## Ketubot Daf 112a

###### Ketubot 112a:1
[Ketubot 112a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/112a:1)

וְהָוְיָא כְּמִבֵּי מִיכְסֵי עַד אַקְרָא דְתוּלְבַּנְקֵי, עֶשְׂרִין וְתַרְתֵּין פַּרְסֵי אוּרְכָּא וּפוּתְיָא שִׁיתָּא פַּרְסֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**and it was** the same in area **as** that which stretches **from** the city of **Bei Mikhsei until the fortress of Tulbanki: Its length twenty-two parasangs and its width six parasangs,** 132 square parasangs, which is 2,112 square *mil*.


###### Ketubot 112a:2
[Ketubot 112a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/112a:2)

רַבִּי חֶלְבּוֹ וְרַבִּי עַוִּירָא וְרַבִּי יוֹסֵי בַּר חֲנִינָא אִיקְּלַעוּ לְהָהוּא אַתְרָא. אַיְיתוֹ קַמַּיְיהוּ אֲפַרְסְקָא דַּהֲוָה כְּאִילְפַּס כְּפַר הִינוֹ. וְאִילְפַּס כְּפַר הִינוֹ כַּמָּה הָוֵי — חָמֵשׁ סְאִין. אָכְלוּ שְׁלִישׁ, וְהִפְקִירוּ שְׁלִישׁ, וְנָתְנוּ לִפְנֵי בְּהֶמְתָּן שְׁלִישׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Gemara relates that **Rabbi Ḥelbo, Rabbi Avira, and Rabbi Yosei bar Ḥanina happened** to come on one occasion **to a certain place.** The locals **brought before** these Sages **a peach [*afarseka*] that was** as large **as a stewpot [*ilpas*] of Kefar Hino.** The Gemara asks: **And how big is a stewpot of Kefar Hino?** The Gemara answers: It has a capacity of **five *se’a*. They ate one-third** of it, **they declared ownerless one-third** of it, **and they placed before their animals one-third** of it.


###### Ketubot 112a:3
[Ketubot 112a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/112a:3)

לְשָׁנָה אִיקְּלַע רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר לְהָתָם וְאַיְיתוֹ לְקַמֵּיהּ (נְקַטוּ) [נַקְטֵיהּ] בִּידֵיהּ, וְאָמַר: ״אֶרֶץ פְּרִי לִמְלֵחָה מֵרָעַת יוֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**In** the following **year, Rabbi Elazar happened** to come **to that** same place, **and they brought** a peach **before him. He held it in his hand,** as the peach was small enough for him to grasp in one hand, **and he said,** in reference to the change in size of the fruit from the previous year: **“A fruitful land into a salt waste, from the wickedness of they who dwell there”** (Psalms 107:34), i.e., their sins caused the drastic change in the yield of the produce.


###### Ketubot 112a:4
[Ketubot 112a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/112a:4)

רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי אִיקְּלַע לְגַבְלָא, חֲזַנְהוּ לְהָנְהוּ קִטּוּפֵי דַּהֲווֹ קָיְימִי כִּי עִיגְלֵי, אָמַר: עֲגָלִים בֵּין הַגְּפָנִים? אֲמַרוּ לֵיהּ: קִטּוּפֵי נִינְהוּ. אָמַר: אֶרֶץ אֶרֶץ, הַכְנִיסִי פֵּירוֹתַיִיךְ, לְמִי אַתְּ מוֹצִיאָה פֵּירוֹתַיִיךְ, לְגוֹיִם הַלָּלוּ שֶׁעָמְדוּ עָלֵינוּ בְּחַטֹּאתֵינוּ?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ Once **Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi happened** to come **to Gavla,** in the Golan, and **he saw those clusters** of vines **that were standing** as large **as calves. He said** to the locals: **Calves are** standing **between the grapevines** and you are not concerned that they will cause damage? **They said to him: They are clusters.** Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi **said: O earth, O earth! Gather in your fruit. For whom do you produce your fruit? For these gentiles who stand over us in our sins?** It would be preferable if you did not produce such large fruit.


###### Ketubot 112a:5
[Ketubot 112a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/112a:5)

לְשָׁנָה אִיקְּלַע רַבִּי חִיָּיא לְהָתָם, חֲזַנְהוּ דַּהֲווֹ קָיְימִי כְּעִיזֵּי, אָמַר: עִזִּים בֵּין הַגְּפָנִים? אֲמַרוּ לֵיהּ: זִיל, לָא תַּעֲבֵיד לַן כִּי חַבְרָךְ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The following **year, Rabbi Ḥiyya happened** to come **to that** same place, and **he saw clusters that were standing** as large **as goats. He said: Goats are** standing **between the grapevines. They said to him: Go** away; **do not do to us what your colleague** has done. Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi’s curse was already fulfilled, as the fruit had shrunk from the previous year.


###### Ketubot 112a:6
[Ketubot 112a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/112a:6)

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: בְּבִרְכוֹתֶיהָ שֶׁל אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל — בֵּית סְאָה עוֹשָׂה חֲמֵשֶׁת רִיבּוֹא כּוֹרִין, בִּישִׁיבָתָהּ שֶׁל צוֹעַן — בֵּית סְאָה עוֹשָׂה שִׁבְעִים כּוֹרִין. דְּתַנְיָא, אָמַר רַבִּי מֵאִיר: אֲנִי רָאִיתִי בְּבִקְעַת בֵּית שְׁאָן בֵּית סְאָה עוֹשָׂה שִׁבְעִים כּוֹרִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **The Sages taught: In** years of **blessings of Eretz Yisrael,** an area of land measuring **one *beit se’a* produces fifty thousand *kor*.** By way of comparison, **when Zoan,** a fertile region in Egypt, **was settled, one *beit se’a*** there **would produce** only **seventy *kor*. As it is taught** in a *baraita* that **Rabbi Meir said: I saw in the valley of Beit She’an** that one ***beit se’a* produced seventy *kor*,** which teaches that the soil of a good-quality and irrigated stretch of land outside the borders of Eretz Yisrael will naturally yield this quantity of produce.


###### Ketubot 112a:7
[Ketubot 112a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/112a:7)

וְאֵין לְךָ מְעוּלָּה בְּכׇל אֲרָצוֹת יוֹתֵר מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כְּגַן ה׳ כְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם״. וְאֵין לְךָ מְעוּלָּה בְּכׇל אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם יוֹתֵר מִצּוֹעַן — דַּהֲווֹ מְרַבּוּ בַּהּ מְלָכִים, דִּכְתִיב: ״כִּי הָיוּ בְצוֹעַן שָׂרָיו״. וְאֵין לְךָ טְרָשִׁים בְּכׇל אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל יוֹתֵר מֵחֶבְרוֹן, דַּהֲווֹ קָבְרִי בָּהּ שָׁיכְבֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And you have no more outstanding** earth **among all the lands** other **than the land of Egypt, as it is stated: “Like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt”** (Genesis 13:10). **And you have no more outstanding** region **in all of the land of Egypt than Zoan.** The superior quality of Zoan is derived from the fact **that they would raise kings there, as it is written: “For his princes are at Zoan”** (Isaiah 30:4). **And you have no rockier** terrain **in all of Eretz Yisrael than Hebron, as** people **would bury** their **dead there,** e.g., the Patriarchs in the Cave of Machpelah, because the land was not arable.


###### Ketubot 112a:8
[Ketubot 112a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/112a:8)

וַאֲפִילּוּ הָכִי, חֶבְרוֹן מְבוּנָּה עַל אַחַת מִשִּׁבְעָה בְּצוֹעַן, דִּכְתִיב: ״וְחֶבְרוֹן שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים נִבְנְתָה לִפְנֵי צוֹעַן מִצְרָיִם״, מַאי ״נִבְנְתָה״? אִילֵימָא נִבְנְתָה מַמָּשׁ, אֶפְשָׁר אָדָם בּוֹנֶה בַּיִת לִבְנוֹ קָטָן קוֹדֶם שֶׁיִּבְנֶה לִבְנוֹ גָּדוֹל? שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וּבְנֵי חָם כּוּשׁ וּמִצְרַיִם וּפוּט וּכְנָעַן״!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And even so, Hebron was more developed,** i.e., more fertile, **than Zoan** by **sevenfold, as it is written: “Now Hebron was built [*nivneta*] seven years before Zoan in Egypt”** (Numbers 13:22). **What** is the meaning of the term: ***Nivneta*,** in this verse? **If we say** it means **literally** that Hebron **was built** before Zoan, **would a person build a house for his younger son before building** one **for his older son? As it is stated: “And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan”** (Genesis 10:6), which indicates that Egypt, Mizraim, was older than Canaan, in whose territory Hebron was located.


###### Ketubot 112a:9
[Ketubot 112a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/112a:9)

אֶלָּא שֶׁמְּבוּנָּה עַל אַחַת מִשִּׁבְעָה בְּצוֹעֵן. וְהָנֵי מִילֵּי בִּטְרָשִׁים, אֲבָל שֶׁלֹּא בִּטְרָשִׁים — חֲמֵשׁ מְאָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather,** the meaning of the verse is that Hebron **was more developed** and more fertile **than Zoan** by **sevenfold,** which means that Hebron produced 490 *kor*, seven times more than the seventy *kor* of regular fertile land, as stated above. **And this applies only to the rocky** terrain of Eretz Yisrael, e.g., Hebron, **whereas** those parts of Eretz Yisrael that were **not rocky** produced even more, up to **five hundred** *kor*.


###### Ketubot 112a:10
[Ketubot 112a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/112a:10)

וְהָנֵי מִילֵּי שֶׁלֹּא בְּבִרְכוֹתֶיהָ, אֲבָל בְּבִרְכוֹתֶיהָ, כְּתִיב: ״וַיִּזְרַע יִצְחָק בָּאָרֶץ הַהִיא וְגוֹ׳״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And this applies** only **to** a year when Eretz Yisrael is **not blessed. However,** with regard to a year **when it was blessed, it is written: “And Isaac sowed in that land,** and found in the same year a hundredfold” (Genesis 26:12). Isaac’s field produced one hundred times the normal yield, which according to the above calculations is fifty thousand *kor*, as stated in the *baraita*.


###### Ketubot 112a:11
[Ketubot 112a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/112a:11)

תַּנְיָא, אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי: סְאָה בִּיהוּדָה הָיְתָה עוֹשָׂה חָמֵשׁ סְאִין: סְאָה קֶמַח, סְאָה סֹלֶת, סְאָה סוּבִּין, סְאָה מוּרְסִין, וּסְאָה קִיבּוֹרְיָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ הָהוּא צַדּוּקִי לְרַבִּי חֲנִינָא: יָאֵה מְשַׁבְּחִיתוּ בַּהּ בְּאַרְעֲכוֹן. בֵּית סְאָה אַחַת הִנִּיחַ לִי אַבָּא, מִמֶּנָּה מְשַׁח, מִמֶּנָּה חֲמַר, מִמֶּנָּה עִיבוּר, מִמֶּנָּה קִיטְנִיּוֹת, מִמֶּנָּה רוֹעוֹת מִקְנָתִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **It is taught** in a *baraita* that **Rabbi Yosei said: A *se’a*** of wheat **in Judea would produce five *se’a*.** How so? It would yield **a *se’a* of flour; a *se’a* of fine flour; a *se’a* of bran** fiber, from the outer layer of the grain; **a *se’a* of coarse bran,** i.e., flour mixed with bran fiber; **and a *se’a* of cibarium [*kiburaya*],** inferior flour. **A certain Sadducee said to Rabbi Ḥanina: You have done well in praising your land;** my **father left me one *beit se’a*** of land in Eretz Yisrael **and from it** I am able to produce **oil, from it** I produce **wine, from it** I grow **produce, from it** I grow **legumes,** and with it I provide pasture from which **my sheep graze.**


###### Ketubot 112a:12
[Ketubot 112a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/112a:12)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ הָהוּא בַּר אֱמוֹרָאָה לְבַר אַרְעָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל: הַאי [תָּאלְתָּא] דְּקָיְימָא אַגּוּדָּא דְיַרְדְּנָא כַּמָּה גָּדְרִיתוּ מִינַּהּ? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: שִׁיתִּין כּוֹרֵי. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אַכַּתִּי לָא עָיְילִיתוּ בָּהּ אַחְרֵיבְתּוּהָ, אֲנַן מְאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים כּוֹרֵי הֲוָה גָּזְרִינַן מִינַּהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אֲנָא נָמֵי מֵחַד גִּיסָא קָאָמֵינָא לָךְ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**A certain Amorite** once **said to** a resident **of Eretz Yisrael: That palm tree which stands on the banks of the Jordan, how many** dates **are you able to pick from it? He said to him: Sixty *kor*.** The Amorite **said to him: You have not yet** fully **entered** Eretz Yisrael and yet **you have** already succeeded in **destroying it. We would pick off that** tree **120*kor*.** The resident **said to him: I too am speaking to you** about only **one side** of the tree, as I have not yet picked the fruit off the other side.


###### Ketubot 112a:13
[Ketubot 112a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/112a:13)

אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא, מַאי דִּכְתִיב: ״וְאֶתֶּן לָךְ אֶרֶץ חֶמְדָּה נַחֲלַת צְבִי״, לָמָּה אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל נִמְשְׁלָה לִצְבִי? לוֹמַר לְךָ: מָה צְבִי זֶה אֵין עוֹרוֹ מַחֲזִיק בְּשָׂרוֹ, אַף אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵינָהּ מַחְזֶקֶת פֵּירוֹתֶיהָ. דָּבָר אַחֵר: מָה צְבִי זֶה קַל מִכׇּל הַחַיּוֹת, אַף אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל קַלָּה מִכׇּל הָאֲרָצוֹת לְבַשֵּׁל אֶת פֵּירוֹתֶיהָ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rav Ḥisda said: What is** the meaning of that **which is written: “And give you a pleasant land, the goodliest [*tzvi*] heritage”** (Jeremiah 3:19)? **Why is Eretz Yisrael likened to a deer [*tzvi*]?** This comparison comes **to tell you** that **just as** with regard to **this deer, its skin cannot contain its meat** once it has been skinned, **so too, Eretz Yisrael cannot contain its fruit** once it has been picked, due to the great quantity of the produce. **Alternatively, just as this deer is swifter than all the** other **beasts, so too Eretz Yisrael is swifter to ripen its fruit than all** the other **countries.**


###### Ketubot 112a:14
[Ketubot 112a:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/112a:14)

אִי מָה צְבִי זֶה קַל וְאֵין בְּשָׂרוֹ שָׁמֵן — אַף אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל קַלָּה לְבַשֵּׁל וְאֵין פֵּירוֹתֶיהָ שְׁמֵנִים, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ״, שְׁמֵנִים מֵחָלָב וּמְתוּקִים מִדְּבַשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **If** so, one can suggest the following comparison: **Just as this deer is swift and its meat is not fatty, so too, Eretz Yisrael is swift to ripen** its fruit **but its fruit is not fat** and juicy. The Gemara explains: For this reason **the verse states: “Flowing with milk and honey”** (Exodus 3:8), to say that its fruit is **fat** and juicier **than milk and sweeter than honey.**


###### Ketubot 112a:15
[Ketubot 112a:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/112a:15)

רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר כִּי הֲוָה סָלֵיק לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, אָמַר: פְּלַטִי לִי מֵחֲדָא. כִּי סַמְכוּהוּ, אֲמַר: פְּלַטִי לִי מִתַּרְתֵּי. כִּי אוֹתְבוּהוּ בְּסוֹד הָעִיבּוּר, אֲמַר: פְּלַטִי לִי מִתְּלָת,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Gemara relates that **when Rabbi Elazar ascended to Eretz Yisrael he said: I have been spared one** curse. **When they ordained him** and awarded him the title of Rabbi, **he said: I have been spared two. When they appointed him to sit in the council** of Sages who dealt with the **intercalation of the calendar, he said: I have been spared three.**


###### Ketubot 112a:16
[Ketubot 112a:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/112a:16)

שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְהָיְתָה יָדִי אֶל הַנְּבִיאִים הַחוֹזִים שָׁוְא וְגוֹ׳״. ״בְּסוֹד עַמִּי לֹא יִהְיוּ״ — זֶה סוֹד עִיבּוּר. ״וּבִכְתָב בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא יִכָּתֵבוּ״ — זֶה סְמִיכָה. ״וְאֶל אַדְמַת יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא יָבוֹאוּ״ — כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**As it is stated: “And My hand shall be against the prophets that see vanity,** and that divine lies; they shall not be in the council of My people, neither shall they be written in the register of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord God” (Ezekiel 13:9). **“They shall not be in the council of My people,” this** is referring to **the council** of the **intercalation of the calendar; “neither shall they be written in the register of the house of Israel,” this** is referring to **ordination; “neither shall they enter into the land of Israel,”** this is understood **as per its plain meaning.** Rabbi Elazar merited that these three curses were not fulfilled in him.


###### Ketubot 112a:17
[Ketubot 112a:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/112a:17)

רַבִּי זֵירָא כִּי הֲוָה סָלֵיק לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל לָא אַשְׁכַּח מַבָּרָא לְמֶעְבַּר, נְקַט בְּמִצְרָא וְקָעָבַר. אֲמַר לֵיהּ הָהוּא צַדּוּקִי: עַמָּא פְּזִיזָא, דְּקַדְּמִיתוּ פּוּמַּיְיכוּ לְאוּדְנַיְיכוּ, אַכַּתִּי בִּפְזִיזוּתַיְיכוּ קָיְימִיתוּ? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: דּוּכְתָּא דְּמֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן לָא זְכוֹ לַהּ, אֲנָא מִי יֵימַר דְּזָכֵינָא לַהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **When Rabbi Zeira ascended to Eretz Yisrael he could not find a ferry to cross** the Jordan River. **He took hold of a rope** that was strung across as a makeshift bridge **and crossed** the Jordan. **A certain Sadducee said to him: Hasty people who put your mouths before your ears,** when you said at the time of the giving of the Torah: “We will do” before “we will hear” (Exodus 24:7), **you remain hasty** to this day. Why couldn’t you wait a little longer to cross the river on a ferry? Rabbi Zeira **said to him:** This is **a place where Moses and Aaron did not merit** entering; **who is to say that I will merit** seeing this land? I hurried across before anything might occur to prevent my entrance into Eretz Yisrael.


###### Ketubot 112a:18
[Ketubot 112a:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ketubot/r/112a:18)

רַבִּי אַבָּא מְנַשֵּׁק כֵּיפֵי דְעַכּוֹ. רַבִּי חֲנִינָא מְתַקֵּן מַתְקָלַיָּה. רַבִּי אַמֵּי וְרַבִּי אַסִּי

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rabbi Abba would kiss the rocks of Akko,** which was on the coast of Eretz Yisrael. **Rabbi Ḥanina would repair its stumbling blocks,** i.e., any potholes in the land, so that travelers would not fall and consequently speak ill of Eretz Yisrael. **Rabbi Ammi and Rabbi Asi**