְנוֹת: מִי אֲמַר לֵיהּ קְנֵי! אֶלָּא: ״מְשׁוֹךְ בְּהֵמָה זוֹ וּקְנֵי כֵּלִים שֶׁעָלֶיהָ״, מַהוּ? מִי מַהְנְיָא מְשִׁיכָה דִּבְהֵמָה לְאַקְנוֹיֵי כֵּלִים, אוֹ לָא?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Before discussing the dilemma, the Gemara clarifies the issue. If the vendor merely says: **In order** that you will **acquire** the vessels, how can the buyer acquire them? **Did he say to him** in the imperative: **Acquire** the vessels? Without the seller’s explicitly instructing the buyer to acquire the vessels, the buyer cannot acquire them. **Rather,** Rabbi Elazar’s dilemma is with regard to a case where the seller says to the buyer: **Pull this animal and** thereby **acquire** the **vessels that are** upon it. **What is** the *halakha*? **Is pulling the animal effective** in order **to acquire** the **vessels** upon it, **or not?**


###### Bava Metzia 9b:4
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אָמַר רָבָא: אִי אֲמַר לֵיהּ קְנֵי בְּהֵמָה וּקְנֵי כֵּלִים – מִי קָנֵי כֵּלִים? חָצֵר מְהַלֶּכֶת הִיא, וְחָצֵר מְהַלֶּכֶת לֹא קָנָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava said:** It is clearly not effective, as even **if he said to him: Acquire** the **animal and acquire** the **vessels, does** the buyer **acquire** the **vessels?** Although one can acquire an item by having it placed in his courtyard, and one’s animal is the equivalent of his courtyard, **it is** considered **a mobile courtyard, and a mobile courtyard does not effect acquisition** of items that are placed in it.


###### Bava Metzia 9b:5
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וְכִי תֵּימָא כְּשֶׁעָמְדָה, וְהָא כֹּל שֶׁאִילּוּ מְהַלֵּךְ לֹא קָנָה – עוֹמֵד וְיוֹשֵׁב לֹא קָנָה!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if you would say** that the animal can function as a courtyard **when** it is **standing** still, not walking, while being pulled, **isn’t** there a principle which states that **anything that does not effect acquisition when moving** also **does not effect acquisition** when it is **standing or sitting?**


###### Bava Metzia 9b:6
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וְהִלְכְתָא בִּכְפוּתָהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara concludes: **And the *halakha*** is that the buyer can acquire vessels by having them placed on the animal’s back only **when** the animal is **bound.** In that circumstance, when the buyer acquires the animal it assumes the legal status of his courtyard, and he also acquires the items that are placed upon the animal.


###### Bava Metzia 9b:7
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אֲמַרוּ לֵיהּ רַב פָּפָּא וְרַב הוּנָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לְרָבָא: אֶלָּא מֵעַתָּה, הָיָה מְהַלֵּךְ בִּסְפִינָה, וְקָפְצוּ דָּגִים וְנָפְלוּ לְתוֹךְ הַסְּפִינָה, הָכִי נָמֵי דְּחָצֵר מְהַלֶּכֶת הִיא וְלָא קָנֵי?! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: סְפִינָה מֵינָח נָיְיחָא, וּמַיָּא הוּא דְּקָא מַמְטוּ לַהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Pappa and Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, said to Rava: If that is so,** in a case where one **was sailing on a boat and fish jumped and fell into the boat, is** the boat **also** considered **a mobile courtyard, and** therefore **he does not acquire** the fish? Rava **said to** them: A boat is not considered a mobile courtyard, as the **boat** itself **sits idle, and it is the water that moves it.**


###### Bava Metzia 9b:8
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ רָבִינָא לְרַב אָשֵׁי: אֶלָּא מֵעַתָּה הָיְתָה מְהַלֶּכֶת בִּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים וְזָרַק לָהּ גֵּט לְתוֹךְ חֵיקָהּ אוֹ לְתוֹךְ קַלְתָּהּ, הָכָא נָמֵי דְּלָא מִגָּרְשָׁה?! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: קַלְתָּהּ מֵינָח נָיְיחָא, וְאִיהִי דְּקָא מְסַגְּיָא מִתּוּתַהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Ravina said to Rav Ashi: If that is so,** that one does not acquire items that are placed in his mobile courtyard, then if a woman **was walking in the public domain and** her husband **threw a bill of divorce into her lap,** i.e., onto her person, **or into her basket** that she was carrying on her head, **here too, is she not divorced** because the basket was moving? Rav Ashi **said to him: Her basket** is not considered a mobile courtyard, as it **sits idle, and it is she who walks beneath it.**


###### Bava Metzia 9b:9
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**מַתְנִי׳** הָיָה רוֹכֵב עַל גַּבֵּי בְּהֵמָה וְרָאָה אֶת הַמְּצִיאָה וְאָמַר לַחֲבֵירוֹ ״תְּנָהּ לִי״. נְטָלָהּ וְאָמַר: ״אֲנִי זָכִיתִי בָּהּ״ – זָכָה בָּהּ. אִם מִשֶּׁנְּתָנָהּ לוֹ, אָמַר: ״אֲנִי זָכִיתִי בָּהּ תְּחִלָּה״ – לֹא אָמַר כְּלוּם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** If one **was riding on an animal and saw a found item, and said to another** person who was walking beside him: **Give** it **to me,** if the pedestrian **took it and said: I have acquired it** for myself, **he has acquired it** by means of lifting it, even though he did not see it first. But **if, after giving it to** the one riding the animal, **he said: I acquired it** for myself **at the outset, he has said nothing** and the rider keeps the item.


###### Bava Metzia 9b:10
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**גְּמָ׳** תְּנַן הָתָם: מִי שֶׁלִּיקֵּט אֶת הַפֵּאָה, וְאָמַר: ״הֲרֵי זוֹ לִפְלוֹנִי עָנִי״, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: זָכָה לוֹ. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: יִתְּנֶנָּה לֶעָנִי הַנִּמְצָא רִאשׁוֹן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** **We learned** in a mishna **there** (*Pe’a* 4:9): With regard to **one who gleaned the produce in the corner of the field, which is given to the poor [*pe’a*], and said: This** produce **is for so-and-so, a poor person, Rabbi Eliezer says: He** thereby **acquired** it **on** the poor person’s **behalf. And the Rabbis say:** He did not acquire it for the poor person; rather, **he should give it to the first poor person that he encounters.**


###### Bava Metzia 9b:11
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אָמַר עוּלָּא אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי: מַחְלוֹקֶת מֵעָשִׁיר לְעָנִי,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Ulla said** that **Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said:** This **dispute** is in a case where the *pe’a* was gleaned **by a rich person,** who is not entitled to take the *pe’a* for himself, **on behalf of a poor person.**


###### Bava Metzia 9b:12
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דְּרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר סָבַר: מִגּוֹ דְּאִי בָּעֵי מַפְקַר נִכְסֵיהּ וְהָוֵי עָנִי וַחֲזֵי לֵיהּ – הַשְׁתָּא נָמֵי חֲזֵי לֵיהּ. וּמִגּוֹ דְּזָכֵי לְנַפְשֵׁיהּ, זָכֵי נָמֵי לְחַבְרֵיהּ. וְרַבָּנַן סָבְרִי חַד מִגּוֹ אָמְרִינַן, תְּרֵי מִגּוֹ לָא אָמְרִינַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**As Rabbi Eliezer holds** that **since [*miggo*], if he** so **desires, he can renounce ownership of his property and** he would then **be poor, and** the *pe’a* would then be **suitable for him, now too,** it is considered potentially **suitable for him** even though he is wealthy. **And since [*miggo*] he can acquire** it **for himself, he can acquire** it **on behalf of another** poor person **as well. And the Rabbis hold** that **we say *miggo* once,** but **we do not say *miggo* twice.** Therefore, a wealthy person cannot acquire *pe’a* for a poor person.


###### Bava Metzia 9b:13
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אֲבָל מֵעָנִי לְעָנִי, דִּבְרֵי הַכֹּל זָכָה לוֹ – דְּמִגּוֹ דְּזָכֵי לְנַפְשֵׁיהּ זָכֵי נָמֵי לְחַבְרֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**But** in a case where the *pe’a* was gleaned **by a poor person on behalf of** another **poor person, everyone agrees** that **he acquires** it **on behalf of** the other person, **as since [*miggo*] he can acquire** it **for himself, he can acquire** it **on behalf of another** person **as well.**


###### Bava Metzia 9b:14
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב נַחְמָן לְעוּלָּא: וְלֵימָא מָר, מֵעָנִי לְעָנִי מַחְלוֹקֶת, דְּהָא מְצִיאָה הַכֹּל עֲנִיִּים אֶצְלָהּ, וּתְנַן: הָיָה רוֹכֵב עַל גַּבֵּי בְּהֵמָה וְרָאָה אֶת הַמְּצִיאָה וְאָמַר לַחֲבֵירוֹ ״תְּנָהּ לִי״, נְטָלָהּ וְאָמַר ״אֲנִי זָכִיתִי בָּהּ״ – זָכָה בָּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Naḥman said to Ulla: But shouldn’t the Master say** that the **dispute** is even in a case where the *pe’a* was gleaned **by a poor person on behalf of** another **poor person?** This can be proven from the mishna, **as everyone is** considered like **poor people with regard to a found item,** i.e., everyone has the right to acquire a found item just as a poor person is entitled to glean *pe’a*, **and we learned** in the mishna: If one **was riding on an animal and saw a found item, and said to another** person: **Give** it **to me,** if the pedestrian **took it and said: I have acquired it** for myself, **he has acquired it.**


###### Bava Metzia 9b:15
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אִי אָמְרַתְּ בִּשְׁלָמָא: מֵעָנִי לְעָנִי מַחְלוֹקֶת,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Granted, if you say** the **dispute** pertains to a case where the *pe’a* was gleaned **by a poor person on behalf of a poor person,**